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ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… course. The dates of the Memorial Services are as follows: 11 December 2013 ANC Free State Provincial Memorial Service …
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… to see that you still think of our study class here at 11 Main St, Johannesburg. When we saw that you do not write … South Africa next year? With best…
ArchiveDokumente van belang
… on 8 July 1963 and on "Liliiesleaf" Farm in Rivonia on 11 July 1963, Most of the list is typed in Afrikaans but some …
PlaceHorse Memorial, junction of Cape and Russell Roads, Port Elizabeth
… by the Thames Dillon Works, in Surrey, was unveiled on 11 February 1905 by the mayor of Port Elizabeth, Alexander …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… by a white overseer. White employees suppress the strike. 11 African mineworkers killed and 37 injured. African women … State (OFS) against the carrying of…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… , and 1658, when the first slave shipment arrived, between 11 and 20 slaves had already been brought to the Cape colony. … that Company officials at the Cape…
EventHistory of December 16
… Afrikaner drive to build Afrikaner Nationalism when in 1952 it became the ‘Day of the Covenant’. Since the 1920s, … the Union of South Africa, effective…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… Regions Rule 10 Provinces and Provincial Conferences Rule 11 Provincial Executive Committee Rule 12 Provincial Working … locally, regionally, nationally and…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
When Robert Semple visited Cape Town in 1804 he correctly noted the significance of the naming pattern for Cape Slave owners: It may here be observed that the…
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… of his Nobel lecture on "Africa and Freedom", delivered on 11 December 1961. …
EventConstruction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt
… material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11, 811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and and 364 …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. …
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… from around the country to assemble in Queenstown. 11 May, The Native Affairs Commission attempts to negotiate … are split into regiments and prepare for…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… 45 minutes, but failed to mount a full-blown strike. On 11 January workers at a tea packing company, TW Becket & Co, …
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… with every means at my disposal. On Tuesday, the 20th May 1952, the daily press published the action taken by Mr. Swart … and the Labour Party, addressed the…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… through tape recordings and mail intended for the group. [11] This was enough evidence to eventually have Middleton … is now regarded as Freedom Day. The…
EventThe ANC calls for a day of protest and observes this day as 'South Africa Freedom Day' for the first time
… which 8,000 people went to jail was inaugurated on 26 June 1952. It was this campaign that led to the consideration of …
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… had led to the Fort Hare SRC to disaffiliate from NUSAS in 1952. For some students at the University of Natal Medical …
EventErmelo is founded
Ermelo, the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans Lion…
EventThe iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished
… of Cape Town. The power station towers were detonated at 11:56 - about 3.5 minutes earlier than the expected time and …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… 8% 3% 1996 57% 22% 9% 3% 1997 55% 21% 6% 4% 2001 62% 29% 11% 4% Following is a brief review of the history of colonial …
ArticleMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… starting in January 2011, their tuition would jump by 11 percent and their residential fees by 14 percent. 2011 …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… Norwegian Nobel Committee. Nobel Lecture by Tutu, December 11, 1984 . Statement by archbishop Desmond Tutu in response …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… South Africa is eliminated after losing to Australia, 11-9, in the quarter-finals. New Zealand defeats France 8-7 …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… are found at Goodhope Primary in Bellville South. 11 August, African pupils from Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… 6 000 French troops from the capital to the frontline. By 11 September, all the divisions of the German army deployed …
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… Luthuli was elected president - general of the ANC in 1952. The goverment imposed several bans on him, including …
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… petitions and deputations. In the period between 1950-1952, the ANC resorted to disruptive mass action, inciting …
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… Committee with the ANC to plan a new resistance campaign. 1952 - Dr Naicker led the first resistance group in Natal in …