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ArticleWages Commission
Soon after the 1971 garment workers’ strike at Currie’s Fountain, three students from the Durban campus of the University of Natal –David Hemson, Halton…
ArticleCode Name Rae book launch soon
… Pillay returned to South Africa in 1990, having spent 12 years in exile. Rajes passed away on 29 December 2020 in …
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… to be 10 shillings, 11 shillings for the second year and 12 shillings for the third year. This was in accordance with … to pay the sum of £3 per annum for…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… Town was issued although most areas were not zoned until 1961. Protea Village was proclaimed a white group area in 1961, parts of the city such as Boo-Kaap…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was one of South Africa's greatest leaders. In 1952, …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… Ugandan soldiers to be promoted to the rank of officer in 1961 just before Uganda attained independence. In 1965, …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… international infamy as a maximum security prison. From 1961 to 1991 over 3000 political prisoners were incarcerated …
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… to discredit them. Hammarskjold and fifteen others died in 1961 when their aircraft exploded before landing in Zambia, …
PlaceBram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein
… a land-locked Province. The Airport was opened in November 1961 and the Runways were completed before the terminal … a Land-Locked Province. The Airport was…
EventCourt go-ahead for United Democratic Front meetings
… any political meetings in commemoration of the June 16 Soweto uprising.The UDF were informed that the police … only interfere with the meeting if they…
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… Kaizer Motaung was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto, a township South … at a young age and turned professional at the age of 16 when he joined…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… Eight days after unrest broke out at Naledi High School (16 June), Tsietsi Mashinini led the peaceful protest of learners in Soweto, in what became known as…
EventMpho Mathibela, one of the Siamese twins separated in an operation six months earlier, leaves hospital for the first time
… online [online]. Available at http://mg.co.za [Accessed on 12 October 2011] Molefe, A (September 10 2007). ‘Mpho … [online]. Available at www.sowetanlive.co…
The First Slaves at the Cape
… The first mention of Anthony is made by Van Riebeeck on 12 March 1655, when he notes that Anthony has ‘quite … killed by the KhoiKhoi. The journal entry from…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
… was officially opened amid great fanfare on Thursday 12 July 1923 at 1.00pm, by Mr Runciman. It was a festive … mountain in this quaint little town. Being…
ArticleThe Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… as the BCM. From 17 years of age, up until his death on 12 September 1977, Biko had an illustrious political career …
Article#Am I Next? A Global Question
… The World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that yearly 12,1% of 100 000 women are victims of femicide in South … Rights Week” in New York for the past two…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… as the editor of the New Age (successor of The Guardian ). 1961 29 March, The charges are dropped against the 156 in the …
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… State Provincial Memorial Service Free State Stadium 10h00 12 December 2013 ANC North West Provincial Memorial Service James Motlatsi Stadium, Tlokwe 11h00…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… Assembly, the journey to independence was underway. On 12 October 1968, Equatorial Guinea became an independent … Nguema as the first President. References:…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… match against South America, marking the start of his 12 year international rugby career. Botha is regarded as one … 28 caps during his career with the…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
… not purchasing luxuries and not holding parties from 16-26 December. In early 1985 the UDF was still very aware of … of a 'black weekend' of consumer boycott…
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… 16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress … 31 March - the anniversary of the 1919 Anti-Pass Campaign 16 March 1960 – At a press…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… and qualitative growth since its birth on 16th December 1961. It grew in numbers, in its role, place and stature in … such as the 1973/74 workers strikes in…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… Introduction On August 16 2012 the South African police shot and killed 34 striking … — 44 people in total were killed: 10 people before August 16 — on…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… army to fight against United Nations (UN) troops and in 1961 he was charged by a UN investigation commission for …
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). On 1 September 1961, Bessie Emery married Harold Head, and became Bessie …
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… and he held his first solo exhibition in Johannesburg in 1961. His artworks - characterised by their warm colours, …
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… of South Africa, Cape Town Campus] pg 1 Karis, T.G., 1961. ‘The South African Treason Trial’ in Political Science …
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… accommodate non-Whites. Vorster became a full minister in 1961, given the important portfolio of justice, as well as … (1962), 'Concern over State Safety,'…