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EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… bidding process. The 19th FIFA World Cup began on 11 June 2010 in South Africa. The first game of the …
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as the centre for the then bacteriological laboratory on the farm site,…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… of Southern Africa. Published by NASOU Ltd. Vol 11. p. 94; Vol 6. p. 184-5 Steyn, C. (2002) "Two South …
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… in the race. The 3 600 nautical mile race has been raced 11 times since 1971. Prizes are awarded to the first …
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… aged 21, Shaun Magmoed, aged 15, Michael Miranda, aged 11. Several others were injured. An inquest was launched in …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… troops were sent from Germany to crush the rebellion.On 11 August 1904, the Battle of Waterberg took place, resulting …
Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at UCT ‘WINTER SCHOOL 2014 : Using climate information for adaptation and policy development’
… for adaptation and policy development ' , from 30 June-11 July 2014. This 2-week intensive course has been …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith led his extremist …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… dates - 1914 to 1919. Although the war officially ended on 11 November 1918, the Peace Treaty was signed only in 1919. …
EventHarry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
Harry Beltsazer Hart was born in Harrismith, Free State on 2 September 1905.[i] He attended the University of the Free State.[ii] Hart won six medals at the…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… for the first time since 1935. The meeting resolves by 52-11 votes for the Indian Government to severe links with South … members to hold elections before…
EventSteve Tshwete is born
… Border regional command of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). In June 1963 he was arrested. In February of the following year he …
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… and the anti-apartheid movement welcomed the decision. In 1963, South Africa was re-admitted to Fifa but it was …
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… government, including the infamous Rivonia Trial of 1963-'64, in which Nelson Mandela and other leaders of the …
PlaceGugulethu Township
… protesting forced removals to Gugulethu. By October 1963 Gugulethu’s population had expanded to over 27,000 …
Chapter 6 - Reform, Repression and Mass Resistance
… of an ideological, political and economic nature (1986: 11; 57). With respect to the economic dimension of the crisis … the survival of everything we hold…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… room. Opening the Kassel publicity magazine for Documenta 11, I find it 's all in German, but there is no mistaking the … tomorrow. Day 2 Set off on the…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… nonetheless principled, like the resolutions on copyright (11.8) and on funding (11.9). The explicitly formulated need for progressive … and literature in…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
… Looking In,” South Africa History Online, last modified 11 August 2015, http://historymatters.co.za. ↵ [xiii] Tom … Looking In,” South Africa History Online,…
EventJazz Musician, Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee, dies
… (also known as Dollar Brand) died during the night of 11 March 1998 after a long struggle with cancer. …
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Travis Logie was born in Durban on 11 May 1979.[i] Logie was crowned the International Surfing … https://www.worldsurfleague.com/athletes/572/travis-logie …
PlaceBurkina Faso
Burkina Faso is a small, poor, landlocked country in West Africa. It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… soccer was introduced to South Africa when, on 11 May 1959, the National Football League (NFL) was formed. …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… The Final Prize: “Bantu Education or the Street” - Chapter 11 The Final Prize: A Charge of Treason - Chapter 12 The …
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…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 09 November 1982, New York
… The decision by the IMF to grant Pretoria a loan of 1.07 billion dollars, in defiance of a resolution of the …
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… Senegal struggled to create its own cultural identity. In 1963, the young nation wrote its first constitution, and … she doesn’t believe in the separation of…
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. …