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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 … for some time, though, to build a…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… chose to take her own life, committing suicide on 12 August 30 BC. After Cleopatra's death Egypt fell into the … the most common official language in Africa,…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… practising artists, was greeted with much optimism, and by 1906 it was confidently described as a society "with no rival … the South African Drawing Club …
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… who accused him of betraying the Indian cause. In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act forcing … mass protest meeting held in Johannesburg on…
BiographyJan Smiesing
… in the old slave lodge, 1697 to 1734 (Cape Town: Ancestry 24, 2007). ↵ [xxix] Dick, The hidden history of South …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… 51 founding members of the UN from its inception on 24 October 1945. Political developments in South Africa … the UN denounced the Bantustan (homeland system…
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
… This was then named the 'Transvaal University College' in 1906 and renamed the 'South African School of Mines and … Library facilities consists of two…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… to discuss the impending Unlawful Organisations Bill . 12 May, The Immorality Amendment Act No 21 of 1950 is passed. … of the African National Congress (ANC)…
Indian education in Natal
… prevented by the 9 o?clock curfew bell from attending. 12 July, According to the minutes of the Indian Immigration … Street School was opened for Indian and…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… was prepared to finance. The factory was started but after 12 months Ponnen withdrew from the partnership as he did not … summoned to court to give evidence,…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… made up of 3,276 people of whom 1,620 were White 1906 The Transvaal granted self government by the British. …
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… the Victims of the Port Elizabeth tragedy October; 1920. 12. Anniversary Commemoration. 13. Policy of the "I.C.U." in … of the Female workers according to…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… protesting students ended up killing Hastings Ndlovu and 12-year old Hector Pieterson , turned him into an instant …
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… and Bessie Head Literature Awards were established. On 12 July 2007 the library of Pietermaritzburg was renamed the …
BiographyCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart
… minister, was Acting and Intermediate Prime Minister. From 12 January 1960 to 30 April 1961 Swart was the ninth and last …
BiographyJohannes Henricus Brand
… in the (second) Treaty of Aliwal North, concluded on 12 February 1869. Brand was allowed to keep territory on the …
BiographyEla Gandhi
… cannot teach African children”. In 1952, when Ela was 12 years old, her father started going to Defiance Campaign …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… family buries him the day after his death. With less than 24 hours’ notice, thousands of South Africans arrived in … been sexually abused while living at the…
SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
… the Zulus. Commending him to your Christian watch and care.12 John Dube, himself still a student at Brooklyn Seminary, … Company, who had assisted him…
PlaceGriqualand East
… 411... 1 290 33 840 3 895 Division of Mount Ayliff ..... 12 025... 440 16 911 1 115 Division of Mount Currie ..... 7 373... 1 413 12 328 2 543 Division of…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… Army raids Matola in Maputo, Mozambique and assassinates 12 ANC members. This is confirmed by General Constand … support for the ANC in a statement made at…
ArticleTuberculosis
… Plague” because of its ashen effects on a human’s skin. On 24 March we observe World TB Day, the day that German … with tuberculosis are engaged in the…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Baleka Mbete was born in the township of Claremont on 24 September 1949 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban. … anti-apartheid movement and not just…
References and links: Local History
… Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], Available at … [Accessed: 12 January 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956…
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… of SWA and concentrate on putting down the rebellion. On 12 November 1914, de Wet, who led the rebels in the OFS, was … white problem’ had rejected measures…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… in the Transvaal, led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi , in 1906. This campaign was over, amongst other things, the … Africans could only stay in an urban area…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… is awarded the Freedom of London Borough of Greenwich. 24 July, UNESCO awards its first Simon Bolivar International … bestowed by the Town Council of the…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
… of Congo and Namibia among the top producers of diamonds. [12] In 2011 the continent produced more than half of the … by 33% - and Rwanda – where poverty was…
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… conversations in villages where these problems are.” [12] The historical contextual reality of the amaXhosa in … http://xhosaculture.co.za/banning-wound…
ArticleThembisile Chris Hani Timeline 1942 - 2003
… Maseru to Kuena Flats where many MK and ANC leaders stay. 24 October, Hani sends a letter to Phyllis Naidoo informing … Afterwards it is reported tat 30 ANC…