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ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been achieved…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… the Cape Town African townships to Cape Town city centre. 24 March 1960 – The apartheid government bans all gatherings …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… one another in their struggle against apartheid. On 23-24 April 1979, after the formation of Federation of South …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… R.J. 1981. Early Iron Age settlement at Broederstroom 24/73, Transvaal, South Africa. South African Journal of …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… Act. Gandhi rejects Smuts offer and calls off talks. 24 June: A mass meeting of 700 – 800 was held to reopen the …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… defiers were acquitted, most notably in the case of 24 who entered a railway waiting room in Cape Town and were …
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… in Johannesburg. The first Biograph show was given on 24 May at the Wanderers Hall. On 14 October, three days after … and 1922 African Film Productions made…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION In May 1906 … and permanent labour of between 80 and 160…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… Tribunal was established on the 10th of March, 1793. [24] The aim of the tribunal was to provide instant justice … Day. p. 302. [21] Ibid. [22] Ibid. p. 303…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
Nizaam Carr was born in Cape Town on 4 April 1991.[i] He is a professional South African rugby player, and usually is positioned as a flanker or number 8. He…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
Liberia was 'founded' by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the United States. Although Liberia…
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… the call centre, 'Joburg Connect', which can be contacted 24 hours, seven days a week, on 0860 56 28 74 or 011 375 5555 …
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… The first edition of Die Transvaaler, 16 pages long with a 24-page supplement, appeared on 1 October, 1937. An editorial … to Davies et al, which was chaired…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
… available by appointment. Walking tours need to be booked 24 hours in advance. …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… founded in 1916. Upon affiliation with the DDNFA in 1921, Shooting Stars won the Marshall Campbell Cup, thereby … example, the ratio of African men to women…
Mission Stations - I-L
… 1909 INYARIME , also known as INHAMAXAFO , Mocambique: FMA 1921 INYATI , Botswana, but may have been in Zimbabwe: LMS … spelt KALIBASI , Natal: UFS 1896…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
Professor Gert Johannes "Jakes" Gerwel, who died of complications following heart surgery on Wednesday, was a quiet South African, but one who thought and…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… At the beginning the brewery was run by 2 white and 24 black staff members working 12-hour shifts. In 1957 the … increased to such an extent that the brewery…
PlaceKenya
… in Tanzania. Official British estimates claim that almost 24 000 Africans from the region died during this campaign, … the East African Association (EAA),…
Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
… Mediations: Journal of the Marxist Literary Group, Volume 24, No. 1: Dossier: South Africa (2008) ↵ [2] COSATU press … Mediations: Journal of the Marxist…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… in Eastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated 24 km inland from Durban; it now forms part of eThekwini, the …
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… settlers in 1688. Its foundation stone was laid on 24 August 1899 and the building was officially opened on 15 …
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University Grahamstown, South Africa …
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… Society claim that all told, 211 193 white (including 24 075 women) and at least 123 131 Black, Coloured and Indian …
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris The struggle of tobacco … was 13 000 000 Ibs, one-third of which came…
PlaceWalker Bay Nature Reserve
… and calve their young. Dolphins throughout the year! A 24 km hiking trail hugs the coastline and there are several …
PlaceSedgefield
… . Thomas Charles Bain lived from 1830 to 1893 overseeing 24 major roads and passes from 1854 onwards. They include the …
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… was often called upon to quell civil unrest and strikes. [24] The various paramilitary forces and militias across … pp 4-5. ↵ [22] Ibid, pp 6-7. ↵ [23] Ibid,…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Baleka Mbete was born in the township of Claremont on 24 September 1949 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. … was discussed by Dr. Jill Kelly in two…