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ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old South African boy, was one of the first students … poses in 2011 with his iconic photo of Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… listened to a jazz programme on the Voice of America from 12.00 - 1.00am. Jo, one of the cleaning squad, was about to … writing across the photograph say…
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…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… Please confirm your attendance not later than Friday, 12 July 2013 before 16h00 with Keitumetse Mathiba on: …
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
You have been invited to the first Open Textbook Summit: physics & astronomy Textbooks prices have skyrocketed globally, but as the rand takes a hit so does…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… and shot dead by assassins from his own organisation on 12 June 1979 . He was shot at his flat in Oyster Bay, …
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… known as the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB). On 12 September 1989, Acheson allegedly gunned Lubowski down … , [online], Available at www.e-tools.co.za …
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… in the 19th century. The struggle can be traced back to 12 April 1877, when Theophilus Shepstone, despite Boer …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National Party(NP) under the …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… Harry returned to England and died eight years later on 12 October 1860 in London. He is buried at St Mary's, …
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National …
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
Mountain 1 194m high, situated just South-East of eLundi and 12m North-East of White River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large one' or 'eternal one'…
America, Spanish conquest
… increased to nearly 80 000 per year. In total, about 11 or 12 million African slaves were taken to the Americas. The …
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…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… he remained in charge in Natal. Battles at Spionkop on 24 January 1900 and Vaalkrans on 7 February 1900 were also …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
Introduction South Africa, called by some people the 'Rainbow Nation', a title that captures its diversity and 11 official languages. September is since…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… the Cape Town African townships to Cape Town city centre. 24 March 1960 – The apartheid government bans all gatherings …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… one another in their struggle against apartheid. On 23-24 April 1979, after the formation of Federation of South …
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… R.J. 1981. Early Iron Age settlement at Broederstroom 24/73, Transvaal, South Africa. South African Journal of …
ArticleDefiance Campaign 1952
… defiers were acquitted, most notably in the case of 24 who entered a railway waiting room in Cape Town and were …
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… by a number of different anti-apartheid organizations. [12] The charter was seen as a threat to government as it was … even though isolation detainees were…
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… diamond fields [11] , and around 2,000 in Cape Town. [12] The attitude of the governments of the Boer republics was … subjects could not find shelter on…
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…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of 'Cape Coloured men', called the Cape Corps, is established
… its peak strength it had around 23 000 members. More than 12 000 South African servicemen fought in World War One, and … Cape Corps faced Turkish forces…
ArticlePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… black people. After all these things happen out of sight. [12] By moving the horrors of apartheid within view, … Center for Photography, May, 9 1986, 132 of…
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… made warding off attacking fleets easier! This hill was 12 km South of Albertinia and 26 km West of Visbaai This Hill …
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… Rudolph Ludewyk “Okey” Lewis was born on 12 July 1887 in Pretoria.[i] Rudolph was South Africa’s …
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… On 12 June 1909, Natal voted in favour of the formation of the … Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 12 June,’ from African History , …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… of Boyds. It was officially opened by John X Merriman on 12 September 1882, and was named after HW Pearson, Mayor of …