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EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… to a notice, residents were supposed to be moved on 12 February 1955, but the government caught them by surprise. …
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… others. They were charged in October 1963 and on 12 June 1964 the Rivonia Trialists were sentenced to life …
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… Through the Years 1912-1982’ in Scientaria Militaria, Vol. 12, No. 2, (1982). ↵ …
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… as a ‘multi-national’ state comprising of between 10 or 12 ‘nations [2] ; hence the formation of the ‘self-governing’ …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… in the back of a police van, to Pretoria. He died there on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral was the first big political …
PlaceThe SAS Somerset Museum
… ship's crest and badge to highlight this connection. On 24 May 1988, the ship became a museum after the South African …
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… land be reserved for White occupation as of January 1906. Africans who had became labour tenants on White farms … be discouraged in favour of agricultural…
The coup that set Ghana and Africa 50 years back by Charles Quist-Adade (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… Ghanaian soldiers to stage that terrible coup on 24 February 1966. It was a major setback, not only for Ghana … pioneer president, in a bloody coup d’état on…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… was that of sanitation (Dison and Mohamed, 1960: 24). 1894 The Glen Gray Act, passed by Cecil Rhodes in the … station (South African Institute for Race…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… Sharpeville massacre is evident, with 60% of those aged 16-24 never having heard of this important event. There was also … the past was “not very” or “not at…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… of Pretoria 10 May 2018; Kalk Bay Artist Studio 12 July 2018). A4 Arts Foundation, District 6, Cape Town, 8 … stage and is ready to go live pending funding…
XIII - The Courts
… Mdluli, died in security police custody in Durban within 24 hours of his detention. He had been an ANC member until … adamant in her demands for a full…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
… 10 Problems of imprisonment Chapter 11 The escape Chapter 12 Hangings Chapter 13 A negotiated release Chapter 14 Out of …
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… the city of Cape Town, Bellville was originally called 12 Mile Stone. It was originally founded as a railway station …
PlaceFort Wynyard
… Battery, but after the outbreak it was rearmed on April 12, 1861. The Kijk-in-de-pot battery was improved in 1862 and …
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 October 1973. For the past 300 years royalty and captains …
PlaceGeorge Division
… 10,086 residents, of whom 3,780 were literate 1904 census: 12,667 residents, of whom 5,716 were literate …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on the evening of 12 February 1962. Fugard's play "The Blood Knot" was …
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… film by Enver Samuel in 2015. Finally, on October 12 2017, a South African court ruled that Timol's death had …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… Ivory Trade ', from the National Public Radio (NPR) News,12 November, [online], Available at www.npr.org [Accessed: …
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… On 12 October 1780 Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief was born at … gelofteland," 12 NOVEMBER 1780: PIET RETIEF "From: gelofteland … ,[Online],Available at:…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… Camp,the Kruger National Park. The young Swart was guiding 12 visitors when the incident occurred. The animal mauled …
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… prisons for drug related crimes. In the early hours of 12 December 2011, Linden was executed by lethal injection. In … Independent Online , (2011), ‘SA Woman…
Draft constitution of the ANC
Report of the working group under paragraph three of the Pretoria Minute 1. The Working Group was established under paragraph 3 of the Pretoria Minute, which…
23. Durban merchants plead for Sunday trading
… were submitted to the Durban Corporation, on 9 and 12 October 1866 respectively. The first, addressed to the …
Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni
… The Qhudeni project area accounts for approximately 12% of Nquthu Municipal land. The total population of the …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1930s
… Lindsay, Sir Kurma Reddi and G.S. Bajpai (Secretary). 12 January, The Second Round-table Conference between the … as representatives of the opposition South…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… an extended period of empirical research not more than 12 months before the academy begins and expects to submit a completed discretion within 12 to 18…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… radicals in the NIC and the SAIC . Meeting in Cape Town on 24 March, the SAIC executive decided to instruct the NIC and … emphasised at a mass election…