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EventThe Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is launched
… the interests of Traditional Leaders and act as an extra-parliamentary opposition movement. Contralesa was … in the new democratic South Africa. As a result,…
Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son
… Simon van der Stel , who became commander of the Cape on 12 October 1679 and was promoted to governor in 1691, was … Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa , Cape…
EventLocal elections receive go
… An emergency session was convened by parliament on October 12, 1995, to approve legislation to permit local elections to …
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Gold Medal of the South African Nursing Association on 12 May 1961 in recognition of distinguished and exceptional …
EventNatal becomes part of the Union of South Africa
… In 1844 Natal, annexed by Britain on 12 May 1843, became a district of the Cape Colony under a …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… to locations set aside for Asiatics is valid. 1899 October 11, The outbreak of the South African War , the Second …
ArticleThe following is a list of 43 names of those killed in the stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium
… 26, from Windmill Park, East Rand Rosswin Andre Nation, 11, from Ennerdale Pretty Lephina Phatsisi, 26, from Balfour, … [Accessed: 12 April 2024] …
Second World War and its impact, 1939-1948
… more on South Africa's role in World War II, see our Grade 12 lesson, 1924-1948: South Africa's Foreign Relations. … higher pay. The police crushed the…
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… from Sunnyside Primary , with Mrs S Viljoen in charge. On 11 August, Mr W H du Plessis visited our school. Mr du … school in this building, 64 years earlier …
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… melancholy and snappish, but a good workman. His wife died 12 months ago, and he has since lived alone. The other … the year 1902. The birth rate for the…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… 2700 pounds. It was capable of holding 2 500 000 gallons ( 11,36Ml), and there was an immediate improvement in the water … was over 12metres deep, and held…
14. Suicide among indentured
… melancholy and snappish, but a good workman. His wife died 12 months ago, and he has since lived alone. The other … the year 1902. The birth rate for the…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… in Africa. Thus, Angola attained official independence on 11 November 1975 and, while the stage was set for transition, … the US, UNITA was also supported by…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… from Robben Island to Pollsmoor prison after spending 18 years on Robben Island. Between 1984 and 1989 secret … 1990, that Mandela would be released the next…
Indian education in Natal
… estate. 1868 In the Brooks 1868 Parliamentary Papers Vol. 18 states that the Reverend Ralph Stott established a day … prevented by the 9 o?clock curfew bell…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… Robben Island in Cape Town Image source Robben Island lies 12 km away from Cape Town. It has been used in various ways … granted the right to own slaves. In…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… Nelson Mandela Foundation, Johannesburg First published: 11 January 2015, Catalyst House YouTube channel Original …
EventThe father of Rosalind Ballingall joins the search for his missing daughter
… of a Rand Mine's executive, Rosalind left Cape Town on 11 August 1969 to spend the weekend at a popular hippie spot, … as to her whereabouts made the search…
EventBram Fischer is sentenced to life imprisonment
… underground until was re-captured in Johannesburg on 11 November 1965. On 23 March 1966 his trial began in …
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… headquarters from Zambia to Johannesburg, South Africa. On 11 February 1990, Mandela was released from Victor Vorster …
EventMandela visits Zambia
… first since 1962. Subsequent to his release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years in jail, he had been …
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa’s longest wage strike
… The mineworkers' strike was violent, according to NUM; 11 people died, 500 were injured and over 400 workers were …
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa Vol.11, Cape Town: NASOU. …
Event”Unknown” White man is hanged in Pretoria
… 1959. He was sentenced in the Queenstown Circuit Court on 11 February 1960. His name was kept a secret by Justice P. …
PlaceRhodes
… census indicated that Rhodes had a population of 432. On 11 November 1899 a party of Boers occupied the village during …
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… OF MEMBERS WHO DIED DURING THE STRUGGLE Bantu Steve Biko - 12 September 1977 Luke Mazwambe - 3 September 1970 Mapetla …
ArticleWhat was the Great Depression and why did it start in the USA?
… in 1933, nearly 25% of the Nation's total work force, 12,830,000 people, were unemployed. Wage income for workers …
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… legally elected Prime Minister for the country. After only 12 weeks in power, the new government was deposed in a coup …
EventAnsuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor and community worker, poet, dramatist and novelist, is born in Durban.
… On 12 June 1917, Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh, medical doctor, … [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 11 June 2014] …
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… The constitution, which was promulgated on December 12, 1975, effectively vested absolute power in the President …