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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… their families and were often told they were orphans. [17] In addition, a number of these children stayed in … trials were set up in Nuremburg between the…
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 October 1980. The Grand Old Lady of the city, the …
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… basis of his ethnicity, Outarra resigned from his post. On 17 December 1993, Daniel Kaplan Duncan became the prime …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
The Afrikaans language has its origins in Dutch. It developed amongst Dutch-speaking settlers and slaves in South Africa in the 17th century, and has many…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… submitted work to SASA's annual exhibitions. However, by 1950, overtaken by rapid change, it came to be regarded as … which we associate the Society in the…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… fields, because they have added value to African culture [17] Mugo’s decision to return home to Kenya in 2015 was cause … 31:29, July 28, 2015, https://youtu…
PlaceKruger National Park
… , Satara and Skukuza (then known as Sabi Bridge ) In the 1950's, the emerging of Scientific researchers began … and brother and sister in Lisbon. In 1830 at…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… the police were waiting for them outside the factory, 17 their determination and continuous propaganda amongst … OCCUPATION PERCENTAGE General Dealers and…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
The global pervasiveness of racism and segregation in the 1920s and 1930s During the 1920s and 1930s, there were discriminatory policies in different parts…
Women at the start of the 20th century
It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
The Cape Town Hebrew Congregation, which built the Great Synagogue, was founded in 1841. This makes it, after the Sydney Hebrew Congregation, the oldest Jewish…
ArchiveInterview with Absolom Zithulele Cindi
… movement. Born in Alexandra township, Johannesburg in 1950, he attended Orlando West High School in Soweto in the …
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… house arrest under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘1971,’ fromO’Malley, …
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… and other anniversaries, the last occasion being in 1950 on Bulawayo’s 60th anniversary celebration. It was then …
EventThe Korean War ends
… without warning and attacked South Korea on 25 June 1950. A SA fighting squadron, No 2 Squadron, known as Cheetah …
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
On 29 July 1951 the African National Congress (ANC) called a meeting in Johannesburg. Executives from the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), the African…
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… In 1950, the two major pieces of legislation designed to create …
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… past. Why does the hon. member not tell the House that in 1950 the third reading of the then Bill was passed by this … and it applied to actual carnal…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… was the editor of the Volksvriend at the young age of 17. About a decade later, in 1871, he became the editor of … Civilisation’. The paper referred to…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… of 1988. In early 1988 the apartheid government banned ‘ 17 black anti-apartheid groups and the country's largest … union federation from any political…
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
The TIC (Transvaal Indian congress) was first called the TBIA (Transvaal British Indian Association) which was founded in 1903. The organization was later…
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
Back for the 17th year in a row! Magnet Theatre in patnership with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College of Music and The Michaelis School of Fine Arts …
Addis Video Art Festival to Cape Town Hosted by ALMA MARTHA
… FRIDAY 17 February 2017 Screenings and a light shared meal from …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… cruciform plan as the old structure. This was completed on 17 March 1899 at a cost of £4000. It was declared a National …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… Des Lindberg (11; Die Gezoem van die Bye), A-Cads (17; Hungry for Love), and Four Jacks and a Jill (20; Jimmy …
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 June 1992 when several people were killed and others …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in 1884. The Herero, a pastoral and nomadic group, had begun to move into Namibia…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July 1786. However, over the next century these underwent …
PlaceSastri College, 1 Winterton Walk, Durban
… a National Monument under the National Monuments Act on 17 March 1989 . …