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BiographyAdvocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
… to return, which he did. The trial commenced on 16 November 1964. On 23 January 1965, however, Bram went …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… of children under apartheid. The booklet was published on 16 June, in commemoration of Soweto Day . By the end of 1989, … E (1992). Press Release by Mrs…
BiographyNorman Levy
… ‘The State vs. Bram Fischer and Thirteen Others’ began on 16 November 1964 at the Regional Court in Johannesburg. Along …
BiographyJabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… training in Angola. He was part of the famous June 16 detachment of MK. While still in training at Funda camp, …
BiographyZwelinzima Joseph Vavi
… and seven sisters. He is the 10th child in a family of 12. Until he was baptised, he did not know the date of his …
BiographyJob Shimankana Tabane
… work with tending his grandfather’s cattle. At the age of 12 he left his paternal home in Mosenthal and enrolled for … in Swaziland , from the African…
BiographyTerry Bell
… born in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa on 12 September 1942. He married his fellow exile, Barbara, in …
BiographyFrances Rix Ames
… Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , died in detention on 12 September 1977 after being severely assaulted by security …
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… the miners organised themselves into armed commandos. 1946 12 August, African mine workers of the Witwatersrand went on … rioting in Elsies River near Cape…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… on the same footing as those of other races.' 1980 16 707 were convicted on politically-related charges. 768 … on their release from detention on 27 February…
ArticleDefeat of the Liberation struggle
… at MK and Poqo, which had gone underground by now. On June 16, 1976 , Soweto students’ revolted against the use of … the names of detained people could not…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… number of students to gather in the streets of Soweto on 16 June 1976 to protest this injustice. Children who were … ‘Come Back, Africa,’’ in Feminist…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… Law Amendment Act No 94 of 1974. Mines and Works Act No 12 of 1911 Permitted the granting of certificates of … Act No 46 of 1959. The Representation of…
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… that follow. South Africa won and held the world cup in 1995 South Africa hosted and won Rugby World Cup which took place 25 May-24 June 1995, and was the…
BiographySibongile Susan Mkhabela
… became the driving force behind the Soweto Uprising on 16 June 1976, a revolt which soon spread throughout the …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… 1976 16 June, Extra police patrols are deployed. 24 June, The … arrested and detained at Victor Verster prison, near Paarl 12 August, This day saw R2 million…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… farmers, payable in the form of raw agricultural product. [12] This allowed them to keep and trade part of their … and stateless society which was equal …
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… mindedness, superstition, malevolence, greed, and fear” (12). Nwapa’s narrative in fact shows that no matter what each … her lectures. The “female literary…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… Gandhi's mother died. News withheld from him. January 12, Passed the examination with ease, but as he had not yet … to the Bar. June 11, Enrolled in the High…
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
… The second round of negotiations with Smuts broke off. 16 August: Another mass meeting was held and registration … allowed polygamy. This denoted all Muslim…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… match against South America, marking the start of his 12 year international rugby career. Botha is regarded as one … 28 caps during his career with the…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… the government continuing. 25 November: COSATU started its 16 days of activism against gender-based violence. The idea … its 25th anniversary as a trade…
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… school education very early in his life and by the age of 12, he had completed Standard 6. After completing his primary …
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… with the requirements of the Labour Relations Act of 1995.” A sectoral determination is legislation that controls … was inspired by the Marikana Massacre …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… 60 attacks by the ANC in 1981, compared to 19 in 1980 and 12 in 1979. In August 1982, three ANC members were given the … place from January 1984 to May 1984…
ArticleSimon van der Stel Timeline
… marries Johanna Jacoba Six, the couple have six children. 12 October 1679 : Van der Stel arrives at the Cape, … house before relocating to quarters at the…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… on 18 March 1963 of a Black Special Branch detective. On 16 March 1962, Poqo activists attacked and killed Michael … ANC suspects and meted out harsh prison…
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… On 16 May 1976, South Africa lost a poet, author and a … dictionary. References: Verwey, E.J. (ed) (1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, …
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… academic institutions. The city of Berkeley proclaimed the 16 June to be Miriam Makeba Day and she has received the …
BiographyJonathan Clegg
… longer allow it. Jonathan 'Johnny' Clegg passed away on 16 July 2019 at his home in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South …