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Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… the election near the end of his time in exile. Hallett’s resistance documentary work focuses on the stories of those … he knew that his marriage with Lilli…
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… by portfolio 16:87 - 19:25 - Involvement in South Africa's Influx Control laws 19:25 - 20:58 - Labour problems in KwaZulu; bus boycotts; strikes … of Inkatha…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… Molen was built in what was then an outlying area, on Uys's original two morgen. The mill was named when Mr B … Tentative plans for restoration proved…
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… but also that it wanted a review of the public protector's findings. At its December 2017 conference at Nasrec, … On 9 January 2018, on the eve of a meeting…
ArchiveSteve Mokone: the striker who broke the apartheid barrier
… cause of independence. Jonathan Wilson tells of a legend's ups and downs. When Steve Mokone arrived at Coventry City … shock." One night in London he went…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… to the Anti-apartheid struggle adjoining it with the Women’s Rights causes, taking executive roles in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL)…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… this scourge and shall be held as follows: Date: Monday 20 April 2015 Time: 10:00 Venue: Chief Albert Luthuli House, …
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… Gomes, entered the Guinness Book of Records for mankind’s deepest dive ever on 13 June 2005. Gomes’318.25m plunge … proved good enough for a world record. It…
EventSir Thomas Cullinan (74), founder of the Premier Mine where the Cullinan diamond was discovered in 1907, dies.
… as Star of Africa, a pear shaped diamond weighing 530.20 carats. The Star of Africa holds the place of 2nd largest …
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… his Patriotic Front-ZAPU (PF-ZAPU) party trailed Mugabe's ZANU-PF by 20-57seats in the new 100-seat parliament. Mugabe formed a …
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
Susan Rosenkowitz and her husband Colin bore the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy on 11 January 1974, in Cape Town, South Africa. The three boys…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
… ceremony, which was held at Nongoma, was attended by 20 000 people. The ceremony took place after his 21st …
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… and highly enriched uranium (HEU) to fuel it. South Africa's nuclear program began after World War II when uranium …
EventCiskei National Security Decree No 19 promulgated
… and stipulated that any meeting of more than 20 people was unlawful unless the written permission of a …
EventUnited Front launch in jeopardy
… of the United Front was threatened when the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) denounced fourteen of the more than … the Democratic Party and angered…
EventZola Budd breaks a world record
… way to claim this magnificent achievement. Kristiansens's record stood for 15 years before Budd broke it. The event …
EventCullinan diamond is cut into two
… pieces. The largest stone cut from the Cullinan, the 530.20-carat Star of Africa, was set into the British royal …
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… Alexander la Guma was born in District Six, Cape Town on 20 February 1925. His father, Jimmy La Guma was of Cuban … in South Africa and was classified as…
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… finals twice. Curren lived in the United States for 20 years. In 1995 he returned to South Africa and became a …
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered flight in a heavier-than-air machine under … and monitoring their flying machine…
EventThe inquest into the death in detention of Dr. Neil Aggett is adjourned
… trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett was adjourned until 20 September. This was after the Court was told by the Head … Pieter Kotze found that no one was to…
PlaceZorgvliet, Sir George Grey Street, Oranjezicht
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 20 February 1981. It appears that some time during Sir George Grey's term of office as Governor he…
EventPretoria High Court Judge, Nkola Motata, is arrested
In 2007, Pretoria High Court Judge Nkola Motata drove through garden wall of a house north of Johannesburg. He was found to be drunk by police and is said to…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… region. This made the region very wealthy. Great Zimbabwe’s settlement grew to approximately 18 000 people. The town … his adventures his travels became…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… [Accessed: 18 February 2015]. Luscombe, S., (2009), “Diamonds and Migrant labour in South Africa, … and labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields 1871- 1890’s ”…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… of them were of German descent and identified with Germany's fight against Britain. The issue caused a split in South … an enormous role after the War. For…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… No equality under the Union Jack, 1900-1910 Gumede’s hopes that the British victory in the Anglo-Boer war would … political revival was particularly evident…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… unable to fund an estimated 10 000 students across TUT’s campuses who needed and qualified for financial aid in … excluded that portion. The 2015 SRC…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… each sentenced to a term of imprisonment and 25 lashes. On 20 January a white farmer from Camperdown was murdered after … protesters known as Ibandla Lika…
ArticlePan-Africanism
… emphasizing the positive attributes of black people’s collective past. His organization, the Universal Negro … then making plans for a return “back to Africa…