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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:…
EventOrlando Pirates captain and goalkeeper, Senzo Meyiwa dies
… when they won a “Double Treble” in both 2010\11 and 2011\12, taking with them two MTN8 titles, two Absa Premiership …
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… facing 29 charges, the young man was only found guilty on 12 counts and not guilty on 17. Too many wayward laws were …
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Literature Museum. *Note: Some sources say he died on 12 January 1952 …
ArchiveCHAPTER 2 - You only win once by Howard Barrell
… 2,000 guerillas in 1970 appears to be an over-estimate. 12 The national consultative conference in Morogoro in 1969 … activities into South Africa on behalf…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… that had been translated into Afrikaans by Imam Baker in 1961. Run by Mrs Zainab (Patty) Davidson nee Amlay, and her …
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… best attempt at nation-wide, non-racial opposition since 1961. In the middle of the year, after the Million Signatures …
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… defendants and in uMkhonto weSizwe when it was formed in 1961. Though never banned, its leaders and membership were …
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 …
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…
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…
PlaceFree State Province
… and face closure in the near future. A total of 16 gold mines are still active in the Free State gold field. … creative journaling and group sharing (group…
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…