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EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… he worked as a computer programmer for IBM in London. In 1963, while working in London, he was awarded a Master of …
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… and international acclaim. Motswai was born on 27 May 1963, in Soweto, South of Johannesburg. Although he was born …
EventHastings Banda, former president of Malawi, is born.
… icon. He was appointed Prime Minister of Nyasaland in 1963. A year later he proclaimed the country a republic and …
EventKenya is granted independence
… This followed the first all inclusive elections on 27 May 1963. A year later Kenya was declared a Republic. The …
I will not Compromise About my Work: David Goldblatt on Artistic Freedom, Censorship, and Moving His Archive Out of South Africa by Robin Scher ( ArtsNews.com), 2017
… he received the rare classification: “Other Coloured 07.” For Bester, the act of covering up his work perpetuated …
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
20 Years of Democracy: STILL CONFRONTING CHALLENGES TO NATION-BUILDING 9h00-9h30 – Registration & Tea 9h45-10h00 – Welcome 10h00-11h30- Panel Discussion…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain … the war and peace negotiations begun…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… 18 May [online] Available at: news24.com [Accessed 11 may 2009] Van Riebeeck Statues [online] Available at: mytravelguide.com [Accessed 11 may 2009] …
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… HNP 5 416 0.2% -2.7% 0 ±0 Total 2 157 593 100% 178 +11 1994 The first non racial democratic elections held in …
The Mountain Committee
… an inquest was ordered. Relatives found the bodies of 11 men which had been left all day for dogs and other animals …
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… as well as plots alongside the salt pan at Missionvale. 11 September, The Port Elizabeth Tramway Company is … in various capacities in Port Elizabeth hotels…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Economic Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… of economic transformation based on the following pillars: 11.1 Accelerating shared economic growth by: Acting … towards an overall investment to GDP ratio…
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
… at Liliesleaf farm, Rivonia, under Section 17 Act 37/1963 and charged with sabotage and attempt to overthrow the …
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… Rights’. 2004 February, The Communal Land Rights Act 11 is passed, and gives the Minister of Land Affairs power to … portion of land was claimed by the…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February 1990. One of the reasons advanced for this … an Inkatha stronghold. The release of…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 March 1963. The old Government Building at Boksburg is situated in …
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… trade union movement and this led to his arrest in June 1963. Ndlovu was arrested with many other MK members and …
EventUN names four experts to investigate apartheid in South Africa
… resolution taken by the UN Security Council on 4 December 1963. The Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution …
PlaceSt-Albans College, Pretoria
… schools in South Africa. The school was first opened in 1963 on the Struben Farm . It started with 37 boys from Form … the post of headmaster at St Albans…
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… P.S. Dreyer (assistant) 1949-1952: Prof. E.S. Muller 1950-1963: Prof. S.P.J.J. van Rensburg 1952-1967: Ds. P.M. Smith 1963-1965: Prof. J.P. Oberholzer 1965…
Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari
PART I: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESSES TO THE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S ORGANISATION The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906 The 1907 Presidential…
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… recognized as the two official languages of South Africa. [11] However, shortly afterwards a Kultuur campaign was … ↵ [11] Author Unknown, “Afrikaans becomes…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… known as Cissie, Zainunnisa Gool (6 November 1897 – 1 July 1963) founded the National Liberation League (NLL) in 1936 … human rights campaigner, Olive…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… the District of Rustenberg, Transvaal, the second son of 11 children, to Samuel Segogwane and Siporah Mmadira Kotane, … relevant Soviet specialists were…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… had expired, the new General Law Amendment Act (no. 37 of 1963) was passed to allow his imprisonment to be renewed …
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… Southern Africa out of its normal financial income. After 1963, exiled African National Congress (ANC) and Pan …
EventWits attains full university status
… growth. Student numbers increased rapidly to 6 275 in 1963, 10 600 in 1975 and by 1985 there were 16 400 students. … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa ,…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… leader, Jomo Kenyatta. When Kenya gained independence in 1963, Kenyatta became president and Odinga vice-president. …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… some 15000 people, including the American ambassador and 11 other diplomats. A ban on open-air gatherings was extended …
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… 16 November 1860 and the last ship, the Umlazi arrived on 11 July 1911, marking the end of the notorious system of …