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EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean …
Indian education in Natal
… Durban as well as the Umbilo Girls School in Durban. 1894 22 February, Mr Jameson seconded by a Mr Johnson moved in the … from 1910 to1928, on Government and…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… capital when South Africa became a Republic in 1961. It remains the administrative capital of post apartheid …
EventFourth Nuclear bomb test by France in the Sahara
… On 25 April 1961, France conducted its fourth nuclear bomb test in the …
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… South African prime minister, went to London in March 1961 to give the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers …
EventMaria Mary Burton, former national president of the Black Sash, is born
… in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She moved to South Africa in 1961, and upon witnessing the injustices of Apartheid, became …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… was ordained as a deacon in 1960, and became a priest in 1961. He moved to London in 1962, where he completed his …
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… the aims of the banned ANC and for organising the May 1961 stay-at-home protest. However, on 09 March 1963 he was …
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… were also banned, and went into exile. In November of 1961 some SACP and ANC members managed to meet in secret the … the ANC, to be led by the ANC and the…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… - Parallel Lives In a speech to the Imperial Insitute on 22 May 1917 General Smuts, who two years later was to become … One of these 'black spots' was the…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… discovered by a rescue party at the mouth of the Kei, only 22 had come through their journey. Soon thereafter the 13 … incorporated as a separate district of…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… able to hold or acquire it was subject to penalties (22.2). The GAA stringently restricted trading licenses. Any … to sharing restaurants with the other…
EventPat Boone, American singer, actor and writer, begins a 10-day tour of South Africa
… felt that it would compromise his religious beliefs. In 1961, Boone came to South Africa for a 10 day tour. In later …
EventANC's Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Councils Act. The Bantu Urban Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created black councils in urban areas that were linked …
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 August 1969. Wynberg Military Base is, with the exception …
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… where he received 24 -hour intensive care from 22 doctors. Three months after Mandela’s discharge from …
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… On 22 February 2007, a category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the …
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… On 22 January 1984, amidst the Apartheid government’s …
Robben Island
… roads, a power station, a new water supply and houses. In 1961 it started being used as a prison again. During …
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… in overthrowing ‘unfriendly’ regimes in Iran and Guatemala 1961 : Bay of Pigs invasion. Construction of Berlin Wall … Doctrine and Marshall Plan; -…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… were killed. The first act by MK took place on 16 December 1961, and during the next 18 months the group managed about …
ArticleTransport in the air
… Sputnik, which means 'travelling mate' in Russian. In 1961 the Russian Yuri Gagarin became the first person to go …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… and is built in this year. 1879 The Zulu War breaks out. 22 January, The Battle of Isandlwana takes place. 1881 … any function organised by the authorities…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… community facing the Indian Franchise Bill. 1894 August 22, Creation of the Indian Natal Congress. 1896 June, M.K. … 2, The Gandhi family moves to Phoenix…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… his friend, Harvey Cropper, with a broken bottle. [22] In 1973, Dyani toured Europe with Abdullah Ibrahim and … African Music Studies). ↵ [21] Rasmussen,…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… in the country. 1913 June, Immigrants Regulation Act (No 22 of 1913) - Persons not literate in a European language and … are deprived of rights enjoyed by…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University Grahamstown, South … : …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… as they entered the area without the necessary permission. 22 May, The leaders of the Congress movement issue a … and South African Indian Congress in…
EventThe first legal photograph of Nelson Mandela released.
… to have his photographs or to photograph him for the 22 years that he had been in prison. Mandela’s reproduced … clippings collection, the first photo of…
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean …