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PlaceFlagstaff
In 1877 Zachariah Bowles and his partner, a Mr Owen, established a trading store on the site of present-day Flagstaff. The Town owes its name to their practice…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… the Church Site. Daniël Hofmeyer sold the Farm on 12 July 1986 to the State, with the lease agreement included, …
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… figures are available for the division: 1865 census: 12,077 residents, of whom 3,583 were literate 1875 census: …
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
… other daughters, Neo (then 20 years old) and Lindiwe (then 12 years old) were away at the time. Also implicated in the …
ArticleCape Schools Join the Revolt
… or not, is not clear. Rioting reached a new peak on 12 August. At Langa and Guguletu attempts were made to stop … moved after the demonstrators retreated. On…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
… Games of 1900. Of the 1 318 athletes who participated, 12 were women. South Africa’s first Olympians The third … a war against the South African Government. …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… the number of pupils at secondary schools increased from 12,656 to 34,656. One in five Soweto children were attending … Brooks & Brickhill Whirlwind before…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
… members were overwhelmingly Jewish. [7] This changed in 1934 when some members of the ILP merged with the Lenin Club, … a political party, started drafting a…
PlaceSimons Town School, Cape Town
… last three years of secondary schooling (Grades 10 to 12), the Lawhill Maritime Centre at Simon’s Town School has, … last three years of secondary schooling …
EventSouth African man sets record for world's deepest dive
… to descend, but returning to the surface took an agonising 12 hours. The quick descend and slow return to surface is a …
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… operations against the Xhosa , in the frontier war of 1811-12 , and in 1815 its garrison played a leading role in the … included a Drostdy, built in 1804…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… generates 16% of South Africa's GDP and employs 12% of the National Workforce. Its infrastructure matches … Nizwa in Oman. Johannesburg is considered to be…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… in the Western Cape 1943-1963 " , Social Dynamics, 12, 1, 1-14. Barrell, Howard (1990), The ANC's Armed … Front (1963b), "Report on Poqo", Liberation, 1, 2,…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… coins and textiles. The textile collection boasts over 12 000 items, ranging from leather clothing worn by the San … coins and textiles. The textile…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… style and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It originally served as a recreation centre for …
May Day
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French worker's demand for a 12-hour day was granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French worker's demand for a 12-hour day was granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French workers demands for a 12-hour day were granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… in Gujarati by Mohamed Ebrahim Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the kind of correspondence … 60 House behind where Standard Bank…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… schools were to become state schools. A week later, on 12 September, Steve Biko was murdered. In October all Black … of the students in Standards 7, 8 and 10…
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 … officials, and enslaved attendants,…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… One such set of figures indicated that between 1930 and 1934 there had been 212 transfers of property from whites to … of the world's quislings. I can not…
PlaceFunda Community College
… 2009. It now only offers courses in visual art, has only 12 full-time students and four teachers (including Nkosi). …
PlaceUtrecht
… Utrecht had a population of 966 Whites, 280 Coloureds, 12 Asians and 4537 Blacks. In 2000 it was estimated that …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… - A Leader of Black Africa (1952) The Age [online]. 12 November, p.2. [Accessed 11 August 2009] Wallis, F. …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the two 12-pounder guns of 'O' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… the course of the war more than 7,000 Canadians, including 12 women nurses, served in the South African War. By the end …
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
The Village of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a small stone structure, over the Great…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… years old when he died. The fossils of the infant, about 12 - 18 months old when it died was discovered by Dr Brian …
PlaceAasvoelberg known as The Eye Of Zastron
… Terrains, from Grassland to Mountains and is limited to 12 people. Permits are required! …