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EventJazz veteran Dorothy Masuka dies
… On 23 February 2019, Dorothy Masuka died at her home, surrounded … at www.timeslive.co.za/tshisa-live/tshisa-live/2019-02-23-veteran-musician-dorothy-masuka…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… within their respective organizations. Mothopeng died on 23 October 1990 and Gwala died of a heart failure on 21 June …
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… by the high HIV rates found in soldiers between the age of 23 and 29, as officers and non-commissioned officers in this …
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…
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 …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… and for the next 42 years serves on the Central Committee. 23 February, Dr. A.B Xuma gives an address at the Mendi … is taken to undertake a general strike…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… declared the 4th South African Natural Heritage Site in 1985. It is situated at the meeting place of 3 of southern …
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… group of people from their land. However, on 19 September 1985 a Supreme Court ruling declared that forced removals of …
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… Kleinmond Rivers flow through the District. Population (1985): Bathurst 411; Kenton-on-Sea 2 258; Nkwenkezi 5 781; …
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… of Zambia," as well as the President of Botswana, 12 Mozambique 13 and Tanzania, 14 and I must state his … 1966. Cf. the Prime Minister's speech in the…
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… our workers during the mine workers strike of 1946 where 12 of our workers fell as they struggled for better wages, … the workers struggle in our country,…
Address delivered at The 9th COSATU Congress, 18 September 2006, Gallagher Estate, Midrand
… When welcoming the formation of this giant federation, in 1985, he said: "The struggle to form one democratic trade … on the past 20 years of Cosatu`s…
Restrictions on the media
… Daily Mail are the most vivid example of this. In early 1985, after sacking two outspoken editors in quick … by the State of Emergency rule in most urban…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… Zuma, addressed the national crises on live television on 23 October 2015. President Zuma announced a zero % increase … us just more or less 50% of what we…
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 …
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… Through the Years 1912-1982’ in Scientaria Militaria, Vol. 12, No. 2, (1982). ↵ …
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, …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… The Pass Laws Chapter 11 - The Compound System Chapter 12 - The Wage Colour Bar - A System of Forced Labour Part 3 - …
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 …
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 …
EventAt an international summit in SA leaders pledge to push for a new global trade deal that will help poor countries
… On 12 of February 2006, the Progressive Governance Network held …
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…