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Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… an offence to employ a Native in a mine under the age of 18 years. This act was amended by the Natives Laws Amendment …
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… Ahmed Helmy was born on 18 November 1969 in Banha, Egypt. His career as an actor …
EventIvorian Footballer, Arouna Kone, is born in Anyama, Ivory Coast
… he was signed by Belgian team Lierse S.K., he was only 18 years old. The team introduced him to the international …
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… Phambili Ka Ntloko was born on 18 April 1960 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. As a high school …
The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer
… 17 by Carol Hermer The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer The diary of Maria Tholo - …
PlaceKenya
… power caused much opposition, including a coup attempt in 1982. Kenya’s foreign supporters were happy to overlook these … Independence, 1888-1970. Jefferson:…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… purchased six acres at a cost of Rand 14 000.00. On June 12, 1971 the foundation was laid by A M Moolla and the … roof-garden. The Juma Musjid Trust was…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… of poetry, Jol'iinkomo (1977) and No More Lullabies (1982), and he also contributed to several literary journals, …
PlaceCiskei
… to forcibly remove Xhosa-speakers to Ciskei. On 4 December 1982, Ciskei became an Independent Republic, recognised only …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… of its own on them. Lesotho was raided on 9 December 1982 by the South African Defence Force (SADF).During this … Horrell, M. (ed)(1982). Survey of Race…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… his first new album in five years. The album won the 1982 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2002, respondents …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… Native Life in South Africa . Johannesburg, Ravan, 1982. Van Onselen, Charles. The Seed is Mine - The Life of …
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… and these were also published in the newsletters. In 1982, Sir Anthony Cairo came to South Africa to give lectures …
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… to 1904. It has since been established that he died on 18 April 1905. Enoch Mankayi Sontonga wrote the first verse … which stated that Enoch Sontonga had…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
Documents: An anonymous Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library…
PlaceRooihuiskraal Battlefield, Pretoria
… where the Battle of Rooihuiskraal took place, on 12 February 1881 during the First War of Independence …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… arrested and detained at Victor Verster prison, near Paarl 12 August, This day saw R2 million worth of damage in 36 …
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… poverty wages are shot by the police while protesting - 12 miners are killed and 38 are wounded. September - The …
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she … struggle against apartheid. Ray Alexander…
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… to the United Nations in 1948 (Document 2 - Letter dated 12 July 1948 from the representative of India to the …
EventLuc Montagnier, virologist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus, is born
… On 18 August 1932, Luc Montagnier was born in Chabris, France. …
EventThe father of Rosalind Ballingall joins the search for his missing daughter
… as to her whereabouts made the search more difficult. On 18 August 1969, her father left Johannesburg in search of …
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… to stage a coup in Equatorial Guinea. 20 South Africans, 18 Namibians, 23 Angolans, 2 Congolese and 1 Zimbabwean …
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
… Johan Anthonisz “Jan” van Riebeeck died on 18 January 1677 at the age of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, … South Africa.to ‘ Jan van Riebeeck (21 April 1619 -…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… than ninety nine such people, who arrived in the colony on 18 December 1807, on the Portuguese Ship, Constantia. [xxx] … Nicolaas Kotze of Verloen Valley…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… excluding black people from working on these schemes. [12] Black workers were only allowed to cut wood and were … of Men”, Water History, (Vol 8), (No. 2), …
PlacePrince Edward Islands
… Edward Island Group consists of; Marion Island (19km long 12 km wide) and Prince Edward Island (10 km long and 6.5km …
EventSouth African multi-title holder, Brian Mitchell wins the WBA title
… title. Mitchell managed to defend the title a world record 12 times before retiring in 1991. He was also a SA Junior …
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… a chance to speak to any visitors about the conditions. [12] However bad Middleton’s situation at Barberton was she … Bill and did not have much support…
ArchiveCHAPTER 8 - Leading from behind Virtue and necessity, April 1984-June 1985 by Howard Barrell
… in the Vaal-Vereeniging complex south of Johannesburg. 12 The UDF’s most visible campaign was at national level … for an extraordinary provocation when they…