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EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… hours of fighting. Students in Cape Town also marched on 12 August. The University of Cape Town (UCT) provided one …
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi …
EventKenya is granted independence
… to seven years in prison. When Kenya became a Republic on 12 December 1964, Kenyatta was named Kenya's first president, …
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… to a notice, residents were supposed to be moved on 12 February 1955, but the government caught them by surprise. …
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… others. They were charged in October 1963 and on 12 June 1964 the Rivonia Trialists were sentenced to life …
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… Through the Years 1912-1982’ in Scientaria Militaria, Vol. 12, No. 2, (1982). ↵ …
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… (17 August 2015). ↵ [iii]David van Lill, Van Lill’s South … (17 August 2015).|Louis Raymond, …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… Michael Leonard Roberts was born on 17 May 1954 in Cape Town.[i] Roberts was one of South …
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… one hundred injuries. [ii] The bombing took the lives of 17 men and 2 women, of which 9 were White and 7 were Black. …
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
The more recent pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital,…
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… months of service for all white males between the ages of 17 and 65 years old. Conscripts became members of the South …
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… for which she was imprisoned until December 19, 1956. [12] She was not alone in this situation, as dozens of other … the reverse effect took hold in 1962. …
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… 1802. The extent of the Nieuwe Molen property was 17 morgen 36 sq. roods 108 sq. ft. Van Niekerk was the owner … granted 36 morgen of quitrent farmland…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… the influence of the minority governments to the south. [12] Despite its good intentions, Tazara never truly achieved … Journal of African Historical Studies…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… the influence of the minority governments to the south. [12] Despite its good intentions, Tazara never truly achieved … Journal of African Historical Studies…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… openness and transparency in the public administration. [12] The respondents concede that the appointment of the … in Mthembu-Mahanyele v Mail & Guardian Ltd…
ArticleThe Western Cape Farm Workers Strike 2012-2013
… who was shot with rubber bullets in the head and arms. On 17 November 2012, Bongile Ndleni was found dead from gunshots … should be conducted on a farm at…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… as a ‘multi-national’ state comprising of between 10 or 12 ‘nations [2] ; hence the formation of the ‘self-governing’ …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… in the back of a police van, to Pretoria. He died there on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral was the first big political …
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… in an interview to a Tamil correspondent in Rangoon on 12 March 1915: “I consider that I have more in common with … “legalised murder” and wrote in a letter…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… lyrics that states that he is “Shaka the Unshakeable.” [12] This content was originally produced for the SAHO … [8] Ibid. [9] Ibid. [10] Ibid. [11] Ibid. [12…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… racist commando group that invaded Mozambique and killed 12 ANC refugees at Matola, on the outskirts of Maputo, at the … postures also stems from the fact…
Message by Oliver Tambo on South Africa`s year of the women, a call to the peoples of the world, 01 November 1983
… founding of the South African Women`s Federation on April 17, 1954. We have thus dedicated the coming year as …
PlaceVan Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 April 1936, while the remains of the latter, in Klaassen …
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and by 17 July 1950 a commercial radio service was established, with …
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… Allen Tony, (2008), SS Mendoza (+1942), from Wreck Site, 17 April 2008, [online], Available at www.wrecksite.eu, …
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
Hout Bay is a sheltered cove along South Africa's Cape Peninsula. Before European settlement, the area was populated by Khoisan hunter-gathers who lived…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a love for …