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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: …
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…
Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni
… The Qhudeni project area accounts for approximately 12% of Nquthu Municipal land. The total population of the …
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… living in exile in the early 1980s. Her father died in 1985. She explained the special closeness of people in the …
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… of days gone by! The cost of the lighthouse tower was R 23 688 and that of the original dioptric apparatus R 9 954. …
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… an extended period of empirical research not more than 12 months before the academy begins and expects to submit a completed discretion within 12 to 18…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… one another in their struggle against apartheid. On 23-24 April 1979, after the formation of Federation of South …
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… in terms of wages being below the poverty datum line. 23 October, An article appearing in the Daily News argues: " …
ArticleSharpeville Timeline
… state of emergency and claims that protestors ‘shot first’ 23 March 1960 – Robert Sobukwe, Kitchener Leballo and 11 …
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…
ArchiveStudent walkouts have changed history before. In South Africa, one helped end apartheid by DeNeen L. Brown (The Washington Post), 14 March 2018
… Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old South African boy, was one of the first students … poses in 2011 with his iconic photo of Hector Pieterson, a 12-year-old…
Chapter 1 - The House at Lower Seoli
… listened to a jazz programme on the Voice of America from 12.00 - 1.00am. Jo, one of the cleaning squad, was about to … writing across the photograph say…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… Please confirm your attendance not later than Friday, 12 July 2013 before 16h00 with Keitumetse Mathiba on: …
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
You have been invited to the first Open Textbook Summit: physics & astronomy Textbooks prices have skyrocketed globally, but as the rand takes a hit so does…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
Mountain 1 194m high, situated just South-East of eLundi and 12m North-East of White River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large one' or 'eternal one'…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… and shot dead by assassins from his own organisation on 12 June 1979 . He was shot at his flat in Oyster Bay, …
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… known as the Civil Cooperation Bureau (CCB). On 12 September 1989, Acheson allegedly gunned Lubowski down … , [online], Available at www.e-tools.co.za …
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… Hope). On 3 February 1488 Dias landed in Mossel Bay. On 12 March 1488 Dias erected his first padrÁƒÂƒ£o, or stone …
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… On 12 June 2005, Rain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI died in a …
EventPaul Kruger is elected president
… in the 19th century. The struggle can be traced back to 12 April 1877, when Theophilus Shepstone, despite Boer …
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… late Nelson Mandela won the vast majority of votes with 12 237 655 (62.9%), the National Party(NP) under the …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… Harry returned to England and died eight years later on 12 October 1860 in London. He is buried at St Mary's, …
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National …
America, Spanish conquest
… increased to nearly 80 000 per year. In total, about 11 or 12 million African slaves were taken to the Americas. The …
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 September 1988. The tree, now a National Monument, is …
EventA fishing trawler off the South African Coast catches a coelacanth
In 1938, thirty two-year-old Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer was the curator of a small museum in the port town of East London, northeast of Cape Town, South Africa…