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EventANC leader, Oliver Tambo, dies after a long illness
… On 24 April 1993, former President of the African National …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… of the Western Areas doubled between 1928 and 1934, from 12 000 to 24 000, and again to 60 000 by the 1950s. The Western Areas … provided through these…
EventSA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”
… On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new … The Star (24 August 1960), ‘How Natives should be addressed’ [Available …
EventBeeld is published for the first time
… time ',[online],Available at www.beeld.com [Accessed: 12 September 2013]| southafrica, Beeld , was published for … at www.southafrica.info [Accessed: 12…
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… from £500 to £660. The monthly repayment ranged from £2.12.O to £3.0.0 extending over a period of 29 years. A deposit … during 1942, the last complete year…
Students and action in society
… at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: …
Students and action in society
… at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: …
ArchiveWe have survived!
Yellow, red, black and white poster. Notice of an Aboriginal Poster Exhibition. Commemorating 200 years of Aboriginal Resistance in Australia - 1788 - 1988…
EventGambia becomes a republic
… its independence from Britain on 18 February 1965. On 24 April 1970 Gambia became a republic within the … [online], Available at www.telegraph.co.uk …
ArchiveStudents and action in society
… at the 9th NUSAS National Seminar held at Howick, April 24-28 in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: …
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… the Claremont municipality by the Herschel descendants in 1906, and in 1934 the obelisk was declared a national …
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… racial laws was the Passive Resistance Campaign of the 1906-1914 period under Mahatma Gandhi. The intervening period …
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
South Africa’s Maritime History The Suez Canal allows for ships from Europe to travel to the East with ease. Before the canal was opened European ships had…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a day in which all are encouraged to celebrate their cultural traditions in the…
EventFormer IFP chairman Jiyane register Nadeco with IEC
Former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chairman, Ziba Jiyane, registerd a new political party, the National Democratic Convention (Nadeco), with the Independent…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… fighting side by side with whites on both sides! In 1906, the regiment, Natal Native Horse, was deployed by the … citation to the Award says: 'On the night…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… five bastions were standing and armed with cannon, from 12- to 24-pounders. These guns covered the anchoring place in Table … their every day lives over…
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… for which she was imprisoned until December 19, 1956. [12] She was not alone in this situation, as dozens of other … the reverse effect took hold in 1962. …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… schools, was brutally attacked by police. On September 12, 1977 Steve Bantu Biko died while in custody. Soon after, … Pascal Gwala’ from Poetry International…
PlaceOld Anglican Church, Rustenburg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 24 November 1972. …
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… imprisonment, but was released on bail and placed under a 24-hour house arrest. …
EventGandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’
… interfere. Violence against the Resisters stopped only on 24 June when the Smuts government took action after wide …
EventZambia gains independence from Britain
… On 24 October, 1964 Northern Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) …
EventCape Supreme Court sets aside 1973 Ciskei election of Lennox Sebe on the grounds of irregularities
… Minister of the Ciskei, after he won a by-election on 24 October 1975. …
EventThe first plots are sold in Mayfair on the West Rand
… by J.B Robinson in 1886, and the first plots were sold on 24 August 1896, after the land was surveyed by Government …
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… 2. John Ganya 11 years 48 years Soweto 3. Marks Shinners 12 years 37 years Atteridgeville Pretoria 4. Bennie Ntoele 10 … 34 years East London 6. Michael…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… from Poswohl, in Lithuania. Its cornerstone was laid on 24 August 1921 and today stands as a memorial to a community …
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
… the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). On 24 November 1995, Ramokhoase became the first black mayor of …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW) on 24 April 1971. The programme of the NUNW demonstrated the …
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… victims had no time to prepare or protect themselves. On 12 January several hundred mounted Herero invaded Okahandja. … and thirst as they fled through the…