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BiographyJacobus Herculaas de la Rey
… military talent at the battle of Donkerhoek on 11-12 June; but, with the Boers in full retreat, he was obliged … De la Rey would call them out to rebellion…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… Richard Mahabane 1937 - 1940 Dr. Alfred Bitini Xuma 1940 - 1949 James Moroka 1949 - 1952 Albert Luthuli 1952 - 1967 Oliver Tambo 1967 - … Elijah Mdolomba…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… out in the Programme of Action adopted by the ANC in 1949. Under this policy the first major action was the … laws were the: Prohibition of Mixed Marriages…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… at as the Johannesburg editor of The Guardian newspaper. 1949 First marries Joe Slovo , a lawyer and fellow member of … First delivers a speech at the Centre…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… which draws up a document on African Claims. 1942 17 June, Kotane and Sophie Human have their second son … in helping to organise the 1946 Mineworkers Strike…
BiographyJack Mkhuseli
… Square, Security Branch offices in Port Elizabeth on 12 August 1985. The applicant was a member of the Security …
Mkhuseli Khusta Jack
… Square, Security Branch offices in Port Elizabeth on 12 August 1985. The applicant was a member of the Security … [Online]. Available at: justice.gov.za/ …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… (Saki) Justice Macozoma was born in Port Elizabeth on 12 May 1957, the eldest of the six children of Edward Nzima …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… Town, he was found guilty of sabotage and sentenced to 12 years on Robben Island. Upon arrival on the Island, he was …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… In 1949 the government appointed the Eiselen Commission with the … the number of pupils at secondary schools increased from 12,656 to 34,656. One in five…
The Children’s Charter
… was attended by over 200 children between the ages of 12 and 17. As children in South Africa, they discussed the problems …
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… the farm Wilgespruit north of present-day Roodepoort. 1886 12 April, George Walker and George Harrison obtain permission … 18 November in front of the Mining…
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… Berlin was finally lifted at one minute after midnight, on 12 May 1949, and the first great standoff of the Cold War was over. … time, though, to build a…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… conference of Christian students in Des Moines, Iowa. 1920 17 June: Xuma graduates with an Honours degree in Science … DDT Jabavu as president and Xuma as…
BiographyDr. Walter Benson Rubusana
Walter Benson Rubusana was born on 21 February 1858 at Mnandi in the Somerset East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… to three months with hard labour. When he was released on 17 July 1941, pamphlets were circulated widely advertising a …
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… crisis” according to LPM spokesperson Mangaliso Kubheka. [12] Kubheka further explained that “We have pleaded with the … local structures in Gauteng, KwaZulu…
Political executions
… informer Londe, Siphiwo 1988/03/29 Lucas, Michael, 17/18 1988/03/25 Bongolethu Youth Congress. Killing of bus … Goch Street shooting (1977). Maqwasha,…
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… Berlin was finally lifted at one minute after midnight, on 12 May 1949, and the first great standoff of the Cold War was … time, though, to build a…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… They are the first shipment of slaves in the colony. 1658 17 April, The first formal school in South Africa is opened … opens for children of the colonists…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… Kingdom, Ireland and France. Australia defeats England 12-6 at Twickenham and wins the tournament. 1995 25 May-24 … South Africa wins the tournament,…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now …
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
… Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana) was born on 12 December 1928 in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria, …
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… being killed, victims were also dismembered after death [12] . Rationale behind the establishment of Vlakplaas The … Krugersdorp , where explosives had…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Glossary
… to be physically, mentally or morally ‘undesirable’. [12] Nuremburg Laws - These were anti-Semitic and racist laws … - This was the genocide of European Jews…
BiographyPeter Hlaole Molotsi
… developed among them. He finished his matriculation in 1949 and returned to the Transvaal where he started working …
BiographyDimitri Tsafendas
… by the Portuguese police, Tsafendas spent the next 12 years travelling around Europe and the Middle East, always … gathered by the author for this research,…
BiographyDiana Mary Mitchell
… Accessed 12.04.2015 ↵ [xxxvi] Ibid. ↵ [xxxvii] Ibid. ↵ [xxxviii] Ibid. …
BiographyGraeme Williams
… and unusual beauties in Johannesburg. Williams has staged 12 solo exhibitions and contributed to 30 combined …
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… four victories, namely the first Super-10 (later the Super-12), the Currie Cup, the Lion Cup, and the Night Series. …