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Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… the farm Wilgespruit north of present-day Roodepoort. 1886 12 April, George Walker and George Harrison obtain permission … for 5 years. This is scheduled to…
ArchiveA Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… to his brother in India 11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal 12. The pickled money-order receipt 13. Wife lays bigamy … 17. Latief insists on his right to…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… They are the youngest members to sit on the committee. 12 February, Boy Mvemve (operating under the name John Dube) … and nine other ANC members starts in…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… 1890 - 1899 1890 January 13-18, Gandhi took Matriculation examination. January 23-30, … Gandhi's mother died. News withheld from him. January 12, Passed the…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… suffered severe head and brain injuries. 1977 September 12 Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central Prison. 1977 … addresses the NUSAS National…
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… had already suffered severe head and brain injuries. 1977 12 September, Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central … addresses the NUSAS National Congress…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… go on strike against the use of Afrikaans in education. 12 May, A female teacher is attacked by two robbers on her … Helicopters fly overhead. Workers refuse…
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… publishers established in the post-war publishing boom. [12] The book was written while the author was in an … and played them for the Fourth Committee at…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936. de Klerk grew up in a political family. He … Planning (1979-1980); Mineral and Energy…
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… and seven sisters. He is the 10th child in a family of 12. Until he was baptised, he did not know the date of his …
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
… Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , died in detention on 12 September 1977 after being severely assaulted by security …
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… put out a publication Le Rona Re Batho: An Account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre . In 1990, she returned to South Africa …
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… 1912 18 May, Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District … the ANC and South African Indian Congress in Johannesburg. 12 August, Sisulu and others…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… allowed polygamy. This denoted all Muslim and Hindu women. 12 April, The third Immigration Bill is passed which … and Indian immigration is halted…
EventThe Durban Supreme Court cancels the SA government’s announcement concerning reclamation of the Ingwavuma region
… cancelled the South African government's announcement of 18 June 1982 concerning the repossession of the Ingwavuma region, … Ingwavuma under government…
ArchiveWorks Committee Information Bulletin, No 1
… , No 18, November 1982 of the Works Committee of the Mazimbu …
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… detailed description and draws a map of the coast. 1580 18 June, An English admiral, Francis Drake, rounds the Cape … 1679 A Slave Lodge is built to house…
ArticlePoqo
… two Whites: Frans Richard (22) and Rencia Vermeulen (18). They followed this attack with the violent murder of a … remarkably under the leadership of Nyathi…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Jean and Visser, Pippa. (1999). In Search of History Grade 12. Oxford: Oxford University Press Southern Africa The … Grade 12 Classroom Lesson. …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… for the Treason Trial Defense Fund, which raises 12,000 pounds by April. It was supported by the Trade Unions … the rupture between Inkatha and the ANC…
BiographyBilly Nair
… –sought refuge in the British Consulate in Durban until 12 December 1984. All those at the consulate except Nair were …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… the UDF civic with setting up street committees, and on 12 June 1986 she began making night time house calls. The …
ArticleCosatu timeline
… racial politics, under-funded and developed by the state. 18 August: An estimated 1,2 million public sector workers … wage increase the following two years…
ArticleAhmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017
… months until the campaign petered out. 1941 At the age of 12, Kathrada joins the Young Communist League of South … 34, he arrives on Robben Island where he…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… chose to take her own life, committing suicide on 12 August 30 BC. After Cleopatra's death Egypt fell into the … She started the Arab Women’s Solidarity…
BiographyMadi Gray
… Bulletin, as a member of the Stockholm Africa Group until 1982. She was on the Africa Bulletin for seven years, and …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… demanding the release of Walter Sisulu from Robben Island. 18 April, Zimbabwe gains its independence. 2 August, … Army raids Matola in Maputo, Mozambique and…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… up by registration. The death of Neil Agget in February 1982 saw 100,000 workers observe a work stoppage for 30 … that Cosatu would meet with the UDF, and…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… to enter into negotiations with the ANC. In March 1982, Mandela together with senior members of the ANC was … from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison after…
ArticleThe banning of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and student politics in the 1980s
… schools were to become state schools. A week later, on 12 September, Steve Biko was murdered. In October all Black … Soweto remained relatively quiescent. …