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EventThe Rev. Allan Hendrickse steps down as a leader of the Labour Party
… 2004. Hendrickse died of a heart attack at the age 77 on 16 March 2005. …
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… protests that erupted in Soweto, preceding the June 16 Soweto uprising. The protests were the pupils’ expression …
EventSudanese-born basketball player and political activist, Manute Bol is born
… Manute Bol was born in Turalei, Sudan on 16 October 1965. He came from a family of tall people; both …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… 10 years. The two were convicted for events related to the 16 June 1976 uprising. On this day, more than 20 000 learners … 07 February 2013]|SAHO, ‘Key…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… connected with the fateful event that took place on the 16 August 2012,whereby the South African police services …
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…
ArticleSocialism
Socialism is a political and economic ideology aiming to create a society where all members distribute resources and wealth equally. It is based on the belief…
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…
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 …
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 …
EventNational Party wins general election
The National Party under Dr H.F. Verwoerd claimed majority of votes in a parliamentary general election, Verwoerd's last election before his assassination in…
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…
EventJameson Raid starts
Leander Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the Zuid…
EventThe Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… hours of fighting. Students in Cape Town also marched on 12 August. The University of Cape Town (UCT) provided one …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
EventMazisi Kunene, Zulu poet and ANC activist, is born
… Mazisi Kunene was born on 12 May 1930 in Amahlongwa, Southern KwaZulu Natal to a Swazi … Trust [online] Available at: www.cas.org.za [Accessed on 16 April…
EventKenya is granted independence
… to seven years in prison. When Kenya became a Republic on 12 December 1964, Kenyatta was named Kenya's first president, …
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In addition to its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is…
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… to a notice, residents were supposed to be moved on 12 February 1955, but the government caught them by surprise. …
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… others. They were charged in October 1963 and on 12 June 1964 the Rivonia Trialists were sentenced to life …
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… Through the Years 1912-1982’ in Scientaria Militaria, Vol. 12, No. 2, (1982). ↵ …
The 2014 Cape Agulhas Treasure Tracks
… - Maximum of 4 members per team with at least one person 16 years or younger. - Entry fee: R0 = unemployed, R20 = …
EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… in Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa, with a score of 21-16. The first two test matches of the tour were easily won by …