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EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… the police to shoot at protesting school children in 16 June 1976. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) …
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public performance of the Dvorak cello …
EventSouth African Foreign Minister, ‘Pik’ Botha denies South African support for RENAMO
… Accord was signed by South Africa and Mozambique on 16 March 1984. The move followed talks between South African …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, abolishes slavery.
… Available at www.africanholocaust.net [Accessed: 16 April 2014]|Imperial Ethiopia, Reflections on Haile … Available at www.imperialethiopia.org [Accessed:…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… horror struck sister runs alongside. The protests began on 16 June 1976 over the imposition of Afrikaans as the language … Afghan woman. Steve McCurry’s…
In the name of art - A reflection on fine art
… citizens was maliciously destroyed. Illustrations 11, 12 and 13: black art has undergone significant growth in the … ever drawing using sticks and black ink…
ArticlePrehistory of the Durban area
Prehistory of Southern Africa The Durban area is probably best known for the historic Zulu kingdom, dating to the early 19th century. To understand the…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages in Europe, a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society: The stage of society that preceded capitalism, during which a small elite (the…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Legislatures and Governance, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… into our cadre development programme. RECOMMENDATIONS: 12. Consideration should be given to restraint of … of public office misuse/abuse for personal gain…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
Table Mountain is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque, Cape Peninsula. Extending for 2km from…
EventANC’s chief representative in Swaziland, Stanley Mabizela, writes a letter to the ANC following a visit by Thabo Mbeki and Max Sisulu
… On 12 March, 1975, Stanley Mabizela the African National …
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… 1965 to 1970. References: http://www.suntimes.co.za/1998/12/27/sport/rugby/rugby01.htm …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… referendum supported him. This was also the first time in 12 years of government that the National Party (NP) was able …
ArchiveThe Women’s Jail at the Old Fort and its Impact by Claire Ennis
… the jails against women and girls as young as fourteen. [12] She spoke of widespread torture such as “assault, … ensured torture that would bring the same…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… in 1986,1987,1988 and 1989 extending uninterruptedly from 12 June 1986 up to and including the present time. The Public … trials have been completed: treason…
PlaceBennebroek Wreck, Hamburg
On the 16t of February 1713, the Bennebroek which was an 'East Indiaman'- which is a large sailing vessel. This type of sailing vessel's were built from in the…
ArchiveNew Deal? South Africa 1983
On 20th August 1983, the United Democratic Front was launched at the Rockland Civic Centre in Cape Town. It was a broad coalition of anti apartheid…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… Available at www.afraf.oxfordjournals.org,[ Last accessed: 16 May 2011]pp 261. …
Archive of documents pertaining to Pixley ka Isaka Seme
… 24, 1911 Pixley ka Seme public lecture, reported on 16 April 1906 (PDF) Pixley Seme letter, 5 September 1908 …
EventThe Battle of Blood River
… On 16 December 1838 the Battle of Blood River took place near …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… On 16 September 1902 Maude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, … Sumner [online], available at: www.askart.com [accessed 12 September 2013] …
EventStandard Bank becomes the first bank to opens its doors on the Witwatersrand
… The bank has grown to span 17 African countries and 16 countries across South East Asia, Latin America and …
EventEdenburg is founded
The church village Edenburg in the Orange Free State was established when the farm Rietfontein was purchased to build a church. The initial application for…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the Lethuania/Poland …
Founding members of friends of United Democratic Front
… forum for 8 years, Nadine Gordimer is the author of 16 novels and short story collections, Richard Luyt was a …
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic …
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… 30 YEARS AGO- RETURN TO PRISON 30 years ago on 12 June 1986 I was re-detained for 27 months. 18 of these … one chapter of that phase of imprisonment. CHAPTER…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… as a loan from the Treasury. It also received a sum of £16,500 for development. This sum of £16,500 represents all … authorising an annual allowance of £15…
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 …