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ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… an ANC activist and went into exile with her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and …
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
… The trial became known as the Rivonia Trial. On 11 June 1964, almost a year into the trial, Judge Quartus de Wet … Gerhart, G.M (2007). ‘The Rivonia Trial…
EventAfrikaans author Mikro is born
… for the Agricultural Ministry from which he resigned in 1964. He was awarded the Hertzog Prize for Prose 1936 for … Available at www.karoohoogland.co.za …
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 26 - Letter from Patrick … Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two…
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… was the leader of Nyasaland which became Malawi in in 1964, with him as its president. Banda was born in Kasungu …
EventKenya is granted independence
… in prison. When Kenya became a Republic on 12 December 1964, Kenyatta was named Kenya's first president, with …
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… others. They were charged in October 1963 and on 12 June 1964 the Rivonia Trialists were sentenced to life …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… beer, or utshwala. The riots in Cato Manor began on 17 June 1959, when a demonstration of African women forced … and were dispersed by the police. To read…
Bibliographical Data
… 1948; 2nd ed., Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1964), written by a former Communist who was politically … Reich (Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England:…
PlaceThe Space
… “The Story of The Space”, Theatre of Survival, Accessed 17 April 2017, … “The Story of The Space”, Theatre of Survival, Accessed 17 April 2017, … “The Story…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… the SAIC, the Union Government and the Indian Government. 17 June, The Pact coalition between the National Party and … (SAIC) deputation to India returns to…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… History of African Politics in South Africa 1882 – 1964’, Hope and Challenge, 2. Stanford, California: Hoover …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… against Cato Manor. The rapid clearance of the area begins 1964 Monday 31 August - Umkhumbane ceases to exist as the …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… was the defence lawyer. Eight were found guilty in June 1964 of sabotage, planning and executing guerrilla warfare …
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
The region of the Western Cape which includes the Table Bay area (where the modern city of Cape Town is located) was inhabited by Khoikhoi pastoralists who…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… Beach was lost to them when it was proclaimed Indian. 1964 The planning division, which had previously been under … of Planning (South African Institute of…
EventSA artist, Lionel Davis, is born
… Davis became a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he completed his Senior Certificate. …
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… of military trainees. He was sentenced 20 years in jail in 1964 and served his time on Robben Island. He was released in …
EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… On 13 January 1964, the United Nations Secretary-General named a team of …
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… and by the extension of an all-white parliament. By 1964, limited political rights had been extended to Coloureds …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named …
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… were also established namely; Grey College which opened on 17 January 1858, the so-called Dames Instituut or Eunice …
The Cape Northern Frontier
The San © www.safrica.info In the late 17th and early 18th century the Dutch at the Cape Colony only had contact with the Khoikhoi and San peoples. The Dutch…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… illegal is approved in parliament. It came into force on 17 July 1950. A Day of National Protest and Mourning is held … Registration Act, Act No 30 of 1950 ,…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… Ferus was detained for a year in 1962, and in 1964 he was charged with sabotage. He was later jailed on …
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… art workshops in South Africa and internationally. Between 1964 and 1988 he held several exhibitions and received three …
EventANC stalwart and Rivonia Trialist, Govan Mbeki, is released from Robben Island Prison
… Age. Mbeki was sentenced to life imprisonment during the 1964 Rivonia Trial with Nelson Mandela , Ahmed Kathrada, …
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… after Nelson Mandela, wrote a letter to the ANC in 1964, asking the organization if he could rather further his …
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… its apartheid policy. Prior to the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964, South Africa was banned from taking part in the games …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… where it improved the employment rate from 25% of 1933 to 17% in 1939. [17] One could also say that some of the relief and reform … ). [17] Johnston, M.: …