Elroy Paulus

I tweet daily on what happened on this day here, in Africa and the world #CapeTown #WesternCape #SouthAfrica and #Africa #history #socialjustice #global

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

2/2 and now he is going out having orchestrated authoritarianism; B.J. Vorster, before him, once asked for six months to remove apartheid....
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

20 June 1989 - Stockholm. 1/2
"On what basis can we take seriously the statements by de Klerk, as he aspires to the presidency, that the National Party has recognised that the time has come for apartheid to go? Have we not heard this before? P.W. Botha promised "power-sharing",

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

20 June 1989 - Stockholm. 1/2
"On what basis can we take seriously the statements by de Klerk, as he aspires to the presidency, that the National Party has recognised that the time has come for apartheid to go? Have we not heard this before? P.W. Botha promised "power-sharing",

[Workplace Mental Health Resources @Stopworkplacebu]

Educational Post

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20 June 1973 – Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in what is known as the Ezeiza massacre. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

20 June 1840 – Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
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[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A useful infographic showing the crude oil fractional distillation process.

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[Civixplorer @Civixplorer]

⛪️ Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

19 June 2012 – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange requests asylum in London's Ecuadorian Embassy fearing extradition to the US after publication of previously classified documents including footage of civilian killings by the US army.
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

2/2 It was a devastating piece of segregationist legislation passed by the Union Parliament. It legally restricted Black South Africans from buying, leasing, or occupying land outside of specifically designated "native reserves"

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

19 June 1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. It was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to blacks and vice-versa.
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

19 June 1913 – Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented. It was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to blacks and vice-versa.
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

325 – (1701 years ago) The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.
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[Learn Something @cooltechtipz]

Learn Data Structures & Algorithms

[Neil Coleman @NeilColemanSA]

Excellent interview tracing the roots of the current anti-migrant mobilisation, genuine grievances which are being exploited because they remain unadddressed, and the history from apartheid to the present of vigilante movements.

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

18 June 2023 – Titan, a submersible operated by OceanGate Expeditions, imploded while attempting to view the wreck of the Titanic, killing all 5 people on board incl. OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush in the North Atlantic Ocean https://t.co/G3C6Z6Mjts

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

18 June 1953 – The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt. https://t.co/MHJIQZ8nlD

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

18 June 1837 – St. Joseph Mutiny: African soldiers in the 1st West India Regiment – led by former slave trader Daaga – launched a rebellion in the British colony of Trinidad in an attempt to escape to Africa
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

17 June 1877 – American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
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[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

17 June 1795 – The burghers of Swellendam expel the Dutch East India Company magistrate and declare a republic. It is the third-oldest town in South Africa (after Cape Town and Stellenbosch), situated in the Western Cape province. https://t.co/HMlHjwkv5x

[Elroy Paulus @EE_Paulus]

17 June 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, will spend the next 17 years building her mausoleum, the Taj Mahal. https://t.co/HMlHjwkv5x