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Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… after reported arrest. 22 November Ngwenya, Abel (31) Daveyton Police reported epileptic fit as cause of …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… is an important contributor to the Republican war effort. 31 May, Johannesburg surrenders to the British when Dr. … interim British Military Administration…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… 7 people at a time. Out of nearly 3 000 hangings between 1959 and 1989, only 14 were women. Of the 14, most were …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… at Lovedale Academy was interrupted by a strike in 1959, he completed his studies at home. He later moved to …
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
… Question : Do you advocate peaceful demonstrations for May 31? Answer : We have no other way to express our feelings. …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… his parents were over two metres tall. Bol himself was 2.31 m tall. Like most boys in his community, Bol initially …
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… successfully since he took over command. Subsequently, on 31 May 1900 Johannesburg was occupied by the British forces. …
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… of Coloured Affairs (UCCA), which was set up later in 1959, to advise the government on matters concerning … as the Coloured People Congress (CPC) after its…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… On 31 December 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… passage of the Extension of University Education Act of 1959. This enabled the creation of new racial and ethnic … for whites. In terms of the Fort Hare…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… racial group to disease-ridden, crammed quarters. [7] In 1959, a typhoid outbreak exposed the gross conditions … for all women and remove the children from…
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… school Groote Schuur High School was founded in 1959 as a co-educational Afrikaans High School in the …
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
… On this day in 1959, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… Conflicting Missions: Havana, Washington, and Africa, 1959-1976 (University of North Carolina Press) Peter N. …
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… until his election to the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in 1959. A member of the Labour Party, he held various cabinet …
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… the decision of the government to proclaim a republic on 31 May this year. It was the opinion of conference that the … the government to convene a National…
EventBritish presents final Peace proposal
… Peace Commission to either accept or reject it before 31 May midnight. After the peace proposal was presented to …
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… (UDF). He died at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town on 31 October 2007 aged 81. …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… of the city in response to the 1950 Group Areas Act. 1959 The As-Salaam Educational Institute is established by … convened by the Nationalist Government not…
PlaceSt Saviours Church Anglican Church and Cemetery, Bowwood Road, Claremont
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 December 1981. The Cemetery is next to and controlled by …
EventProfessor John Fleming “Jack” Brok dies
… [online] available at www.jn.nutrition.org [accessed 31 May 2011] …
EventSasol I, NATREF and Sasol II are under attack
… Three attacks were launched on the night of 31 May/1 June at Sasol I and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol II …
EventNational Party wins general election
The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last election before his assassination in…
EventBomb in Benoni Wimpy kills Mary
Mary-Anne D'Oliveira Netto Serrano (21) was killed in a bomb explosion in the Wimpy Bar at the Benoni Plaza, Benoni on the East-Rand. About sixty people were…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… the colony surrendered on 9 July 1915, bringing 31 years of German rule to an abrupt end. …
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… against their Indian counterparts in Calcutta, India. The 31-year old Pollock reached the batting landmark when he …
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… occupation of the Cape in 1795. The company dissolved on 31 December 1799. …
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
… golf history. His first major championship win came at the 1959 British Open, and he was the first non-American to win …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1960-1969
… into a prison for those convicted of political crimes. 29-31 May, A Nation-wide Stay-At-Home, organized by the ANC, … than 40% of the labour force on the…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… the first African minister in a European government. By 1959, he had become the Prime Minister of CÁ´te d’Ivoire, and …