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PlaceSignal Hill
… Observatory . One day in June 1895, the Gun fired at 10:30 rather than 12:00 when a spider interfered with the relay …
Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… It is characterised by a stone circle about 20 to 30 meters across inside a larger circle some 60 to 80 meters … spaced a few hundred meters apart. Each…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… infection’. 2014, 10 December. Desmond Tutu marks 30 years since winning the Nobel prize, but cancelled plans …
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… introduces the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. July 30 , The police raid the homes and offices of the African … against the ban on meetings and curfew…
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… in the poorly set up township of Khayelitsha, more than 30 kilometers away. Especially those people who had found … and TB are very high in Masiphumelele and…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… official Communist Party of South Africa is refused. 1921 30 July - 1 August The founding conference of the Communist … becomes the South African Trade Union…
The ANC launch the Luthuli Volunteer Corps in Magareng Sub Region, Warrenton, Frances Baard Region, 19 September 2013
This launch comes after successful sub regional programmes which took place in Phokwane and Dikgatlong Sub Regions in the recent past. Our final launch will…
PlaceNqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
… eco-tourism, wildlife and entertainment attracts some 30 000 attendees. The festival’s main objective: to place …
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
The house was originally known as Oosterzee and was built by PAM Cloete shortly after the South African War. Shortly thereafter it was sold to an American,…
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… King’s brother who were killed during the World War II. On 30 March 2002, Queen Elizabeth died in her sleep at the age …
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… ease if needed. The Berlin Airlift officially ended on 30 September 1949, after fifteen months. …
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… of Luena in the east of the Moxico province at 15:00 on 30 March 2002. The official Ceasefire Protocol was signed in …
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… and Political leaders to give evidence before the TRC, 30 September 1997. Click here to read about P.W.Botha's …
Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at UCT ‘WINTER SCHOOL 2014 : Using climate information for adaptation and policy development’
… for adaptation and policy development ' , from 30 June-11 July 2014. This 2-week intensive course has been …
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… In 1921, in a battle lasting less than 30 minutes between police and Israelites, followers of …
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… [Online]. Available: http://mg.co.za/article/2005-11-30-tradeunion-federations-announce-merger (Accessed the …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… when they left a hall after curfew. In Port Elizabeth, 30 people entered a railway station through the “Europeans …
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… at Caledon Square police headquarters in Cape Town, and on 30 March 30,000 marched from the Cape Town townships to the police … was these police actions…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
The African National Congress (ANC) condemns in the strongest terms the hijacking last night (Tuesday, 24 November 2009) of one of its spokespersons Ishmael…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… record 10 wins and 11 loses.[viii] Raymond passed away on 30 January 1962 in Johannesburg.[ix] End Notes [i]Louis …
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… of White Christian Afrikaners. He was sentenced to 30 years for attempted murder and given the death penalty for …
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… with much enthusiasm. Prince Alfred passed away on the 30 July 1900. …
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in Church Street, Pretoria, in 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… was once again increased, this time to 2 years and 30 days annually for 8 years. Due to an increase in guerilla …
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… On 30 April 1991, the head of the Lesotho military, Maj.Gen …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Church). He was ordained at 23, and at the age of 30 left for Holland where he would earn a doctorate in …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… Johannesburg Town Councillor L. V. Partridge for £2 000 on 30 May 1910. There were an estimated 1 000 fruit-bearing …
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… for improvements he had made to the lease property, and on 30 July 1813 work began on a prison, and houses for the court …
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… that were discarded by the Apartheid system. More than 30 Years after Cosmas Desmond penned down the early History … those that were 'discarded' by the…
‘Something like an archive - Exploring memory through zine-making’ is a one day public workshop at Iyatsiba Lab facilitated by visual artist and educator, Scott Eric Williams.
… It is aimed at anyone from 14 to 30 years old who would like to explore the media of …