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ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… require knowledge and application of sona geometry. [12] It is a step towards not only the decolonisation of … accessed 30 June 2018. ↵ [11] “Ibid” ↵ [12]…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
… Hospital at all and last saw that place from the road in 1961. An occasional indisposition is but natural and in this … quite alright, Ngutyana, and health…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… at which it was decided that protests would be held on 16 June against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of education … coordinate the protest march. During…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement on the update of Conference Proceedings,28 June 2012
… on time this morning and will complete their sessions at 12:30. The closed session of plenary will resume at 14:00 … at the Progressive Business Forum lounge…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… radioactive carbon from the atmosphere, including carbon-12 and carbon-14. Carbon-14 is unstable and, after death, decays. This means there is more carbon-12…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the founding in 1961 of the (white) Republic of South Africa. The federation …
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… 30 days to leave South Africa. He returned to Lesotho in 1961 and continued his involvement with the ANC while in …
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… moved back and bought a small shop were he also lived. In 1961 he became a French citizen. …
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… a total of 384 trips. The first ship the Truro arrived on 16 November 1860 and the last ship, the Umlazi arrived on 11 …
BiographyLouis Botha
… and the virtual extermination of its people. On May 16, in a carefully reasoned speech, he persuaded the Free …
Durban an Overview
… Durban was quite sizeable, and until 1932 comprised some 12 square miles, a number of suburbs developed about its …
EventDay of the African Child
… of the African Child. This commemoration was adopted on 16 June 1991 to honour those who had laid down their lives … 'Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising ', …
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
On the afternoon of 20 May 1983, two African National Congress (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to Church Street in Pretoria and parked…
Zuma to grow ANC membership in tribute to Madiba, 17 July 2011
As part of realising ANC stalwart Comrade Nelson Mandela`s dream and that of his organisation - taken as far back as 1942 - to grow the ANC membership to one…
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… its peak strength it had around 23 000 members. More than 12 000 South African servicemen fought in World War One, and … Cape Corps faced Turkish forces…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… . What did Soweto's streets look like by the end of 16 June 1976? A Soweto Street, Late Afternoon, 16 June 1976 On the morning of 16 June 1976, thousands of…
BiographyDr. Abu Baker Asvat
… Ebrahim and Mohammad, to pursue medical careers. In 1961, Asvat graduated from Johannesburg Indian High School … Conference on Primary Health Care,’ Alma-Ata…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… job it is to manage and regulate the electricity market”. [12] By 2018, underinvestment in coal collieries contributed … to resign and top management was…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… was the Ruvu camp. The exiled PAC responded to the June 16 Soweto uprisings by establishing the camp. The Ruvu … was conceived by Leballo to be similar to…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on student activists … organization responsible for the Soweto uprising of 16 June, 1976…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Organisational Renewal, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… to ensure Regional Secretaries become full-time. PROVINCES 12. There is general agreement on most proposals on … should continue to support the ANCYL…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… of relocation like transport to work and rent. By 1936, 12-000 people had been relocated to Orlando. The Context - … One of these 'black spots' was the…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… Robben Island in Cape Town Image source Robben Island lies 12 km away from Cape Town. It has been used in various ways … for military purposes during the…
EventTanzania gains independence
… first elections were planned for Tanganyika. On 9 December 1961, Tanganyika became an independent republic and became …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… The victory was celebrated in the Zoutpansberg district on 16 December 1881 initiated a renewed gold rush, with … the Boers who had been forced to leave…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… the Executive Committee of the Republic, resolved on 12 November 1896 to build a fort on Hospital Hill, … to take an oath of secrecy. Building was completed…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… of most of the Community Councils disintegrated. On 16-23 June 1985 approximately 250 ANC delegates met in Kabwe, … Media After the second state of emergency…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
… of most of the Community Councils disintegrated. On 16-23 June 1985 approximately 250 ANC delegates met in Kabwe, … Media After the second state of emergency…
EventGrace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, SA minister of education since 2004, is born in Durban
… Thelma, was a teacher. Following her family's exile in 1961 due to her father's involvement in ANC political …
EventGary Player won the US Open golf tournament and became the fourth winner to earn all four top-pro golf titles
… first non-American to win the Masters when he did so in 1961. The PGA Championship followed in 1962, and when Player …