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EventThe Great Comet of 1901
… On 24 April 1901 a comet that became known as 'The Great Comet … the latter describing the comet in a telegram dated 24 April 1901, stating 'saw a comet this…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… racial unity was promoted as a form of racial purity. [24] Immigration was encouraged from the UK in 1922 to swell … and racialization: Essential readings …
PlaceSpringbok, Namaqualand
… koppie is also the site of a modest stone church built in 1921 and the remains of the walls of the original fort, (AS …
Education Feature from Frene Ginwala's Thesis
Originally no provision was made for the education of Indians. The Reverend Stott of the Wesleyan Mission established a school for Indian labourers in 1868 and…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's largest producer of AIDS drugs, announced it would reduce the price of its popular AIDS medication. Combivir, a…
EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… gatherings of protesters. For the first time since the 1921 Bulhoek Massacre, the police opened fire on the …
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
Description of event: The District Six Museum, in partnership with the Steve Biko Foundation, is hosting a symposium entitled, "‘Memory in a time of freedom"…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… and urged Government to accept proposed solution. March 24, P.S. to Smuts informed Gandhi that there would be "no … consider releasing passive resistance…
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… the crisis surrounding land ownership in Kenya. 1921 The East African Protectorate becomes the crown colony … as many as 10,000 whites leave the country…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… represented urban constituencies: seventeen in the Cape, 24 in the Transvaal and one each in the Orange Free State and … mainly among the 1938 and 1939…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… 13 The Roving Educator Chapter 14 "We are witnesses"(24): for Denis Goldberg Chapter 15 Denis Goldberg - a Face of … 23 Community H.E.A.R.T. - a better life…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
The African National Congress (ANC) threatened in an open letter to President F. W. de Klerk to suspend constitutional negotiations until the government meets…
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
While the cross examination of a state witness in the Boeremag trial before the Pretoria High Court continues, Tim Singiswa, a vagrant from Johannesburg,…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… Available at: wikipedia.org [Accessed 21 July 2009] News 24 -July 27 [online] Available at: news24.com [Accessed 21 …
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… available at www.africanhistory.about.com(Accessed: 24 May 2012) Newspaper Archive(1975), ‘The Text Content on … available athttp://newspaperarchive.com…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
… period as the fauna, is very similar to those found in 1921 at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia ), …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… in proportion to the number of seats held by it. 24 May, Cyril Ramaphosa , Secretary-General of the ANC, … write a new constitution for the country within…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation serving the Betty's Bay Community and encouraging others through a life…
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… On 24 July 1862, Sir Percy Fitzpatrick was born in King Williams … Fitzpatrick died at the age of 68 in Uitenhage on 24 January 1931. …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… imprisonment in the campaign in the next two years. 24 October, The General Committee of the General Assembly of … refused to service South African cargoes…
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… following year. A rival carnival was held at Newlands in 1921 and from that year onwards, competitions took place … organized by the APO in the Cape Times on…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… ANC members and the police all over the Gauteng region. [24] In 2011, a leadership battle arose in the Gauteng branch … 2009) ↵ [22](LPM, 2009) ↵ [23](Sacks,…
The Mass Democratic Movement, February 1988 - January 1990
… place with Nelson Mandela and with the ANC in exile. On 24 February 1988 the UDF was restricted from performing … to play a leading role. At a conference,…
EventAt least 100 people drown in a flood at Laingsburg
… leaving only 21 houses standing. 425mm of rain fell on 24 and 25 January 1981 causing the Buffalo River that flows … Dam. Outside relief teams only reached…
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
… Church in her memory. The date on the cornerstone is 1921, but the first Anglican service was only held in 1924. …
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… SA campuses. Available at: https://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-31-unrest-sweeps-through-sa-campuses [accessed on 8 June …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… Africa hosting of the 1995 Rugby World Cup. 1995 25 May–24 June, South Africa hosts the Rugby World Cup (RWC). The …
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… of 60 000 spectators.[v] The race course comprises of a 4,24 Kilometre road course, and a 2,4 Kilometre oval course …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
In the aftermath of the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Britain annexed the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, two hitherto independent Afrikaner…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… chapter outlines Gumede’s experiences in England in 1919 -1921 as part of the SANNC deputation to have their grievances … in South Africa”, declared Gumede…