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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 …
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…
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…
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…
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) …
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). ↵ …
Countdown to the elections July 1993 – April 1994
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In July 1993, the date for South Africa's first non…
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… conducted by the South African Defense Force, killing 12 and ending Medu operations. It’s easy to overlook the … of Medu’s history, with gallery labels…
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…
‘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…
Local Government
… had previously experienced on the De Kaap goldfields, on 18 September 1886 the miners held an informal meeting at … could not be allowed to continue as they…
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 …
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’…