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EventDouglas Portway, European-based South African artist, is born in Johannesburg
… he became part of the British abstract movement of the 1950’s and 1960s. Portway’s work is often classified as … available at www.johansborman.co.za …
EventPassbook laws relaxed
In July 1986, South Africa was in a state of martial law, with a nation-wide State of Emergency having been declared in June of the same year. To counter the…
PlaceElsie’s River
… a school boycott became violent and police shot dead two 15-year-olds! This suburb was restricted to Coloured people! …
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… (1985). "The first 100 days" Weekly Mail: Vol 1 (3) pp 14-15. Links: …
EventPresident George W Bush announces his HIV/AIDS Plan
… president, George W Bush, announced his five-year $15 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS prevention and …
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… September. De Klerk had been Acting State President since 15 August 1989, following the resignation of President P.W. …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… imprisonment under the Terrorism Act. Seathlolo was given 15 years and his companion, Mary was given 10 years. The two …
PlaceFree State Stadium
… stadium comprise 100 suites, an entertainment deck, and 15 fixed gazebos. The stadium’s sound system was upgraded in …
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… The eye of the needle / R Turner] Reality Jan. 1973: p.13-15. BB 3766 (DOCNO: 33016) (CAT: 7) CRITICAL articles about … Review 29 (2), 2012: p.70-86. …
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…
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… frenzy of unpremeditated talking' (Brandel-Syrier, 1962: 15, 34-9; Brandel, 1955: 181-2). Insufficient evidence about … self-confident African Christian…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… whose discipline was developing parallel to photography. 15 Anthropologists tended to use the objective truth … acts with censorship implications were passed…
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 2: The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… of 1.7 billion tonnes of gold tailings to refine a further 15 million ounces of gold.Over 50% of all gold reserves are …
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… Africans. According to the Population Registration Act of 1950, South Africans were divided into four distinct … here. With the introduction of the Group…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… her first pay packet after living on the dole for so long. 15 April 1976 This is a special letter Ngutyana [Winnie's … still as uncertain of your financial…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… as an appendix to this article. The Banning of Marxists In 1950 the government passed legislation banning movements that … under the terms of the Suppression…
Event18 political prisoners are released from Bophuthatswana
… a T-shirt calling for the release of Johannes Simelane. On 15 October 1991, Rabusang Mannana, a political prisoner, died …
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… On 15 February 1995, President Nelson Mandela revealed he will …
EventF.W. De Klerk is inaugurated
… Pretoria. De Klerk had been Acting State President since 15 August 1989, following the abdication of President P.W. …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… team. The Amabokoboko beat their Wallaby opponents 29 - 15 in the Tri-Nations game played at Ellis Park stadium, …
EventGeneral Koos de la Rey, buried in Lichtenburg amid a very tense atmosphere.
… that conflict, was buried in Lichtenburg, Transvaal. On 15 September 1914 de la Rey was on route to Potchefstroom …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… he joined the rugby team. He was selected for the under- 15 squad in 2001 and the under-19 squad in 2004. Ralepelle …
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… Seromba was prosecuted, found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sentence was increased to life in … Reuters Ex-priest gets 15 years in Rwanda…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… [14] Children were also later employed to haul stone. [15] This was done in an effort to provide more money and food … of Men”, Water History, (Vol 8), (No…
Post-detention weapons
… provisions of the Suppression of Communism Act (SCA) of 1950, which were more far-reaching. Section 10 of this Act … The Internal Security Act (ISA) of 1976…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… River. The Boers had encroached. Frere received it on 15 July and stared at it in disbelief. As High Commissioner, …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… River. The Boers had encroached. Frere received it on 15 July and stared at it in disbelief. As High Commissioner, …
BiographyOliver Tambo
… landed in Accra, Ghana three weeks later. A week later, on 15 September 1960, Adelaide and the children landed in …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… men, she crossed the Transvaal border without a permit on 15 September 1913. The group remained silent; men and women …