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PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
The building is the oldest existing dwelling in the immediate vicinity of Rustenburg. Designed in a neo-classical idiom, it was erected for William Robertson…
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
It was declared a National Monument underold legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… his re-election, Hertzog made good on his word and on the 19 May 1930, White South African women gained the right to … David Philips Publishers ) This day in…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… of the NP Government's policies had been banned along with 19 Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) formations. This left a …
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
Piet Retief completes the manifesto that sets out the reasons why the Voortrekkers are leaving the Cape Colony. It is published in English in the Graham's Town…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood…
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… an occupying settler population via the Native Land Act of 19 June 1913, organised resistance against colonialism would …
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… economy. For more info: Nowetu Mpati COSATU Spokesperson. 19 December MEMORANDUM As South African workers we reject and …
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Osman Latief, a resident of Vrededorp,…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… catch! Another attraction is The Umgababa Festival from 19 December- 5 January every year. This festival attracts the …
The Battle of Square Hill
… which continued unabated for a month. During the night of 19 August 1918 the 160th Brigade of whom the 1st Battalion … had been in battle from 6.45pm on 18…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… 1920s failed to support agriculture in any serious way. [19] What followed after the crash was the Great Depression. … [Accessed 6 April 2021]. [18] Ibid. …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… [18] and forced Africans to wear passes (Natives Act). [19] In conclusion, the Natives Land Act impoverished Africans … [19] Author Unknown, “Pass laws in…
PlaceMcGregor, Western Cape
… into 2½ha. Plots. By 1905, all the land had been bought by 19 smallholders and farmers, and their names are recorded on …
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… their in_Herit Festival, which takes place from Monday 19 to Sunday 25 September. The festival offers free entry to … their in_Herit Festival, which takes…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… to Govern South Africa, it was renamed again on the 19 May 1998 by the incoming ANC regime, this time called …
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
… The down-run records are held by David Gatebe (5:18:19 in 2016) and Frith van der Merwe (5:54:43 in 1989). The … 2020 and 2021 races had to be cancelled…
PlaceLeipoldtville, West Coast
… and the distance from Graafwater to Leipoldtville is 19 kms. Northeast of Elands Bay en route to Graafwater, lies …
EventSouth West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo Ya Toivo. The party was …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… housing, sexual relations, schooling and land ownership’. [19] The 1976 Soweto protests against Afrikaans as a forced … ↵ [18] Jansen, Afrikaans: A Language…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… remains in power with increased parliamentary majority. 19 February, Andries Treurnicht is born on Middelpos farm in … of Indian organisations, but the…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… lack of a two-thirds majority. The vote was 31 in favour, 19 against and 6 abstentions. 1948 12 July, India again … representatives from India, Pakistan and…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… der Stel in 1692, and after its destruction in a fire on 19 December 1925, it was restored by architect FK Kendall in … der Stel in 1692, and after its…
PlaceMalawi
… most densely populated nations with a population of 19 129 952 million people (in 2020). Capital city is Lilongwe …
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… remove a group of people from their land. However, on 19 September 1985 a Supreme Court ruling declared that forced …
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… as a 'war of liberation'. On a cold and drizzling day on 19 May 1659, the Khoikhoi carried out a series of raids on …
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… business interests. Oppenheimer died in Johannesburg on 19 August 2000. References Gwyneth Williams & Brian …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… on 30 November 1899. The second contingent comprised of 19 officers and 371 men and their horses was organized into …