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EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Terrorism Act and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 June 1979. Even after their release, both men remained …
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Okello. The new government only remained in place until 26 January 1986, when the NRA entered the capital city of …
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve …
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… On 26 September 1897, Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith was born …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July …
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… times of the year. In the document reproduced here, dated 26 March 1877, Muslims celebrating the Prophet Mahommed's …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… coup d'etat of the Provincial Government (Medvedev, 1979) [10] . His selling point of this overthrow was advancing that … and Germany signed a peace…
Oral history interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool
… interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool [Part 1 of 10] Oral history interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool [Part 2 of 10] Oral history interview with I.B…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… timeline of South African efforts during World War 2: 1939-1945 - Air force squadrons and naval vessels patrolled … ends [online] Available at: www.history…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… 2757 2650 5888 1932 2757 2650 5407 1936 3132 2935 6067 1939 4000 >3000 >7000 1946 8834 5653 14487 The Apartheid city … was to be a success, and if deaths…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Standard 8: 28 pupils Standard 9: 44 pupils Standard 10: 35 pupils Besides promoting Arabic in schools and … the medical inquest revealed: a. Imam Abdullah…
Chapter 2: The Nature and Character of Vigilantes in Kwazulu-Natal
… out of orders by their superiors without questioning it. 26 The Goldstone Commission believed that the nature and … on bus drivers by IFP supporters started…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… – Without a Guide Mon-Sat: 09:00 - 17:00, Public Holidays 10:00 - 17:00, Closed on Sundays …
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… Fourth International, C.Town) EVENING SESSION: 8 p.m. to 10.30 p.m. 8 p.m. Address: Mr. B. M. Kies: "THE BACKGROUND OF … BANQUETING HALL, CITY HALL, CAPE…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… number of valid votes was 15 977 142. The ANC obtained 10 601 330 votes, the DP obtained 1 527 337 votes, the IFP …
The National Anthem
… a proclamation in the Government Gazette No. 18341 (dated 10 October 1997), a shortened, combined version of "Nkosi …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… than others. For example, the French Revolution lasted 10 years, after which France resumed some of the despotism …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… as Johannesburg, Bloemfontein, East London and Durban. On 10 October 1989 president F W de Klerk announced the …
Document 50 - Socialist League of Africa , “South Africa: Ten Years of the Stay-at-Home”, International Socialism, 5, Summer 1961
… opened up as a result of the Second World War. The war of 1939-45 led to a remarkable change in the economy of the … ten years later. The ANC called for a…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… defence at Zuurveld.Source: newhistory.co.za [Accessed: 26 January 2012] In spite of the fact that two Government … and that sparked the war.Source: www…
Nelson Mandela Regrets, Nostalgia and Dreams:
… do these things. I am as one building castle in the air. 26 June 1976 My arrest for treason on 5/12/56 and the lengthy … happy when I realized that it was…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… women they depict, this book shares the life stories of 26 South African rebels, artists, troublemakers, athletes, …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… Roberts honoured, http://www.summerhill.co.za/blog/2008/11/26/michael-muis-roberts-honoured.html ↵ … honoured, https://www.summerhill.co.za/blog/2008/11/26…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… South Africa. The Summit took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… Baker in 1908 and the building process began in 1909. On 26 November, 1910, the cornerstone was laid, with completion …
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… Baker in 1908 and the building process began in 1909. On 26 November, 1910, the cornerstone was laid, with completion …
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… inflationary pressures. General sales tax rose from 6 to 10 per cent over the six months to July 1984, and the rate of … done so in 1983, more than half of…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… had beaten a world-class 24-man field in epic surf with 10 to 13 metre faces at Half Moon Bay. The 32 year-old … started his charge to victory in style by…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University … upgraded as a full-fledged and autonomous university on 10 October 1930, having been a…