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EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… 16 December is a day of great significance in South Africa … events that took place. The first of these was in 1838, when the Battle of Blood River took…
BiographyRaymond Arthur Dart
… labouring in the same area that Raymond Dart had worked 12 years before. In 1947, the world-renowned anatomist …
BiographyJohn Beaver "J.B" Marks
… Council for the Tranvaal and the Orange Free State, On 12 August 1946, over 100,000 miners struck work. They were …
BiographyNorman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen
… was shot in his bedroom by the apartheid Riot Squad; 12 shotgun pellets to his chest killed him. He was 22 years …
David Pratt
… against one’s opponent is not our method.’(The Star, 12 April 1960).On the very same page, two articles related to … by Advocate Issie Maisels. Pratt’s trial…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
… 1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who … of their banning orders. Madikizela-Mandela was given a 12 month sentence to be served at…
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… also lasted long after the abolition of slavery in 1838. In South Africa under Dutch settlement, there was a … the Great Trek, an emigration North and…
BiographyPaul Grendon
“I am interested in making large-scale paintings that can be used in public places with imagery that is totally accessible to everyone.” Paul Grendon…
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… a part of the British force that held Makhanda captive. [12] However, he also wrote years after the experience. There … the amaCwerha clan, but he died when…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… the Great Trek, an emigration North and Northeast of about 12 000 discontented Afrikaner farmers, or Boers. These … defeated at the famous Battle of Blood…
BiographyChristopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
… incident when South African authorities forced Dlamini's 16-year-old brother to return to Swaziland on his own, had a … Johannesburg, 1985.| Cape Times , 3…
BiographyVusamazulu Credo Mutwa
… of New York’s World Trade Centre in 2001, the 1976 June 16 uprising, HIV, Chris Hani ’s assassination, load shedding …
ArticleList of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
… and Apex (Transvaal).Train driver slightly injured 12/12/77 SAP building: Germiston, Transvaal. Police station … 11/06/81 Economic: railway line, Natal…
BiographyHerbert Hayton Castens
… were played during this tour. Of the 24 games played, 12 were won, five lost and seven drawn. The highlight was …
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
… run concurrently. Thus, Madondo would effectively serve 12 years in prison. Madondo was taken to Robben Island, where …
Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa Activity
… their cattle? 11. What work did the Khoikhoi women do? 12. What work did the Khoikhoi men do? 13. Why did the … move often? 15. Why did the Khoikhoi…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… of Antigua in 1819, as well as British Guiana in 1831. On 16 January 1834, D'Urban assumed office as Governor of the … remained governor until the arrival of…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… the Dutch and local Khoi erupt at the Cape. 1657 The first 12 free burghers settle along the Liesbeeck River in the Cape … arrive at Moshoeshoe?s, king of…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
… They arrived in Conakry in July 1981 where they spent 12 months. The group returned to their camp in southern … South Africa in 1994, Mphahlele went back to…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… support for then-President Thabo Mbeki . He passed away on 12 October 2018 after a brief illness. …
BiographyAbram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro
… he matriculated. After completing Standard 10 (now grade 12), he enrolled at Turfloop (now University of the North) …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… chronicles the events that unfolded prior and post the 16 August Marikana shooting and the subsequent aftermath. The … shot in the hostels in separate…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
… particularly in Arithmetic, which he loved. When he was 12 years old, his mother left for Johannesburg, Transvaal … a handful of Blacks, thus honoured. …
BiographyLewis Baker
… later charged and tried in the Bram Fischer trial. On 16 November 1964, the trial opened in Johannesburg. Fourteen …
BiographyJoseph Fansio Mati
… was caught at the Golela border post with stacks of June 16 leaflets and R3,000. After a period of interrogation he …
BiographyPeter Sexford Magubane
… destroyed in a fire. Magubane’s coverage of the 1976 June 16 student uprisings earned him worldwide acclaim and led to …
BiographyEllen Phyllis Hellman
… Riots at Soweto and Elsewhere, which operated from June 16, 1976 to February 28, 1977, known as the Cillie …
BiographyFred Carneson
… Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1936 at the age of 16.Carneson met his future wife, Sarah Rubin in 1936 in …
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… Nchu in the then Orange Free State. Moroka was born on 16 March 1892, in Thaba-Nchu. He attended the Wesleyan Church … day of 1950. In October 1948, Xuma…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
… perceived as cold and overly business-minded. [12] Zuma was quick to emphasise unity upon taking office. … businesses, as well as a youth development…