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EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… On 18 January 2020, Peter “Terror” Mathebula South Africa’s … from boxing in 1983. Peter “Terror” Mathebula died on 18 January 2020, in Leratong Hospital,…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… is denominated as Roman Catholic, Masses: Saturday 18.00 & Thursday 17.00. The Church has been burnt to the …
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 December 1970. The Breakwater Prison was constructed in …
EventErfdeel farm in Orange Free State becomes SA’s richest gold deposit
… the gold ore under Erfdeel farm might be worth as much as $18,000 a ton. The discovery was declared the richest strike …
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… on 2 August 1906 at the age of 72, and her sister died on 18 October 1911 at the age of 73. After their death, the …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… On 18 February 1960, South African Police (SAP) detectives …
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… sources claim that the riots began on the 16 or on the 18 June 1959. …
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… namely the South African Corps of Military Police, on 18 October 1946. …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… Rachidi [online] Available at: sahistory.org.za [Accessed 18 June 2009] …
EventSipho Gumede, South African jazz legend, dies
… after bass player. In the course of his career he recorded 18 albums under his own name and four with his band Sakhile, …
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… Nations (UN), successor to the League of Nations. On 18 July 1966, the judges in the International Court of …
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
Tutankhamen (also spelled Tutankhamun/Tutankhamon) was an Egyptian Pharoah who ruled in the period known as the 18th Dynasty, the years between 1332 and 1323…
Address by H.E. Ms. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Aviation Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, 24 November 2008
… currently 54 airlines fly into South Africa up from 18 in 1983. Our three major airports in the ACSA stable, OR … of continued growth in the industry, at the…
I - Introduction
… down no rain, only iron. Bertolt Brecht Steve Biko died on 12 September 1977. It was as though he had been a pebble … in 1963. Since his death, two more…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… 1965 to 1970. References: http://www.suntimes.co.za/1998/12/27/sport/rugby/rugby01.htm …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… referendum supported him. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Glossary
Authoritarian: A system where people are expected to obey all authority and rules, even though some of these rules and regulations may be unfair and cause the…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… Congress (ANC) in 1959 in the prime of his youth. He was 18 years old at the time. When the ANC was banned in 1960, he … Siva Naidoo. Email to South African…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… Region 1652-1699 1700-1749 1750-1795 Totals Madagascar 12 (1,064) 9 (779) 12 (977) 33 (2,820) Mozambique, East African cost, and …
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… No-one mistreating Krumen or detaining them for over 12 months would be allowed to recruit again There was to be … Mass.: African Studies Centre (Working…
ArticlePoverty and development
… or custodians for a child between the ages of 1 and 18 years in their care, who due to severe mental and/or …
ArticleThe Daily Dispatch
… of this was the growth of the Daily Dispatch from an 18 000 circulation to 33 000 in 1977. Under Woods’ …
1973: Neo-apartheid and the Sleeping the Giant by Mbuso Nkosi
… is, the opportunity costs of capital’ (Burawoy, 1982: 602-603). In South Africa, during this period of …
EventSA Special Forces accused of train violence
… he claimed he was abducted from Mozambique on 23 August 1982 and was later brought to the SADF's Phalaborwa base …
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
… YMCA in Cape Town has flourished over the years and in 1982 the plot adjacent to the existing structure in Athlone, …
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
The original cross is currently housed in the Library of the University of the Witwatersrand, and was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on…
EventHelen Suzman condemns the Immorality Act in Parliament
… for White and non-White people to have relations. In 1959, 12 Members of Parliament (MPs), including Suzman, broke away …
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… a loss of power and salary. He chose the latter. On 12 July 1954 Luthuli was scheduled to address a group …
EventKwame Nkrumah is released from jail
… to lead the newly formed government a year later on 12 February 1951, after his party, the Convention People's …
EventThe Sebokeng Massacre of mourners leaves more than 30 dead and 40 more injured
… On the night of 12 January, 1991, more than 30 people were killed while … ‘Remembering the Nangalembe Nighti Vigil Massacre’ , 12 January, [online],…