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Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… Introduction The 16 June 1976 Uprising that began in Soweto and spread countrywide profoundly changed the … of the Bantu Education Act in 1953. The rise of…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe passed away in London on 2 September 1929 at age 70. He was a mining and … property magnate who was knighted for his…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries … were a product and this was not accidental…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of six children of the first … After matriculating at the Diocesan…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA II) was convened in Johannesburg. Unlike the first session CODESA II ended in a deadlock as parties involved could not…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. The League was an … after World War I. Having installed…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of Africa's most…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape … to 1918. He graduated at the London School of…
EventMacassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board
… Macassar is a beach in False Bay, east of the Peninsula. The beach is named after Macassar in the former Dutch East Indies, where a nobleman named Sheik…
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
… opened the first OK Bazaars on Eloff and President Streets in Johannesburg. OK Bazaars went on to gain success as a … throughout South Africa, and became a…
EventThe Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation, plus Operating Agreement, is adopted in London.
… the world's first telecommunications satellite, Telstar, in 1962, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) … system that would aid distress situations…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in Bloemfontein to talk about the franchise question. Six … 5 June 1899, the conference ended…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on … (AWB), an ultra right-wing organisation, in a garage in…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… this exhibition the significant role-played by SASA in the development of South African art, including its involvement in the foundation of the SA National…
Chapter 1: The 1971 Art South Africa Today Exhibition: Towards a Language of protest art
… Overt socio-political protest in South African art, as I have suggested, first made a … in protest should also be mentioned. As a response to a Black…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… attacks by hostel dwellers on township communities, mostly in the Vaal/Reef area. One such incidence occurred on 4 September 1990, when the SADF opened fire…
EventFlorence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London
… the Crimean war where she cared for wounded soldiers. In 1860 she established a nursing school at St Thomas Hospital in London. It was the first professional…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… (ANC) members and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members in KwaZulu Natal. After his expulsion from the ANC, Nkabinde … accused of starting a low-level war that…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Conclusion The events … to feel that a broader united…
EventApartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force
… The minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, announced in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) would be tolerated…
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… International literacy Day was first celebrated in 1966. This day is meant to raise awareness in countries all over the world about the high levels of … and…
EventSouth Africa is criticised for its foreign policy and deliberate interference in the SADC region
… of donor countries and organizations was held in Maseru. It was marked by further criticism of South Africa's foreign policy and deliberate interference in…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South West of … to form his own team, to the disapproval of many in the…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… first students to die. On June 16, 1976, more than 10,000 black high school students in Soweto marched out of school, protesting an apartheid … none of them…
A tribute to Oliver Tambo by members of the Anti Apertheid movement in the UK (video)
… Tribute to Oliver Tambo in Albert Road Recreation Ground & Play Area by ex members of the Anti Apertheid movement in the UK. … to Oliver Tambo by members of…
’The beast is in the open’, Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the struggle of the Namibian People, Unesco House Paris, 13 September 1980
… ’The beast is in the open’, Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the struggle of the Namibian People, …
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… M. Harmel, "Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa", Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February … main features of advanced monopoly…
EventThe Table Mountain cableway, one of the biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, is inaugurated
… cableway, one of the world’s biggest tourist attractions in Cape Town, was inaugurated. The official ceremony was … were delayed by the outbreak of the…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… at the Roodepoort School and one of nineteen Indians in detention, died after he had plunged from a window on the … suicide. Timol became the seventeenth…
Judgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and others
… by the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The trial became known…