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PlaceCradock Division
… to the new district of Somerset. This was reversed on 20 May 1831, and in June 1836 a Resident Magistrate and Civil …
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… TODAY 1. The Natal Indian Congress with a membership of 20,000 is the national organisation of the Indian people of …
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… Hector Peterson. The Soweto uprising began when more than 20 000 learners marched against the use of Afrikaans as a …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures (Panel 2) - Convenor: Janet Cherry
… ANC Western Cape uMkhonto weSizwe ( MK ) structure. After 1990 his focus turned to research on human/ecological systems …
Koleka Putuma: part of the Ibuyambo Book Festival 2026
… Join us as we build differently. Langa Civic Hall 20–21 February 2026 Free Entry …
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… detention on 12 September 1977. The memorial was held on 20 September 1977 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, and …
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… were met by a brutal police reaction. It is estimated that 20,000 students took part in the march. More than 500 …
Ramifications of South Africa’s Dop System by Alexandra Larkin
… prevalence of the dop system range from less than 2% to 20% of labour payments in the Western Cape (London). Even …
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… Baker . These mansions were often enormous, numbering 20 rooms or more, and seemingly built with little … families. This social zoning was reinforced over…
ArticleJohn Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
… first taken Dube to the United States of America in 1887. 20 August, On Ohlange's first working day, the school opens …
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… Conclusion In an editorial of the Patriot printed on 20 June, 1879, Du Toit called for the formation of an …
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… mining companies. The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that …
ArticleIndian South Africans
From bondage to freedom - The 160th anniversary of the arrival of Indian workers in South Africa The feature on Indian South Africans forms part of our…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher's exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions against South Africa had been advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s…
ArchiveThe sad secret kept by the trailblazing South African Steve Mokone
… early release. However, he had to wait until August 1990 to be granted his freedom, under the strict condition … say goodbye. “He meant a lot to me, not just…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… after Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990. Splitting his time between his house there and his home …
Liberation organisations
… to one year. During the negotiations to end apartheid from 1990, conscription was less rigorously enforced, and in 1993 … and repressive laws. When the UDF…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… bubaluleke kangaka. I stand before you this evening, 20 years since President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out … for the historic announcements by…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone died
… Steve ‘The Black Meteor’ Mokone died in Washington D.C on 20 March 2015. He would go to be one of the most recognized …
PlaceCrossroads Township
… Ngxobongwana became its first mayor and was ousted in 1990 by a former ‘witdoeke’ member and new convert to the …
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… in Ndebeleland and Mugabe's rule was left secure. At least 20 000 died in the ensuing massacres. …
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
… process that the state president started on 2 February 1990 and which is aimed at a new constitution through …
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of … Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
… Malay family. "Starting at the Bo-Kaap Museum, this 20-minute Audio Tour is guided by Shereen Habib, who has …
PlaceThaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte
Thaba Tshwane or Voortrekkerhoogte, is a military base (or military area) in Pretoria, South Africa. Founded around 1905 by the British Army, and called:…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… Oct. 14, 1944, two German generals investigating the July 20 plot against Hitler's life visited Rommel. He was given, …
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… where his vessel was reported to have been spotted on 20 January 1697. By this time, the Adventure Galley had not …
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… 1985. He was fatally stabbed and mutilated in Eshowe on 20 August 1985. She said that she had received strange phone …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… of glass beads. The diaries of Fynn (rewritten from memory 20 years after he had lost his original copy) and another …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… caravans, were damaged and most wards were flooded. A 20-year-old woman died instantly when she was struck by …