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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…
ArchiveThe Participation of Women in African Litterature Pre and Post-Colonialism: The Life of Micere Githae Mugo by Caroline Gathogo
… is an internationally widely sought after Public Speaker. [12] In terms of writings, Mugo has produced poems, plays, … the freedom fighters that fought for…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… expression is a fundamental freedom protected by section 16 [2] of the Constitution, human dignity is stated in … openness and transparency in the public…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… the first state president of the South African Republic of 1961. Their function was to stiffen their party’s caucus when … capital striving for economic and…
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…
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 …
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…
EventTanzania gains independence
… first elections were planned for Tanganyika. On 9 December 1961, Tanganyika became an independent republic and became …
PlaceCentral African Republic
… Central African Republic on January 25, 2021. On February 12, 2021, government troops, along with Russian and Rwandan … Central African Republic from CPC…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… African” – “this is dynamite, so why don’t we see it?” [12] Perhaps this reservation pointed to the complex … African Arts Spring 1997, Vol 30 no. 2, page…
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]…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… low wages that we were getting on the farm for the whole 12 months. If the farmer would pay us more, we would gladly … told us if we were unwilling to work…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… ask for British assistance. Basutoland was then annexed on 12 March 1868, after Governor Wodehouse received instructions … the recognition of the Basotho as…
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…
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…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… to assist with regulating student protests. Friday 16 October Students have a mass meeting with Adam Habib, the … for today (Monday, 11 January 2016) and…
Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars
South African History Online, the Wits History Workshop, the Department of History at the University of the Free State, the Department of Development Studies…
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventThe UN General Assembly adopts resolution 1881, requesting South Africa to release all political prisoners
… of the ANC's military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1961. By 1963, the headquarters of MK were raided and its …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… went on to study at the Catholic Seminary in Pretoria. In 1961 he joined the order of Franciscans in Ireland and …
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… College of the North (Turfloop) near Pietersburg. In 1961 he returned to the Potchefstroom circuit as …
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 …