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EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… On 18 May 1997, Laurent Kabila, at the head of a rebel army, …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… the outskirts of the Eastern Cape town of Grahamstown on 18 August 1977 and taken to apartheid security police …
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… Smith, Michell and the 90 odd workmen who had laid over 18,000 cubic feet of cut-masonry. The lighthouse was based on …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… Available at www.voortrekker-history.co.za [Accessed: 18 July 2011] Wallis, F., 2000. Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse …
Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… month. I worked in Kimberley for about three years, until 1932, without any increase in wages. In 1932-a year of depression-I came to Johannesburg and…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… Orange Free State and the Transvaal (Rheinallt-Jones, 1938:18), liberal and missionary opinion stood aghast (ibid. South … (CAD, NTS 7725 File 166/333: DNL…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… Africa,” until she returned there with Ronnie in 1990. [18] In the decade of South Africa’s … Agent, 128. [17] Kasrils, The Unlikely Secret Agent…
PlaceLesotho
… the extension of the Lesotho Exemption Permits by another 18 months. The announcement comes weeks after the arrest of … decision to extend the Lesotho…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… high wages. In 1897, for example, skilled miners earned 18 pounds to 22 pounds a month. That was good pay in those … The Transvaal Asiatic Land Tenure …
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… He joined the Communist Party of South Africa in 1932 (when it was still legal) and participated in trade … South African History Online, 2013, last modified…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… On 18 January 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s … from boxing in 1983. Peter “Terror” Mathebula died on 18 January 2020, in Leratong Hospital,…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… present. A fitting tribute Plaatje died of pneumonia in 1932. His riches lay not in material wealth but in the range …
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Steadville, its first inhabitants moved to the area in 1932 and the first township was called Rooi. Before then, … BI ”“ 01.07.2013 Ndlovu, SS ”“ 10.06.2013…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
… drive towards the one million membership, on Monday, July 18, at the historic Lilies Leaf farm in Rivonia - where the …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born in Idutywa in Transkei on June 18 1942. Both his parents were activists. His father, Govan …
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… Military Intelligence (MI) officials and approved. On 18 November 1992 President W.F. de Klerk appointed Lt-Gen. …
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… date as 10 January, the numbers killed as 6 and injured as 18. The bloody clash took place during a violent nine week …
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… On 18 June 1986, the House of Representatives of the United …
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… and nothing happened, other dates were set, including 18 February 1857. Disappointment followed disappointment, …
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… Trust Fund to aid political prisoners and families. On 18 August 1977, he was arrested on his way home from a …
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
Prehistory of Southern AfricaFarming people did not inhabit the Greater Johannesburg region until the Late Iron Age. Then, beginning in the 15th century,…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… what the leader of the workers has to say about this.'" [18] What position? What position did Kotane, or other CP … , London, 1975, p. 165.) [17] Ibid. , p…
PlaceSignal Hill
… as Signal Guns. The Castle received the latest English 18 pounders, because the very loud report of the Cannons … relay used to remotely fire the Gun. The…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… by Elisabeth Frink in a city park dedicated to Mandela. 18 July, Award of the Order ‘Star of International … Friendship' in gold by the German Democratic…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… convention is opened by the Mayor of Bloemfontein. 1950 18 March, The University of the Free State is founded. 1955 …
PlaceClairwood Hospital, Durban
Clairwood Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Durban South, KwaZulu Natal. Hospital services include a…
PlaceGreen Point Common
In the 18th century, this area was known by the Dutch as 'De Waterplaats' (The foreshore). The Green Point Common was vested land, which was granted to the…
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
… Pope Paul VI later canonized the 22 Catholic martyrs on 18 October 1964 during the Vatican II conference. To honor …
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… to prisoners serving long jail terms for sabotage. 18 accepted, including Denis Goldberg , the only White found …
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… bases. One such attack was carried out in Mozambique on 18 October 1978, resulting in the death of over 200 people. …