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EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… Aviation League, for champion aviatrix of the world. In 1930, she was awarded a DBE (Dame of the British Empire) for …
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… in 1922. Theiler joined the Rockefeller Foundation in 1930. It is while there that he did extensive research on …
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into exÂ…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… , H Festenstein, Dennis Goldberg and Bob Hepple . On July 19, Vorster said: ‘They wanted to crucify me when we … Africa poll whose results were released on…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… 50 000 people from the steps of the Cape Town City Hall. 19 February, Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
Prehistory of the Region Pre-history of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper and iron inhabited the area between 350AD to 600AD. Linguistic and…
EventAmy Mollison sets a new world record when she flies from England to Cape Town in 3 days 6 hours and 26 minutes
… English Aviator who set numerous flying records during the 1930’s. She married fellow aviator Jim Mollison and the …
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… be linked to the second Schoolroom, which was Erected in 1930. The addition of the beautiful Minaret, which catches … until close to the time of his death on…
New Generation Sculpture
… "Straddling the gap between was and is", The Weekly Mail, 19 - 25 June 1987, p. 21. 8. I. Powell, The Weekly Mail, 10 …
ArticleA Culture of Survival
It was a struggle to survive in the city. Workers' wages did not keep pace with the cost of subsistence, and most black families lived below the bread line. …
ArticleZulu
… . His first Zulu novel "Insila kaShaka" was published in 1930. We see a steady growth of publications especially novels from 1930 onwards. The clear-cut…
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
On 3 July 1983, John Fleming (Jack) Brock died – he was a scientist, physician and a professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cape Town…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… taught for a while at Kuilsrivier and Ritchie. From 1930 to 1931 he wrote poems for the magazine Huisgenoot and …
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… 1912. He was the barrister and President of the ANC from 1930 to 1936 when he was ousted by Reverend Z.R. Mahabane. …
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi mother …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Mauritius. Attends reception by Indian community. November 19, Leaves Mauritius for India. December 14, Reaches Rajkot … on South Africa at Indian Congress…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… Transkei, undergoes a traditional Xhosa initiation rite. 1930 Again a migrant, Walter returns to Johannesburg to … to Europe and of everything he saw and…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… it garnered 46 231 votes to the United Party's 51 148,19 to General Hertzog's "personal ascendancy" in that … he had changed sides some time before. Die…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… Palmer, is active in campaign against residential permits. 1930 White women get the vote. This means that in effect the … African Coloured People's…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… the government had taken some anti-Jewish stances. In 1930, the National Party , which did not allow Jewish members … [online] Available at http://www.chabad…
PlaceFort Cox
… to offer Agricultural Education and Training in 1930, but then in the 1970, the Forestry component was … the school was given to Lovedale College at Alice…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
The Eastern Cape is regarded by many as the cradle of Black resistance against White oppression. After the defeat of the Xhosa by the British in the frontier…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… Source: New History of South Africa Cape Town) p231 In 1930, after a spirited struggle the vote was extended to …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… with Christopher Phera as captain, but reclaimed it in 1930, winning three of five competitions: the Bushbucks … thanks to Luthuli's efforts, elicited…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… Apartheid ideologies as well as racism and oppression. [19] This led to the Soweto Uprisings where banners were … Court judgements”, Daily Maverick, …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… 3 October Anglo-French army lands at Salonika, Greece. 19 December Months of fighting between Turkish and Allied …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… They also yield data about the British Royal Navy, 19 th century passenger and mail shipping services, and First …
Polokwane an Overview
'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of…