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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…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… in the Eastern Cape were issued by Poqo in Cape Town. On 16 March 1962, Poqo members killed Moyi a policeman in Langa … struggle. At an ANC Working Committee…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… 16 December is a day of great significance in South Africa … historical event that took place on 16 December was in 1961, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was…
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…
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 …
BiographyElizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
… the UDF civic with setting up street committees, and on 12 June 1986 she began making night time house calls. The …
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…
BiographyAbdul Samad Minty
… as a member of the Troika of the Group until May 2009. On 12 September 2008 South Africa nominated Minty for the post …
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 …
BiographyAdvocate George Bizos
… of Inquiry into the police killing of 34 mine workers on 16 August 2012. Bizos is the author of 65 Years of …
BiographyDavid Goldblatt
David Goldblatt, one of South Africa’s most famous documentary photographers, is internationally acclaimed for his work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish…
BiographyDawood Seedat
… campaign at Cartwright’s Flats in Albert Street, Durban on 16 December 1930. Seedat witnessed four people being shot by …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… and many of those who did teach were underqualified. In 1961, only 10 per cent of black teachers held a matriculation … the number of pupils at secondary…
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
… in Calcutta in 1912. At a farewell meeting in Durban on 16 June, Gandhi said: As a satyagrahi Mr. Sorabji has …
BiographyColine Williams
… the crowd, as the funeral was a highly political event. On 16 December 2005, a life-sized memorial sculpture was …
ArticleThe Politics Behind Water
… water for industrial development rather than agriculture. [12] As white South Africans were moving to urban centers the … led to many Africans drinking…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… shot dead the day he was picked up by security police. 16 Nov. Gaborone, Botswana 4 South African exiles killed … Student activist (former SASO) Found dead…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… did not support the initiation of violence in December 1961 because “his political career proved to be “bound by … On Receiving The Nobel Peace Prize Oslo,…
BiographyJosiah Tshangana Gumede
… success, Gumede, together with Saul Msane and a group of 12 singers, formed the ‘Zulu Choir’. His involvement in the … Brussels, Belgium. The pair departed…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… a stroke. The ANC releases a press statement on his death. 16 January, Former President Nelson Mandela addresses peace … Doctorate of Law from the Glasgow…
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… Day) 08 May 12H00 (International Museum Day) 16 June 12H00 (Youth Day) 18 July 12H00 … 12H00 (Heritage Day) 11 November 11H00 …
ArticleBlack Consciousness and student revolt in the Cape
… and call reapplication and admission of all students. On 12 June a mass meeting was held at St John’s Cathedral in … 1973 at Athlone Athletic Park attended…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… of Witwatersrand. April, Molly and Bram move into 12 Beaumont Street which later becomes the centre of many … to act in a case regarding a royal succession…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State) in 1961. Prof Khumalo would go on to conduct many choirs at this …
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
… excelling, political resistance suffered a harsh blow. On 16 June, 1976 the Soweto uprising, comprised of 20,000 … schools, was brutally attacked by police…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… xvi SA condemns N.Korea nuke test South Africa February 12 2013 Republic of Korea Oscar Pistorius shoots his … Coetzee Bodies linked to Winnie exhumed South…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In March 1961, at a Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers held in … of Louis Botha, ceased to exist at midnight on 30 May 1961. The Union left the…