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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 … Grade 12: The Berlin Wall [online]…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… On 12 July 1984, a car bomb exploded in Durban, killing five and …
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… casualties during the war was approximately 7000 dead and 12 000 wounded by 1918. South Africa greatly assisted the …
Entering Namibia without visas
… with the approval of the South African Government.] On 12 May 1967, the General Assembly established a United …
A growing urban African population
… (later Western Coloured Township). In 1928 there were 12 000 people living in the three townships. By 1931, the …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… (12 November 2014). ↵ [vii] Travis Logie joins the World Surf … (12 November 2014).|Travis Logie joins the World Surf League …
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948. After 1954 the group expanded worldwide and …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… the UN denounced the Bantustan (homeland system). On 12 November 1974, the United Nations General Assembly …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… both the U.S. Amateur and the U.S Open championships. For 12 years, Ashe was ranked among the world's top ten tennis …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… Chapter 11 The Final Prize: A Charge of Treason - Chapter 12 The Final Prize: Transition to Armed Struggle - Chapter 13 …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Botha at Tuynhuys 1989 21 August, Harare Declaration 1989 12 September, First official meeting between exiled ANC …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an…
Sue Williamson Book Launch
… I must tell you’. The exhibition is on view until 12 October 2025 Date: Saturday, 4 October 2025 …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… Campaign, which saw 8500 volunteers sent to prison. 12 August, Walter Sisulu and others are arrested on a charge … Albertina was placed under a banning order…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… months until the campaign petered out. 1941 At the age of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South … first person in the country to be detained…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… DDT Jabavu as president and Xuma as vice-president. 1936 12-14 February: The government summons Xuma to join the … the rift between the AAC and ANC, Xuma…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… had been killed by security police while in detention on 12 September 1977. The memorial was held on 20 September 1977 … World Music, whose song Biko had hit…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… ANC suspects and meted out harsh prison sentences. On 12 January 1964, Sipho Mange was shot dead – allegedly by MK … apartheid government. In 1978 James…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… campaign June, National State of Emergency reimposed 12 June, SAPS carry out raids in townships across the … is launched Valli Moosa is detained and released…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… with narrow parliamentary majority. Native Affairs Act. 12 May, The Asiatic Inquiry Commission, appointed in February … the repatriation of South African…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… South African Government imposed banning orders, including 12-hour-a-day house arrest, on Mr. George Singh of the … African journalist wrote in the…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… 11 Letter from ECCI to S.P. Bunting, 15 July 1932 Document 12 Minutes of Meeting of Political Commission, Political … Letter from M. Kotane to Communist…
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… Dayile as program manager, until the end of 2016. It has 12 studios, an event/exhibition space, a digital arts … (Accessed 12 May, 2017).| …
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… at 9am to the Methodist Church, Rockville, Soweto. At 12 noon the cortege will proceed to Alexandra Old Cemetery. …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… 1894. The Court suspends his certificate, No. 017169, for 12 months from the date hereof. [8 August 1917]” …
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a on-air radio presenter, radio …
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was manufactured by Emil Kessler of Esslingen …
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 …
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able …