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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…
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… Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], Available at … [Accessed: 12 January 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… for nearly six weeks during the Anglo-Boer War. In 1906, he committed a blunder which proved to be a blessing. … nation in the near future.” (Indian Opinion,…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… to colonial rule to be pursued by minor chiefs. By 1906, one of the most formidable of these chiefs, Bambatha, … government that lasted until April. And in…
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…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… which no more than 800 were near the border. SWAPO faced 12,000 South Africans of the South West African Territorial … to protect business interests through…
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… youth which was held to be for people between the ages of 12 and 36 years. The ages of founding members ranged between 16 and 24 years and by 1986 the ages…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… faithful to God’s Word would be spared.” (Edgar, 2010: 12) Enoch Mgijima’s visions become more violent. He is asked … force is well armed with three machine…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… was entitled to campaign for any political party. 2014 12 February: Vavi announced his intention to sue COSATU and … ran late into the night, delegates from…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… generates 16% of South Africa's GDP and employs 12% of the National Workforce. Its infrastructure matches … Nizwa in Oman. Johannesburg is considered to be…
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…
Article1946 Indian Passive Resistance Timeline
… workers, from India, arrive in Durban, Natal 1872 Law 12/1872 - made provision for the appointment of a Protector … 1933 DCC Minutes of this day show that…
PlaceColinton, 68 Ridge Road, Durban
… Manager of the Natal Government Railways from 1897 to 1906. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… against AIDS at the 13th International AIDS Conference. 12-15 July, President Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address … " 46664 : Give one minute of your life…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… 1942 12 April, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma is born in Nkandla in … Limpopo. 2008 January, Zuma marries Nompumelelo Ntuli. 12 September, Judge Chris Nicholson…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… was the killing of a farmer, Henry Smith, on 17 January 1906 by one of his workers. When questioned during his trail, … was given refuge by the Zulu king…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… Together with the buried arms are bundles of ANC leaflets. 12 March, A court in Pretoria sentences nine Blacks to terms … Army raids Matola in Maputo,…
ANC National Executive Committee by ANC, December, 2012, 53rd ANC Annual Conference, Mangaung
… Zoleka Rosemary 11. Cele, Bhekokwakhe Hamilton (Bheki) 12. Chabane, Collins 13. Cwele, Siyabonga C 14. Davies, Rob … Ebrahim, Ebrahim 22. Gcabashe, Lungi 23…
BiographyWilfrid Edward Cooper
… “subversive documents”. He was found in his cell less than 24 hours later hanging from his trousers. Again the Security …
BiographyJulius Sello Malema
Early years and Political involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother who worked as a…
ArticleTimeline of the Labour and Trade Union Movement in South Africa 1881 - 1919
… a De Beers Mine resulting in the death of 178 African and 24 white mineworkers. A commission tasked with investigating … union had 170 members after only…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… India's most active port towns for Indian Ocean trade.12 Memons are descendents of trading-class Lohanas from … and Grey Street Mosque, and founder-member of…
PlaceNewlands Cricket Stadium
… England won at Newlands in 1889, 1892, 1896, 1899 and 1906. South Africa finally turned the tables in the second of two tests played at Newlands in 1906,…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
… West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in 1925 to become an …
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Act 35 of 1906, which dealt with hawkers' licences, operated in the … persons and not to others. Section 3 of…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… 1930 - 1939 1930 May 4-5, Gandhi: At 12.45 a.m., arrested at Karadi, a village near Dandi where … Prison). Self-purificatory fast for 21 days started at 12…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Jeppetown, Johannesburg
… The foundation stone of this building was laid on 5 May 1906 by General Koos de la Rey, and the church was officially …
EventTravelling in a cab no longer in fashion
… trams, while electric trams were introduced in March 1906, travelling from the town centre to Siemert Road in …
PlaceEllis Park
… sporting achievement after years of isolation. On 24 June 1995 the South African national rugby team, the Springboks, defeated New Zealand’s All Blacks 15-12…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… in the early 1900s. It was started by Cecil John Rhodes in 1906 (himself a diamond mining magnate) and aimed to provide … with Sir William Hoy of the South…