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A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… in the prison, with the average complement being about 10. For this reason, the remaining cells were used for … 1939-1959 and (v) use as an apartheid prison,…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… demands of R12 000 impractical and refused to go beyond a 10 percent wage increase. The strikes took place in the … was 30 to 40% of total cost, with…
EventThe UN lifts mandatory sanctions against SA
… economic and diplomatic sanctions against SA was passed in 1962 and in 1963 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted …
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
… government over its policy of apartheid. For instance, in 1962 the UN General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution … [online], Available at www.iie.com…
Bathandwa Ndondo
As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised himwhile his mother, Lulama Sidumo (nee Ndondo),worked. Following the death of his grandmother, his…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… and ordered to leave the Transvaal within 14 days. On 10 January 1908, he was sentenced with Gandhi for disobeying …
Vella Pillay
… a kitchen) at what then was the reasonable rental of £3-10 shillings (£3.50p) a week. Steve was a well-known Marxist …
ArticleFootball in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012
… Soccer League (NPSL), which shuts down the following year. 1962 Eleven fans die at Jeppe Station, Johannesburg, … a Moroka Swallows ”” Orlando Pirates derby…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… On 23 February 1962, a member of Progressive Party Helen Suzman condemned … Anon, (1962), 'Morals law is Causing Misery - Mrs. Suzman' form The …
EventMandela visits Zambia
… foreign visit on 27 February, his first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February …
EventThe UN requests States to terminate restrictions on economic relations with South Africa with immediate effect
… economic and diplomatic sanctions against SA was passed in 1962 and in 1963 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted …
EventStanley Bongani Nkosi, SA artist, is born in Newcastle, Natal
… student with Peter Hayden. Nkosi moved to Johannesburg in 1962 and studied privately with Cecil Skotnes and became a …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… mobilizing themselves. On 16 June 1976 between 3000 and 10 000 students mobilized by the South African Students … policy, no new high schools were built in…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… ground after finishing the construction of the dam. [10] They were also sold food and clothes at cost price from a … L. “Kakamas – oases in the dessert”,…
We are no longer in France - Book Launch
… when it was banned by the one-party state in November 1962. …
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… trial took place inPretoria's Old Synagogue. In November 1962, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on the …
EventWinnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court
… arrested near Howick, Natal (Kwazulu Natal) on 5 August 1962. Winnie Mandela who was Mandela’s wife, was at …
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… On 17 February 1962, the soccer match between Lourenco Marques (Mozambique) … Anon, (1962), 'Portugal Refuse to Play In Durban,' from Cape Times, …
EventBanning orders served on NUSAS leaders
… call for a National Convention, and protesting against the 1962 Sabotage Act. This organisation constantly worked …
EventCleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
… 1960, and became a priest in 1961. He moved to London in 1962, where he completed his Honours and Masters Degree in …
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… and left South Africa in 1960, settling in Paris in 1962 with his Viëtnamese wife Yolande Ngo Thi Hoang Lien. He …
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… an honours degree in Mathematics the following year. In 1962, he left for the United Kingdom where he worked as a …
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… United Nations, a position that led him back to Africa. In 1962, his job took him to Dar Es-Salaam where he took the …
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… trial took place in Pretoria's Old Synagogue. In November 1962, he was sentenced to five years' imprisonment on the …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… famous 'winds of change' speech here in South Africa. By 1962 the British Government had already decided that …
PlaceHindu Tamil Institute Building, Durban
… He was the first vice-president of India (1952-1962) and its second president (1962-1967). His birthday is celebrated in India, as Teachers’ …
ArticleList of passenger on the Truro, 16 November 1860
… Page Missing 30 F Christian Madras 7 Esack Abraham 10 M Christian Madras 8 Yacoob Abraham 8 M Christian … Madras 9 Arlandoo Abraham 5 M Christian…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… a terrorist organization by the South African government. 1962 Nelson Mandela travels through Europe and Africa, … time that he visits Oliver Tambo’s House…
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… thousand miners went on strike to demand a living wage. On 10 August, a large group of the striking miners approached … of police. Eye-witness reports say…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… the family followed him to. Their son Howard was born May 1962, whom Head raised by herself after her divorce. Head was … It is known that Head began the…