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EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… keeping its end of the agreement, the Accord collapsed. On 26 May 1988 the two countries agreed to revive the Nkomati …
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… the NP in the Transvaal was formed. This took place on 26 August 1914 in the Erasmus Hall in Pretoria. The NP …
Stay-away!
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the Suppression of…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… of the South African Student's Movement (SASM): 1968-1976’, dates the founding of the organisation to some time in the year 1968, which Diseko emphasises was…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… to [the government’s] ugly words.” The bulldozing began in 1968 and continued for twelve years. During this decade of …
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 September 1968. …
Introduction
… as a statutory body consisting of nominated members in 1968. This body became partly elective in 1974, and almost …
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… briefly and bartered for cattle with the Khoikhoi on 26 November 1497. With the discovery of the route to India, …
ArticleIndian South Africans
… in South Africa or to return to India. By 1910, nearly 26.85% indentured men returned to India, but most chose to …
ArticleCommunity histories in Port Elizabeth
… and South End in the late 1960s, Zwide was declared in 1968 and Motherwell in 1982. In 1953, the South African …
ArticleDr. Abu Baker Asvat timeline 1943 - 2012
… the Azania Youth Movement, affiliated with the PAC. 1968 Asvat finishes his MD training at Dow Medical College in …
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… an African Communist pamphlet (London:SACP, n.d. [circa 1968-1969]. *Kasrils, R., Unpublished autobiographical … Secretary of the All-in African National…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… Queen of the Balobedu.(Source: www.suntimes.co.za/2003/ 04/13/news/africa/) Nongqawuse Nongqawuse was a young Xhosa …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… voter's roll of East London in the Cape Colony, for 1903-04, lists 259 Indians as voters (nine of which are women), …
PlaceHlobane, Zululand District Municipality
The name is of Zulu origin, it is said by some to mean ‘beautiful place’, and by others ‘place of dispute’. Roughly 26km east of Vryheid, lies the rural…
EventThe Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… farmers were believed to be motivated by this slogan. On 26 July 1993 members of APLA opened fire on a congregation in …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… including the French calendar and naming of towns. [26] The Reign of Terror began on the 5th of September 1793, … Ibid. [22] Ibid. p. 303. [23] Ibid. [24]…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… Laws (commonly known as Defiance Campaign) started on 26 June 1952 as a joint venture of the African National …
EventThe possessions of Piet Retief are auctioned
… was held ten days after the battle of Blood River on 26 December 1838. References: Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: …
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… On the morning of 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the … Earthweb, The December 26, 2004 Sumatran Tsunami [online], available at: ……
EventAmy Biehl’s murderers receive amnesty from TRC
… with a brick and then beaten and stabbed to death. Amy was 26 years old at the time of her murder. Read Part one and …
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… Source: Magistrates Records, Correspondence (Durban), file 26, 30 July 1883, Natal Archives. 1.That your petitioners …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… was preceded by a UDF call for nationwide protests. On 26 July, various UDF leaders were arrested, including … against high rent and segregated facilities in…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… in the battle against discrimination and oppression [26] . Resistance photography, or political photography, … Captures the ‘Dignity’ of Apartheid,”The Root,…
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… set aside for them. The South Africa Act, 1909 (Sections 26, 35, 44, 147 and 151) leaves anti-Indian and other … persons undesirable. Indian immigration…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… 1999: The 11th Dance Umbrella was held from February 26 to March 20 and was considered by many as being one of the … 2015: In 2015 the Dance…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Malan , begins to makes gains as the official opposition. 26 September , The African Democratic Party (ADP) is launched … Xuma issues a statement on the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape. 1649 26 July, Date of the well-known 'Remonstrantie' by Leendert … names Diamantberg, Paarlberg and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… of the divergent interests of the people they represented. 26 March, Imvo Zabantsundu (‘African Opinion’) comments that … Edward Durghardt Du Bois and…
EventDeath in detention of Ahmed Timol
Ahmed Timol was born on the 3rd November 1941 in Breyten in current-day Mpumalanga. He grew up in Roodepoort and trained as a teacher. In 1964 he attended the…