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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:/…
ArchiveThe road to Oslo and beyond
… of his Nobel lecture on "Africa and Freedom", delivered on 11 December 1961. …
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…
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… 45 minutes, but failed to mount a full-blown strike. On 11 January workers at a tea packing company, TW Becket & Co, …
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 … Town: Oxford University Press…
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 …
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 …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… Kenyatta [online] Available at: britannica.com [Accessed 11 August 2009] Jomo Kenyatta - A Leader of Black Africa … (1952) The Age [online]. 12 November, p.2…
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 …
EventThe trial of eleven Soweto students charged under the Terrorism Act begins
… and terrorism between May 1976 and October 1977. On 11 May, 1979they were convicted of sedition and sentenced to …
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… by hand and aided in the overall construction of the dam. [11] Even though these men were given meager wages, the … of Men”, Water History, (Vol 8), (No. 2),…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… and even militant approach to the apartheid government. [11] One of the group’s founding members, Neville Alexander , … participating in social events with…
PlaceDe Goede Verwachting, 17 Cavalcade Road, Green Point
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 September 1964. …
PlaceAustin Roberts Bird Sanctuary, New Muckleneuk, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 April 1980. The reserve was named after …
EventF.W. de Klerk is unanimously elected the new leader of the Transvaal NP
… parties. Subsequently, Mandela was released from prison on 11 February, 1990. …
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… and placed under house arrest until 1980. Bella died on 11 April 2012. …
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… The date is given as 14 March in another source, but 11 March is mentioned in the official declaration by the …
EventNigeria imposes sanctions on South Africa, and implements a total trade boycott
… On 11 April 1961, Nigeria imposed a trade boycott on South … geocities.com, [offline], Index unavailable [Accessed: 01 April 2009]|Nigerialogy, (2013), This…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P. Campbell formed a …