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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 …
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 …
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…
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… During the national congress of COSAS held in December 1995, the South African President Nelson Mandela said; “It …
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…
Indian education in Natal
… 1868 31 March, In the 1868 Native Affairs Report ? Vol 16 ?No. 26 states that there was Mr Barker?s school at … prevented by the 9 o?clock curfew bell from…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… mounted every year, especially Sharpeville Day (21 March), 16 June, and May Day. In 1986, Soya began organising clean-up … Mangope and his cabinet and…
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… Summaries 6 Sources, Language, and Racial Terminology 12 Chapter I Political Economy, Stereotype, and Urban Space … Town: Double Storey: 2005), 228-37. By…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… by Gandhi when he was young. He wrote in an article in 1995, “Gandhi must be forgiven those prejudices and judged in … myself and we had our food in our…
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…
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…
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 …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… his Residence, on the Western Bank of the Phabenspruit are 16 km North-West of Pretoriuskop, has been declared a …