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EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… At approximately 11:00 PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he …
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. …
PlaceBoskop Village, Nature Reserve and Dam- near Potchefstroom
Boskop Dam and Nature Reserve is located in the Mooi River Valley 20 km North of the Town of Potchefstroom a short distance from the R501 Carletonville Road…
EventGermany signs an unconditional surrender which ends World War II
… African force suffered approximately 9000 casualties and 14 000 injuries, and many soldiers were simply declared …
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki's AIDS denialism
… by people with doctorate level qualifications including 11 Nobel Laureates. Despite the document's strong support for …
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… Government Aided Indian School. Here, he started in Std. 11 and continued to complete Std IV in 1928. At this time, …
ArchiveDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
… he worked for the American Committee on Africa in the 1968 Olympic boycott movement. It was for his contribution to …
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… planes crashing into the World Trade Center in New York on 11 September 2001. The garden of sculptures lies below the …
EventMurder trial of “Sharpeville Six” opens
… defence of the Six in an attempt to avert their deaths. On 11 July 1988, fifteen hours before their scheduled hangings, …
PlaceAngola
… the Portuguese and Angola gained its independence on 11 November 1975 [v] . Independence was followed by the 27 … forces fighting for the national liberation…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… 1978? MRS SOBUKWE: In 1969, the last letter I wrote was in 1968, November. They wrote back to me saying that they will … him quickly. I later found out on…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black artists were not allowed to further their education and attend formal learning facilities such…
ArticleInkatha Freedom Party (IFP)
… that political prisoners should be released first. On 14 July 1990, in response to the unbanning of the liberation … background [online]. Available at: ifp…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… Zo Kota-Mthimunye, Fiona Wallace and Mavivi Manzini . 14. While the Working Groups met weekly in the first half of …
ArticleManto Tshabalala-Msimang timeline 1940 - 2009
… due to Tshabalala-Msimang’s hospitalized condition. 14 March, Tshabalala-Msimang undergoes a liver transplant. …
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… However this was too late as the community was moved on 14 February 1984. Police arrived in two buses and 85 trucks. …
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… compulsory education for white children up to the age of 14 (or Standard IV). This further intensified the racial …
PlaceVictor Verster Prison
The Groot Drakenstein correctional facility (the former Victor Verster, (“One of the proprietors of these grounds was Victor Verster, who, after selling his…
PlaceBorakalalo National Park, North of Brits
… leopard and the bird species that can be spotted include 11 eagle's and 18 smaller raptors. The accommodation in the …
EventVergelegen Wine Estate Owner Samuel Kerr Dies
… He acquired the estate on 29 March 1901 at a price of £11,404. He was also the owner of sixsurrounding properties …
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… unless he comes from the organization’s select ranks.”11 This was, for the most part, true. An obvious weakness was … growing class of small capitalist…
David Goldblatt: oblique apartheid look by Kenneth Baker, 5 December 2012
… visited South Africa? A : I can only tell you that in 1968, I came to New York with the dummy of a book and showed …
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… of his projects in the 1960s. Some bore instant fruit: his 1968 single, “Grazin’ In the Grass”, topped the Billboard Hot …
Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017
… of his projects in the 1960s. Some bore instant fruit: his 1968 single, “Grazin’ In the Grass”, topped the Billboard Hot …
Bibliographical note and further reading
… by Geoffrey Ashe, Gandhi: A Study in Revolution (New York, 1968); E. Erikson, Gandhi's Truth: On the Origins of Militant …
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… (28.8%), the economic situation (26.5%) and housing (11.6%) were considered the most pressing problems. Between … an Indian leader, Rajbansi received the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… of the first synod on 2 November 1824 there were already 14 congregations of the Dutch Reformed Church. Contact with …
PlaceNederlandse Hervormde Kerkgebou, Pretoria
… All the chairs were fixed and varnished (Holm et al, 1988:14,18). On 25 August 2010 a museum was opened on the gallery …
PlaceMolenvliet House, Molenvliet Street, Mowbray
… van Riebeeck granted along the Liesbeek River in 1657 to 14 free burghers for them to farm and supply produce to ships …