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EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
Location: back to this day in history search archive On 28 July 2004, Simon Mann, a British citizen, pleaded guilty to attempting to buy dangerous weapons in…
EventOrigin of Johannesburg’s name is explained
… secretary of foreign affairs to the Swiss consul, dated 18 February 1896, substantiates the claim that the town was …
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were brought to the Cape. This was followed by the arrival of…
PlaceHawston
… abalone one. It was refuge and home to many from Ireland, Germany, France, Holland, USA, Sweden and England. The major … DRAFT Public Participation Document…
PlaceSarepta
… Rhine) was one of the largest Missionary Societies in Germany. Formed from smaller Missions founded as far back as …
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… of the Union of South Africa, arrived in the Union from Germany at a time when that country was at war with the … and establishing in its place one modelled…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… Unions, the Native Administration Act and the Pass Laws. 18 June, Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is born in Idutywa district in … Bill is introduced in the House of…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… Jeff Wabena ANC, unionist Shot dead at ANC branch meeting 18 October Khayelitsha, Western Cape Nomsa Mapongawana (34) … official Killed; shot 45 times in the…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. 18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 2 August, … structure in Lesotho. The incursion is…
ArchiveEddie Webster leaves a legacy of advocacy for social justice that transcends academia by Ethan van Diemen (Daily Maverick), 5 March 2024
… Development and Decent Work (ICDD) at Kassel University in Germany. His co-authored volume, Grounding Globalisation: …
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… are killed and one injured in Atteridgeville. 1988 18 March, guerrillas attack a tavern in Atteridgeville … limpet mine explodes at a snack bar in Pretoria,…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… joint agreement should be delayed until he had returned. [18] Swami Bhawani Dayal in a cable sent from Mombasa on his … [14] Ibid, p6 [15] Ibid, p6-7 [16]…
ANC President Jacob Zuma to speak at the Imvuselelo one Million Membership Countdown Launch, 16 July 2011
… on Organising and Campaigns will on Monday, July 18, visit the historic Lilies Leaf farm in Rivonia - where …
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… is denominated as Roman Catholic, Masses: Saturday 18.00 & Thursday 17.00. The Church has been burnt to the …
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 December 1970. The Breakwater Prison was constructed in …
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… the gold ore under Erfdeel farm might be worth as much as $18,000 a ton. The discovery was declared the richest strike …
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… on 2 August 1906 at the age of 72, and her sister died on 18 October 1911 at the age of 73. After their death, the …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… sources claim that the riots began on the 16 or on the 18 June 1959. …
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… namely the South African Corps of Military Police, on 18 October 1946. …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… Rachidi [online] Available at: sahistory.org.za [Accessed 18 June 2009] …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… after bass player. In the course of his career he recorded 18 albums under his own name and four with his band Sakhile, …
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… Nations (UN), successor to the League of Nations. On 18 July 1966, the judges in the International Court of …
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
Tutankhamen (also spelled Tutankhamun/Tutankhamon) was an Egyptian Pharoah who ruled in the period known as the 18th Dynasty, the years between 1332 and 1323…
ArticleAfrapix Chronology 1981-1991
… photographers, writers, and poets that would showcase in Germany. Thereafter, Tim Besserer joined members of the … Us) , by Dieter Koeve and Tim Besserer,…
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… On 18 January 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s … from boxing in 1983. Peter “Terror” Mathebula died on 18 January 2020, in Leratong Hospital,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
Authoritarian: A system where people are expected to obey all authority and rules, even though some of these rules and regulations may be unfair and cause the…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… Congress (ANC) in 1959 in the prime of his youth. He was 18 years old at the time. When the ANC was banned in 1960, he …
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… Political Economy at Senate House, University of London. 18 June, The HSRC Press launches its Voices of Liberation …
ArticlePoverty and development
… or custodians for a child between the ages of 1 and 18 years in their care, who due to severe mental and/or …