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BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… Aryan Benevolent Home in Pietermaritzburg. At the age of 19, he was also appointed secretary of the Young Men's Vedic …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… region of the country is dated in this period. 25 000 to 19 000 years … links to the African National Congress…
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 …
PlaceLazanou Wine Farm
Josef Lazarus and Candice Stephanou bought the farm in May 2002 when it was operating as a wholesale indigenous plant nursery. At the time it had just one…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… the vicinity, giving official status to the area. From 17-19 March 1852 a full Assembly meeting (Volksraadvergadering) … van 1840 tot 1940. Pretoria. Du Toit…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… against South Africa dates back to the late 1950s. In 1959, the Anti-Apartheid Movement which played a significant …
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…
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 …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… delegates participated. Between December 1958 and February 1959, Xuma met with representatives of the South African … in 1955, and many Africans were forced…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… 50 000 people from the steps of the Cape Town City Hall. 19 February, Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… 31 years in exile. Known as Mama Africa , she had left in 1959 as part of the cast of the musical King Kong and was …
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… training in fine art at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1959.He trained under great artists such as Cecil Skotnes and …
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… history of nuclear energy in South Africa dates back to 1959 when the country's first large-scale nuclear research …
EventNRP leader, Vause Raw announces that his party is ready to give the President’s Council a chance
… the break-up of the UP, which started splintering after 1959 when MPs, including veteran anti-apartheid fighter Helen …
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
Prehistory of the Region Pre-history of Southern Africa Africans who worked with copper and iron inhabited the area between 350AD to 600AD. Linguistic and…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… Apartheid ideologies as well as racism and oppression. [19] This led to the Soweto Uprisings where banners were … Court judgements”, Daily Maverick, …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
QUESTION 1: HOW WAS AFRIKANER NATIONALISM PROMOTED IN SOUTH AFRICA DURING THE 1930s TO 1940s? Study Sources 1A, 1B, 1C and 1D and answer the questions that…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… On 17 July 1959, Palaeontologist Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest …
EventManto Tshabalala - Msimang, controversial minister of health, is born
… matriculated at Inanda Seminary School in Durban in 1959. She later continued her studies at Fort Hare University …
EventThe Democratic Party, now the Democratic Alliance, is formed
… drawn up by members of the Progressive Party in 1959, the forerunner of the Democratic Party which was led by …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… Mauritius. Attends reception by Indian community. November 19, Leaves Mauritius for India. December 14, Reaches Rajkot … on South Africa at Indian Congress…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… anthem, ( https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2017-06-28-tracing-the-roots-of-the-decolonised-anthem/ ) receive …