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EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
… in Chicago. This network was not approved by the FCC until 1982. The first commercial launch of cellular telecoms was …
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… African Republic is defaced as red paint is thrown on it. 12 April, The bust of Fernando Pessoa, a poet who lived in …
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… horsemen and archers. Baburs' army consisted of about 12 000 men, including skilled horsemen and expert musketmen …
In search of the good society: Social policy in South Africa after twenty years of democracy
… for economic and labour-market failure. Kindly RSVP by 12 May 2014 Cape Town : HSRC, 12th Floor, Plein Park Building …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… Joseph through the Federation of South African Women. [12] Mkhize used the sewing factory where she worked as a … in 1959 as a member of the South African…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
The main building, as well as some of its outbuildings, date from the last quarter of the 18th century, but subsequent additions have given it an overlay of…
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… nurses day is celebrated around the world every year on 12 May, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, who … place between October 1853 and…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… 8 hours, and more than 30% of girls have been raped by 18 (Faul, 2013). Sexual violence is rife within relationships … as well as restricting the age of…
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… of its kind in South Africa, and was officially opened on 12 April 1824. The original building consisted of a tower … declared a National Monument under old…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… Button returned to the Transvaal at the end of 1872 with a 12-stamp battery and enough dressed Scottish stone to build a … scenery, is well worth the visit…
PlaceNiger
… until 1954–55 the French administration was headed for 12 years by; Governor Jean Toby. Who remained firmly in … his actions remained unpopular with many,…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
… On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the … position himself which he held from 31 December 1969 till 18 March 1977. It is speculated…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… to the surrounding Informal Settlements and is made of 12 corrugated iron boxes. It was opened on the 10th of November 2006 The Museum comprises a series of…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… and study tour will be convened in South Africa on March 18-19, 2019 (international conferences), and March 20-25, … The Teaching Palestine South African…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… the National Assembly. The number of registered voters was 18 177 000, the total number of votes (voter turnout) was 16 …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
In this topic, we will identify and explain the changes that took place in Europe between 1750 and 1850. Change is the driving force in history. Without…
Straight Talk - Emilia Potenza
… "ReadRight, a supplement to the Sunday Times, February 18, 2001" …
The Ideology of the Black Consciousness Movement
… the government had detained scores of people and banned 18 Black Consciousness organizations, as well as two …
PlaceOak-Villa Cottage, Baviaanskloof Road
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 July 1982. …
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… University in 1968. She died in Johannesburg in November 1982. …
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… the Sinai to Egypt, a transfer that was completed in 1982. The two nations also agreed to negotiate Palestinian …
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… he was transferred from Robben Island to Pollsmoor in 1982, then to Victor Verster in 1988-1990. The unfavourable …
EventZimbabwe is suspended from the commonwealth
… would be barred from Commonwealth meetings for a period of 12 months, with the opportunity for review at the end of 12 months when a decision would be taken…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12 April 2012 at 9am on the 6th Floor of Luthuli House. The …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Mughal Empire
… Bengal in the east and the Deccan plateau in the south”. [12] Akbar also implemented significant political, military … of the empire were citizens who…
ArticlePort Elizabeth the Segregated city
… late 1960s, Zwide was declared in 1968 and Motherwell in 1982. It also needs to be borne in mind that although the …
PlaceKoopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town
The land was granted at the turn of the 18th century by Governor Willem Adriaan van de Stel to a rich merchant, Reynier Smedinga. Tradition has it that…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… of the Western Areas doubled between 1928 and 1934, from 12 000 to 24 000, and again to 60 000 by the 1950s. The … provided through these contraband…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
… with 303 establishments and 19 395 workers in 1920). 12 Many of the well-established firms were also given … while the trade unions were only keeping a…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
In 2012 the mining sector underwent intense waves of labour unrest. On 16 August 2012, the mining industry (Platinum Sector) received the world’s attention,…