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BiographyPercy John "Jack" Hodgson
Percy John ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) and Percy John Hodgson. An…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… http://www.dispatch.co.za/1998/08/24/sport/AABOKS.HTM Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1960s
… in 1950. 31 August, The state of emergency is lifted. 10 500 opponents of the Government are still being detained. … that during the recent disturbances …
BiographyMakhanda Nxele
… and ‘Narratives of a residence in South Africa’. [10] Anders Stockenstrӧm left an account, written many years … night before the battle. On the day of the…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… 1887, the Museum celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2007/08 and these celebrations culminated in the sealing of two …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… controls of the African “locations” (Lodge, 109-10). It was also multi-racial where 54 000 Africans were … a law (see Figure 3) (Kane-Berman, 74). Between…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… time, with the necessary care until her death in 1932. [10] Nevertheless, when reflecting upon this period in his … Act. This state of emergency ended in…
BiographyBheki Cele
… at school, jumping out the window into the schoolyard [10] . He then joined the ANC ’s military wing, uMkhonto … Transport, Safety and Security, Mr Bheki…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… it's a National Monument. Make sure to do this one between 08:00-17:00. These stones are on the East side of Naval Hill …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 people in an aircraft many people believe was brought down … an already bleak political…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… structure. Later, when FIFA suspended South Africa in 1962, the governing body sanctioned a landmark inter-racial … Germiston Callies and the Black African…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… 1960s. Reggie Vandeyar approached Shirish in December 1962 to become a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He …
BiographyFrank Alexander Landman
… CPC pdf; FAL /19/1965 account of a meeting of London CPC 9/10/1965, pdf; FAL /20/1966 Resolution adopted by National … ↵ [xxv]FAL /19/1965 account of a…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… from encouraging the distribution of fake copies. On 10 January 2012, Metro FM planned to join Mbuli’s campaign … Comes Home: The Poets’ Perspective. Oral…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… Moroka later married Susan Motshumi, who gave birth to 10 children – six boys and four girls, all of whom did well … that could not be taken away from them…
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… for an armed struggle against the apartheid government. In 1962 He was smuggled out of South Africa to speak at an … the following year he was charged with…
BiographyAli Bacher
… Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards and Mike Procter ended on 10 March 1970 when Bacher held a catch, offered by Alan …
BiographyNimrod Sekeramane Nathale
… with illegally striking along with 78 workers and fined £10 [R20] for ‘inciting an illegal strike.’ Sejake joined the …
BiographyRuth First
… in Latvia and came to South Africa in 1906 at the age of 10. Matilda came to South Africa from Lithuania when she was … Women Archive, [online], Available at…
BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
… owned the CDMSWA. The case involved an area of some 10,000 miles of the West Coast of South-West Africa (now …
BiographyDavid Livingstone
… Since his family was poor, David worked from the age of 10 to 26 at a cotton mill company and did his school work …
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
… Africa,e was brought to Court on 8 July and was ordered on 10 July to leave the Colony within seven days. He told the …
BiographyDr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… of India to pursue his studies. His studies, over 10 years, took him to Udaipur and Madya Pradesh while …
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… in the 1960s was the General Laws Amendment Act No 76 of 1962 . Known as the Sabotage Act it created the offense of … purview of security legislation that…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… at the Second Pan-African Youth Seminar in Dar Es Salaam. 1962 January, Meets Mandela and Joe Matthews in Dar es Salaam … Prime Minister Tage Erlander…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… Nelson Mandela signed the Constitution into law on 10 December 1996, following its adoption by the Constitutional Assembly on 08 May 1996 and certification…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… stating the urgency and importance of this by noting “4 in 10 children die before they are one year old because of white … sport, and any other means.” [xiii…
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… (Armed Forces Day) 27 April 12H00 (Freedom Day) 08 May 12H00 (International Museum Day) 16 June …
EventJacob Matlala, SA junior flyweight, wins the WBO world champion title
… Jacob "Baby Jake" Matlala was born on 8 January 1962 in Soweto, Johannesburg. He began his professional …
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… a military and defence unit of Poqo. Each task force had 10 members and cell leaders in Langa. Members of this group … Eastern Cape were issued by Poqo in…