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ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… the United States' strategic nuclear arsenal. In October 1961, The Soviet Union detonates a nuclear device, estimated … of Luna 2, the first space probe to…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… Both organisations were driven underground. By mid-1961 Congress leaders had come to the realisation that … their FSAW structures were no longer in place. In…
Doing Oral History
… originated during the Oral History Workshop held from 20-22 February 2007 in Durban. The workshop was an initiative of … are separated into two groups, the…
ArticleHistory of the ‘Indian Opinion’ newspaper
… When Indian Opinion was reaching its dying days in 1961, the Guardian now published as New Age had a circulation … When Indian Opinion published its last…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… dispute (some sources claim the ship was wrecked on the 22 April 1554), the reason for the wreck is said to be due to …
Centenary of the 1913 Land Act By Colin Bundy, 18 April 2013
… a surplus and cling to their way of life. Between 1947 and 1961, the number of tractors in use rose from 22,000 to 122,000 – and by 1980 to 300,000. Hundreds…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… such as Todd Matshikiza 's Chocolates for my Wife (1961), Ezekiel Mphahlele 's Down Second Avenue (1959) and …
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… the beautiful Wynberg Park! This spans over an area of 22 square kilometres and showcases some of the Western Cape …
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… stage name Jack Parow was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans …
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
On 8 July 1895 the Delagoa Bay railway line was officially opened by Paul Kruger. Its link to Pretoria was completed on 20 October 1894.The railway line was…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… Revision of the administrative work of the Organisation. 22. Uniform Badges. 23. Organisation of the Female workers …
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… 2008, [online], Available at www.wrecksite.eu, [Accessed 22 October 2010] …
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… Law Amendment Act was passed in Transvaal parliament on 22 March 1907. The Asiatic Law Amendment Act, 2/1907 ("The …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… concentration camps comprising 1 676 men, 4 177 women and 22 074 children. Concentration camp …
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… duty in January 1937, holding office as principal until 1961, a period of 24 years. A central library was …
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… The Bophuthatswana Territorial Authority was created in 1961, and in June 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a …
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, had introduced television in 1961, with the financial backing of some South African …
EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… without being charged or tried. Between August and October 1961, 30 Pondo people were sentenced to death for their …
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… but more especially by the apartheid government since 1961. Countless member of the liberation struggle were …
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… of various African National Congress (ANC) members. In 1961, Swart became the first state President of the Republic …
Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism
… Chapter 12 - Blind alley of guerrillaism After the May 1961 stay-at-home, Mandela wrote: "Of all the observations … The complaints from activists referred to…
PlaceImbali Township, Pietermaritzburg
… the All-In-Africa Conference that was organised in March 1961 . It is in the Manaye Hall where Madiba addressed the … the All-In-Africa Conference that was…
PlaceBritstown, Northern Cape
… wheat and grazed karakul sheep and Clydesdale horses. The 1961 floods destroyed the Smartt Irrigation Board Dam, …
PlaceBotswana
… to UN data. Botswana population is equivalent to 0.03% of the total World population. WHAT AN AMAZING …
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… of a gale, the Portuguese squadron rounded the Cape on 22 November, and three days later, the battered ships sailed …
The Arrival of the Khoisan
… Illustrated History of South Africa: The Real Story, p 22. 1988. Reader's Digest Association South Africa (Pty) Ltd. …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Chiefs held under the auspices of the ANC, which attracts 22 chiefs, Josiah Gumede succeeds in having a proposal which …
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… convert of the Lindley Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22 February, John Langalibalele Dube is born at the Inanda …
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… it had grown to 134 officials, 35 Free Burghers, 15 women, 22 children and 180 slaves. Statue of Jan van Riebeeck, …
ArchiveThe Snape Building Political Demonstration at the University of Cape Town in 1966 by Andrew M. Colman
… that eventually triggered the famous UCT sit-in of 14–22 August 1968, after the university withdrew its offer of … to get Fourie to apologise formally for…