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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 …
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… sizeable settler communities at independence, Algeria in 1962 (one million or 10%); Portugal’s colonies of Angola and Mozambique in 1975 … & Forestry 1999…
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…
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… him the name 'the Black Pimpernel'. However in August 1962, after a tip-off, the police were able to set up a …
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… by the Committee, which was seconded by J. W. Godfrey. [10] With the exception of a single dissenting voice, the … p2 [6] Ibid, p3 [7] Ibid, p3 [8] Ibid, p4 …
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… rules of their own making. Black athletes left out In 1962, a South African team had to be selected for a … journalist wrote in the Johannesburg Star of May…
EventTwenty-four Africans from the Graaff-Reinet district appear in the Grahamstown Supreme Court on charges under the Sabotage Act
… 1966 and January 1967. The Sabotage Act commenced in June 1962. The act detained any person who willfully or wrongfully …
EventThe Convention on the International Maritime Satellite Organisation, plus Operating Agreement, is adopted in London.
… world's first telecommunications satellite, Telstar, in 1962, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) …
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
… and romance. It was normally stationed in Algeria until 1962, when its headquarters were transferred to southern …
EventInternational Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa is launched
… Assembly under resolution 1761 (XVII) of November 6 1962, with a view to keep the racial policies of the South …
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… National Congress (ANC) or Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) . During 1962 he was mostly active in the Eastern and Western Cape … for the first Democratic Elections …
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… age of 25. This year marks 79 years since her birth on 10 August 1945. I stumbled across Josina Abiathar Muthemba … of Mozambique (FRELIMO) after it was…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… a World Cup should be held. The World Cup is approved 10 votes to 6 and Australia and New Zealand would host the … and is won by Australia who beat France 35…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… refuse to put forward representatives for fear of arrest. 10 January - Workers at AJ Keeler demanded a wage increase of …
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… fear of recrimination. Ferus was detained for a year in 1962, and in 1964 he was charged with sabotage. He was later …
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 7 December 1962. It has subsequently been restored and mantained by; The …
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”,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… diagnosed and treated for prostate cancer with radiation. 10 August, The ANC makes a submission to the World Conference … in the country until the election…
South African Constitution 1996
… Claims document of 1943, the Non-European Unity Movements 10 point program of 1943, and the 1955 Congress Alliance …
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… to provide accommodation for white attendants, a building 10.2m by 9m housing a sitting room, a dining room, stores and … two-roomed cottages of wood and…
ArticleA History of the South African Film Industry timeline 1895-2003
… and thereby formed the African Theatres Trust Ltd on 10 April 1913. He also formed African Films Trust, a film … whites only; of the glut (60 films!) made…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… all those killed in action. A bronze plaque was affixed in 1962 and proclamation as a National Monument was due to to …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… government. *One source gives the year of abduction as 1962, but this is not corroborated in other sources. …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… Liquor Laws Amendment Bill came into effect on 15 August 1962 were Africans allowed to buy liquor freely once again. …
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… fraternity, was born in Boksburg, Gauteng Province. In 1962, Goldstone graduated from the University of the …
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… also became an honorary member of the organisation. From 1962 she became a professor and head of the Department of …
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… detained by the police for four months and then released. 1962 Kotane is placed under a 24 hour house arrest. 1963 …
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - Table 3 Interviews
… 2021 11 September 2021 9 Louise Colvin 05 July 2018 10 Klaas de Jonge 10 December 2016 11 Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim 19 March 2019 12 … 20 Jerome Maake 19 March…
ArticleSouth Africa Cabinet Members 2009 to 2010
… of South Africa and announced his first Cabinet on 10 May 2009. The cabinet was later reshuffled on the On 31 …
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr John Philip, paid a visit to the Eastern Cape. His aim was to…