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PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… at 2,668, of whom 1,188 were literate. On 14 November 1899 a Boer force of 700 men under the joint command of Chief …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1940-1948
… given by leaders to maintain communal peace. January 30, at an evening prayer Gandhi was approached by Godse who …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refugees from war in the … Act No. 2 of 1907. Indians declare hartal…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… In Johannesburg alone, there were over 100 000 people by 1899 and nearly a quarter of a million black miners in … either as travelling hawkers or as small…
BiographyCecyl Esau
… Cecyl Esau was born on 30 September 1955 in Worcester , Cape Province (now Western …
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… missing in December disturbances Cloete, Joseph E. 30 9.9.76 Shot in cheek and abdomen from front and in back … 9.9.76 Shot in abdomen from font Essop,…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Dube attends the Second Pan-African Congress in London. 30 July – 1 August, The founding conference of the Communist … National Conference is published in…
Bathandwa Ndondo
… end of October, fifty-one people had been detained. On 30 October, two days before the application came to court. …
BiographySolomon Kalushi Mahlangu
Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from then on only…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… Robey- 1890 – 1895; The Rev. William McIntosh- 1896 – 1899; Major Rev. Thomas Murray- 1901 – 1902; The Rev. James …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… brief and unexpected prominence in the South African War (1899 to 1902). When British forces under Lord Roberts … Town Council.| Pretorius, F. (1999). The…
PlaceConstitution Hill Museum, Johannesburg
… to house prisoners of war during the Anglo-Boer Wars (1899-1902); the Number Four Prison Block, a so-called “Native …
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… war , most notably the ' Siege of Kimberley', in 1899 with the famous " Long Cecil " on display, and the … in the north-west of South Africa, between 14 th…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… to Bulawayo and Salisbury in Rhodesia. On 16 October 1899 a local force of 270 men under Police Inspector Snow …
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… Stationed in the Vicinity during the South African War (1899-1902).The Dam was Built to; hold water for their Horses …
PlaceNiger
… Islam. Thus French conquest began in earnest only in 1899. It nearly met with disaster owing to the local … determined resistance against the notorious…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… for comfort. Robben Island Zuma entered Robben Island on 30 December 1963, sharing a communal cell with a group of between 30 and 50 other prisoners, washing…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… making trousers. With hard work they were able to earn 30 shillings per week each. Workers were fired if they failed … confinement and held in solitary…
Mission Stations - I-L
… , Mocambique: SPG 1900 KLEIN WINDHOEK , Namibia: Rc 1899 KLERKSDORP , Transvaal: SPG 1897; WMMS KLIPDAM , Cape: … , Cape: see COLUMBA , Kentani, Cape KOENENG…
African Art Centre
… it was under the leadership of Jo Thorpe for the first 30 years of its existence, and since has been directed by …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1920-1929
… of Wales' visit. 1922 March 10, Gandhi: Arrested at 10.30 in the evening near the Sabarmati Ashram while proceeding …
EventStart of the Muslim community's Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… History of Muslims in South Africa SAHO Archive: 1804-1899 …
PlaceAnglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
… the history of South Africa was the South African War of 1899-1902 . Although the protagonists were Britain and the … in the history of South Africa was the…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… when police started shooting, killing 19 and injuring 30. The ANC declared 26 June as a national day of mourning, … the accused into two groups. In 1961 the…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… ground and are eventually showered with tear gas. 25 - 30 people are arrested. The determined crowd goes on to … to seek confrontation and to break the…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… other Durban Corporation departments, the total rising to 30,000 by the third day. They return to work by 8 February. 5 …
PlaceNoupoort
… who were stationed at Noupoort during the Second Boer War (1899-1901). The troops were repatriated before they could …
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1899. The goal of this organisation was to campaign against …
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… a Rand Daily Mail report read: “Mr Steve Biko, the 30-year-old black leader, widely regarded as the founder of … them with truncheons. The physician said he…
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… willing to accept mine labour and mostly underground work [30] . The reluctance of African labourers to work in the … enforced by wage sheet inspections [54]…