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EventKaren Muir
… At the young age of 12 years, 10 months and 25 days, Karen Muir from Kimberley …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and respect for …
PlaceCity Hall, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
This ponderous pile was designed in a grandiose Edwardian style heralding the subsequent pomp of the Georgian era. The Duke of Connaught and Strathern, laid…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… On 12 August 1913, Koos De La Rey, a South African War II …
EventDr. Jan Bouws, Dutch composer, is born
… simple system to teach piano called “Het eertse Pianoboek, 12 Liedjes voor Piano, Het tweede Pianoboek, Het derde …
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… a result, his albums were banned including Eet Kreef. On 12 November 2002 he committed suicide. His birth name was …
EventThe ANC unveils its proposed constitutional principles
… On 12 April 1991, the African National Congress (ANC) made …
EventGovernment bans 20 Black leaders
… at the Western Deep Levels mine at Carletonville, when 12 striking miners were killed as police fired on a crowd. …
PlaceAddo Heights, Uitenhage
… it's vertical profile. Despite its very long length of 18,7 km and a respectable altitude variance of 286 m, it only …
EventThe first flight in Kimberley takes off
… rotary engine (50hp) and flew it successfully in 1910. On 18 June 1911 Weston flew the first flight in Kimberley …
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… The University of the Free State was founded on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in …
EventSipho Malaza allegedly dies in detention
… Detention gives his details as Bonaventura Sipho Malaza (18) and states that he committed suicide by hanging in the …
EventDiscovery of the wreck of passenger liner SS Waratah
… off the Eastern Cape coast. This was the culmination of an 18 year long search for him. The wreck was found in an …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
August Bebel, representing the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German Reichstag (Parliament), condemned the "suppression war" against the Ovaherero…
EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
… On 18 March 2007, Bob Woolmer (58), the Pakistani cricket coach …
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… The bill provided for opposite-sex and same-sex couples of 18 years or older to register a voluntary union, either by …
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… Cape Town include minutes of an SACP meeting in Lusaka in 1982 at which a member of the Central Committee, John … Motshabi’s recollections recorded in the…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… forces the right to detain people without trial. Over 18 000 demonstrators were arrested, including many in the ANC … campaigns they conducted. For example,…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Legislatures and Governance, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… into our cadre development programme. RECOMMENDATIONS: 12. Consideration should be given to restraint of … developmental goals. The commissions further noted…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… labour from India into is Colony shall cease. FRANCHISE (12)Your petitioners, on the ground that, in their own … have been ruined. In accordance with the…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… and for handling the same a committee consisting of 12 of us has already been selected. Send us 2 dozen copies of your constitution, sendus, say 12 copies of…
PlaceNxuba (formerly known as Cradock)
… Cradock was Kaladokhwe. Following the Frontier War of 1811-12 the British established a military outpost on a site about … who, at that stage, was stationed…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… Laws Amendment Bill, published by the government on 12 May 1962 defining the crime of sabotage in the widest …
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… On 12 May 1968, South African academic, African National … of Fort Hare', from Nelson Mandela Organisation, 12 October, [online], Available at …
EventPres. Nelson Mandela accompanies Queen Elizabeth II on a coach drive through the streets of London.
… On 9 July 1998 President Nelson Mandela visited England. On 12 July 1998 he concluded his four-day visit to England by …
EventEbrahim, Maseko and Dladla are abducted in Swaziland
… sentence, while Maseko and Dladla were sentenced to 23 and 12 years respectively. …
EventMonty Naicker dies
… orders that were imposed on him. Naicker died, age 67, on 12 January 1978. …
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… personal fortunes. Moi established a one-party state in 1982. In August of that year the Kenyan air force attempted …
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… by 2009; extending child support grants from 14 to 18 years; and the provision of antiretroviral Aids treatment …
Robben Island
Unesco declared Robben Island in the Western Cape a World Heritage Site in 1999. Robben Island is located in Table Bay, some 6km west of Bloubergstrand, and…