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EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… 1919 and 1931.[vii] He also has a record 10 wins and 11 loses.[viii] Raymond passed away on 30 January 1962 in … [i]Louis Raymond, https://www.olympic.org…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… who openly criticised the government during the 1968 uprising in that country, recognised the importance of … carbon from the atmosphere, including carbon-12…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… and South End in the late 1960s, Zwide was declared in 1968 and Motherwell in 1982. It also needs to be borne in …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… Christian Movement (UCM) meeting held in Stutterheim in 1968, young people were enthusiastically supportive of Biko’s …
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… Legs: The Story of the Coelacanth. He died on 8 January 1968. …
Entering Namibia without visas
… turned back and the project did not succeed. [2] [1] In 1968, the General Assembly decided to change the name of the …
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… crops, and Rustenburg is also hit by a flu epidemic. 1899 11 October, The South African War is declared, pitting the … technology to smelt higher chrome ore…
Independent Electoral Commission
… Africa. The Constitution adopted on 8 May and amended on 11 October 1996 replaced the interim constitution of 1993 and …
ArticleFietas: Pageview timeline 1880-1988
This timeline is NOT complete. Any omissions are unintentional as this timeline is a work in progress that will be added to over time. Please click on the…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1930-1939
… Started fast on August 7, at 6 a.m. and broke it on August 14, at 6 a.m. 1939 March 3, (Rajkot). Gandhi charged the …
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… of its constitutional proposals in September 1991. 14 September 1991: The National Peace Accord (NPA) singing …
BiographyRobert Gabriel Mugabe
… governments of Zambia and Tanzania. He had spent about 11 years in prison. In 1975, Mugabe went into Exile. In …
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
… against multiple targets in Biafra on the 19th of August 1968. Despite claims that scores of people were killed, the …
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… Essop is expected to continue with his testimony and at 14:00 the court is expected to proceed to conduct an … resume between July 24 and August 4, and…
PlaceRobertson Division
… 8,031 residents, of whom 2,096 were literate 1891 census: 11,348 residents, of whom 4,606 were literate 1904 census: … the Literacy Rate is calculated as the…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… telescope and dome were installed and research began on 11 May of that year. The first director was Dr. R.A. Rossiter …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… the Morning Star. Middleton died of pneumonia on December 14, 2010 having lived a long and fulfilled life. Her … through tape recordings and mail intended…
EventBastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa
… a medieval fortress used as a prison by French kings. On 14 July 1789, troops stormed the Bastille and ended its reign … as the beginning of the French…
PlaceCypress Tea Gardens, Hermanus
… some of the original floors and windows still exist. In 1968 a fact- finding committee was formed to save the Cypress …
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… activities of Christian churches around South Africa. In 1968, the CCSA changed its name to the South African Council …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… Eersterust, Gauteng (then Transvaal), South Africa Died: 11 February 1990, New York, New York, United States of … Johannesburg’s Jan Smuts airport with a…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… There were a total of 378 people on board, including 14 women and 25 children. On 26 March the Arniston separated … The Arniston is the first. La Fortune …
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… is the third most spoken language in South Africa. [11] Jansen argues that the language can be regarded as a … borders and it ‘is spoken primarily in Africa’…
ANC President Jacob Zuma to speak at the Imvuselelo one Million Membership Countdown Launch, 16 July 2011
… Mbete is interviewed by the Jewish Radio Station 11am - 11.15am: Briefing with President Jacob Zuma 11.15am - 12pm: ANC President Jacob Zuma speaks on the …
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape Seal lighthouse lies within the Robberg … highest light on the South African coast, Commissioned on 11 May 1950 The Cape…
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… movement of the ANC. Seretse left South Africa in 1968 where he read philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, …
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 September 1968. …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… removed Coloured people from the Common Voters' Roll in 1968. He also abolished the last 4 seats held by white …
EventThe full citizenship of Coloured people is called for
… Coloured Representative Council (CRC) was established in 1968, in which all Coloureds over the age of 21 were …
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… school fees, and overseas sources. 1858 Education Act No. 14 is passed. It provides for the creation of Educational … Association, a NUSAS breakaway led by…