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PlaceStanford, Western Cape Overberg
… Overberg District Municipality, Western Cape. Located only 16 km East of Hermanus and 22 km North-East of Gansbaai. Once …
EventNasty C, the South African hip hop artist and song writer is born
Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo, stage name Nasty C was born in Durban[i] on 11 February 1997.[ii] He started rapping at the age of nine.[iii] Nasty C was…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… Africa on 14 June 1999 and was inaugurated as President on 16 June 1999. In 2005 Mbeki removed Jacob Zuma from his post …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… Walter Sisulu.The first guerilla attack was launched on 16 December 1961. The headquarters of MK, located in Rivonia, …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… for all White men in South Africa over the age of 16. Deferment to complete schooling or a university degree …
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… African control respectively since the late 1700s. On 16 August 1993, South Africa relinquished sovereignty over …
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… Defence Force (SADF) in violence in South Africa on 16 October 1992, they released a press statement on this …
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… as a result. The bombing killed all 243 passengers, 16 crew and 11 people on the ground. He also proposed … , [online] Available at www.sahistory.org.za …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… earth policy had been implemented by March 1901. On 16 August 1901, De la Rey, a Boer general, had protested …
EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… low wall between the buildings. Soon after the warning, at 16:30, the 4 500 men strong Zulu impi under Prince …
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address
… On 16 February 2019, Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first State …
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… Alliance headed by the African National Congress." [16] The assumption of a mass character by the "national … searching for answers in the school of struggle…
EventNyanga school Principal's office burnt
… Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976 school children in Soweto, near Johannesburg, …
The small matter of a horse: The life of 'Nongoloza' Mathebula, 1867-1948 by Charles van Onselen, 04 January 2012 (libcom.org)
… and herding, by its very nature, was a lonely occupation.12 To make matters worse the youngster does not appear to … the surname was pronounced 'Not' by his…
Indian Community in Lenasia
… on Rose Avenue. After the Soweto students protest on 16 June 1976, the City Council allocated R4,25-million for … and on 29 May set the date for the election…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… (12 November 2014). ↵ [vii] Travis Logie joins the World Surf … (12 November 2014).|Travis Logie joins the World Surf League …
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948. After 1954 the group expanded worldwide and …
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… the UN denounced the Bantustan (homeland system). On 12 November 1974, the United Nations General Assembly …
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… both the U.S. Amateur and the U.S Open championships. For 12 years, Ashe was ranked among the world's top ten tennis …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… Botha at Tuynhuys 1989 21 August, Harare Declaration 1989 12 September, First official meeting between exiled ANC …
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an…
PlaceThe Bag Factory
… areas including Soweto. The Bag Factory consists of 16 studios, workshop spaces and a gallery in an urban context …
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… coups have been recorded in Guinea-Bissau, with another 16 coups attempted, plotted, or alleged. Held in December …
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981. [1] At the time of his birth his parents were …
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… Nyovest” was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 16 December 1990.[1] Cassper Nyovest is one of the most …
EventTumi Molekane, the South African hip hop artist and poet is born
… Boitumelo “Tumi” Molekane was born in Tanzania on 16 August 1981.[1] At the time of his birth his parents were …
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… Upon his return, he attended his trial which commenced on 16 November 1964. Fischer then went underground early in 1965 … Fischer reinstated on Roll , from…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… he was buried in the Pretoria Church Street cemetery on 16 December 1904. References: "This week in African History" …
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… to the commission, it was lawful for an Indian boy of 16 and an Indian girl of 13 to marry. The Durban cemetery was …
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… to the safety of the public and the vote stood at 128 to 16 in favour of the banning. Only the four Native …