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PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
Strand Street, or Sea Street as it was previously known, was a fashionable road that initially ran alongside Cape Town's sea front. Greenmarket Square probably…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… Mashinini led the peaceful protest of approximately 20 000 learners in Soweto. With one goal and one voice, they …
“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948 20 The Indian people of South Africa welcome this step on the …
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… On 20 October, 1820, South Africa’s first permanent modern …
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… On 20 July 1998 former Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok …
EventThe Draft South Africa Act is signed
… British Government, it was signed by King Edward VII on 20 September 1909 and it came into force on 31 May 1910. The …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… the Western Cape. Botha was found dead in bed just after 20:00 on Tuesday night by his second wife Barbara. Botha was …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… State President F W de Klerk issued a proclamation on 20 April 1994, providing for Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (the …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… first ever democratic elections in South Africa. Nearly 20 million people participated in South Africa’s first …
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… government to allow for opposition parties. Odinga died on 20 January 1994 at the age of 92. …
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
… Party of South Africa (CPSA). was banned in 1950. On 20 June 1950, only a few days before the Suppression of …
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… equality. On 9 August 1956, FEDSAW organised a march by 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… South Africa, “History Grade 10 2012 Exemplar,” Accessed 20 September 2020, Available at: … “Praise Song”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, (Uploaded: 20 July 1998)…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… were called in, and they arrested 500 miners, injuring 20, but only 48 were charged. Ten were sentenced to three … the Witwatersrand Gold Mines’, met for the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
… Some relevant figures show that: In 1991, in Tanzania 20 percent of the urban population suffered from a standard … Those for Mozambique in 1997 were 62 and…
PlaceGabon
On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country gained independence from France. It shares common borders with…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… eight volumes of poetry and four prose works since 1990. He won prizes for poetry which included among others …
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… group will aim to complete its work before 21st May 1990. It is understood that the South African government, in …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement Timeline 1903-2009
… to Swaziland for recruiting new cadres. By late 1974, 20 activists from Saso, BCP, Bawu and Tecon are banned … opening address. Saso and BPC arrived in a…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… Elizabeth again creates a separate magisterial district. 20 June, Victoria accedes to the English throne. 1840 March, … design is based upon a similar…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… ten hours daily in assisting the recruiting programme. 20 September, The Indian Agent-General, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, … Party Government starts relaxing…
Biography of Eli Weinberg by Karen Folz
… ander-simons-interviewed-steven-robins-and-immanuel-suttner-20-july-1993-and-january [Accessed 26 October 2016] Turok, … http://www.sahistory.org.za/people…
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… to be 'refugee' camps and became 'concentration' camps. 20 December, A proclamation issued by Lord Kitchener states … where there are only 25 tents available…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… pending the return of Swami Bhawani Dayal from India. [20] He insisted that the Annual General Meeting of the … [16] Ibid, p8 [17] Ibid, p8 [18] Ibid, p8 [19…
EventThe SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth
… could carry 298 people, 46 life-rafts that could support 20 people each, 15 life-buoys and 1319 lifebelts. …
PlaceMauritania
Mauritania, Country on the Atlantic coast of Africa. Culturally it forms a transitional zone between the Arab-Amazigh (Berber) populations of North Africa and…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… Available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za ,[Last accessed: 20 May 2011] Anon, (n.d.), ‘PAC leader Robert Sobukwe is …
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
… Henry, the most quagga-like foal so far, being born on 20 January 2005. The extinction of the quagga was brought …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… for addressing an ANC meeting, in Port Elizabeth on 20 November 1955. Fani quoted Ndimba as saying 'Today …
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… near Cradock, Eastern Cape which proved successful. On 20 March 1953 the first foal was born. This success has …