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The Detention Weapon
… in Detention (March 1983) Deaths in Detention (August 1990) DETENTION WITHOUT TRIAL HRC, November 1988 1. History … produced a rich crop of detentions, as…
PlaceThe South African Police Service Museum
… and old magistrate’s court was based. It opened on 21 June 1990 but closed a few years later due to damage to the …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… the ANC's Internal Leadership Corps Task Force from 1990-1991. In 1994 Shope became a member of parliament in the …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), …
ArticleNatal Indian Congress (NIC)
… the disbandment of the UDF. After the ANC was unbanned in 1990, the NIC and the TIC, had various meetings with the ANC …
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… marital power. This was the position in terms of section 11(3) of the Repeal of the Black Administration Act (BAA), …
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… When we were flying over Zambia, the altimeter showed 11,400 metres. When we crossed the Mocambican frontier, the … first of the injured arrived at Nelspruit…
Sue Williamson Book Launch
Join us for the launch of the catalogue accompanying Sue Williamson’s retrospective exhibition, ‘There’s something I must tell you’.The exhibition is on view…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… Smuts’ new Immigration Restriction Bill 1913 January 11, Wives and minor children of domiciled Indians are refused …
Harry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
Harry Beltsazer Hart was born in Harrismith, Free State on 2 September 1905.[i] He attended the University of the Free State.[ii] Hart won six medals at the…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… by people with doctorate level qualifications including 11 Nobel Laureates. Despite the document’s strong support for …
PlacePiquetberg
… 8,239 residents, of whom 2,778 were literate 1891 census: 11,587 residents, of whom 4,939 were literate 1904 census: …
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… bidding process. The 19th FIFA World Cup began on 11 June 2010 in South Africa. The first game of the …
PlaceOnderstepoort Veterinary Research Institute
The building was designed by the Department of Public Works and was completed in 1908 as the centre for the then bacteriological laboratory on the farm site,…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… of Southern Africa. Published by NASOU Ltd. Vol 11. p. 94; Vol 6. p. 184-5 Steyn, C. (2002) "Two South …
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… in the race. The 3 600 nautical mile race has been raced 11 times since 1971. Prizes are awarded to the first …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… Dickie Loader (9; Sea of Heartbreak), Des Lindberg (11; Die Gezoem van die Bye), A-Cads (17; Hungry for Love), …
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… aged 21, Shaun Magmoed, aged 15, Michael Miranda, aged 11. Several others were injured. An inquest was launched in …
Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at UCT ‘WINTER SCHOOL 2014 : Using climate information for adaptation and policy development’
… for adaptation and policy development ' , from 30 June-11 July 2014. This 2-week intensive course has been …
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith led his extremist …
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… dates - 1914 to 1919. Although the war officially ended on 11 November 1918, the Peace Treaty was signed only in 1919. … (accessed on the 18/02/2019) …
Ernest Cole: Brave photographer who exposed horrors of apartheid from within by Teo Kermeliotis, (cnn.com), 5 January 2015
… success, Cole died destitute and lonely in New York in 1990 and until recently his story was largely unknown. Yet in … He died of pancreatic cancer at the…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
On the advice of the State Librarian one fine day in the 1970s, a truck transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… of parties, 48 in total, contested the election, with only 11 parties securing seats in Parliament. In 2014 13 parties … it was awarded 2 seats. The BLF…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… others not to commit this crime.’ (3848) By a vote of 32-11, the amendment to remove the minimum sentence clause … and two others to five year sentences …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… for the first time since 1935. The meeting resolves by 52-11 votes for the Indian Government to severe links with South … members to hold elections before…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… of D. Wolton to ECCI, 7 April 1932 (extracts) Document 11 Letter from ECCI to S.P. Bunting, 15 July 1932 Document 12 … 13 March 1934 Document 32 Letter from…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… by a lasting breakdown in electricity generation”. [11] One of the central issues facing ESKOM was rapidly … Eskom, pp.43-45. [9] Ibid., p.46. [10] Ibid., pp…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… the First Speech from Former President Nelson Mandela in 1990 , a few days after being released from prison where he …
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
19th century Europe had a complex system of political and military alliances in place. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian…