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EventApartheid becomes official policy
… ed. Pretoria: Academica, p. 462, 467. Reader's Digest. (1988) Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story, …
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… referendum supported him. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… on the tour of the Native Trust - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 (pdf) Letter from Dr James Moroka and …
ArticleCaste - meaning, profession, religion
… of South India. www.mahendramedara.com/content/view/12/46/ Meena or Mina is derived from the word 'meen' …
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… for White and non-White people to have relations. In 1959, 12 Members of Parliament (MPs), including Suzman, broke away …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… a loss of power and salary. He chose the latter. On 12 July 1954 Luthuli was scheduled to address a group …
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… to lead the newly formed government a year later on 12 February 1951, after his party, the Convention People's …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while … ‘Remembering the Nangalembe Nighti Vigil Massacre’ , 12 January, [online],…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… He died in John Vorster Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela …
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… the collapsed Synagogue Church of all Nations last Friday, 12 September 2014. We share the grief of families who lost …
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… status in 1896. Today there is a population of over 12 000 people. In the Eastern Cape and 3.554 million (2019) …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… On 12 January 2019,legendary Bafana Bafana striker Philimon …
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… According to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city police officers, 4 super-insulated bomb trucks, …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… The Pass Laws Chapter 11 - The Compound System Chapter 12 - The Wage Colour Bar - A System of Forced Labour Part 3 - …
EventThe HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire sink near Colombo
… Akagi, Soryu, and Hiryu. The HMS Cornwall was sunk within 12 minutes by nine bombs, while its sister ship, the …
EventMinister of Defence, P.W. Botha, reports to the Senate on the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of South Africa’s defence policy.
… These are among the points outlined by P.W. Botha on 12 March 1968, the then Minister of Defence. History has …
EventNational Party wins general election
The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last election before his assassination in…
EventAt an international summit in SA leaders pledge to push for a new global trade deal that will help poor countries
… On 12 of February 2006, the Progressive Governance Network held …
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… socialite, two years ago. The girl was only 12 years old when she carried out the murder. She was also …
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
Collen Chauke, South Africa's most wanted fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with…
EventJameson Raid starts
Leander Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the Zuid…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… hours of fighting. Students in Cape Town also marched on 12 August. The University of Cape Town (UCT) provided one …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi …
EventKenya is granted independence
… to seven years in prison. When Kenya became a Republic on 12 December 1964, Kenyatta was named Kenya's first president, …
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… to a notice, residents were supposed to be moved on 12 February 1955, but the government caught them by surprise. …
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… others. They were charged in October 1963 and on 12 June 1964 the Rivonia Trialists were sentenced to life …