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… Digging for gold in the Witwatersrand (now city of Johannesburg and surroundings) was authorised in September … over the world to dig for gold in the area. The city of Johannesburg was established a month after digging was … Joburg News Johannesburg in the 19th Century [online] Available at: …

… Colony in 1862. He settled in Barberton, before moving to Johannesburg in 1887. He began working as a bricklayer in Johannesburg, a job he later left for prospecting. He … project,  Sir Thomas Major Cullinan (1862-1936) of Johannesburg, South Africa , from Rootsweb,  [online], …

… contributed more than ninety poems, most of them to the Johannesburg weekly newspaper of the Chamber of Mines, … the rural area of Peddie in the Transkei and settled in Johannesburg. …

… South Africa was put up by the South African Railways in Johannesburg on December 29, 1923. The Scientific and Technical Club in Johannesburg took over on July 1, 1924. The Cape and …

… Lucas Seage, South African artist, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg. Seage attended Barolong High School in Gaborone, Botswana and then Damelin College in Johannesburg in 1976. In that same year he also attended …

… August, 1941, 81 elected delegates of organisations met in Johannesburg; they came mainly from trade unions, Communist … of conditions of life. Every weekend in central Johannesburg, large gatherings of articulate miners from … the signals. 1946 opened with the Union general meeting in Johannesburg, with some 2,000 members present. They again …

… of Nelson Mandela, which was held at the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg. Thousands of people sang and danced in … General Ban Ki-moon at the memorial service. A man from Johannesburg aged 26, celebrated the legend’s life by selling …

… fly on a plane when Kimmerling took her on a flight over Johannesburg. Kimmerling, a Frenchman, made the first powered … made three flights in Sydenham Hill, near Orange Grove in Johannesburg. …

… conference of the Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) in Johannesburg, Clements Kadalie, the founder of ICU, meets A. … secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) in Johannesburg. 29 September, Selby Msimang arrives in Natal to … the Industrial and Commercial Union (ICU) in a congress in Johannesburg, refuses either to send a representative to the …

… The SANNC calls a second conference of 200 delegates in Johannesburg to discuss the results of the deputation to Cape … At a meeting of 300 women and 100 men in Ebenezer Hall, Johannesburg the Bantu Women’s National League is formed. The … with 2000 Africans gathering in Vrededorp. 6 June, Fifty Johannesburg municipal sanitary workers go on strike for an …

… legislation o Forms of labour resistance o The city of Johannesburg - The Mineral Revolution as a turning point in … History Online, (2011), “First Mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg” from South African History Online [online] … www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/first-mines-are-proclaimed-johannesburg [Accessed: 18 February 2015]. South African …

… African identity. These include: The Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg: This pre-eminent museum deals with 20th century … names to the city or town where they are located. Later, Johannesburg International Airport was changed to O.R. Tambo …

… 1919 Peter Abrahams is born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg in March 1919 to an Ethiopian father and a … mother retrieves him from Elsburg and brings him back to Johannesburg to live with her. Shortly after his mother finds …

… 23 February 1943, in honour of Mr. J.J. Page, the Mayor of Johannesburg at the time. In 1950, the Group Areas Act was …

… he was the first person to discover gold in this area, Johannesburg history proved him wrong. Allegedly Carel … H.W. and F.P.T. Struben in 1886, led to the birth of Johannesburg. … HighBeam Research, History of Johannesburg ,Available at  www.highbeam.com  [Accessed: 07 …

… national school boycotts rocks the townships. 1980 Fietas, Johannesburg: The Pageview Residents Association (PRA) enters … March, Following the Rhodesian elections, the Sunday Post, Johannesburg, launched a campaign for the release of Nelson … March, Following the Rhodesian elections, the Sunday Post, Johannesburg, launched a campaign for the release of Nelson …

… White problem spread to the factories and the slums of Johannesburg and was soon felt in the offices of the union. … the thousands of poor Afrikaners who were flocking to Johannesburg seem like intruders. They did not belong to Johannesburg and Johannesburg certainly did not belong to …

… on the 28th,29th and 30th November in Cape Town and Johannesburg.  Douglas Mwonzora will be at each screening and … Labia Theatre - Cape Town CBD Tuesday, 29 November  7pm   Johannesburg Screening: Atlas Studios - Auckland Park …

… Victor Sidney Norton was born in Johannesburg to an English father and a Swedish mother. His … the first South African-born Chief Subeditor. He died in Johannesburg on 4 May 1983. …

… of the service was at Barangwanath airport, near Johannesburg. The company aimed to convince the public of the … Ltd, introducing a regular service between Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.   …

… Board Mission.](4) The initiatives in the forties of the Johannesburg Local Committee for Non-European Adult Education, in consultation with the Johannesburg City Council, secured the use of a hall in Polly … and support of black students, some white artists, the Johannesburg City Council, companies which made donations, …

… University (RAU), the second university with its seat in Johannesburg, was established by an act of parliament as the … of Soweto and the East Rand, to form the University of Johannesburg (UJ). UJ was officially launched on 1 January … NASOU. p.238| UJ (2010).  ‘About UJ’ from University of Johannesburg [online]. Available at  www.uj.ac.za [Accessed 8 …

… classes at what was called Wits Technical Art School in Johannesburg. Skotnes served in the South African forces in … to South Africa he joined the Polly Street Art Centre in Johannesburg that led him to a lifelong career in the art …

… in Port Elizabeth, flew a regular service to and from Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. Its main object was to … were introduced in 1934, especially between Durban and Johannesburg. The service was limited to these two cities at …

… Pixley ka Isaka Seme died in Johannesburg on 7 June 1951. He was a political activist, … (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose Reeves, on 17 June. Tributes were made …

… Fikile Magadlela was born on 13 December 1952 in Newclare, Johannesburg. He was a self- taught artist, who learned and … was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most of his works are a combination of media …

… and then we were ready to leave that same morning for Johannesburg. That's how it was. They come and fetch you at … take your name and your fingerprints, and send you off to Johannesburg without you must say goodbye or arrange for the … they were all on their own planes and we all arrived in Johannesburg the same morning. I know that they arrested Mrs. …

… known as City and Suburban, close to the centre of Johannesburg. The message the manifesto conveyed was … of them was the destruction of an electrical tower near Johannesburg, which was toppled by sawing off two outside … so as he had attended the SACP’s national conference in Johannesburg in December 1960, at which the resolution to …

… Professor Bob Hepple was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex … seven people arrested at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, near Johannesburg. After three months detention in solitary …