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General South African History Timeline: 1990s
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Apr 04, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1990s

1990 Nelson Mandela is released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No...

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Nelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979
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Apr 04, 2011

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1970-1979

1970 16 February, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and 21 others, who were detained under the Suppression of Communism Act,...

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Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
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Apr 04, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909

Indian South Africans timeline 1900-1909 1900 The East London Mayor's Minute for 1899-1900 states that 1,000 refug...

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Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1920-1929
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Apr 04, 2011

Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1920-1929

1920 - 1929 1921 February, Gandhi: Second week, (Bardoli). Five days' fast in connection with Chauri Chaura inci...

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John Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950
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Apr 04, 2011

John Langalibalele Dube Timeline 1940-1950

1840s John Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha becomes the first convert of the Lindley Mission Station in Inanda. 1871 22...

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Peter Magubane Timeline 1932-
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Apr 04, 2011

Peter Magubane Timeline 1932-

1932 Born in Vrededorp, South Africa. Matriculates from Western Native Township High School. 1954 Worked as a phot...

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General South African History Timeline: 1950s
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Apr 04, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1950s

1950 - 1960 In Fietas, Johannesburg, the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) initiates and implements the 'Decade of D...

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Nelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
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Apr 04, 2011

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959

1950 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Mandela trained at the Donaldson Orlando Community Centre. He excelled at box...

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General South African History Timeline: 1960s
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Apr 04, 2011

General South African History Timeline: 1960s

1960 1 January, Minister of Bantu Education assumes control of University College of Fort Hare.African students are pr...

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Apr 04, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 2000s

Indian South Africans Timeline: 2000 2008 16 November, Billy Nair is given a given a state funeral in Durban, a testam...

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Thabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
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Apr 04, 2011

Thabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline

Historical Context to Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki 1932 Epainette Moerane (Ma Mofokeng Clan Name) Meets Govan Mbeki at ...

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David Goldblatt Timeline
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Apr 04, 2011

David Goldblatt Timeline

1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to S...

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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979

Indian South Africans Timeline: 1970-1979 1970 HA Naidoo passes away while still in exile. 17 February, African Peopl...

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Indian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
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Apr 03, 2011

Indian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919

1910 Public Servants Superannuating Act and Teachers Pensions Act. Discrimination against Indians – Indians were excl...

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Africa: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
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Apr 03, 2011

Africa: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence

1884 Otto von Bismarck chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liber...

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