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EventVan Zyl Slabbert is elected as the leader of the PFP
… Van Zyl Slabbert served as the leader of the PFP for 12 years. He died on 14 May 2010 at his home …
PlaceSpringfield Convent School, Cape Town
… faiths and backgrounds to classes from Nursery to Grade 12. History reflects that Springfield was the first to offer …
EventLegendary photographer Sam Nzima dies
… On 12 May 2018, legendary photographer Sam Nzima passed away at …
PlaceDutywa, Eastern Cape
… was officially changed from "Idutywa" to "Dutywa" on 16 July 2004. The Settlement was laid out in 1884 and was … was officially changed from "Idutywa" to …
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… 3 March 1992 that likely dates for Codesa 2 would be 9 to 16 April 1992. However, on 9 March and whilst experiencing a … it was agreed that Codesa 2 would…
Checkmate for apartheid? July 199 1 - June 1992
… death count for the 2-year period is depicted in Fig. 16. Politically related deaths recorded by HRC amounted to a … involved in a number of massacres: • SAP…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… Nzo , Florence Mophosho , Gertrude Shope ), in Lusaka. 10–12 September 1984 H.W. van der Merwe met with the ANC ( Thabo … the University of the North and…
PlaceThe Wits School of Arts and Arts Museum
The Museum is one of Johannesburg's premier Tourist Attractions, along with the Apartheid Museum and Constitution Hill. It is part of the Wits University…
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, with the help of Archaeological…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… We are going ahead with the mass action plans for January 16, 1996. This does not mean that we are opposed to the …
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… coins and textiles. The textile collection boasts over 12 000 items, ranging from leather clothing worn by the San … coins and textiles. The textile…
PlaceSA Army College, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… style and its cornerstone was laid by Lord Kitchener on 12 June 1902. It originally served as a recreation centre for …
May Day
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French worker's demand for a 12-hour day was granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French worker's demand for a 12-hour day was granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… a ten-hour day in 1847. French workers demands for a 12-hour day were granted after the February revolution of … From 1830 to 1860, the average work day had…
10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… in Gujarati by Mohamed Ebrahim Seedat from Newcastle on 12 November 1901 may be typical of the kind of correspondence … 60 House behind where Standard Bank…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… guns that they obtained. In 1862 the Pedi army was made up 12 000 men, of whom a third were equipped with guns. These … What jobs did inboekselings do in…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
… Box B275, File V963, "MKHISE P", 1967/09/01, 1966/12/02, with the Grave No and Cemetery columns left blank. The …
PlaceFish Hoek, Cape Town
… an early stone age Historic site where the remains of the 12 000 year old Fish Hoek man was found. More History of the …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the …
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… of a competitive fast-growing economy.” On September 16, 2015, Business Report, a supplement to The Star and other … Employment & Infrastructure Development…
Post-detention weapons
… in February 1988 was coupled with restriction orders on 12 people that were so severe that they amounted to house … a banned organisation 25 Possession of…
PlaceFunda Community College
… 2009. It now only offers courses in visual art, has only 12 full-time students and four teachers (including Nkosi). …
PlaceUtrecht
… Utrecht had a population of 966 Whites, 280 Coloureds, 12 Asians and 4537 Blacks. In 2000 it was estimated that …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… - A Leader of Black Africa (1952) The Age [online]. 12 November, p.2. [Accessed 11 August 2009] Wallis, F. …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here that the two 12-pounder guns of 'O' Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), …
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… the course of the war more than 7,000 Canadians, including 12 women nurses, served in the South African War. By the end …
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
The Village of Cookhouse was located on the Farm; 'Roodewal', near a River crossing. It probably derived its name from a small stone structure, over the Great…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… years old when he died. The fossils of the infant, about 12 - 18 months old when it died was discovered by Dr Brian …