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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 …
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… Berlin was finally lifted at one minute after midnight, on 12 May 1949, and the first great standoff of the Cold War was …
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of …
EventAn application to the Pretoria Supreme Court, to declare the Freedom of Choice to Terminate Pregnancy Law unconstitutional, fails.
… access to abortion services upon request during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and in certain cases, access to the …
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
The first Comrades Marathon was run by Vic Clapham, ex World War One veteran and other 34 runners, who initiated it as a reunion. Clapham wanted to remember…
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… of the Anglo-Zulu War , while others claim that the 12 January 1879 (first attack) or the 22 January 1879 (first …
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… State. He appealed to the British for protection, and on 12 March 1868 his country became a British protectorate, and … 2014]|(2003). Milestones (feature…
Mandela and Fidel A film by Estela Bravo
… Buitenkants Stree, Cape town Venue:Tuesday 4 March 2014, 12-2pm UCT Africa Studies African …
EventEdgar Wallace (56), author and newspaper editor in South Africa, dies in Hollywood.
… up for adoption when he was nine years old. At the age of 12, Wallace left school and held several menial jobs. He …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
… 10-11. Lembede's gravesite, Croesus cemetery, Johannesburg 12.Signature page, ANC Youth League meeting, 14 February 1944 …
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became famous as an …
PlaceEbenezer, Limpopo
… The name is of biblical origin , (1 Samuel 7:12) and means 'stone of help'. Also spelt 'Ebenhaesar ' or ' … http://opensaldru.uct.ac.za/bitstream/handle…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… suffered severe head and brain injuries. 1977 September 12 Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central Prison. 1977 …
ArticleStudent Politics: SASO till SANSCO
… had already suffered severe head and brain injuries. 1977 12 September, Biko dies in detention in Pretoria Central …
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… the Dutch and local Khoi erupt at the Cape. 1657 The first 12 free burghers settle along the Liesbeeck River in the Cape …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… still faced re-indictment. Speaking later, on May 12, 1959, about "the ordinary course of justice", the …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… with parliamentary support from the Unionist Party. 21 December, Two-thousand eight-hundred African miners strike … and working as a language assistant at…
Increasing repression and the turn to the armed struggle
… events that preceded the date on which it occurred. On 21 March 1960 the PAC had called on people to leave their … was held in Langa. In the aftermath of the…
ArticleWomen in African Literature: Writing and Representation
… Buchi Emecheta was born in the Nigerian city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944. She began to work as a Librarian following … and representations of women. By the…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… Summaries 6 Sources, Language, and Racial Terminology 12 Chapter I Political Economy, Stereotype, and Urban Space … and the African Nationalist Movement in…
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… unbanned many people, including Nelson Mandela. On 20 and 21 December the first session of CODESA (Convention for a …
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… its goals. When independence was finally achieved on 21 March 1990, some of the PLAN members were integrated into …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… As a result Samuel Makgatho assumes office as president. 21 February, More than 600 men of the South African Native …
Conflict among civic organisations
… CAHAC drew its support from coloured civic organisations. 21 civic organisation affiliated to CAHC were coloured areas. …
Chapter 4 - ‘SASO on the Attack’ : Organisation, Mobilisation and Collective Action
… NUSAS and to establish their own... organisations" (1976: 12). The UWC rector was reported as saying: "I don't want … institution in Athlone, near Cape Town …
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… Protests have continued into 2016 on TUT campuses. On the 21 October 2016, Benjamin Phehla while protesting inbetween … until further notice because of…
PlaceFort Daspoortraand
… for the design of the fort, which was completed 12 November 1898 and cost £46 500. French and Italian …
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… ://magaliesmeander.co.za/news/the-battle-of-diamond-hill-11-12-june-1900/ …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… parliament, and later passed away in 1942. Related: Grade 12 Classroom: Pact Government …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… to Pretoria, where he was thrown into a cell. On September 12, 1977, he died naked and shackled on the filthy floor of a …