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EventBafana Bafana legend Philimon Raul Masinga dies
… On 12 January 2019,legendary Bafana Bafana striker Philimon … in the United Arab Emirates. The late Masinga scored 18 goals during his 58 international…
EventNelson Mandela receives a hero’s welcome in New York
… According to reports, the security for Mandela included 12 000 city police officers, 4 super-insulated bomb trucks, …
EventThe HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire sink near Colombo
… Akagi, Soryu, and Hiryu. The HMS Cornwall was sunk within 12 minutes by nine bombs, while its sister ship, the …
EventMinister of Defence, P.W. Botha, reports to the Senate on the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of South Africa’s defence policy.
… These are among the points outlined by P.W. Botha on 12 March 1968, the then Minister of Defence. History has …
EventNational Party wins general election
The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last election before his assassination in…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… In the local elections of October 1988, the CP won 12 of 20 council seats. At its’ first meeting, the new …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… incorporation of the whole of Peelton into the Ciskei on 12 August 1988. The people of West Peelton were against the …
Event14 Year old girl is convicted in Pietermaritzburg High Court
… socialite, two years ago. The girl was only 12 years old when she carried out the murder. She was also …
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
Collen Chauke, South Africa's most wanted fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with…
EventJameson Raid starts
Leander Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the Zuid…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… hours of fighting. Students in Cape Town also marched on 12 August. The University of Cape Town (UCT) provided one …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… [online], Available at www.southafrica.info [Accessed: 18 March 2012]|Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: … Available at https://africanhistory…
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… Through the Years 1912-1982’ in Scientaria Militaria, Vol. 12, No. 2, (1982). ↵ …
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… with interest your various comments on events during 1980 [11] prior to that. I would say that it is by and large … develop as they did because of the mood…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… (1899 - 1902) The first incident which took place here, on 11 July 1900, was a fierce Battle in which three Victoria … between them taken by the guns. The…
PlaceBenin
… the Yoruba who live in the east and comprise about 12 percent, and the Bariba of the north who comprise about 8 … experiments in other parts of the world” …
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the manufacturing industries, 1925-1948. Table No. 23A, p.18, same report. Europeans … number of European workers rose from 9…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… for the Treason Trial Defense Fund, which raises 12,000 pounds by April. It was supported by the Trade Unions … work closer to South Africa. 1978 Tim Jenkins…
‘Something like an archive - Exploring memory through zine-making’ is a one day public workshop at Iyatsiba Lab facilitated by visual artist and educator, Scott Eric Williams.
It is aimed at anyone from 14 to 30 years old who would like to explore the media of zine-making, which is a DIY method for assembling a publication. Basic…
EventChad gains its independence
… Full and autonomous independence was declared for Chad by 11 August 1960 with Francois N'Garta Tombalbaye being elected …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On this day the district was declared a … property was ‘White’ owned, 26% ‘Coloured’…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… The South African War, or Anglo-Boer War, broke out on 11 October 1899, and Kruger, now 74, remained in Pretoria as …
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… of the airlift, the blockade was eventually lifted on 11 May 1949. … [online] Available at: timesonline.co.uk [Accessed 18 June 2009]|Swart, M.J., et al. …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 78. History of the United Nations. Website: …
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990, the SA Defence Force (SADF) admitted to the …
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… the independence of the republic. Once war was declared on 11 October 1899, the Free State joined Transvaal in the …
EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… On 5 February 1956, 11 Mau Mau prisoners, serving life sentences escaped from … [online], Available at www.standardmedia.co.ke [Accessed: 12 January 2012]…
Africans’ Claims in South Africa, 14 December 1943 by Alfred Xuma
… universities, and other institutions of higher education. 11. Equality of treatment and any other section of the … of the Representative Council, Executive…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… 18 February The German colony of Cameroon falls to French and … German offensive against the French at Verdun is launched. 18 March Russians try and divert…
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… in the back of a police van, to Pretoria. He died there on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral was the first big political …