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EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… battle of the First Boer War, which was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881. As a member of the SAR …
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid …
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… Armadale Castle The Armadale Castle was a mail steamer of 12 973 tons. A sister ship to the Kenilworth Castle, she was … and was broken up in Japan in 1907…
ArticleIndentured Indian labourers and their struggle for citizenship in South Africa by Dr Brij Maharaj
… Dr Brij Maharaj is an academic and civil society activist. 16 November 2023, marks the 163rd anniversary of the arrival … for such a nation is to achieve…
The Afrikaner Bond
… of the provincial bestuur (administration) took place on 12 January 1884, attended by delegates from Standerton, … They resolved to hold a larger congress in…
PlacePeddie
… 18,796 residents, of whom 670 were literate 1875 census: 16,886 residents, of whom 1,482 were literate 1891 census: 16,525 residents, of whom 2,025 were…
EventJames Filbert Sojane, sports administrator and pioneer in the taxi industry, dies
… Zipporah and they had a son and two daughters. He died on 16 February 1985. …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… Games. In the process Bikila set a new world record at 2:16:2. Explaining later why he ran barefoot, Bikila said, "I …
EventDutch Foreign Minister Luns is asked by the Johannesburg
… On 16 February 1960, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs …
EventThe Ncome Museum is opened
… confrontation between the Voortrekkers and amaZulu on 16 December 1838. The Ncome Monument and Museum Complex is …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… was on this homewards journey that he reached False Bay on 16 May 1488 and named it the Cape of Good Hope. In 1910, …
PlaceUniversity of the Free State, Main building, Bloemfontein
… by Sir Hamilton Gould-Adams, and was officially opened on 16 October 1909. The North and South wings date from 1915 and …
PlaceRhodes
… It was laid out on the farm Tintern, and was proclaimed on 16 September 1891. The village was named after Cecil John …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… Lloyd George becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. 12 December Joseph Joffre resigns as Commander in Chief of …
ArticleThe Inquest into Biko’s Death and his funeral
… in the back of a police van, to Pretoria. He died there on 12 September 1977. Biko's funeral was the first big political …
SEME by Richard Rive and Tim Couzens
… the Zulus. Commending him to your Christian watch and care.12 John Dube, himself still a student at Brooklyn Seminary, … to Seme by H.R. Jackson, tailors of…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… lyrics that states that he is “Shaka the Unshakeable.” [12] This content was originally produced for the SAHO … [8] Ibid. [9] Ibid. [10] Ibid. [11] Ibid. [12…
PlaceBellville, a Suburb of Cape Town
… the city of Cape Town, Bellville was originally called 12 Mile Stone. It was originally founded as a railway station …
PlaceFort Wynyard
… Battery, but after the outbreak it was rearmed on April 12, 1861. The Kijk-in-de-pot battery was improved in 1862 and …
PlaceAlphen; Constantia Road, Constantia- Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 October 1973. For the past 300 years royalty and captains …
PlaceGeorge Division
… 10,086 residents, of whom 3,780 were literate 1904 census: 12,667 residents, of whom 5,716 were literate …
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… was staged at Labia Theatre, Cape Town on the evening of 12 February 1962. Fugard's play "The Blood Knot" was …
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventThe death in police custody of Ahmed Timol, political activist and underground operative, is confirmed
… film by Enver Samuel in 2015. Finally, on October 12 2017, a South African court ruled that Timol's death had …
EventElephant poaching reaches an all time high
… Ivory Trade ', from the National Public Radio (NPR) News,12 November, [online], Available at www.npr.org [Accessed: 16 October 2013] |Center for…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… On 12 October 1780 Voortrekker leader, Piet Retief was born at … gelofteland," 12 NOVEMBER 1780: PIET RETIEF "From: gelofteland … ,[Online],Available at:…
EventCharles Swart, a student ranger from Mangosuthu Technical College, is killed by a leopard
… Camp,the Kruger National Park. The young Swart was guiding 12 visitors when the incident occurred. The animal mauled …
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… prisons for drug related crimes. In the early hours of 12 December 2011, Linden was executed by lethal injection. In … Independent Online , (2011), ‘SA Woman…
Draft constitution of the ANC
Report of the working group under paragraph three of the Pretoria Minute 1. The Working Group was established under paragraph 3 of the Pretoria Minute, which…
23. Durban merchants plead for Sunday trading
… were submitted to the Durban Corporation, on 9 and 12 October 1866 respectively. The first, addressed to the …