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ArchiveReligious freedom: turning rights into reality
ArchiveInequalities will plunge SA into chaos
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch had settled at the Cape, the island was used mainly as a hospital…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
August Friedrich Beutler was employed by the Dutch East Indian Company to lead an exploration expedition into the Eastern Cape. Apart from valuable information…
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
Angry White workers, on strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police stations, railway installations and mines on the Witwatersrand. They also…
EventWW2: British 8th army marches into Tripoli
On 23 January 1943 the British 8th army marched into Tripoli, later occupying the Libyan capital in this World War Two battle. This was part of a series of…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
Location: back to this day in history search archive The Liquor Act, which was passed on 23 June 1927, prohibited Africans and Indians from serving liquor,…
ArchiveBook Reviews: Chilling Insights into a Sick Society
ArchiveTaking the struggle into the ruling bloc
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In 1950 the government passed the Group Areas Act, a cornerstone…
Millions of Zim refugees cross into SA
South Africa ( Celebrating 20 years into democracy )
Integration of rehabilitation into primary health care
Integrating mental health into primary health care
Insights into Mandela’s reign, 15 June 1999
The Tswana Legislative Assembly comes into being.
ArchiveTransport unions speedy expansion into bus companies
ArchiveWe have to put democracy into practice
ArchiveSlovo gazes into the mirror of history
EventAgreement to reincorporate Ciskei into South Africa is reached
The Ciskei government under the military ruler Brig. Oupa Gqozo signed an agreement with the South African government, represented by Foreign Minister Roelof …
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
On 17 August 1970, two top South African scientists were refused entry into the Soviet Union during the International Science Congress in Leningrad. The…
EventRecognition of the Customary Marriages Act comes into effect
The Recognition of the Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 came into effect after an investigation by the South African Law Reform Commission of the legal…
ArticleGrade 12 - The impact of the Cold War in forming the world as it was in the 1960s
… section is detailed so we have broken it up into 4 pages: Intro and Russia in 1917 Communism vs Capitalism The Cold War …
Economic Inclusion of Women into the Mainstream Economy
ArchiveGlimpses into South Africa - A Perspective Through Juluka Music
ArchiveThey shall beat their swords into ploughshares: Isaiah 2: 4
Multicoloured poster. Churches alternative national service programme. Stained glass artwork of a man digging in a garden.
ArchiveO R Tambo: We must organise ourselves into a conquering force
Recommendations by Commission of Inquiry into SA Press
EventBotha appoints Hendrikse and Rajbansi into his Cabinet
The leader of the Labour Party, the Reverend H. J. Allan Hendrickse and Amichand Rajbansi of the National People's Party (NPP) are appointed to the Cabinet as…