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EventConstruction on the Aswan Dam starts in Egypt
… material used in the Great Pyramid of Cheops. The Dam is 11, 811 feet long, 3215 feet thick at the base and and 364 …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. …
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… from around the country to assemble in Queenstown. 11 May, The Native Affairs Commission attempts to negotiate … are split into regiments and prepare for…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… and caused significant shock-waves across South Africa. [11] The President and his response After a few hours of … March 2020), Available on https:/…
EventAll African People Conference is held in Accra, Ghana
… Unity until Organisation of African Unity was born in May 1963 Click here to read Conference resolution on Racialism …
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… such organisations to exist at the present moment." l) In 1963, later many of the founders of the NIO were nominated by …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Pretoria Conservatoire for Music from 1959 to 1961. After 1963 she became increasingly involved in the opera …
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… Africa, in particular the General Law Amendment Act of 1963. The legislation became part of the Apartheid State's …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… years. After his release Mothopeng was arrested again in 1963 and sentenced in May 1964 for furthering the aims of a …
EventNavanethem (Navi) Pillay is born
… to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB in 1965. It was at the University that … of Resistance Interview ', from…
PlaceSt George’s Anglican Cathedral, Cape Town
… 1936, finally brought Herbert Baker's design to life. In 1963, the Lady Chapel and South Aisle were completed, and in …
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
In December 2018, protesters took to the streets in response to austerity measures[i] imposed by then Sudanese president Omar al Bashir. Bashir had…
EventFirst ANC Conference in SA in three decades
… Front in 1983; and the release of Nelson Mandela on 11 February 1990. …
EventErmelo is founded
Ermelo, the educational, industrial and commercial centre of a 7,750m² district in Mpumalanga Province of South Africa was founded by the Reverend Frans Lion…
EventThe iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished
… of Cape Town. The power station towers were detonated at 11:56 - about 3.5 minutes earlier than the expected time and …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… 8% 3% 1996 57% 22% 9% 3% 1997 55% 21% 6% 4% 2001 62% 29% 11% 4% Following is a brief review of the history of colonial …
ArticleMapungubwe
The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the Limpopo Province on the border between South Africa,…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa - Timeline
… starting in January 2011, their tuition would jump by 11 percent and their residential fees by 14 percent. 2011 …
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… Norwegian Nobel Committee. Nobel Lecture by Tutu, December 11, 1984 . Statement by archbishop Desmond Tutu in response …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… South Africa is eliminated after losing to Australia, 11-9, in the quarter-finals. New Zealand defeats France 8-7 …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… are found at Goodhope Primary in Bellville South. 11 August, African pupils from Langa, Gugulethu and Nyanga …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… 6 000 French troops from the capital to the frontline. By 11 September, all the divisions of the German army deployed …
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… group of anti-apartheid activists. In 1963, Dulcie September, Kenneth Abrahams, and Neville … and even militant approach to the apartheid…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… its three main leaders there was no chance of revival. In 1963 the Congress of Democrats (COD) was banned which was … a march to the Union Buildings in…
ArticleSouth Africa and the United Nations, 1946-1990
… of all cultural, educational and sporting exchanges. In 1963 the Security Council called upon states to stop the sale … UN revolved around assisting the…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… supporting Chief Kaizer Matanzima. Subsequent to that, in 1963 a group of twenty Poqo men living in Langa township were … assist in patrolling the…
Last of The Gandhians in South Africa
… regime had been able to supress organized resistance in 1963-64, with the imprisonment and torture of thousands of … structures which had been smashed by the…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… ultimately captured in the first battle of Silkaatsnek on 11 July 1900. After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the … harsh conditions using the…
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
… married 21st October 1798 & Maria Johanna MENTZ married 11 Mar 1826. The Grave is situated near the Fish River (it's … The Museum is open most Saturdays…
ArchiveInterview with Sibongile Mthembu Mkhabela
… subsequently was a defendant in the trial of the "Soweto 11" and was jailed for two years. Answers have been …