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First Matabele War
… wealth and arms he entered into a treaty with Moffat on 11 February 1888. The Rudd consession followed on 30 October …
The War
… SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain … Lord Kitchener and Lord Roberts. After…
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…
Introduction by Oliver Tambo to a message from Nelson Mandela, smuggled out of prison, 10 June 1980
… united mass action. The letter referred to here was dated 11 October 1978. ES Reddy …
Introduction to a Message from Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Smuggled Out Of Prison, 10 June 1980
… united mass action. The letter referred to here was dated 11 October 1978. …
EventSenzo Mfundo Vilakazi, the South African hip hop artist and lyricist is born
… stage name Kwesta was born in Katlehong, Gauteng on 11 February 1997.[i] Kwesta debut studio album was “Special …
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… Central Police station after bribing a young warder on 11 August 1963. Mannie Brown was involved in planning and …
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… On 11 September 2001 thousands were killed after terrorists … Archives of Global Change in the 21st Century, September 11, 2001-The Day the World Changed …
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… the occupants to their deaths. References: Thursday 11 May 1995, McCook Daily Gazette, As many as 100 feared in …
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… the scene of many a military and political gathering. On 11 February 1990, only hours after his release from prison, …
EventLiberia is established
… to that of the US: the red and white bands symbolize the 11 men who declared independence by signing the Liberian …
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging … L. (2010). Killer of 3 AWB men threatened from IOLNews, 12 April. Available at www.iol.co.za…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… her husband, Walter at Newclare Cemetery, Johannesburg on 11 June 2011. …
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… when the British divided the Zulu Kingdom into 11 chiefdoms, some headed by chiefs who had defected to the …
PlacePhansi Museum
The Museum houses some of the finest examples of African artefacts, such as: beadwork, headrests, milk pails, snuff containers, tobacco pipes, telephone wire…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
… March, the government declared a State of Emergency, and 11 727 persons were detained. Subsequently, the government …
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],…
EventClayton Sithole, the last political activist to die in Apartheid police detention
… He died in John Vorster Square police station just 12 days before the release of former president Nelson Mandela …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… a full-scale boycott of the entire June examinations. On 11 June Van Wyk sent another telegram to De Villiers, who … fists? Surely this is the sign of the…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… The Howisonspoort archeological site just outside of town dates back ???? years. An unconfirmed oral tradition claims …
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… Currently the National Museums and Monuments Act Cap. 25:11 legally protect the property and its resources. Khami …
PlaceAakaap/Rietfontein, Northern Cape
… to take the vehicle across the Border, including dates. The bank letter and license papers must be signed by …
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 wounded. At about 7:30pm, on Sunday … a while and then suddenly everything…
ArticleThe Arniston
… The rest of the Arniston’s passengers washed up until 11 July 1815 and were buried behind the dunes (Story of the … work. International Journal of Nautical…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… the collapsed Synagogue Church of all Nations last Friday, 12 September 2014. We share the grief of families who lost …
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… status in 1896. Today there is a population of over 12 000 people. In the Eastern Cape and 3.554 million (2019) …