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EventThe World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic
… first emerged as far back as the 1960’s. On 13 September 1985, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the …
Fosatu Worker News
… by Isisebenzi. Fosatu Worker News ceased publication in 1985. …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… carved out by the 1913 Land Act. Between 1960 and 1985, approximately 3.5 million Africans were forcibly … budgets and provided military assistance. Between…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… internationally. The exhibition, which takes place from 23 May 2017 - 16 June 2017 at the Michaelis Galleries, aims …
EventTunisia: The self-emulation of Tarek el-Tayeb Mohamed Bouazizi sparks the Jasmin Revolution
… the state under then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s 23-year presidency, died in Ben Arous 14 days later. …
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. Donkin Street is a famous tourist street …
EventEthiopia requests OAU to stop Somali intervention in the Ogaden Province
… followed the attempt by Somali forces to occupy Ogaden on 23 July 1977. The Somali Army crossed the international …
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… General PA Cronje on the western front. De Wet died on 23 February 1922 and was buried at the foot of the Women’s …
EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… Mandela was one of the 156 leading figures, 104 Africans, 23 Whites, 21 Indians and 8 Coloureds, of the South African …
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… and he became quite isolated and disillusioned. On 23 March 1863, he ended his own life in London. Burchell is …
EventThe UN Security Council condemns all violations of its embargo against South Africa
… and other sanctions were still not in place. On 23 July 1970, the United Nations (UN) Security Council …
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… was diagnosed with cancer and died the following year on 23 April 1995. …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Academic and Cultural Boycott - Timeline
… Mobilization on Sanctions against South Africa 12 May 1991 — The Second International Symposium on Cultural …
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 …
The Bill of Rights
… protected. 11. Life Everyone has the right to life. 12. Freedom and security of the person 1. Everyone has the … trade, occupation or profession may…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa. This Grade 12 classroom section gives a broad outline of the content … decades preceding the 1970s. It is not…
ArticleA history of the South African Constitution 1910-1996
… few pitiful rights they had in the Cape were ignored. On 12 October 1908, exactly nine years after the outbreak of the … had risen to an average of fifty…
Some Observations on HIV and Mortality in South Africa: 2007, 2008 and 2013 by Thabo Mbeki, 14 March 2016
… For its part the Report on Mortality in 2013 says: 23 203 people died from ‘Human immunodeficiency virus [HIV] … was the second leading cause of death…
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…
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…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… the ozone layer. The Vienna convention signed on 22 March 1985 is a multilateral environmental agreement in which …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… coup attempt since Samuel Doe took power in 1980. The 1985 coup came a month after the fraudulent first elections … Sapa-Reuters. (1985). "Doe's back - for…
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… Africa, London, England, and Paris France. She died in 1985 in Johannesburg. Sumner completed a Masters in … Sumner [online], available at: www.askart.com …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… Year of Umkhonto Wesizwe - the People's Army January 8th, 1985 - The Year of the Cadre January 8th, 1984 - The Year …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… On 23 June 1956 General Gamal Abdel Nasser was officially … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in African History: 23 June,’ from African History [online]…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane, Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational …
EventNic Cruse, who worked for PC Plus, which was started by people within the Mass Democratic Movement is assassinated.
… in a computer. The subsequent explosion killed Cruse, aged 23. Cruse had worked for PC Plus, a small computer hardware …
EventBram Fischer born today
… apartheid, was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State on 23 April 1908. This man, from staunch Afrikaans descent (he … (2008), Bram Fischer's 100th Birthday…
EventThe Federal Congress of the National Party supports a set of constitutional reforms
… At a United Democratic Front (UDF) conference held on 23 January, 1983 in Johannesburg Allen Boesak called for the …