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EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… On 16 September 1902 Maude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, … Sumner [online], available at: www.askart.com [accessed 12 September 2013] …
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… The bank has grown to span 17 African countries and 16 countries across South East Asia, Latin America and …
EventEdenburg is founded
The church village Edenburg in the Orange Free State was established when the farm Rietfontein was purchased to build a church. The initial application for…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the Lethuania/Poland …
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… forum for 8 years, Nadine Gordimer is the author of 16 novels and short story collections, Richard Luyt was a …
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic …
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages in Europe, a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society: The stage of society that preceded capitalism, during which a small elite (the…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… horror struck sister runs alongside. The protests began on 16 June 1976 over the imposition of Afrikaans as the language … Afghan woman. Steve McCurry’s…
PlaceFree State Province
… and face closure in the near future. A total of 16 gold mines are still active in the Free State gold field. … creative journaling and group sharing (group…
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… citizens was maliciously destroyed. Illustrations 11, 12 and 13: black art has undergone significant growth in the … ever drawing using sticks and black ink…
Indian education in Natal
… 1868 31 March, In the 1868 Native Affairs Report ? Vol 16 ?No. 26 states that there was Mr Barker?s school at … prevented by the 9 o?clock curfew bell from…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… mounted every year, especially Sharpeville Day (21 March), 16 June, and May Day. In 1986, Soya began organising clean-up … Mangope and his cabinet and…
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… the jails against women and girls as young as fourteen. [12] She spoke of widespread torture such as “assault, … ensured torture that would bring the same…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Legislatures and Governance, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… into our cadre development programme. RECOMMENDATIONS: 12. Consideration should be given to restraint of … of public office misuse/abuse for personal gain…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
Table Mountain is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque, Cape Peninsula. Extending for 2km from…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… for White and non-White people to have relations. In 1959, 12 Members of Parliament (MPs), including Suzman, broke away …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… a loss of power and salary. He chose the latter. On 12 July 1954 Luthuli was scheduled to address a group …
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… to lead the newly formed government a year later on 12 February 1951, after his party, the Convention People's …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while … ‘Remembering the Nangalembe Nighti Vigil Massacre’ , 12 January, [online],…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… He died in John Vorster Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… his Residence, on the Western Bank of the Phabenspruit are 16 km North-West of Pretoriuskop, has been declared a …
EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… 2004. Hendrickse died of a heart attack at the age 77 on 16 March 2005. …
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… protests that erupted in Soweto, preceding the June 16 Soweto uprising. The protests were the pupils’ expression …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… Manute Bol was born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… 10 years. The two were convicted for events related to the 16 June 1976 uprising. On this day, more than 20 000 learners … 07 February 2013]|SAHO, ‘Key…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… connected with the fateful event that took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South African police services …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… in 1986,1987,1988 and 1989 extending uninterruptedly from 12 June 1986 up to and including the present time. The Public … trials have been completed: treason…
ArticleSocialism
Socialism is a political and economic ideology aiming to create a society where all members distribute resources and wealth equally. It is based on the belief…