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ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… detailed description and draws a map of the coast. 1580 18 June, An English admiral, Francis Drake, rounds the Cape …
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… in general. The date for the campaign was finalised on 18 March, and set for 21 March 1960. The weekend was spent …
ArticleBisho Massacre 1992
… and one soldier. Over 200 activists were injured. On 18 September, a mass funeral for the victims was held; the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… had been punished and any further torture had been banned. 18 April, In a parliamentary speech, President de Klerk rules out any possibility of black…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a visit to the Eastern Cape. His aim was to…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… suffering a nervous breakdown in the Pretoria High Court. 08 October, The Boeremag treason trial is delayed in the …
PlacePiet Retief now officially known as eMkhondo
… of: 'Osloop' and 'Geluk'. It became a municipality in 1932. Many Germans and Scots settled here in the later …
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… swept the European continent in the nineteenth century. 18 A prevalent result of the anthropologists' project are … the influential press group, Bantu Press …
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… out? What, indeed. Public demand extended the show to 18 December, Messrs. Darters and Co. loaned a pianola, and at … in the leading city of South Africa is…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… Charter and in keeping with the Cape Town Agreement. 18 July 1943 The “Pegging” Act serves to bring about the … Karamchand Gandhi. These two bodies had split…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
Modern Humans evolve in Africa, including South Africa and the first African people begin to settle in South Africa. Hundreds of years later the first…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… and distributed to the members of the organization. 18 March 1960 – the PAC calls on Black South Africans to …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… Many more arrests occurred in the following two weeks. 18 December, The Indian Inquiry Commission, also known as the … restrictions on Indian trading remain…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the … celebrations. References: This day in History: 18 May [online] Available at: news24.com …
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… but it was finally established that the exact date was 18 April 1905. Seven years after his death the African … to Sontonga on the first post-apartheid…
The Mountain Committee
… were convicted and sentenced to terms ranging from 18 months with 6 strokes to 21 months. Subsequently, at an …
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… The strike resulted in police violence, and the death of 18 people. On 20 June 1950 the CPSA was forced to dissolve, …
EventSA cartoonist, Daniel Cornelis Boonzaaier is born
… [online]. Available at www.arcyart.com [Accessed: 18 October 2011] South African History Online(2011). ‘Daniel … Available at www.sahistory.org.za[Accessed:…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: …
PlaceMapungubwe
… and Egypt. The site was 'discovered' on 31 December 1932 , when a local informant, Mowena, led E.S.J. van Graan …
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… staff members. A council meeting was planned for Sunday, 18 October, to address student issues. Wits released a … Assembly” by noon, following full-day…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… against the Israelis who occupied their land. [18] Hamas - Hamas is a Palestinian Sunni-Islamic … 2017. https://www.britannica.com/topic/authoritarianism. …
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
The main building, as well as some of its outbuildings, date from the last quarter of the 18th century, but subsequent additions have given it an overlay of…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… the law. Natives paid in taxes, 1938, (all males over 18) £2,310,747 Number of Non-Europeans prosecuted, 1938 … £4160 whereas African was 029 Coloured and…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… Zenzile Makeba : was born in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 to a Swati mother and a Xhosa father. Her mother was a … Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in…
Chapter 8- Gumede walks the ANC and SACP tightrope, 1930–46‘
… in the activities of the African trade unions.685 On 18 May 1930 Gumede was elected as a delegate to the … Batho in 1931-32, Gumede returned to…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the … position himself which he held from 31 December 1969 till 18 March 1977. It is speculated…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… and study tour will be convened in South Africa on March 18-19, 2019 (international conferences), and March 20-25, … The Teaching Palestine South African…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… the National Assembly. The number of registered voters was 18 177 000, the total number of votes (voter turnout) was 16 …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
In this topic, we will identify and explain the changes that took place in Europe between 1750 and 1850. Change is the driving force in history. Without…