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PlaceFort Wynyard
… On June 11, 1795, a squadron of British warships anchored in False …
PlaceGeorge Division
… 10,658 residents, of whom 3,197 were literate 1875 census: 11,813 residents, of whom 3,844 were literate 1891 census: …
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… Central Police station after bribing a young warder on 11 August 1963. Mannie Brown was involved in planning and …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… On 11 February 1962, two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port … from Cape Time , (National Library of South Africa) pg 11.| Anon, (n.d.) 'Athol Fugard…
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… On 11 September 2001 thousands were killed after terrorists … Archives of Global Change in the 21st Century, September 11, 2001-The Day the World Changed …
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… the occupants to their deaths. References: Thursday 11 May 1995, McCook Daily Gazette, As many as 100 feared in …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… the scene of many a military and political gathering. On 11 February 1990, only hours after his release from prison, …
EventLiberia is established
… to that of the US: the red and white bands symbolize the 11 men who declared independence by signing the Liberian …
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging …
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… her husband, Walter at Newclare Cemetery, Johannesburg on 11 June 2011. …
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… when the British divided the Zulu Kingdom into 11 chiefdoms, some headed by chiefs who had defected to the …
PlacePhansi Museum
The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, headrests, milk pails, snuff containers, tobacco pipes, telephone wire…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… March, the government declared a State of Emergency, and 11 727 persons were detained. Subsequently, the government …
PlaceKenya
… movement was Dedan Kimathi, a former member of the KAU. In 1952 Mau Mau supporters began a campaign of violence against … in many deaths. The official…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday … a while and then suddenly everything…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… Society meeting in honour of passive resisters. March 11, Gandhi accompanied a number of passive resisters to the … 135- 8-2 From Mozambique 50- 0-0 From…
ArticleThe Arniston
… The rest of the Arniston’s passengers washed up until 11 July 1815 and were buried behind the dunes (Story of the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique. 11 March, Govan Mbeki is presented with the Julius Fucik … ANC houses and offices by the Mozambican…
EventSolomon Popoli Linda, singer and composer, dies
… the song "Wimoweh" and the Weavers recorded the song in 1952. The song became popular in the US and George Weiss … industry over father's hit song' from the…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… (1899 - 1902) The first incident which took place here, on 11 July 1900, was a fierce Battle in which three Victoria … between them taken by the guns. The…
EventChad gains its independence
… Full and autonomous independence was declared for Chad by 11 August 1960 with Francois N'Garta Tombalbaye being elected …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On this day the district was declared a …
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
You have been invited to the first Open Textbook Summit: physics & astronomy Textbooks prices have skyrocketed globally, but as the rand takes a hit so does…
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… that was my task" Chapter 10 East - West Relations Chapter 11 Thank you for the Friendship - a Letter Chapter 12 for …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, and Kruger, now 74, remained in Pretoria as …
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… of the airlift, the blockade was eventually lifted on 11 May 1949. …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 78. History of the United Nations. Website: …
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… the independence of the republic. Once war was declared on 11 October 1899, the Free State joined Transvaal in the …
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences escaped from …