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PlaceComoros
The Comoros Archipelago African Islands are situated in the Western Indian Ocean. It is 3572.4 km from the 'Mother City", Cape Town, South Africa!The Comoros…
Document 32 - League of African Rights, Petition, 1929
… to be held on December 15 next, to be followed on December 16 (Dingaan's Day) by simultaneous demonstrations all over …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… remaining captured mercenaries were sentenced to between 16 and 30 years in jail. Those sentenced to death were Andrew …
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… [online], Available at plasticsurg.ukzn.ac.za, [Accessed: 16 August 2013]| Wallis, F. (2000) Nuusdagboek: feite en …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… MCP officials, held a massive rally in January 1993. On 16 May 1994, the National Assembly adopted a provisional …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… its first acts of sabotage. During the evening of 16 December 1961 five bombs were detonated in Port Elizabeth. …
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
… which no more than 800 were near the border. SWAPO faced 12,000 South Africans of the South West African Territorial …
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1994
… late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National Party (NP) under the …
Islam
… The prophet Muhammad is believed to have been born on the 12 th of Rabi-ul-Awwal, which is the third month of the …
The appointment of Judges
… period was subsequently extended to a period of between 12 and 15 years, depending on the age of the judge when first …
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… to Pretoria Central Prison, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On 12 September, he died in detention - the 20th person to have …
ArticleGrade 4 - Learning about local history through pictures: Cape Town
… South Africa wins the tournament, defeating New Zealand 15-12. Following South Africa's victory, Nelson Mandela, the …
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… treated as though we had a dangerous infectious disease.” [12] In describing specific moments within the prison walls, … temperatures reaching nearly thirty…
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
… other daughters, Neo (then 20 years old) and Lindiwe (then 12 years old) were away at the time. Also implicated in the …
PlaceHumansdorp
… Port Elizabeth, off the N2 highway. Jeffreys Bay is just 16 km away, with St Francis Bay 20 km and Cape St Francis 2 … is 87 km West of Port Elizabeth , 3 km…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
… carried. The amendment of Mr. Kies was defeated by 35 to 12 votes. 3. (e) was referred back to the National Committee … and to obtain licences on an equal…
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… without interference from the military. On the 16 December 1880 ( Dingaan's Day or now known as: the 'Day of …
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… should he build the prison in under an allocated time of 12 months, he would be pardoned. He built a shoddy structure …
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… 12 October 1968, Equatorial Guinea gains independence from …
Passive Resistance, 1946 by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1948
… a mass meeting of the Transvaal Indian Congress at which 12 000 members of the Congress were present. The South …
EventThe second Carnegie Report on poverty in South Africa is released
… 800 residents of a Black township were forced to share 12 open-pit toilets, which led to an outbreak of infectious …
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… banking, family, sexuality and hygiene. Since 1999, 12 states across the mainly Muslim north of Nigeria have …
PlaceSimons Town School, Cape Town
… last three years of secondary schooling (Grades 10 to 12), the Lawhill Maritime Centre at Simon’s Town School has, … last three years of secondary schooling …
EventSouth African man sets record for world's deepest dive
… to descend, but returning to the surface took an agonising 12 hours. The quick descend and slow return to surface is a …
ArticleThe Drafting and Acceptance of the Constitution
… of 'rolling mass action'. The first stayaway was on 16 June. On 17 June people marching in Boipatong were shot …
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… Mandela headed a nascent guerrilla army, one which on 16 December 1961 commenced a campaign of sabotage of state …
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
… Concerned by SASO’s influence particularly after the June 16 1976 Uprising, SASO was banned in October 1977 and this …
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women's League of South Africa, is born
… later renamed the ANC Women's League. Maxeke died on 16 October 1939. Johannesburg Hospital has been renamed the …
EventAfrica Women's Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
… (WSSD) on 25 August 2002. The train, leaving Kampala on 16 August, was made up of women from across Africa who wanted …
PlacePorterville
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good…