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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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… as mere property (Albertyn, 2003, p600). Cheryl Walker (1995, p347) identifies an ‘official rural patriarchy’ … by Chief Mwelo Nonkonyayna (as citied in…
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 …
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… vote was 31 in favour, 19 against and 6 abstentions. 1948 12 July, India again requested consideration of the complaint … contravening selected…
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…
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…
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 … the Vow. The second historical event that took place on 16 December was in 1961, when Umkhonto…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… opens for children of the colonists. The class comprises 12 white colonist children, 4 young slaves and 1 Khoikhoi … aimed at a communalistic and egalitarian…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… of Education Report, 1925, p. 23. ↵ [iv] CAD/SBS/1/1/12 Meeting of the Stellenbosch School Board Minutes, 21 September 1932. ↵ [v] CAD/SBS/1/1/12 Meeting of…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… bestowed by the Town Council of the city of Bologna, Italy 12 September, Honorary degree in Political Science awarded by … Platz renamed 'Nelson Mandela…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… lifelong friends. After completing his Matric (Grade 12), the highly political young Adams applied to study at the …
BiographyAlex la Guma
… given a regular column titled ‘Up My Ally’ (Abrahams, 1985:12). Consequently he became known as a chronicler for …
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… in English, and he only entered school at the age of 12, when his elder brother Michiel died. After only five …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… the support of the Special Committee against Apartheid. 16-20 June 1986 — World Conference on Sanctions against … Mobilization on Sanctions against South…
BiographyStephen Bantu Biko
… in mathematics and English. In 1962, at the age of 16, Steve and Larry completed their Junior Certificate (Grade … same evening – August 17. Jones and Steve…
PlaceKings Park Stadium, Durban
… manager. 10am till 4pm, Monday to Friday 10am till 12:30 pm, Saturdays, and for all major sporting events. Kings … renovated two times, once in the 1980s and…
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… Indian Opinion printing press in Phoenix (Cedric Nunn 1995, South Africa Media Online) During October and November … The Satyagraha campaign was revived, and…
BiographyStella Nyanzi
… was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of … [online], Available at: https://eagle…