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EventWayne Ferreira was born on this day
… Wayne Richard Ferreira was born on 15 September 1971 in Johannesburg.[i] Wayne Ferreira and his …
PlaceAgtersrivier and Kou Bokkeveld Pass , Western Cape
… Range) and flowing North West to join Voorsterivier, 15 km South of Citrusdal. The name of the river in Afrikaans …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… the master of the SS Darro, in not complying with articles 15 and 16 of the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at …
PlaceSalt River
… the entire city. In addition, Salt River is only about 15 kilometres from the Cape Town International Airport. …
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
… endangered with a national target of 30% but only 15% remains. The Cape Flats Nature Reserve is a private …
EventThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announces that a mysterious epidemic (AIDS) is causing increasing concern in the United States
… skin cancer and pneumonia and was found in 180 patients in 15 states across America. On 10 December 1981, the BBC …
EventDurban magistrate rules the death of Dr Haffejee accidental
… 1978 concluded that he had committed suicide. On the 15 March 1978 the magistrate in charge of the investigation …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… of high treason in the Bloemfontein High Court on 15 June 1915 and sentenced to six years' imprisonment and a …
PlaceCradock Division
… 12,084 residents, of whom 3,652 were literate 1891 census: 15,049 residents, of whom 4,938 were literate 1904 census: …
EventFreedom Day is celebrated in South Africa
… racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination. We are 15 years into our new democracy and many of these issues are …
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… of South Africa to arrive at a political settlement. 15. We would therefore encourage the people of South Africa …
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… of South Africa to arrive at a political settlement. 15. We would therefore encourage the people of South Africa …
PlaceDie Nederlandse Reherformrde Kerk (Paul Kruger Church) Pretoria
… were replaced with flat concrete roofs. Since October 1950 a larger restoration process started which included the …
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea is a West African nation bordering the Bight of Biafra, between Cameroon and Gabon. The earliest indigenous population of this country…
PlaceAlgeria
… (or province) different from most of its colonies. In the 1950's, the 'Front De Liberation Nationale', (FNL) led a …
Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting fo E. R. Roux, 9 January 1929
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 30 - Letter from S. P. Bunting … Radical Tradition a Documentary History…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… African film industry for the Cape Times between 1937 and 1950. While she was in Johannesburg, Gutsche enrolled for a …
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… and Ted Morgan, the head of their workshop committee. 15 All workers (fitters, iron-moulders, pattern-makers, … of Census and Statistics, Special Report…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… The first step was the passing of the Group Areas Act in 1950. Indians had been living in various suburbs in and … Committee meeting held on 5 November 1969…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… to rehabilitate white families socially and economically. [15] This irrigation scheme continued for approximately 50 … 10), (No. 2), (2011), p. 28. [13] Ibid…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… during that period. The rest of the accused were fined £15 or three months. Sedition trial of CPSA Central Committee …
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… Die Afrikaanse Patriot, which was first published on 15 January 1876. The newspaper espoused an anti-English, …
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… at Malacca in 1662 there were 40 free burghers with about 15 women and 20 children. This resulted in the establishment …
ArticleThe Arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck in the Cape - 6 April 1652
… May 1662 it had grown to 134 officials, 35 Free Burghers, 15 women, 22 children and 180 slaves. Statue of Jan van …
PlaceMtubatuba
… swamp began and Mtubatuba became an official Village in 1950. Responsible for much of the Town's battle with water is … swamp began and Mtubatuba became an…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… in. In 1949 interracial marriage was made illegal. In 1950 cities were divided into districts by race. By 1951 …
Bibliographical Data
… The Awakening of a People (Johannesburg: People's Press, 1950). Dr. A. B. Xuma wrote "Extracts from the Life Story of … now complemented by Class and Colour…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… Court of South Africa, Natal Provincial Division, 14-15/7/77. Extracts. *African National Congress (African … of Underground Movements (London: Faber and…
PlaceSao Bento Shipwreck, Coffee Bay
… in two days, as many of them have been digging there for 15 years and not find anything." (A comment from a visitor) …