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PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, … 17 August 1960, Gabon gains independence from France …
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the Chapman on 17 March 1820. From the Cape colony, the settlers were sent …
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… the following grievances: 1.That Gyapershad aged about 17 years my son who has been sailed per S.S. Pongola on the …
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… first church service in the church building was held on 17 September 1853. Land was allocated to it for missionary …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 April 1936. It should also be remembered that this is not …
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… On 17 September 1995, the Roman Catholic’s Pope John Paul …
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… his career, Mathebula won 36 matches, inflicting 17 KOs on his opponents, and lost 9 matches, suffering 5 KOs. …
Indian Community in Lenasia
… Retail 30% Finance 22% Social services 21% Manufacturing 17% Mining 1% Year Population 1960 650 1970 21037 1996 48211 … African Indian Council was…
4. The ANC underground between Rivonia and 1976
… by Leonard Thompson when he wrote that by the end of 1964 ‘the first phase of violent resistance was over, and for … in similar vein that ‘for at least a…
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… - which also houses British Military Artefacts . On 17 August 1914, the Weston Agricultural and Allied Trades … the 2016/2017 financial year, at a total…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… draw attention to what was happening in South Africa. In 1964, it produced a memorandum calling for a Commonwealth … had already challenged the British…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… to a culture of community service and development. 17-20 January, The ANC NEC holds its annual Lekgotla. To read … planning takes place for the Alliance…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Brink (in Van den Heever) ? ‘colonise[d]’ the language. [17] Concurrently, Afrikaans is connected to racism, … ↵ [16] Jansen, Afrikaans: A Language on the…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… and Sanlam opened its first branch on 4 January 1964. Meanwhile, the development of the mining industry saw … settling in the town, and new suburbs were…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… the rain on Liliesleaf Farm, assumed command of MK. In 1964, however, a new wave of arrests saw Kitson , Maharaj and … Mandela ceased to be a card-carrying…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… the achievement of the liberation of the African people" 17 November, Tension between members of the All African … (AAC) and Non-European Unity Movement …
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… anti-pass campaigns. The ANC’s Programme of Action 1949 On 17 December 1949 the ANC adopted a 'Programme of Action’ at … called the Federation of South…
ArchiveANC Statement on the death of Ray Alexander Simons, African National Congress, 12 September 2004
… was also banned, first in 1961, and then again in December 1964, when he was barred from lecturing. In May 1965 Ray and …
Place(The) Gambia
… that name. A year to the attainment of independence in 1964, the then Prime Minister officially sought the consent …
PlaceSt. Wendolins Ridge, Pinetown
… of Pinetown. Regardless of the extended Negotiation in 1964, the area West of the Umhlatuzana River was proclaimed …
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on the 17 April 1936. …
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… in a rock half the size of a rugby ball was discovered on 17 May 2009. The juvenile, a young male is believed to be …
ArticleThe 2nd Johannesburg Biennale
… Stevenson: Johannesburg and Cape Town, 2012, page 17. ↵ [7] Jean Fisher, ‘The Work Between Us’, Trades Routes: …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
Jan van Riebeeck was sent to the Cape to establish a station at which ships of the United Dutch Chartered East Indian Company could obtain fresh vegetables and…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… school boycott and the resultant violence peaked between 17 and 18 June 1980 in the Coloured townships of Elsies …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
The Pretoria region was initially occupied by the southern Ndebele people, led by Chief Musi. They inhabited this area about 300 to 400 years ago. The period…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… a 'black weekend' of consumer boycott and stayaway from 16-17 March. Once again the UDF played no role in the …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… by Thambi Naidoo. 16 October, The strike begins in Natal 17 October, More than 2000 workers were on strike in Natal …