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Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… is reported to be growing in numbers and importance," 18 suggest that the increased agitation of the organisation … by H. H. R. Eaton, p.2. Cost of Living…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… objective taking Square Hill in an attack that lasted from 18:45 on 18 September to 04:00 on 19 September 1918. They captured 181 …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… forces the right to detain people without trial. Over 18 000 demonstrators were arrested, including many in the ANC … campaigns they conducted. For example,…
PlaceGermiston
… Pierre Isse; Dr Sydney Brenner who was the winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and of course …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… the system which was gradually structured since 1923. [18] From 2010 onwards, greater efforts were made to … after the World Summit on Sustainable…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
"They strongly insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be…
ArticleThe World and South Africa when Nelson Mandela was born
… offensives against Allied troops. Click to enlarge On 18 July, the day Mandela was born in the village of Mvezo, …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… The Ndebele of J Kekana . Ethnological Publications No 18. Department of Native Affairs, Union of South Africa. …
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… was stabbed to death by her employee, Paul Nakware Ekai, 18. This was revealed by Ekai in an extraordinary prison cell …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… declares a state of emergency and begins detaining people 18 April, The Unlawful Organizations Act is introduced and … after setting up an arms chache in the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… Cape Town. 1927 Dadoo returns to Krugersdorp at the age of 18. The Indian community hosts a reception at the … withdraws its Areas Bill in view of the…
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the point where incoming farmers…
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… other members mysteriously crashed on the night of 17-18 September at the border of Northern Rhodesia and Katanga, …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… record for light aircraft, by reaching a height of 18, 000 ft. (m). She was also the first woman to fly across …
EventMark Thatcher arrested
Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was arrested at his Cape Town home on 25 August 2004. Thatcher was charged under…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… been used extensively in Europe and Southern Africa. In 2002/3 there were approximately 10,000 Zibambele contractors … the number of contractors to 14,000 by…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… (18 May 2017). ↵ …
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… an offence to employ a Native in a mine under the age of 18 years. This act was amended by the Natives Laws Amendment …
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… Ahmed Helmy was born on 18 November 1969 in Banha, Egypt. His career as an actor …
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… Phambili Ka Ntloko was born on 18 April 1960 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. As a high school …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… 28 November 1952 (pdf) Article of the British Weekly, 18 September 1952 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address at the …
The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer
… 17 by Carol Hermer The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer The diary of Maria Tholo - …
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… to 1904. It has since been established that he died on 18 April 1905. Enoch Mankayi Sontonga wrote the first verse … which stated that Enoch Sontonga had…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
Documents: An anonymous Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… book to try and find out what happened.” Egbers spent 18 months trawling through the archives looking for … that he was convicted for a crime he didn’t…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
… resisters who served imprisonment, 1 476 are between 18 and 30 years of age; (b) that the overwhelming majority of … Cape Basutoland 117 27 3 1 1 386 289 27…
PlaceGriqualand West
… a Bill of Annexation , although it was only implemented on 18 October 1880. A census taken in Griqualand West in 1877 …
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… On 18 August 1932, Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris, France. …