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PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… every person who finds himself in the City and is visited by many medical students, specialist and residents. …
Symposium: Memory in a time of freedom
… who cannot afford the fee please apply for an exemption by filling out the registration form: …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.2 No.3 Apr-Jun 1958
… Alex Hepple. Sportsman Boss, W. Miller, with a tail piece by William Papas. The Unending Struggle for the Freedom of …
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
… Leinster Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed …
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… Africa, which did much to popularise flight in the country by travelling to the main centres and offering flights to the …
PlaceCity Hall, Port Elizabeth
… in the Square, is a replica of the Diaz Cross, donated by the Portuguese Government to commemorate the arrival of …
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… engine was manufactured in England in 1879 by the firm of Kitson and Co, of Leeds, and was exported to …
EventThe first Prime Minister of the DRC, Patrice Lumumba, declares martial law in Katanga
… the UNO he obtained Russian aid that caused much bloodshed by leading the soldiers through the Southern Kasai. DRC …
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… Executive Council, made up entirely of Nigerians, was led by a Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Its …
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… different bursaries. She was awarded an overseas bursary by the Natal Society for the Advancement of Music and trained …
EventTito Mboweni, former Governor of the SA Reserve Bank, is born in Tzaneen
… this position until the end of his term and was succeeded by Gill Marcus in 2009. During his tenure, he was appointed …
EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… Marais and subsequently executed. Marais was found guilty by the Strike Committee of being a police informant. Other …
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… African National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by the government. Prior to his execution, the police tried …
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… The memorandum was passed to Barnard at the hotel entrance by Michael Steward, Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, former president of the …
EventCriminal Law Amendment Act No 8 commences
… 8 commenced. This act made civil disobedience punishable by a three-year gaol (prison) sentence, and prohibited the …
EventPolitical activist, Dr Yusuf Dadoo is re-elected President of Transvaal Indian Congress
… In 1946, the Indian Passive Resistance Campaign, led by Yusuf Dadoo (TIC) and G.M Naicker (Natal Indian Congress), …
EventItalo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928 is signed
… until 1935. In 1935 Ethiopia was invaded and annexed by Italy under Benito Mussolini, who needed to provide land …
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… was held in New York City, USA. The congress was sponsored by the American based African-American women's organisation, …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… Sipho Malaza (18) and states that he committed suicide by hanging in the Krugersdorp police cells on 16 November …
EventJimmy Kruger announces amendment to the Internal Security Act
… the closure of schools would put an end to the unrest, by denying students a place to meet and mount protests. …
EventNational Party wins general election
… voters in South Africa had been increased from 150 to 160 by the Constitution Amendment Act of 1965. It is tempting to …
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… National Congress and was served with banning orders by the government in 1953. He also served on the African …
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… to the Growth Domestic Products (GDP), which had fallen by 1 per cent in 1990, with a further fall expected in 1991. …
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
… events in the history of South Africa, described by many as tension-driven and known as the Convention for a …
EventWinnie Mandela is found guilty
… 14 May 1991.The actual crime had allegedly been committed by her thuggish' bodyguards dubbed the Mandela United …
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The UN General Assembly condemned the armed incursions by SA into neighbouring states, which resulted in the …
EventBlacks boycott municipal elections
… voting on the same day, although in different elections. By this the state hoped that through the elections it would …
EventSA troops withdraw from Angola
… involvement in the Angolan battles was influenced by the intention to weaken the South West African People …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… two sections as part of the Ciskei. However, resistance by the residents forced the South African government to …
Maqubela and Dyandyi are sentenced for necklacing
… SAYCO members whom were detained and severly assaulted by South African Police officers in Stutterheim during the …