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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…
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]…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Durban an Overview
… Durban was quite sizeable, and until 1932 comprised some 12 square miles, a number of suburbs developed about its …
EventTanzania gains independence
… first elections were planned for Tanganyika. On 9 December 1961, Tanganyika became an independent republic and became …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… hit. During this period diamond exports fell in value from 16.5 million pounds in 1928 to 1,4 million pounds in 1934. In the agricultural sector, the price…
PlaceQueenstown, now known as Komani.
Queenstown was founded in 1853. It was intended to be a Military Outpost designed to protect the British subjects from attack during the time of the Frontier…
EventThe Pretoria Supreme Court orders for an inquiry into the doctors' treatment of Steve Biko at the time of his death
… the abuse which led to Biko's death from his injuries on 12 September. Prior to the Supreme Court order and two years … that no new evidence had come to…
BiographyLouis Botha
… and the virtual extermination of its people. On May 16, in a carefully reasoned speech, he persuaded the Free …
The State of Art in South Africa Conference
… Held at the University of Cape Town from 16-20 July 1979, The State of Art in South Africa Conference …
Bloemfontein - segregation in education
… expanded so that all White children between the ages of 10-16 years had to attend school for at least two years. Many …
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…