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EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
… with the government. Three months later, more than 20 000 learners from Soweto marched against the use of … Nelson Mandela Foundation, "20 March 1976 ",From:…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
Click on image to enlarge Declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 July 1984. This is a double-storey manor house designed by architect P…
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… for confirmation into the new leadership of the Party 20 December Ikaka Labasebenzi (Shield of the Workers) is … go into exile. The two organisations remain…
EventThe Defence Special Tribunal Act becomes effective
… effective on 1 January 1999. The law, assented to on 20 October 1998, enabled the Labour Court to act as a special …
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… letters and visits to prison and when he was released in 1990, Winnie was there holding his hand, but in private she … prison. When they met in Mozambique's…
PlaceCape Winelands Airport, Fisantekraal
… over 100,000 direct and indirect jobs during its initial 20 years of operation. …
PlaceLighthouse, Beach Road, Green Point
… 19.5m above high water, its light has a range of over 20 km. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South …
EventDadoo and Naicker are charged
… Mohambry Naicker were charged with contravening Section 20 (r) of Act No. 22 of 1913, the Immigrants Regulations Act. …
EventZimbabwe’s interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… in Ndebeleland and Mugabe's rule was left secure. At least 20 000 died in the ensuing massacres. …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… of the 1970s. In December 1971 to January 1972, 15 000 to 20 000 contract-workers all over Namibia went on indefinite …
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire was one of the most powerful states in the world during the 15th and 16th centuries. It lasted until the 20th century. …
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… Rooipoort is a private game reserve, of 140,000 acres with 20 miles of unspoiled Vaal River frontage. Over 10,000 animals of over 20 species running in many…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927 Document 13 - Letter from John Gomes to … to the South African Federation of…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 23 May 1983, Volume 77 and Volume 78
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 17, 18, 19 and 20 May 1983) from Bishop Desmond Tutu, to the Commission of …
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… British troops and native levies fighting againist some 20,000 Zulus. In the event, the British were successful in …
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… subsequently expelled from the party by Robert Sobukhwe. 20 March, Nana Mohomo and Peter Molotsi are instructed by the … to overthrow the apartheid…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 16 December 1990.[1] Cassper Nyovest is one of the most prominent figures …
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… to become Zimbabwe in 1980), South West Africa (Namibia by 1990), Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Transkei, Bophuthatswana …
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… respective organizations. Mothopeng died on 23 October 1990 and Gwala died of a heart failure on 21 June 1995. …
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… UN Trusteeship. Namibia finally gained independence in 1990.In 2004, Germany issued an official apology for the1904 …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… as Roodepoort, Krugersdorp and Randfontein developed. [20] These smaller satellites (smaller cluster of towns) … British troops stationed in South Africa. …
EventJustice Ludorf convicts thirty men accused of conspiring to overthrow the SWA administration
… of Nations at the end of the First World War in 1919. In 1990 Namibia became the last country in Africa to gain …
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… Africa towards democracy. Florence Mkhize was born on 20 November 1936, in Umlazi. Her mother, Ernestine, was a … across South African because women were at…
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… Mange's death sentence on a charge of high treason to 20 years' imprisonment. The African National Congress (ANC) …
EventThe third democratic elections in SA are held
… third democratic elections on 14 April 2004. A total of 20.6 million People were registered to vote, making it 2 …
Chronology
… Xuma April 2 , Inaugural meeting of ANC Youth League May 20-21 , National Anti-Pass Conference July 8 , Second Unity … calls “ Emergency Conference of all…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
… project to be decided by you. We give as an e.g. 2 points 20 mile distant on a railway line. NCL and Spear to do one … history of African politics in South…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… Chairperson, As many of us know, deserts cover some 20% of the land surface of our planet, and provide … often accentuated by the impacts of drought. The…