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Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… and white. During its founding conference on the 05 and 06 March 1955, SACTU clearly signalled its advanced …
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… breakdown due to the government’s reaction to the 1976 boycotts. Currently the Centre offers sewing, pottery, …
Funeral of Sean MacBride: Oliver Tambo, 05 May 1988
… struggle for independence of his own people. From 1973 to 1976, as United Nations Commissioner, he distinguished …
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… one of the few buildings that survived the destruction in 1976. Patel has been manager of the museum since 2013 and …
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… police surveillance. After the student uprising of 1976, the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) was banned and …
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… and Art for her contribution to music in South Africa in 1976. In 1980 Nellie was engaged by the University of …
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… second time. After the outbreak of the Student Uprising in 1976, the government responded by detaining several members …
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… activists in the period following the Soweto Revolt in 1976 and 1977. The assassination of Turner was therefore part …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… political activities and as consequence was arrested in 1976 under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to 15 years in …
EventThabo Mbeki is elected 2nd President of a democratic South Africa
… inauguration coincided with the 23rd anniversary of the 1976 Soweto uprising, in which white police officers fired on …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… completely false. Shortly after the Soweto uprising in 1976, I was in Canada and agreed to the use of some of my … yes there was an element there of…
EventAIDS activist stoned and stabbed to death by her neighbours
… On 16 December 1998, Gugu Dlamini, a young woman from KwaMashu, … These threats manifested into violence when, on 16 December 1998, she was stoned and…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… Council (NRC) at the AAC conference in Bloemfontein. 14-16 December, The ANC holds its annual conference. During his … and Bram Fischer , draft a new…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public performance of the Dvorak cello …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March 1984. The move followed talks between South African …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… Available at www.africanholocaust.net [Accessed: 16 April 2014]|Imperial Ethiopia, Reflections on Haile … Available at www.imperialethiopia.org [Accessed:…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… management refused to meet with the striking miners. On 16 August 2012 , 34 miners were killed and a further 78 … of Marikana before the confrontration…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… from America to be appointed as ESCOM’s first chairman. [16] ESCOM, designated as a public-private entity, was exempt … company. [43] The nuclear project was…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… will be placed under administration. August On Tuesday 16 August- two weeks after the controversial appointment of … Nelspruit, Polokwane, Arcadia and Arts…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… some of their most notable publications. Zukiswa Wanner (1976-) Writer. Feminist. African. Mother. Lover (Wanner, … play, A Kind of Marriage, was first…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the…
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… stock market on "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929 when 16 million shares of stock were quickly sold by panicking …
European Societies in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages in Europe, a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society: The stage of society that preceded capitalism, during which a small elite (the…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… Available at www.afraf.oxfordjournals.org,[ Last accessed: 16 May 2011]pp 261. …
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
… 24, 1911 Pixley ka Seme public lecture, reported on 16 April 1906 (PDF) Pixley Seme letter, 5 September 1908 …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… its name to MLSTP. During the elections MLSTP won all 16 seats in the National Assembly. The constitution, which …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… On 16 December 1838 the Battle of Blood River took place near …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… On 16 September 1902 Maude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, …