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PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town School, consisting of the main Building with 14 Classrooms, three Offices, three …
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
… evacuate successfully. According to Angolan sources, the main aim of this commando team was to blow up the Cabinda oil …
EventMayor of Welkom, in the Free State, is tarred and feathered
… perceived changes were often quite violent. This was the main cause of the events that transpired on the 13 May 1989 …
EventFearon Fallows, first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born in England
… but it was only in 1825 that building commenced. The main building of the observatory was completed in 1828, but …
EventThe Afrikaner Broederbond is formed
… formed by Johannes Frederik Janse 'Hans' van Rensburg. The main objective of the OB was to formally represent growing …
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… much to popularise flight in the country by touring the main centres and offering flights to the public. The dates of …
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… Rhodes. Instead the Committee found that Jameson was the main culprit. This incident convinced the Boer Republics to …
PlaceBraamfontein, a Suburb of Johannesburg
… , in the 1940s. The Civic Centre development in the late 1960s took up a whole grid of suburban Houses. Slowly but …
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… sports ground. Owing to the construction of the N2 in the 1960s, only the dovecot has survived from the original farm …
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… for Action Against Apartheid” (www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pr/1960s/pr621210.html) (Accessed 3 March 2004) …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Glossary
… divisions. These policies were at their height during the 1960s and 1970s. influx control ”” (under apartheid) the …
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… its real identity as an Indian group area through the 1960s and early 1970s. Historically, Durban Whites had long …
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… League. The involvement of youth in politics in the 1960s, whether or not in response to developments in … government saw COSAS and other youth organisations…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
… Soviet Union - which had traditionally been one the ANC's main allies and suppliers - led the organisation to adopt a … into a Cold War battleground. The US…
PlaceMauritius
… southeast of Africa and southwest of Asia. There are seven main islands and archipelagos in Mauritius. In no particular … fields can still be seen all over…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… of Junction Ave Theatre Company, from 1976-1982. The main singers include Ramolao Makhene, Siphiwe Khumalo, Arthur … at Upstairs at the Market in February…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… The park is also working on a larger project to make its main camp completely off-grid using solar power. 11 July … variety in the Park. There are now…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… engage with what they considered risky participants. Their main activity was to facilitate the passage of ANC members … based on the MK one to those…
Chapter 3 - SASO: The Ideology and Politics of Black Consciousness
… For white South Africans the late 1960s was a time of political calm, rising living standards, … at Fort Hare, applied to the black institutions of the 1960s…
PlacePretoria Boys High School
… a 100 full-time staff. Its neoclassical red-brick style main school buildings date from 1909, maintaining provincial … Piercy Eagle. The original buildings…
Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of America to T.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
… let us have a copy or give us the information of its main contents. Third:- Have you any relations with the … four Congresses, today, the Left Opposition…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… right next to the Hout Bay Tourist Office just off Main Road behind the Shell Garage. Just like the town, the …
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… structures. Social and economic life centered about its main street, planted on either side with oaks. The 1865 …
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… part of the University’s Experimental Farm.) The main reason for the transfer of land from the University was …
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Congolais (MNC), which sought a unitary state while its main opponents opted for a form of federalism. In the May …
EventThe ANC Youth League is re-established at Orlando stadium in Soweto
… rebuilding process of the Youth League nationwide. Their main responsibilities was to receive reports from all …
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… of the South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO). The main telescopes used for research are at the SAAO facility …
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… poultry, infection with avian influenza viruses causes two main forms of disease, distinguished by low and high extremes …
EventKenyan mediates in SA election deadlock
… Africa's first democratic polls the following week. The main elements of the Agreement for Reconciliation and Peace …
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… (RENAMO). The ambush happened on a Saturday on the main road, 32 kilometres from the Mozambique capital Maputo. …