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ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… of over 13 000 in the Transvaal. Gandhi gave Smuts until 16 August 1908 to respond. On this day, the Indian community …
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… to the safety of the public and the vote stood at 128 to 16 in favour of the banning. Only the four Native …
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… The IFP releases its first draft constitutional proposals. 16 December 1991: Ten minutes before the end of a steering …
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… a decision was made to break away from NUSAS and in 1969, the South African Students Organisation (SASO) was …
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon in 1969, South Africa was one of the few countries unable to …
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… Jim Fouche, officially opened the Garden on 22 February 1969. He marked the occasion by planting an 'Olea Europaea …
PlaceSahlumbe
… Workers began in earnest. Sahlumbe was formally created in 1969 by the State, in response to a crisis sparked by the …
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… and make their own furniture and household necessities. In 1969 a decision was taken to expand the Drostdy Museum …
PlaceVoortrekker Monument
… Build a Monument in Honour of God, was first discussed on 16 December 1888, when President Paul Kruger of the South … Jansen, on what later became known as…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… 50- 0-0 From Lourenco Marques 11- 12-0 From Natal 8-16-0 Local 1- 7-7 Total 5,269-10-7 Gandhi also informed … Interior in connection with landing of…
EventSipho Ngomane of South Africa wins the 80th Comrades Marathon in Durban.
… Sipho Ngomane of Nelspruit started running at the age of 16 after playing soccer initially. On 16 June 2005, Ngomane won the 80th Comrades Marathon race, … …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… George Rebone Moffat joins the PAC in Atterdgeville aged 16 just after the Sharpeville Massacre. March, Nana Mohomo … Molotski are appointed as external PAC…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… ↵ [iv] 1983: Car bomb in South Africa kills 16. 2016. [Online]. Available: … ↵ [vi] 1983: Car bomb in South Africa kills 16. 2016. [Online]. Available: … …
ArchiveI Write What I Like: Selected Writings
… The collection brings together Biko's writings from 1969, the year he assumed the presidency of the South African …
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The statement was released after the United Democratic … to issue a call for a one day work…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) …
ArticleWages Commission
Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David Hemson, Halton…
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) …
ArticleThe legacy of the French Revolution
… of the Rights of Man, which became part of French law on 16 August 1789. This document was based on the ideas of …
Event2000 Students march through Cape Town
… the march. The students at the Cape were influenced by the 16 June 1976 uprising of Soweto school children to take … better education. Click here for a…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… structure of South Africa made that impossible (Marquard, 1969: 256). During the Second World War, there was rapid … for housing created mixed neighbourhoods…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… of the South African Council of Churches. On 16 April 1981, Tutu was arrested by the South African … was confiscated, barring him from travelling overseas…
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… historic inauguration as President of Liberia was on 16 January, 2006. She became the 24th President of Liberia. … she was re-elected in November 2011, and…
EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… At about 10:04pm on 29 September 1969, the Boland farming towns of Tulbagh, Wolseley and Ceres …
PlaceGeneral Smuts House Museum, Doornkloof
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 31 October 1969. …
PlaceLowveld National Botanical Gardens
… and medicinal properties. The Garden was established in 1969, after the Nelspruit Municipality noted that it would be …
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… and founded the Black Consciousness Movement in 1969. Steve Biko was viewed with alarm by the South African …
EventThe last Apollo Moon mission returns to Earth
… Moon since Neil Armstrong stepped out of Apollo 11 in July 1969. While astronaut's Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt …
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… Ministers, creating two new ministries, and appointed 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which are from outside his …