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EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… In 1951 Tshombé was elected to the advisory provisional council of Katanga and towards the end of the 1950s he became …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Zoutpansberg
… to a shop and warehouse. In 1981 the then Pietersburg City Council decided to restore the building by rebuilding its …
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… the original portion of The Wilds to the Johannesburg Town Council on condition that it be kept as an open space for …
Khoisan leader given state funeral despite last wishes by SAPA, 1 July 2012
… to the Khoi and San communities. Chairman of the Bushmen Council Andries Steenkamp criticized the state funeral. "This …
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… Church and former general secretary of the South African Council of Churches, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo …
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… prepare for an emergency, the WFP warned the UN Security Council on 3 December 2002, that 38 million Africans were at …
EventHilda Bernstein passes away
… She made a historic entry into the Johannesburg City Council when she became the first communist to be elected as …
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… C.C. Michell. It took years for the Cape Legislative Council to raise the money to begin building the lighthouse, …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… into Union. Pray urge control Territory by UNO Trusteeship Council. Mandate over territory was under Article 22 Covenant …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… democratically elected parliament. 25 May, the Security Council adopted a resolution lifting its 1977 Arms Embargo … African National Defence Force. 8 May,…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… South African Indian Congress and the Passive Resistance Council, are not a happy lot, though they are all living in … which is the percent body of the…
PlaceKlerksdorp- Matlosana Local Municipality
… City in Matlosana Local Municipality; (previously the City Council of Klerksdorp ) is a Category B Municipality situated … The City of Matlosana Local…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… to betray this trust by participation in the President's Council and the South African Indian Council, are indeed serious today. The source of much of … in…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… became the first female CEO of the Human Sciences Research Council and served in that capacity for 10 years. She is …
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… and 1949 to 1956 Secretary of the Federal Poor Relief Council, which he founded in 1933. He was from 1928 to 1932 a …
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… of the Woutersen-Wessels Vault for the National Monuments Council" April 1991 …
PlaceVenda
… was granted Independence. The United Nations (UN) Security Council condemned the Homelands Policy as a strategy, of the …
PlaceAthenaeum building, Belmont Terrace, Port Elizabeth
… Athenaeum to occupy a part of the City Hall. The Town Council offered to bear most of the cost of the present …
EventUN concerned about Fischer’s arrest
… point of going to London to plead a case before the Privy Council, he requested permission and was released on bail of …
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… instead to veto any such proposal put to the U.N. Security Council. Apparently the Western powers hoped to retain enough …
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… the organisation during the second annual General Student Council meeting (2 - 9 July) held in Hammanskraal. Sono's …
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
… persons. Dawood Khan, a member of the Cape Town City Council uttered; "this is a sad day for every non-White …
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A Transitional Executive Council (TEC) was set up for these deliberations, consisting …
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… or in contravention of the decisions of the Security Council." On 19 July 2000, the World Diamond Congress in …
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… same time he became a member of the Native Representative Council, a purely advisory body that has been condemned as a …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… Communist Party candidate for the Johannesburg Municipal Council. Her words, belted out in an unfamiliar English …
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… went further to say that the organisation’s revolutionary council was planning the timing and manner of an uprising to …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… a church until 1852, and was then used by the Legislative Council of the Orange River Sovereignty, and from 1854 by the …
PlaceMontagu, Route 62
Montagu, founded in 1851 on the farm: 'Uitvlucht' and named after Colonial Secretary John Montagu, is a Western Cape small town gem. Nestled amid the Langeberg…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Contextual Overview
Figure 1.1. With his call to put “America First”, Donald Trump is the latest recruit to a dangerous nationalism. Flagrantly authoritarian figures like Donald…