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PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… neighbourhood units containing 7 000 sub-economic and 14 000 economic houses. It was deliberately built to act as …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Notes
… South Africa," Journal of Southern African Affairs 3 (i) 1968: 69-84 and "John L. Dube: A South African Exponent of … convened for the first time in 1937. It…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 17 May 1983, Volume 70 and Volume 71
… Transcript of evidence (continued from 9, 10, 11 and 16 May 1983) from Wolfram Kistner, Director of the …
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… of the franchise leading to eventual African rule. On 11 November, the Smith government issued a unilateral …
EventAt least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar
… On 27 October 2005 at about 11.30pm, the Trans Karoo Express collided with a stationary …
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… early 2011, leading to fears of a repeat of the disaster 11 years earlier. The floods, however, turned out to be less …
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… declaration of independence for Katanga province on 11 July. The intervention by UN troops followed Patrice …
Event18,000 people have been detained since the declaration of the State of Emergency in March
… dead and scores injured. Following the proclamation, 11 727 people were detained. In April 1960, the government …
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… local citizens was maliciously destroyed. Illustrations 11, 12 and 13: black art has undergone significant growth in … and the Community Arts Workshop in…
ArticleRemembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ Women
… challenge to the norm. Preceding the forced removals of 1968, Kewpie refused to leave her home and the community …
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… were released on bail and were due to appear in court on 14 May 1984, while the South Africans were granted bail of …
EventMike Gatting’s rebel cricket tour is curtailed
… Front (UDF). The date of Bacher's announcement is given as 14 February in one source. …
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der Stel, …
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… The first electric tram line commenced service on 14 of February 1906. Electric trams had been proven to be an …
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… is belied by the fact that about 28 000 Whites and 14 000 Blacks perished in the camps. Click here to read more …
Visit of Graca Machel, 9 October 1991
… of the late President Machel`s plane crash on Friday, 11 October 1991. Mrs Machel will be arriving at Komatipoort …
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
… in the Johannesburg CBD. The hearing resumes on Sunday, 11 September 2011. Issued by: Derek Hanekom Chairperson ANC …
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… On 11 December 2013, Nelson Mandela’s body is taken to the Union … Independent Online Newspaper, Madiba lying in state , 11 December 2013, Url number … 2016…
ArchiveA Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman
… 10. Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993 11. Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994 Part …
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… another seven-year term in the presidential election of 11 October 2004, officially taking 70.92% of the vote, but …
EventMakgatho Mandela dies
… his first marriage, and Ndaba, 21, Mbuso, 13, and Andile, 11, from his marriage to Zondi. …
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… banned African National Congress (ANC) funds. She spent 11 months in detention. Thereafter she joined Umkhonto we …
EventThe force of the Union of South Africa enters Windhoek, capital of South West Africa.
… was immediate fighting in different parts of the world. On 11 May 1915, South African troops entered Windhoek, the …
EventA memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC
… of Coloured Relations. The details were released on 11 September 1977. They were also revealed officially by the …
ArticleThe Cape Minstrels: Origins and Evolution of Tweede Nuwe Jaar (Second New Year) in the Cape
… culturally diverse population and heritage (Fraser, 2005:11). The ways in which this diversity manifests varies and is … sung for Prince Albert upon his…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… this relationship thus: The Centre, directed since 1968 by Otto Lundbohm, is the result of a unique and … Art and Craft Centre at Rorke's Drift", African…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 11 April 1980. St Georges Grammar School was founded on 11 April 1848, by Bishop Robert Gray on the…
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… the territory had a total of 84,472 residents, of whom 11,683 were literate. These were broken down as follows: Residents Literate British Bechunaland 84…
PlaceBonteheuwel
… lives, followed by semi-detached houses in which a further 11% of population lives, while backyard dwellings – both … structures and informal dwellings – are…
PlaceVelddrif, Western Cape
… eventually became Laaiplek- adjacent to Velddrif. In 1968 engineers blasted a channel, linking the river with St …