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PlaceSutelong a township in the West of Mortele, Pretoria
… 8% of its geographical area. The municipality comprises 24 wards, which are made up of 66 villages and plots. Most of …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson's book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… died from Babesia felis, a tick-borne blood disease, on 24 January 1961. Joy documented her experience with Elsa in a …
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… detainment. He was reportedly kept naked and in chains for 24 days, during which he also underwent severe beatings, …
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… the Slavery Abolition Act, passed by British Parliament on 24 August 1833. It became law in 1834 and emancipated all the …
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… other white trade unionists were involved in that union. 24 The leading figure behind it, C. Kadalie, seemed to be on … directly to the Department). Ibid., p…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… all the fundamental issues, including minority rights. [24] A major uprising A major uprising broke out in 1984 and … that Mandela had plotted in 1960…
PlaceEdenburg, near Bloemfontein
… sheep and cattle farming centre. The Town was founded on 24 February 1862 when the farm Rietfontein was purchased to … sheep and cattle farming centre. The…
South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, VolumeTwo 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew - Bibliographical note and further reading
… African in the 19th and 20th Centuries. Hirson, Baruch (1995), Revolutions in My Life, Johannesburg: Witwatersrand … People in South Africa, Cape Town: Juta…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… Ghanaian soldiers to stage that terrible coup on 24 February 1966. It was a major setback, not only for Ghana … pioneer president, in a bloody coup d’état on…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… conceptualised and founded by Angela Buckalnd in 1995. The DCP opened at the BAT Centre, Durban, with an …
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… Mandela , renamed his official residence 'Genadendal', in 1995. Each Year the Museum reaps honeybush tea from plants … Mandela renamed his official residence…
PlaceApartheid Museum, Johannesburg
… minds that the defenses of peace must be constructed'. In 1995 the South African Government set up a process for the …
PlaceKhayelitsha Township
… deterred by influx control, arrived in search of work. By 1995 there were over half a million people living in … , [online], Available at www.umthawelanga.co…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… students to be involved in political activities’. On 24 September 1985 Ndondo was arrested at his home in Cala and …
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… I found that I too must go and I ran." ( Indian Opinion , 09-01-1909). They splashed water on the fainted Jhinabhai and … Years. New Delhi:Indian Council for…
Joint Communique of the Meeting of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 27 May 1986
During the weekend of 24th to 26th May, 1986, delegations of the National African Federated Chambers of Commerce (NAFCOC) and the African National Congress…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
The Star reports that Bophuthatswana's administration has decided not to publish the findings of Mr Justice E.A.T. Smith, one-man commission of inquiry into…
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… resulting stand-off the plane then sat on the runway for 24 hours while the Maltese authorities tried to negotiate the … (1985), Commandoes storm hijacked…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… leaflets. In 1961 he was banned and placed under 24 hour house arrest the following year. Nkobi skipped the …
PlaceCape St Francis, Western Cape Peninsula
… a local where to find it. Sel point lighthouse: -34.12, 24.50 Seal Point is a lighthouse on Cape St. Francis in the …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Christian national education, propaganda and the media’). [24] Given this denial of the Black/Coloured history of the … issue of the APO’s newspaper, titled…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… or Bantustans irrespective of their actual residence. 24 August, The second trial of the 19 prisoners (including … Discrimination of the Special Committee…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… as Chancellor by the then President Von Hindenburg. [24] This was a significant appointment as Hitler used his … Journal of Economic History 68, no. 4 (2008)…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… he remained in charge in Natal. Battles at Spionkop on 24 January 1900 and Vaalkrans on 7 February 1900 were also …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
Different sections of the South African community reacted to the formation of the republic in different ways. The fact that the republic had now been achieved…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… the Cape Town African townships to Cape Town city centre. 24 March 1960 – The apartheid government bans all gatherings …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… one another in their struggle against apartheid. On 23-24 April 1979, after the formation of Federation of South …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… R.J. 1981. Early Iron Age settlement at Broederstroom 24/73, Transvaal, South Africa. South African Journal of …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… Act. Gandhi rejects Smuts offer and calls off talks. 24 June: A mass meeting of 700 – 800 was held to reopen the …