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EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… The bank has grown to span 17 African countries and 16 countries across South East Asia, Latin America and …
EventEdenburg is founded
The church village Edenburg in the Orange Free State was established when the farm Rietfontein was purchased to build a church. The initial application for…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the Lethuania/Poland …
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… forum for 8 years, Nadine Gordimer is the author of 16 novels and short story collections, Richard Luyt was a …
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic …
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
… of the House. At the ANC conference in Bloemfontein on 16 December 1940, Xuma was elected President of the African … plans for a strike quickly gained…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… semi-liberated zones and striking further south. In 1975-1976 in Ovambo, PLAN mounted a major attack. In 1978-1979 …
ArticleBlack South African literature
… powerful novels of struggle, adaptation and survival. The 1976 Soweto uprising unleashed an immense flood of writing. …
Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity: The Unfolding of Total Strategy 1948-1989
… argue), it was only subsequent to the Soweto Uprising of 1976 that the need for a total strategy was formally …
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… Royal Society of Tasmania and placed on public display. In 1976, on the centenary of her death, her remains were finally …
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… Sigcau, the Paramount Chief of Eastern Pondoland (1939-1976), accepted the limitations placed on his power by the …
ArticleNational Union of South African Students (NUSAS)
… the organisation. In the aftermath of Soweto Uprising in 1976, NUSAS tried to make amends with SASO by trying to be … : Cape Town: Nasou, pp.90-91.Archives|…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… National Conference Rule 15 National General Council Rule 16 National Executive Committee Rule 17 The Electoral … such vacancies do not exceed 50% of the…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… simmered for a few years and burst into the open again on 16 June 1976 when the Soweto students demonstrated against Afrikaans …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… his Residence, on the Western Bank of the Phabenspruit are 16 km North-West of Pretoriuskop, has been declared a …
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… 2004. Hendrickse died of a heart attack at the age 77 on 16 March 2005. …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… Manute Bol was born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both …
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… connected with the fateful event that took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South African police services …
Chapter V - Acts of conscience
… I have loved you." Bram had had the gift of love. June 1976 became another ugly anniversary for South Africa to add … going from school to school in their…
ArticleSocialism
Socialism is a political and economic ideology aiming to create a society where all members distribute resources and wealth equally. It is based on the belief…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… grave'. 1780- Arrival and stay of Tuan Guru at the Cape 16 1807 Imam ‘Abdullah ibn Kadi [Qadri] Abdus Salaam , known … wa sallam]. He was brought to the Cape…
PlaceNdabeni
… first of the four homelands to be granted independence in 1976. …
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… before the service went nationwide at the beginning of 1976. "The reason for television's late arrival in South …
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… lost nearly 40 pounds. Little's first tour victory was in 1976 at the Women's International at Moss Creek, where she …
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… people’s Church’ or ‘the people’s Cathedral’. During the 1976 student uprisings in Soweto many protesting students …
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… - Maximum of 4 members per team with at least one person 16 years or younger. - Entry fee: R0 = unemployed, R20 = …
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa, with a score of 21-16. The first two test matches of the tour were easily won by …
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… battle of the First Boer War, which was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881. As a member of the SAR …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… Dr James Moroka Address at the Opening SAIC Conference, 16 September 1950 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address to ANC …
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… Dr Brij Maharaj is an academic and civil society activist. 16 November 2023, marks the 163rd anniversary of the arrival … for such a nation is to achieve…