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Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… for the Friendship - a Letter Chapter 12 for Denis Chapter 13 The Roving Educator Chapter 14 "We are witnesses"(24): for …
PlaceMaitland
… The railway line from Cape Town reached Maitland on 13 February 1862. The 1891 census indicated that Maitland had … The railway line from Cape Town reached…
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… Khoikhoi or the San would not hesitate to seize them. On 13 March 1701, the Khoikhoi are reported to have looted more …
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… January 1961 he was flown to Elisabethville in Katanga. On 13 February 1961 it was announced that he was shot, and …
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… team, culminated in Dr Ali Bacher's statement on February 13, 1990. In the statement Bacher acknowledged that it was …
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… On 13 September 2005 Agriculture Minister , Thoko Didiza, … ' SA stamps out avian flu ' , from news24 [online], 13 September. Available at: www.news24.com …
PlaceEnon
… named after the biblical place mentioned in John. It lies 13 kilometres East of Kirkwood and 60 kilometres North-East …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… with its housing, employment and financial interventions. [13] Criticism of the New Deal When analyzing some of the … ). [13] D.M. Kennedy.: “What the New…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… chaired by Professor Davidson Don Tengo (D. D. T.) Jabavu. 13 December - 14 December, The Atlantic Charter Committee led … in emergency session in Durban and…
ArticleCuba and the struggle for democracy in South Africa
… Column, but after heavy fighting they took Novo Redondo by 13 November. The Zulu Column was set to take Porto Amboim and … was under attack from South…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… never published because his editor did not believe him. [13] Resistance photographs served as compelling testimony … Badsha, Imijondolo (Johannesburg:…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… of Van Der Walt and Schoeman Streets. There were about 13, 5 miles of tracks for trams in Pretoria. 1913 Union … and Florence Ribiero are killed outside…
Sue Williamson Book Launch
Join us for the launch of the catalogue accompanying Sue Williamson’s retrospective exhibition, ‘There’s something I must tell you’.The exhibition is on view…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… announced that Sobukwe was being released from custody on 13 May 1969. Upon his release, Sobukwe was allowed to join …
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… The Inaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue took place on 13 August 2010 in the Sandton Sun Hotel, Johannesburg. The …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… accused, addressed a SACTU meeting in Port Elizabeth on 13 November 1955. According to Fani, Tshume stated in a …
EventA resolution against the use of Afrikaans is taken during SASM conference in Roodepoort
On 28 May 1976, the South African Student Movement (SASM) held a conference in Roodepoort. During the conference Aubrey Mokoena, a member of the Black People's…
EventBiafra, a Nigerian Province is recognised by Tanzania
… and that rejoining Nigeria, would mean certain death. On 13 of April 1968, Tanzania became the first country to …
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… beaten a world-class 24-man field in epic surf with 10 to 13 metre faces at Half Moon Bay. The 32 year-old Billabong …
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
Haile Selassi was born as Lij Tafari Makonnen in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… Afrikaans became the official language of instruction on 13 September 1932. During the period of 1982 to 2008, the …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… slowly attracted German settlers, 3,700 by 1903, and 13,000 by 1910. In 1903, the Nama (also referred to as …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Anton Lembede's primary school class, Umbumbulu, 192.7 (Bemadette Sibeko) Inset of…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… wounding one and torching six motor vehicles at the plant. 13 August, Three dead bodies of mine workers are found. SAPS …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… 33 year old man, by the South African police officials. On 13 April 2011, Andries Tatane was kicked, beaten and shot …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… period began on February 1, 1954, running until December 13, 1956), but the Prosecution's evidence against the thirty …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… and to establish rail routes serving the coal collieries. [13] The need to reduce the cost of electricity saw the Merz … its workforce considerably. By the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… rushed to Groote Schuur but is declared dead on arrival. 13 September, B.J Vorster succeeds Dr. Hendrik Verwoerd as … (Hwange National Park) on their first…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… that culminated in the initiating of Passive resistance on 13 June, and the total dominance of the radicals in the NIC … resistance would begin. On 2 June…
EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to triumph over the Netherlands (2nd) and the …