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EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… This cordiality came to an end though when approximately 12 of the Portuguese sailors visited the Khoikhoi village and …
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… as the "Sterley cottages", are located at no.10 and no.12 Castle Hill, across the road. These are single storey …
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… brown. The outer black primary feathers of the wing, the 12 tail feathers (in other species of this genus there are …
EventNelson Mandela is born
… celebrated annually. It was first celebrated in 2010. On 12 June 1964, Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on …
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium …
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… his plea for a republic. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the NP was able to gain a …
EventSA colonies meet to consider and adopt the South Africa Act, which leads to the Union of South Africa
… 1908 National Convention, which met for the first time on 12 October 1908. By February 1909, a draft of the South …
PlaceGordonia Division
… 152 mm, and a hot Summer climate. Population (1970): White 16 323; Coloured 56 644; Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia …
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… under old NMC legislation on 20 February 1981. This 16 Hectre Nature Reserve on the Outskirts of Houghton, is set …
EventAdriaan Vlok, Minister of Law and Order, announces a ban on the carrying of pangas, bush knives and axes weapons in “conflict situations”
… and Order at the time, Adriaan Vlok, to announce a ban on 16 April 1991on the carrying of certain "traditional" …
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… British would secure the surrender of the Cape Colony on 16 September 1795, beginning their first period of occupation …
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… political career has been marked by controversy. On 16 November 2005, he was suspended pending a disciplinary …
Chapter 6 - No more suppers for my comrades
… South Africa, 1992 The raid into Lesotho, not only killed 12 Basotho but also 30 South Africans. Not all the 30 South … the establishment of the military…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… entry from Van Riebeeck's journal for 28 March reads: In 12 deg. S. Latitude [the Amersfoort] had captured a … taken off the Portuguese ship on the coast of…
PlaceSignal Hill
… . One day in June 1895, the Gun fired at 10:30 rather than 12:00 when a spider interfered with the relay used to … Guns in daily use in the World. They fire…
PlaceAakaap/Rietfontein, Northern Cape
… Border post with Namibia , during the day hours of 08:00-16:30, that gives access to and from South-East Namibia, via Aroab on the C 16 Main Road. The ZF…
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… that South Africa has entered into since 1994. 2.12 The NGC recognised that the rise of terrorism and … centrality of the ANC as the only developer of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Africa. Cape Town, Oxford University Press, 1998, p.441. 12. F.W. de Klerk, The Last Trek. London, Macmillan, p.152 … of Political Science, University of…
29. Removal to locations: the people are terrified
… population of any kind within practically two-mile radius. 12.The Government appears to have entered into an agreement … they may be, would mean almost…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… Lindsay, Sir Kurma Reddi and G.S. Bajpai (Secretary). 12 January, The Second Round-table Conference between the … as representatives of the opposition South…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… of De Vryezwarten and their role in spread of Islam 12 More convicts were brought to the Cape in 1743 to serve as … The total registered population at the…
The ANC launch the Luthuli Volunteer Corps in Magareng Sub Region, Warrenton, Frances Baard Region, 19 September 2013
This launch comes after successful sub regional programmes which took place in Phokwane and Dikgatlong Sub Regions in the recent past. Our final launch will…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.1 Feb 1980
… NGWANA WA AZANIA A film concept by Mothobi Mutloatse 12 GALLERY PROFILE Behind the Lens: Judas Ngwenya. DRAMA …
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… could carry on with his missionary work among the Zulu. On 12 May 1885, Wilhlem Posselt passed away after a period of …
EventFatima Meer, South African anti-Apartheid activist is born
Professor Fatima Meer was a writer, academic and human rights and gender activist who born in Grey Street Durban on the 12th August 1928. She was the daughter…
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… volunteers were mobilised to contravene apartheid laws. On 12 August 1952, Sisulu was arrested, and consequently banned …
EventThe Berlin Airlift 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 … Grade 12: The Berlin Wall [online]…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… On 12 July 1984, a car bomb exploded in Durban, killing five and …
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… casualties during the war was approximately 7000 dead and 12 000 wounded by 1918. South Africa greatly assisted the …
Entering Namibia without visas
… with the approval of the South African Government.] On 12 May 1967, the General Assembly established a United …