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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). ↵ …
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 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 …
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 …
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…
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 …
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…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… first went out to work in a factory at the age of 16 having only attained a rudimentary vocational education at …
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… look at each other with stony faces, full of distrust.” [12] Nina tries to find her new place in this dark world, … even incite violence, stoking a conflict…
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 …
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… and escaping Charges withdrawn. Accused declared insane 5.12.39 Circuit Court Springs Assault with intent Eight cuts … labour suspended for three years on of…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… fewer major high-profile attacks (massacres declined to 12) but a high number of incidents (nearly 20% more) … 3-year period as follows: Year l - 34 Year 2 -…
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 …