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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 …
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. …
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 …
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 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…
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…
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…
ArticlePre-colonial history of Southern Africa
South Africa has one of the longest sequences of human development in the world. It begins with two million years old hominid fossils. Human Origins South…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… example: Peche in 1846, Christian Heugh and John Lear in 1849, Niven in 1861, Marshall and Appleby in 1865, Thomas …
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…
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 …
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
Indians Can¹t Flywill screen for the first time on 1 February, at 19H30. The 48-minute television documentary tells the story of Ahmed Timol, a 29-year…
4. Complaint of ill-treatment on an estate
… of their number, Bhagoo, is reproduced below. It is dated 19 February 1884. Source: I.I./1/18, 18911884, Natal …
PlaceMalawi
… most densely populated nations with a population of 19 129 952 million people (in 2020). Capital city is Lilongwe …
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… wages paid to workers of different race. 18 July - 19 July, Stevedores turn out in large numbers at the …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… students Bernard Fortuin aged 15 and William Lubbe aged 19 were shot dead from an unmarked police vehicle in Elsies …
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
Expanding European frontiers The Trek Boers, with their servants and slaves, move inland From the late 1600s and into the 1700s, the Cape settlers moved…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
Ben Forstate Ben Forstate is a U3 Student at McGill University studying Political Science and Geography. He enjoys basketball, reading, writing and…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… in Natal and within two weeks, 4000 -5000 were striking. 19 October, At a meeting of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) …