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ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… Native College is renamed the University of Fort Hare. 1952 The Cape based Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM), the … toward the formation of Black People's…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… Fifty One Years, catalogue). He took part in Documenta 11 (2001) and 12 (2007). His photographs are to be found in … Company, Boston, 1941 Galeria Elba…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… established as national Black trade union in Bloemfontein. 11 September, Gerrit Viljoen is born in Cape Town. 1920 The … fixed property in the Union, submits…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb 'Devil's Tooth' in the Drakensberg Range
… 1950, the Devil's Tooth was considered unclimbable, but on 11 August 1950 E. Scholes, D. Bell and P. Campbell formed a …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… tested the first Hydrogen (or thermo-nuclear) bomb in 1952, beating the Russians in the creation of the "Super … for a photograph beside the U.S. flag during…
ArticleThe Ndebele in history
… official census revealed that this figure had dropped to 11% with only 1.3% having three wives or more. The practice … for nearly sixty years. When Wolmarans…
BiographyAlbertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
… Soweto in 1989. Image source The Defiance Campaign of 1950-1952 was a turning point in the national struggle for …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… law came into force, Gandhi organised a mass meeting on 11 September 1906 at the Imperial Theatre in Johannesburg, … the British government approved the act…
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
The African National Congress wishes to reiterate its position on Zimbabwe as per the discussions and decisions of its last National Executive Committee (NEC)…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
… Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, …
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… latter, in Klaassen Road, Bishopscourt, were proclaimed on 11 April 1945. …
PlaceGoodwood
… Municipalities adjoining the metropolitan of Cape Town , 11 km from the centre of the City and in the Bellville … municipalities adjoining the metropolitan…
EventSouth African athlete, Sergio Motsoeneng, admits to cheating in Comrades Marathon
… in the race by the Comrades Marathon Association. In 2010, 11 years since his ban from the Comrades Marathon, Motsoeneng …
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… Motsamayi, which allowed him to travel the region. On 11 January made a surprise appearance at the Pan-African … November 2010]|Hepple, B. Rivonia: The Story…
EventSt James Church massacre
… after the St James Church Massacre. He was convicted of 11 murders and sentenced to 23 years in prison. Sichumiso …
EventThe South African Football Association (SAFA) is founded
… the sole governing body of soccer in South Africa. Then on 11 May 1959 the National Football League (NFL) was formed by …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… (TRC), Coetzee said that Khondile had been killed on 11 August 1981. After his release from detention, the police …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… guilty of murder and was sentenced to death by hanging. On 11 November 1995, Saro Wiwa was executed, as were the other …
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… Malan and his co-accused were cleared of all charges on 11 October 1996. Sources: Books: Fraser, R. (1995). Keesing's …
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
In 1906, the Transvaal government promulgated a new Act which enforced registration of the colony's Indian population. At a mass protest meeting held in…
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… It is estimated that 11 South Africans lost their lives during the devastating …
EventSA national soccer team, Bafana Bafana, win the SA’s first ever FIFA sanctioned match.
… Town on 9 July, and the sides met again in Johannesburg on 11 July to close the series. Around this period the team … of the Decade,' in Kick Off 1994-2004,…
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
… Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1952 the ANC decided that we are going to organize a Defiance …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… achievements: President of the African National Congress (1952-1967) and the first African to be honored by the Nobel … and ascendancy to the leadership of…
Artists' Forum with Kemang Wa Lehulere
… to, collective narratives. Date: Thursday 30 October Time: 11:00am – 13:00pm Venue: The Iyatsiba Lab, 66 Greatmore …
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… in the struggle against white minority rule. Late in 1952, the security police raided the headquarters of the SL …
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… Da Gama to return to India as viceroy. He reached Goa on 11 September 1524, but died at Cochin three months later. His …
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… honorary doctorate by the University of South Africa. 1946 11 February, John Dube dies in Umhlanga, Natal. 1950 …
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… These lights operated between the hours of 5.00 p.m. and 11.00 p.m. only. In 1952, the Stanger Hydro-Electric Scheme was brought into …
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… for his sporting ability as well as his intellect: in 1952 he was selected for the Combined South African … Court was formally opened on 14 February 1995,…