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PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… for the design of the fort, which was completed 12 November 1898 and cost £46 500. French and Italian …
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… ://magaliesmeander.co.za/news/the-battle-of-diamond-hill-11-12-june-1900/ …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… parliament, and later passed away in 1942. Related: Grade 12 Classroom: Pact Government …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… to Pretoria, where he was thrown into a cell. On September 12, 1977, he died naked and shackled on the filthy floor of a …
EventSpanish Flu strikes South Africa
… was held at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 12 to 15 September 1998 to mark the 80th anniversary of the …
EventKing George VI is born
… following his brother, Prince Edward's abdication on 12 December 1936. George who was the Duke of York and his …
PlaceAhrens, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… the next 5 Years. This will increase Exports output from 12,500 to 25,000 containers per Year. …
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… placed the British in a precarious position . About 12 000 British soldiers were faced with the defence of a …
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… articles for the university journal, the Campus Lantern. [12] By 2003, she had completed her master’s degree from Johns … Project Muse 36, no. 2 (2005): …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… they would pay far less than what the items were valued. [12] The Khoikhoi retaliated by poising the water holes of the … [11] Ibid. [12] The Department of…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… being killed, victims were also dismembered after death [12] . Rationale behind the establishment of Vlakplaas The … Apartheid. Terrorism and Political…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years' imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 …
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the …
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… This cordiality came to an end though when approximately 12 of the Portuguese sailors visited the Khoikhoi village and …
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… as the "Sterley cottages", are located at no.10 and no.12 Castle Hill, across the road. These are single storey …
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… brown. The outer black primary feathers of the wing, the 12 tail feathers (in other species of this genus there are …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… celebrated annually. It was first celebrated in 2010. On 12 June 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on …
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium …
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the NP was able to gain a …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… 1908 National Convention, which met for the first time on 12 October 1908. By February 1909, a draft of the South …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… Lindsay, Sir Kurma Reddi and G.S. Bajpai (Secretary). 12 January, The Second Round-table Conference between the … as representatives of the opposition South…
Bibliography: Missionary settlement in southern Africa
… Journal. Periodical Accounts ... United Brethren. London. 12.340. BRIGG, O. 1897. Wittebergen Mission Station. Cape … London Missionary Society. ILLUSTRATED…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… entry from Van Riebeeck's journal for 28 March reads: In 12 deg. S. Latitude [the Amersfoort] had captured a … taken off the Portuguese ship on the coast of…
PlaceSignal Hill
… . One day in June 1895, the Gun fired at 10:30 rather than 12:00 when a spider interfered with the relay used to … Guns in daily use in the World. They fire…
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… Alpheus Nkabinde and the injury of at least twenty others. 1987 Mi Hlatshwayo is employed as a full-time cultural …
Biographical Introduction
… BMW branch, Saarhnicken, Saarbrucken Schafbrucke. The 1987 'Standard Bank National Drawing Competition' was …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… its peak strength it had around 23 000 members. More than 12 000 South African servicemen fought in World War One, and … Cape Corps faced Turkish forces…
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 …
A growing urban African population
… (later Western Coloured Township). In 1928 there were 12 000 people living in the three townships. By 1931, the …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…