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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 …
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
… by Maingard, [10] and with Rainer Vossen’s presentation [11] of a set of reconstructed roots for Proto-Khoe –following … a previous set of postulations from…
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 …
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… non-racist society; it seems to be on the way.” [11] . Figure 2 A promotional poster for Ibrahim’s ANC benefit … (1995)." Crownpropeller's Blog. 2012…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… is situated in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. … They left 60,000 people homeless between the 25…
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the … celebrations. References: This day in History: 18 May [online] Available at: news24.com …
PlaceWitberg Wind Farm
The Witberg Wind Farm is located between Touws River and Laingsburg in Western Cape. Witberg Wind Farm is a 108MW onshore wind power project. When completed,…
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… Awards: Best Director, Best Actress, Best Lighting ● 2006/7/8/9/10: Every Year, Every Day, I Am Walking: …
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… no one will face murder charges. Van Niekerk died in 2006 and Gloys in 2012. The judge, however, said former …
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… and Modernized in 1957. Further repairs were undertaken in 2006-7 when the leaking Roof caused damage and the …
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… ideas of an African Renaissance. In Mbeki’s presidency, in 2006, Seme was honoured him with the Order of Luthuli in …
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… doctors in these areas. [4] The Trials On May 12, 1969, Sikhakhane-Rankin was arrested under the Terrorism … and the accused were re-detained. [7…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… John Langalibalele Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission station of the …
EventMembers of the AAM hand over a memorandum to Verwoerd's private secretary about Apartheid policies
… The Star,(1961), 'Message sent to Verwoerd after Vigil,11 March 1961, (Available at National Library of South …
EventNeil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg
… his funeral. His labour organisation issued a call that on 11 February 1982, that on the day of his burial, all workers …
EventReconciliation talks between F.W de Klerk and Nelson Mandela are rescheduled due to violence in Sebokeng
… for South Africa. The talks were set to take place on 11 April, however the ANC cancelled the talks after police …
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… At the time of his death, Machel had been in power for 11 years. On the day of the crash he was returning from an … online [online]. Available at www.mg.co…
EventNatal Law society apologises to Gandhi
… http://openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu/1999-7/1999-07-29-ABC-11.html …
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… the area. The Ovaherero chafed under colonial rule and on 11 January 1904 they rose in rebellion. …
EventBill Flynn, popular SA actor dies in Johannesburg
… On 11 July 2007, South African actor Bill Flynn, 58, passed … Found Dead at Home ’, from Cape Times (South Africa) , 12 July, [Online], Available at www…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… untimely death, he was 28 years old. Aggett was buried on 11 February, 1982 in Johannesburg and around 15 000 people …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… bridge took 14 months to construct and was completed on 11 April 1905. It carries road, railway and foot way traffic. …
EventZulu army defeat British Army at the Isandlwana Mountain
… battle, which lasted for almost four hours, began around 11:h00 am and was a decisive victory for the Zulu kingdom, …
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
… The earliest evidence of forced removal on this landscape dates to the seventeenth century when San and Khoi … to Gerhard Maré [xxvii] , removals could be…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… facing 29 charges, the young man was only found guilty on 12 counts and not guilty on 17. Too many wayward laws were …
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Literature Museum. *Note: Some sources say he died on 12 January 1952 …