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Albert Luthuli`s message from Oslo to the South African people, 5 December 1961
… monthly, and published in the paper in January 1962. …
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… a major impetus for reinvigorating the talks in October 1962. The Soviets attempted to install nuclear-capable …
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… prison sentence for leaving the country illegally in 1962. The farm was privately owned by Arthur Goldreich, but …
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… The World Food Program (WFP) was started in 1962 and is concerned with 'providing enough food for every …
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… On 15 February 1962, B.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice announced extensive … Anon, (1962), 'Concern over State Safety,' from Cape Times , 16 February 1962, …
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…
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… We will Publish the entire book in the next two weeks. On 10 December 1996, the signatures on the country's new and …
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… African organisations in South Africa' (Brandel-Syrier, 1962:97). This early, widespread mobilisation and solidarity … was 4,32:1 whereas back in the 1890s…
Placem'Bashe Lighthouse
… lightkeeper's house. It converted to electric power in 1962, but the original tower is still in use, its little red …
PlaceVenda
… In 1962, the South African Government created Venda as a …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… On 23 January 1962, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd announced his plan to grant …
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… in the Eastern and Western Cape. Between the end of 1962 and the middle of 1963 Poqo carried out a number of …
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… support of Katanga's secession from Congo. In December of 1962, the United Nations sent troops to battle Tshombe's …
ArticleUrban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… NRB officials, only Africans who qualified under Section 10 (1) of the Native Laws Amendment Act of 1952 would be … in Meadowlands. Africans who…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… in doing so sacrificed £7.5 million in aid from Britain. [10] This willingness to forgo such a significant sum at a … of Nyerere. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… in doing so sacrificed £7.5 million in aid from Britain. [10] This willingness to forgo such a significant sum at a … of Nyerere. Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… Pretoria had 15 unions with 15,000 members, East London 10 unions with 15, 000 members, Cape Town 10 unions with 10,000 members, Bloemfontein 10 unions with…
ArticleThe Landless People’s Movement
… by expelling members of the NGOs which supported the LPM. [10] [11] In 2004, the LPM organised a boycott of the National … branch of the LPM where the…
ArticleRole of Black people in the South African War
… is no accurate figure, some sources say that at least 10 000 Black men accompanied the Boer Commandos and, as a … 000 Blacks were employed by the British…
First Matabele War
… guns and the Ndebele were forced to retreat. Fewer than 10 members of Jameson's column were killed or wounded. The … been promised 6,000 acres of land. By…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… 7.Leigh Ann Mathys 8.Pabane Moteka 9.Hlayiseka Chawane 10.Sipho Mbatha 11.Kenny Kunene 12.Mandisa Makesini … Mathys 7.Pabane Moteka 8.Hlayiseka Chawane 9…
References and links: Local History
… Monument, South Africa” from National Geographic, 10 March [online] Available at … /article/constructing-heritage-and-heritage-resources-grade-10 [Accessed…
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… with the object of discontinuing the annual grant of £10 000 for the transportation of Indian immigrants, was … However desperate poverty made most of them…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… empires in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. [10] The Zionists - People who believe in the development and … international cooperation. It was…
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… in 1938. A Military Museum was established in Pretoria 1962, including Fort Klapperkop and Fort Schanskop. Due to …
EventTanzania gains independence
… republic and became known from then on as Tanzania. In 1962, it became a one party state under Julius Nyerere, …
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
… stronger UN actions in subsequent decades, including the 1962 establishment of the Special Committee Against Apartheid …
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… since it attained its independence from British rule in 1962. In December 1980 Apollo Milton Obote, from the Uganda …
ArchiveAppendix 1: Time Line of South African history by Denis Goldberg
… systematically controlled. Between 1948 and 1974 more than 10 million court cases were brought for contraventions of the … was formed as the armed wing of…
Online directory - archives and media sources
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