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EventPaul Kruger is elected president
After the abolition of the triumvirate, consisting of Vice-President Paul Kruger, Commander-General Piet Joubert and W.M. Pretorius, Paul Kruger was elected…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… Communist Party (SACP) , Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo died on 19 September, 1983, after having lapsed into a coma. The …
Local Government
… Potchefstroom, on 3 March 1864, and Pretoria, on 19 April. Neither found the situation to their liking, and on … Comite’, or Sanitary Board. Its election was…
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… Water Act which stated that water was a common asset. [19] This legislation focuses on the decentralization of water … South Africa”, Water History, 2017 …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… Shaka Zulu was one of the main causes for the Mfecane. [19] However, from the 1980s many historians rejected the … P. “In Search of History: Grade 10 Learner…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… that were not part of the strike can be mobilized." [19] Finally photography as a means of self-expression shared … Arcades Project (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… politics and devote his time to social and welfare work. [19] Kajee at the eleventh hour asked the Congress Committee … [15] Ibid, p6-7 [16] Ibid, p8 [17]…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… white and black businesses opposed to political change. [19] According to the town’s sake kamer (a business collective … West Province, South Africa."…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… as the Executive Director of UN Women during a ceremony on 19 August 2013 at United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New … Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka sworn in today’…
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
On the 1 November 1954, small units of Algerians organized by Front de Liberation National (FLN) attacked government buildings. These attacks were fuelled by a…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… ‘Freedom fighters return home finally,’from Bua News, 19 February, [online] Available at …
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… References: TRC human rights violations submissions: 19 June 1996, Dugard Zwelidinge Maqekeza [online ], Available …
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
Andries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom after moving away from Natal and heading inland and eventually settling in the northern Free…
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… towards the exits to get away from the noxious fumes. On 19 July 2000, the commission, which was set-up to investigate …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… Cables’ [online] Available atwww.iscpc.org [Accessed: 19 July 2011] Telkom,‘1500 – 1899’ [online] Available at …
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… in detention in Pretoria Central Prison. 1977 October 19 SASO and other BC organisations are banned under the …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central Prison. 1977 19 October, SASO and other BC organisations are banned under …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… leaders called Chiefs. During the colonial period, the 19 th century, traditional authorities were the means of …
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
The Berlin Conference can be best understood as the formalisation of the Scramble for Africa. This British coined the term sometime in 1884, and it has since…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… First is killed by a letter bomb in Maputo, Mozambique. 19 August, Matilda First, First’s mother, and Robyn Slovo …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… 1969 April, Kotane is re-elected to the ANC NEC. 1978 19 May, Despite seeming to recover a great deal, Kotane dies …
ArticlePoverty and development
One of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of poverty. During the apartheid years, black women were forced into the rural…
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… As a result, Woods was arrested at Jan Smuts Airport on 19 November 1977. Woods and his family went to exile in …
PlaceStutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
The small town of Stutterheim lies at the foot of the Amatola Mountain range in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This picturesque town is situated…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… hosts anti-pass meetings in the Western Native Township. 19 May, White women over the age of 21 are given the right to … to 1.4%. 21 May, The Riotous…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… general election held in April, a new cabinet is sworn in. 19 May, John Vorster visits Malawi and stresses the desire … scattering ANC pamphlets, explode in…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012
… until they break for dinner at 18:30 and resume at 19:45. It is expected that plenary will continue till late …
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
This structure was erected in 1883 and was used as a repeater-station for harbour signals between the observatory and Signal Hill. In 1895 its height was…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… Mulder [online] Available at: wikipedia.org [Accessed 19 August 2009] The Information Scandal: SAHO Online Library …