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EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Africa and Method in prehistory. He died on 5 December 1959. …
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Africa and Method in prehistory. He died on 5 December 1959. …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… tracts of country to the newcomers. Under the belief that Britain was about to claim the area as a protectorate, … Agate Beach, rich in guano deposits, were…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… and favoured closer links with the Cape Colony and Britain, while Steyn supported the proposition made by the … tried to avoid war between the Transvaal…
EventA UN report estimates the number of people who have HIV/AIDS in Africa at 50,000
… blood sample taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1959 was tested and revealed the HIV virus. This suggested …
EventNelson Mandela announces his separation from his wife, Winnie Mandela.
… year. The couple had two daughters, Zenani born in 1959 and Zindzi born in 1960. In 1962, Mandela was arrested …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… took a more serious turn. The US, the Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany and Belgium all recalled their …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… For example, once industrialisation had begun in Britain and Europe, there was to be no turning back to the …
PlaceLesotho
… and older are literate, compared to 67.75% of men. In 1959, Basutoland became a British Colony and was called … 'Basutoland'. Basutoland gained full…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… not understand their lessons. Steve passed Standard Six in 1959 and in 1960 he went on to Forbes Grant, a school through … the cause of his death. Even close…
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… year (1910), the South Africa Act was approved in Britain granting power to the White minority over Africans, … to vote. It was decided that Herbert…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… Scandal. From Ecuador Rhoodie proceeded to Great Britain where he failed to secure political asylum. After leaving Britain he went to France, where he was…
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… to the British government. Following the death of Luka, Britain launched an operation which left thousands of Kikuyu … country and led to Kenya gaining its…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… history of nuclear energy in the country can be traced to 1959 when the country's first large-scale nuclear research …
EventChief Albert Luthuli is banned for a further five years
… when he was confined to the lower Tugela area. Again in 1959 he was banned for a further period of five years which …
EventDr Kenneth Kaunda, former president of Zambia, is born
… African National Congress for the Northern Province. In 1959, Kaunda broke away from the ANC and formed his own …
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… by a black individual or a black community. On 7 December 1959, leaders of the ANC, SAIC and LPSA issued a joint appeal … and the LPSA. He was member of the…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… Reuters. 17 August 2012. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-safrica-lonmin-idUSBRE87G04K20120817 ↵ [34] South African … Reuters. 17 August 2012. http://www…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… of the Security Council have the right to veto, and Britain and the USA were not in favour of mandatory sanctions … gain more votes in this way and increase…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… representative at the conference, Jonnie Makatini, said Britain's refusal to support further sanctions would result … back to the House of Commons on 22…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… second novel, A World of Strangers (1958) was published. 1959 E'skia Mphahlele's autobiographical Down Second Avenue (1959) is a landmark in the development…
EventFidel Castro becomes Premier of Cuba
… and managed to register some victories. On New Year's Day 1959 the 26 July Army finally forced Batista into exile, and …
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Modisane left South Africa in 1959 and while in exile he published his only and much …
EventBettie Cilliers, famous SA painter, is born
… time and was part of a unique group of artists who even in 1959 had an exhibition of non-figurative art, which was …
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… was opened in Eloff Street on 1 November 1901. In 1959 it moved its head office from Pretoria to Johannesburg …
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his Masters in Literature and in 1959, his Masters in Afrikaans and Dutch literature. In the …
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, which prohibited the … was gaining strength. Talks between the two…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… 1899 the South African Republic issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… believed in eugenics such as the United States of America, Britain, Sweden, India and China encouraged good health of … of eugenics policies was beginning to…
ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… the Boers. Burgers did very little tried to stop Britain from taking over the Transvaal. Shepstone had told … because this would create a negative impression…