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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…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… in Birla House. I was then between the ages of 10 and 12, and would often go to the prayer meeting along with the … (This is the future foe of Empire…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… NEW DELHI: 19 TO 21 APRIL 1985 DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT IN PURSUANCE of a decision … 'Countries was convened in New Delhi from April 19 to 21, 1985 to evaluate…
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 …
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… steel giant ArcelorMittal worth more than R3-billion. 12 September 2010 Duduzane Zuma says in a statement: “I am … time. The Guptas are reported to have left…
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 …
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… Hope). On 3 February 1488 Dias landed in Mossel Bay. On 12 March 1488 Dias erected his first padrÁƒÂƒ£o, or stone … Available at: www.noblesandcourtiers.org …
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'…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… #EndOutsourcing continue to increase nationwide. Wednesday 21 October A group of student protestors storm parliament in … for today (Monday, 11 January 2016)…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… at the Red Square and reject the Smuts-Kajee Agreement. 20-21 May,At a mass anti-pass conference in Johannesburg, a … is taken to undertake a general strike…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… Party headquarters in Johannesburg about forming a branch, 21 Party officials dispatched one of their few African … swelled to 4 000 and the branch had…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… and apartheid. He was tried and acquitted alongside 21 others in the 1986 Delmas trial and was given a four-year …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.4 Nov-Dec 1979
… Mpathi Gocini, Madi Phala, Fikile. Photographs Ralph Ndawo 21, 24 Brett Hilton-Barber 40 Biddy Crewe 42, 61 Harry Moyaga …
EventProceedings against SA start in the International Court of Justice
… of its mandate and continued to administrate SWA. On 21 March 1990, after more than twenty years of warfare, …
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC), by Monty Naicker on 21 October 1945. Kajee had come under criticism for his …
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… News of the bomb blasts initially caused the Rand to drop 21 cents to the US dollar, but it recovered somewhat by the …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
On 13 October 1998, the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) rejoined the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) after the general synod renounced apartheid. This…
EventMandela signs SA Constitution into law
… processes that laid the foundation for apartheid. On 21 March 1960 police opened fire on a crowd demonstrating …
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
… Black march to Orlando police station in Soweto on 21 March 1960, the same day a similar protest took place in …
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 , …