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EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… daily occurrences until the ultimate breaking point on 16 June 1976, when the Soweto uprising took place that caused …
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… The nuclear safeguards agreement entered into force on 16 September 1991. …
EventThe first radio licence in SA is issued to Dr J. van Rensburg of Carnarvon
… On 16 August 1924 the first radio licence in SA was issued to Dr …
PlaceAmanzamnyama, a small size Town in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… learners. The school starts with Grade 8 to Grade 12. The subjects taught in school are: English; Mathematics; …
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… aftermath of democratic elections May 1994- December 1996 12. Post-election political violence 13. Apartheid …
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
… with inoperable cancer of the throat. He died in Durban on 12 April 1988. …
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… them off a Portuguese slaver. A second school, attended by 12 White children, four slaves and one Khoi-Khoi, was opened …
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… the University of Bloemfontein from 1922- 42. He died on 12 April 1969 in Bloemfontein. …
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… April 1957. The SA Navy was to also acquire three new Type 12 (modified Rothesay Class) anti submarine frigates, ten Ton …
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… about that in his 'picture book'. Naphtali and Maria had 12 children of whom only 3 survived the rigours of apartheid … Thursday morning of 9 December 1982…
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
… particular. The age group of vigilantes mostly ranged from 16 year old boys to middle-aged men. Youths found themselves … AK rifles, suspected to be IFP…
PlaceAluimkloof, Calitzdorp- Western Cape
… A Ravine at the Eastern end of Badspoort, 16 km South-East of Calitzdorp. The name is Afrikaans for …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the Commission …
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
… poet in South African literature history. When she was 16, her first book was published by Tafelberg Publishers in …
EventMalawian President Hastings Banda visits SA
… an independent Black African state to visit South Africa (16-20 August). During his visit Banda met with the State …
EventFrontline states call on RSA government to release Mandela and end Apartheid
… South Africa's liberation movements. The following year on 16 September, The European Economic Community (EEC) imposed …
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Mbeki and Billy Masetlha, led the Soweto youth uprising on 16 June 1976. Many of those who led the protest were later … South African History Online , ‘Key…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… contractor D Godley. Its foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1894 by President Reitz and the Eastern and Western …
PlaceRiversdale Division, Western Cape
… 10,665 residents, of whom 3,517 were literate 1875 census: 12,721 residents, of whom 4,483 were literate 1891 census: …
EventSouth African man sets record for world’s deepest dive
… to descend, but returning to the surface took an agonising 12 hours. The quick descend and slow return to surface is a …
EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… in the new democratic South Africa. As a result, Chapter 12 was drafted onto the South African constitution. …
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… Simon van der Stel , who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was …
EventLocal elections receive go
… An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to …
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Gold Medal of the South African Nursing Association on 12 May 1961 in recognition of distinguished and exceptional …
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… In 1844 Natal, annexed by Britain on 12 May 1843, became a district of the Cape Colony under a …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… Conference. PUBLIC BROADCASTER AND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION 12. The Commission noted that alongside the commercial and … and public institutions. FURTHER ISSUES…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Peace and Stability, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… perform their functions adequately. Therefore resolves: 12. All necessary steps must be taken to speed up the … sure that CSF's are established and function…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… castle in the air. 26 June 1976 My arrest for treason on 5/12/56 and the lengthy proceedings that followed worsened the … listening to this conversation. I…
Statement submitted to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners, 11 October 1979
… and sincerely than an ANC activist recently released after 12 years on Robben Island: "International pressure has helped … be only seven years old, while a…
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… more on South Africa's role in World War II, see our Grade 12 lesson, 1924-1948: South Africa's Foreign Relations. … higher pay. The police crushed the…