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ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… African perspective the sensation of these Games was the 19 year old Natalian Reg Walker. He was the number two South … this situation. At the 55th IOC…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… for White and non-White people to have relations. In 1959, 12 Members of Parliament (MPs), including Suzman, broke …
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… Britannica British Press Picture of the Year award in 1959. He died at the age of 74 from cancer. …
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… Congress (ANC) to that date, was called off in September 1959. Its success gave confidence to engage in further …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… 3 October Anglo-French army lands at Salonika, Greece. 19 December Months of fighting between Turkish and Allied …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… They also yield data about the British Royal Navy, 19 th century passenger and mail shipping services, and First …
Polokwane an Overview
'Street soccer' game on a makeshift field, near Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. 2010. © Chris Ledowchowski The Limpopo Province was the scene of scores of…
ArticleSharpeville
… On 19 March 1960, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) called on …
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… African Coloured People's Organisation . 1951 October 19 , Sita Gandhi and her mother Sushila and father Manilal … Cape Town ANC Women's League. Albertina…
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 …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… Tito Mboweni was born on 16 March 1959, in Tzaneen Limpopo. After completing his high school …
EventDemocratic Party (DP) indicates its policies and outlines its proposed reforms
… launched on 8 April 1989 its history dates back to 1959, when a number of liberal members of the United Party …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… (now Zimbabwe ) and Nyasaland (now Malawi ) was made. In 1959, before the fall of the federation, nationalist …
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… not be exact 0:00 - 00:54 - Personal details 00:54 - 01:19 - Early interest in art and needlework 01:19 - 01:47 - Lack of opportunities for aspirant black…
EventPallo Jordan opens the Mbuzini Samora Machel Public Library
… the 20th anniversary of the death of Samora Machel. On 19 October 1986, an air plane carrying the Mozambican … pointing to the apartheid government's…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Afrikaans. The Afrikaans Protestant Church comprised of 19 Ministers and more than 5 000 members. References: Anon, … [online] Available at www.ovguide.com…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… bought the farm Turfloop, east of Pietersburg. In 1959 the state proclaimed that two universities would be … The University of the North opened its doors on…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe was born on 19 July 1949 at the Boksburg-Benoni Hospital. He grew up in …
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… Zwelithini, to be held on behalf of his subjects. On 19 April 1994, eight days before South Africa’s first …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2014 submissions
… loves to play tennis. Project: Women’s Revolts in Natal: 1959 Jerry Saena Jerry Saena is a Southern Methodist …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… KwaMashu and set up a temporary transit camp in Cato Manor 1959 Attempts to forcibly move people to the racially …
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… found two inquest dockets, Mafikeng GO 18/84 and GO 19/84, recalling the encounter from the police’s perspective. … Peter Johnson was born in Oakdale,…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… Boeremag members. About 1000kg of explosives found. 2003 19 May, A Boeremag treason trial starts amid high security at … between suspected leader Tom Vorster…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… there was also some sterilisation of the mentally ill. [19] Case Study: Australia and the Indigenous Australians: … In The Oxford handbook of the history of…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Max Sisulu , is born in Engcobo District, Transkei 1913 19 June, The Land Act, Act No 27, is passed. The Native Land … with the striking miners, killing 8…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… collaborative conception of King Kong: An African Jazz (1959) which would go on to launch many Black artists into …
PlaceLesotho
… and older are literate, compared to 67.75% of men. In 1959, Basutoland became a British Colony and was called …
EventThe name of the military base, Voortrekkerhoogte is officially changed to Thaba Tshwane
… since 1939. , It was officially renamed on 19 May 1998, marking its third name change. The military base …
PlaceNamaqua National Park
Cultural HistoryThe cultural history of Namaqualand stretches back hundreds of thousands of years. Hand axes, presumably made by humans Homo erectus, have been…
EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… and travelled Europe in 1957, finally settling in Ibiza in 1959. After moving to Cornwall in 1967, he became part of the …