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PlaceStrandfontein
… was initially a nature reserve area. Later in 1976, under the struggle of apartheid government, houses were … Strandfontein was initially a nature reserve…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… Sharpeville protests (1960 and 1984), the Soweto riots (1976) among other resistance activities. Because the police …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… only a decade or so, it had been planned for from the 1976/7 provincial congress of the National Party (NP), and …
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… your documentation, the record...the historical record." [16] Anton Kaes, writing about the influence of film in … (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… people had no historical claim to 40% of the country. 16 February, President Jacob Zuma responds to Pieter Mulder … policy on land redistribution. 16 April,…
PlaceRichards Bay
… went from small fishing Village to a major Port, opened in 1976. Richards Bay now boasts one the largest Coal Export … Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT). ( AS SHOWN…
PlaceAdams Mission, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… in the country. Adams died at the Adams Mission on 16 September 1847; his funeral was attended by many prominent …
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
In 1916, the South African government agreed to recruit Black people to assist the British in World War 1 by providing labour. There were to be 10 000 people…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… rammed the SS Mendi. The SS Mendi sailed from Cape Town on 16 January 1917 en route to La Havre in France, carrying the …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… note that some sources claim that the riots began on the 16 or on the 18 June 1959. …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… 1981. They attacked and destroyed three houses and killed 16 South Africans and a Portuguese national, Jose Ramos, who …
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… abolished by President F.W. de Klerk on November 16, 1989, a few months before the unbanning of political …
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… the United Nations the Security Council convened on 15 and 16 July to examine concerns about violence in South Africa …
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… care, she went to Nigeria to work with a leper colony of 16 000 people. During her time here, she discovered a skin …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… of Antigua in 1819, as well as British Guiana in 1831. On 16 January 1834, D'Urban assumed office as Governor of the …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… strangled to death in his hut, by order of the chief, on 16 March 1561. The expedition sent to avenge da Silveira …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… a homemade guitar. He joined his first band at the age of 16 and soon became a known and sought after bass player. In …
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… in 1921. In recent years the race had been held on June 16, but after complaints had been received that the race …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Maxeke, form the AME Wilberforce Institute at Evaton. May 16, Members of the SANC form the Transvaal Native Congress …
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Act No 74 of 1983; the Fund Raising Number being 06 600177 000 5. The E M Paruk family in 1934 offered its … sterling] to the Indian Textile Workers Union…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… series has been collected into a handsome volume with 27 16 x 20 inch images, launched at this exhibition. A full …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… thereby fulfilling a promise he had made earlier. 16 March, The Riotous Assemblies Act No 17 is passed. In … 17 March, The ANC is banned in several rural…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… with Lionel Ngakane, Cinaste, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 16-17. Crowther, B. 1952, The Screen in Review; Alan Paton's … with Lionel Ngakane, Cinaste, vol. 15, no. 2…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… the television was only introduced to the country in 1976 and only had one channel. Slowly another channel was … more sophisticated than the Altair was…
PlaceGallery 101
… on Grafton Street in Mayfair, which until its closing in 1976 was the sole commercial gallery from South Africa with a …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… in 1985. At the outbreak of the Soweto Revolt in June 1976, this cordial relationship waned. Hundreds of youth …
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 …
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Kajee is acting as an individual from individual motives.” 16 June, Protest at Fort Hare closing The Natal Indian … support any plans which attempt to…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… War stimulated more economic growth than the New Deal. [16] Conclusion Therefore, one could say that the New Deal … ). [16] History. Editors of History.: …
PlaceGordonia Division
… 152 mm, and a hot Summer climate. Population (1970): White 16 323; Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia …