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PlaceGrey College Complex, Bloemfontein
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 October 1979. The School campus consists of many other old …
EventPresident F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held
… first non-racial democratic elections will be held from 26-28 April 1994. …
EventProtection for whistleblowers' is ensured
… The Protected Disclosures Act, no 26 of 2000, providing protection of employees against …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… African Coloured Indian White 1989 51% 29% 6% 3% 1993 50% 26% 8% 3% 1996 57% 22% 9% 3% 1997 55% 21% 6% 4% 2001 62% 29% …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… changed to Tshwane. [xvi] This new name was approved on 26 May 2005, by the South African Geographical Names Council …
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… 26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, …
EventNP serves legal papers on TRC
… giving notice of a High Court application to be heard on 26 August 1997. The application called on the court to order …
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… account of his time in jail, was published. 1950 The 1950s was the decade in which the African National …
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
By the early 1980s, the Congress movement was becoming established as the most effective force in the fight against apartheid throughout the country. With the…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
This article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… and Union forces rapidly subdue the insurrection. 1915 26 January, Johannesburgss’s new Town Hall is used for the … in 1961. 1949 19 September, The gold…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 June 1981. …
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… forces, as they totally routed the invading Italians on 26 January 1887. …
ArticleApartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980s
The 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate reaction, the government declared a series of back-to-back states of…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… Anton van Wouw , was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who died in prison camps …
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… About 54 000 people were affected by the disaster on 26 December 2004. …
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… On 26 January 1905 miner Frederick Wells extracted a large …
Emissaries from Russia
1. I have received the response of Mr F. W de Klerk to a memorandum which I addressed to him on the 26th June 1992. I enclosed the statement of the Emergency…
Appendix - The Freedom Charter
… Adopted at the Congress of the People, Kliptown, on June 26, 1955 We, the People of South Africa, declare for all our …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2014
… and Selected Related Pieces Legislation Group Areas Act of 1950 Dixson Pushparagavan Dixson Pushparagavan was born in …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… in South Africa after winning the national elections. 1950 The National Party enacts the Group Areas Act defining …
Introduction - The anti-Apartheid Movements: a 40-year perspective
… On 26 June 1959, over five hundred people attended a meeting at … Exactly 40 years later, on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 June 1999, the moment of the Anti…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… in the dessert”, Historia, (Vol. 10), (No. 2), (2011), p. 26. [6] Visser, K. & Du Pisani, K., “Die vestiging van … in the dessert”, Historia, (Vol. 10), (No…
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… at the memorial service. A man from Johannesburg aged 26, celebrated the legend’s life by selling framed pictures …
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… On 26 February 2000, it is reported that Cyclone Eline, which …
EventDesire Wilson is born
… Desiré Randall Wilson was born on 26 November 1953 in Brakpan. Wilson is a former racing driver …
EventSouth African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston, Transvaal
… Cloete was born in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 26 August 1978. She began high jumping at the age of 13 when …
EventCommodore Dieter Gerhardt and his wife are sentenced to life imprisonment
… high treason on charges of spying for the Soviet Union. On 26 January, 1983, the South African government announced at a …
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… Mr Mandela I acknowledge receipt of your memorandum dated 26 June 1992. However, an exchange of memoranda is no …
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… On 26 January 2006, a massive fire swept along the lower slopes …