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America, Spanish conquest
… were only interested in the gold. Cortes came with 16 horses (which the Aztecs had never seen before), 14 … increased to nearly 80 000 per year. In total,…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… by the mid-1840s. The Graham's Town Journal argued in 1838, for example, that the Xhosa had been “the usurpers of …
How cases reach the Constitutional Court
… hours of argument are: 10am to 11:15am; 11:30am to 12:45pm; and 2:15pm to 4pm. It is during these periods that … The main categories Urgent applications In…
References and links: Local History
… Journey through Pretoria’s Main Attractions” from ShowMe, 12 December [online], Available at … [Accessed: 12 January 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… paintings are visible in different styles, dating from 12,000 BCE to 100 CE. Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (Amhara …
Online directory - archives and media sources
… 24 Hamilton Street, Arcadia, PRETORIA Telephone: +27 (0)12 - 323 5300 Fax: +27 (0)12 - 323 5287 Website: http://www.national.archives.gov.za … Church…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… black people. After all these things happen out of sight. [12] By moving the horrors of apartheid within view, … your documentation, the record...the…
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… in 1921. In recent years the race had been held on June 16, but after complaints had been received that the race …
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
… known South African artist, was found guilty on 16 March 2017 at the Western Cape High Court of murdering … Mthethwa a murderer, court rules’, Daily Maverick…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… The Soweto Uprising of June 16, 1976 did not just drop from the sky. The Black students … 2. John Ganya 11 years 48 years Soweto 3. Marks Shinners 12 years…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… in the June 1976 uprising . The significance of the June 16 Uprising is that it led to the most sustained period of … controversy: since SASM was the body…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… jailed on Robben Island (see above 1975 entry). 1976 June 16 The Student Uprisings erupt as a result of the enforcement … suffered severe head and brain…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… and jailed on Robben Island (see above 1975 entry). 1976 16 June, The Student Uprisings erupt as a result of the … had already suffered severe head and brain…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… and SACP called for a national day of action on June 26th.12 May, The Immorality Amendment Act No 21 of 1950 is passed, … (Eastern Cape) left eleven dead,…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… Communist Party member Moses Kotane is arrested. June 12, Professor Z. K. Matthews leaves South Africa to spend … the Defiance Campaign will commence on…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… given access to water, through their own leading sluice. [12] To instil self-discipline the settlers had to maintain … wagons for 418 km’s to the end of the…
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Railway Siding 16 km west of Greytown, on the route to Kranskop. It was … the next 5 Years. This will increase Exports output from 12,500 to 25,000…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… and paupers in the colony to Robben Island. A group of 16 lepers and 13 destitute persons from Port Elizabeth are … and forward them to the government in…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… the themes of anti-imperialism and anti-big capital’. [12] DC Boonzaier, a gifted cartoonist, amplified these themes … Voortrekker Pers The first edition of…
An interview with Dorothy Molefi: Hector was ‘always smiling’
… struggle for freedom. Her child was Hector Pieterson. As a 12-year-old victim of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, Hector …
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… land, Dingane had a party of Boers murdered in February 1838; the Boers retaliated by defeating the Zulu at the … in Dingane’s overthrow and assassination…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… substantial tolls and taxes, further enriching the state. 12 Mansa Musa (r. 1312-1337) Of all the rulers of Mali, none … of the medieval period in real-terms…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… editorial in The International, March 23, 1971. Document 12: Editorial 'The Great Events in Russia', published in The International, November 16, 1917…
Indian South Africans timeline 2000s
… Indian South Africans Timeline: 2000 2008 16 November, Billy Nair is given a given a state funeral in … to the esteem he was held in as a fighter for…
A growing urban African population
… (later Western Coloured Township). In 1928 there were 12 000 people living in the three townships. By 1931, the … taking in tenants intensified. It was not…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… included building bridges, schools and roads. [12] To some extent, the Great Deal built a platform for … War stimulated more economic growth than the New…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that trend was set to … over four years to meet the R12 500…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… Chapter 11 The Final Prize: A Charge of Treason - Chapter 12 The Final Prize: Transition to Armed Struggle - Chapter 13 … Branch - Chapter 15 The Final Prize…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… 2 - Letter from the Cape Labour Party to James Ramsay, 12 August 1908 Document 3 - Letter from F. A. W. Lucas to … Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January…