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EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
… All preparations for the revolt were kept secret. On 12 January, several hundred mounted Herero invaded Okahandja. … They reached their destination on 9…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… Republic of the Congo (DRC, then known as Zaire) in 1995 killed 153 people by the 28 May 1995. The 1995 outbreak in the DRC infected 315 people, 244 who …
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… to different centres in the UK. Frankfurt, Germany (16 June - August). The editor, Omar Badsha , is refused a … Waiting: South Africa’s first…
ArticleSoweto Students’ Representative Council (SSRC)
… Before the June 16 student uprising, the Soweto Students' Representative … and came to be known as the famous Soweto Revolt of June 16. The SSRC had…
Liberation
… policy documents - the Framework Document on Land Reform, (1995), the Green Paper on Land Reform (1996), and the White … of beneficiaries has actually…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… the day-to-day cultural traditions of a people (Bennett, 1995). Customary law is therefore dynamic in nature, and its … and deference of women and juniors ’…
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
… chairperson. Constitutional Assembly, 24 January 1995. The people of South Africa must be involved. They must … National Congress, Constitutional Assembly,…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… school students join the South African Students Movement 12 May, Saso holds formation school at Federal Theological … collude with security police who…
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… Choabi in London on August 19, 1991. Seretse was born on 16 May 1936 in Bothaville, Kimberley. He attended primary … at 9am to the Methodist Church,…
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… of the SS Darro, in not complying with articles 15 and 16 of the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, as to … 1894. The Court suspends his…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was manufactured by Emil Kessler of Esslingen … delivered its first engine in 1847. Emil…
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… the Victims of the Port Elizabeth tragedy October; 1920. 12. Anniversary Commemoration. 13. Policy of the "I.C.U." in … on Sanitorium for the Natives Workers…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… in the north where Asian populations were expanding. [12] In 1901 the Immigration Restriction Act was passed (known … at cohesion among the white population…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… 11 Letter from ECCI to S.P. Bunting, 15 July 1932 Document 12 Minutes of Meeting of Political Commission, Political … 1932 (extracts) Document 13 Letter from…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… in African languages in the South African Worker. 16 December At the ICU National Council meeting in Port … [1] Robert Edgar. The Making of an African…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… went on strike at the Witwatersrand Gold Mines on Monday 12 August 1946 . The call on 13 August by the Transvaal … added momentum to the strike. The strike…
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Spy Chief Probing Coup When Slain - Orlando Sentinel. 1995. [ONLINE] 9 October Available at: http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1995-10-09/news/9510090199_1…
EventJudge Goldstone calls for “truth commission” on atrocities
… part of the healing process. This was brought into law in 1995 as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The … of National Unity and Reconciliation…
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… [NOTE: The following is a revision of a book published in 1995 by Sanchar Publishing House, New Delhi, in 1995. It includes an additional article entitled: …
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
… (Date accessed 16.02.2016). ↵ [x] South African Government, ‘In memoriam: Mr … (Date accessed 16.02.2016). ↵ [xi] South African Government, ‘In memoriam: … …
EventSouth Africa abolishes financial Rand
… currency to the commercial Rand, was abolished on 10 March 1995. The currency was introduced in the 1960’s and only … Rand. After it was abolished, effective…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… anti-apartheid movement and not just there for publicity. [12] Goldblatt, David. 1994. "Personalities." Africa Media … of the African National Congress in…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
… and stability for Walter, dies. 1928 At the age of 16, Walter uses an older cousin’s identity to be accepted as … the ANC and South African Indian Congress…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Emily Hobhouse visits the Norvalspont concentration camp. 12 March, Emily Hobhouse visits the Kimberley concentration … Emily Hobhouse visits the Mafeking…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. This Grade 12 classroom section gives a broad outline of the content … decades preceding the 1970s. It is not…
Chronology
… , Inauguration of Campaign for Right and Justice December 16 , ANC conference adopts Africans' Claims (including "Bill … (1946-1948) June 23 , Second…
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… Zulu military system. Shepstone annexes the Transvaal On 12 April 1877, at Britain's behest, Shepstone effortlessly … of the Zulu kingdom. The Zulu War…
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… Zulu military system. Shepstone annexes the Transvaal On 12 April 1877, at Britain's behest, Shepstone effortlessly … of the Zulu kingdom. The Zulu War …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… of SWA and concentrate on putting down the rebellion. On 12 November 1914, de Wet, who led the rebels in the OFS, was … force in the Western Transvaal was…
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… as follows: (i) Two semi-detached cottages, land in extent 16.364 perches being remainder of subdivision A of lot 157 … borough of Durban and exercises the…