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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…
ArchiveHistory for the Future by Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… of National Unity and Reconciliation Act number 34 of 1995. The Commission worked for just over three years, but …
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 …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… the number of pupils at secondary schools increased from 12,656 to 34,656. One in five Soweto children were attending …
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…
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…
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…
PlaceBurundi
… . (Accessed 10.02.2016). ↵ [xcvi] The Guardian. 12 December 2015. “Burundi: 87 killed in worst violence since … coup attempt”. http://www.theguardian.com…
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…
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…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… least two oral versions about the battle on and around 16 December 1838 circulated among the earlier inhabitants of … took place [or did not take place] at…
PlaceMasiphumelele Township, Cape Town
… homes and started to set up their own community. Until 1995 there was not even an own building for a school or a …
Damon – The Malabar Slave (Historic Alleys)
… KK Ramachandran Nair in his book Slavery in Kerala, p 16. The VOC sent custom built ships (Fly boats or Fluyt …
ArchiveCOSAS banned : 31 killed : meeting
Notice of a meeting by NUSAS AZASO, at Yellow Level, Wednesday 12h45.
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… this movement culminated almost exactly a decade later on 16 June 1976, when students in Soweto protested against … is now commemorated as public holiday…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… 14,695 residents, of whom 3,912 were literate 1875 census: 16,940 residents, of whom 5,130 were literate 1891 census: 16,378 residents, of whom 5,012 were…