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ArticleSS Mendi
… reached their destination. Leaving Plymouth harbour on 20 February 1917 during the late evening, she sailed towards … of it. Rather this tale first appears…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… stems from the full knowledge that the 42 years of Chilly`s life are decorated with enormous accomplishments and … about the work of veterans in preserving…
Museum Night Cape Town 2016
… Memorial. The supporting programme features more than 20 performances, installations, walkabouts, film screenings …
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
… anti apartheid organizations that opposed the government's constitutional reform proposals. On the other side of town … fail. This is a video of that time…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… Close to 20 million lives a year are lost to cardiovascular diseases …
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds)(1993). South Africa in the 20th Century, Pretoria: …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… under the leadership of Andries Pretorius and the Zulu's under the leadership of Dingane the Zulu King. About 10 000-20 000 Zulu warriors led by Dingane's…
EventBlack empowerment makes headway
… In South Africa's largest Black economic empowerment deal, Anglo American and … It was agreed that the first tranche of shares - at least 20% of Johnnic's 30…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… on History, which was in many ways similar to Can Themba's short story Requiem for Sophiatown (destroyed in the late … [Accessed : 22 August 2013]|…
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… would also have resulted in wage cuts. The strike of the 20 000 White miners meant that the 180 000 Black workers had …
EventTwenty die in an armed assault in a mosque in Khartoum, Sudan
… 4 February 1994 Abbas al-Bager Abbas opened fire killing 20 praying muslims and wounding 33 others in a mosque in … [Accessed: 18 January 2012]|BBC News…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… Monneypenny, the editor of The Star newspaper, and fined £20. Monneypenny, who had only been in South Africa for two … against the "ignorant Dutch". At the…
EventBoeremag members Dirk Hanekom and Henk van Zyl are arrested in Memel. Only Hanekom is charged.
… A search for other members of this movement continued. The 20 accused were later convicted of treason. …
ArticleGhallywood: An Evolution of Ghana’s Film Industry
… and ultimately initiated the beginning of the Gold Coast’s (present-day Ghana) film industry. One of the Colonial Film Unit’s “Mobile Cinema” mobile units…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… run up to the Second World War, Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator, dreamed carving out a "New Roman Empire" … appealed to the League for arbitration…
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
… 20 Years of Democracy: STILL CONFRONTING CHALLENGES TO … 12h00-13h30 - Group Discussion 13h30-14h30 - Lunch R.S.V.P : 3rd September 2014- arunaicker@gmail…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… was charged on 29 counts for resisting moving after every 20 minutes, failing to keep his goods in a vehicle and for …
EventNational Party wins national elections
… General James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog's National Party (NP) wins the South African general election … Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, made the…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… entered its 100th day after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt to suppress growing opposition to …
EventWorld Refugee Day
… The General Assembly decided that 20 June would be celebrated as World Refugee Day. This day is … The UN Refugees Agency, World Refugee Day-20 June , from…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… Britain's GlaxoSmithKline PLC, the world's largest producer of AIDS drugs, announced it would reduce … cents a day, and Retrovir, known as AZT, will drop…
EventSecond biggest archaeological discovery of the century at Sterkfontein
One of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was documented in the South African Journal of Science on this date. Dr Ron Clark of…
EventNP demands apology from TRC
… was set for his response. The date was later extended to 20 June 1997. NP's demands were rejected. …
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… Matabele Rebellion or the second Chimurenga broke out on 20 March 1896 in Matabeleland Zimbabwe. The war broke out … History Orb, “ Historical Events on 20…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
… 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s organisation with 20 000 members that comprised of literate and illiterate … window by military…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… of South Africa and was officially inaugurated on 20 September. De Klerk had been Acting State President since …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… to the 16 June 1976 uprising. On this day, more than 20 000 learners marched against the use of Afrikaans as a … SAHO, ‘Soweto students march against…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
Opening address by I B Tabata, to the 1st Conference of the Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held on 20th December 1951. This is an important stage in which the…
EventUDF is launched
… was launched at Rocklands Community Centre in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town on 20 August 1983. Its inception was inspired by the union of …
EventTinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player is born in Harare, Zimbabwe
… Tinashe Nengomasha had been in the Zimbabwean under 20 National team, he was basically unknown until he joined … of the Year’ for the 2003/2004 season and…