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EventBulelani Vukwani on a shooting spree
… her, Vukwani fired randomly at everyone he came across before returning to the scene of the original murder to shoot …
EventWinnie and Nelson Mandela divorce
… married in 1958 and only spent a couple of years together before Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in prison as one …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… met Mr. H. G. Lawrence for an interview at the Magistrates Court. He had his notes with him. Poor Kajee. He was talking, … his lagged beneath him and he was…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Education and History, with a minor in Irish Studies. Before entering college, she knew very little about the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… should include accounts of the first contacts with Europe before conquests, when relationships were still balanced. …
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
… never been an attempt at an organised industry-wide strike before. There had never been such a frontal confrontation … far, and how many miners had heard…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… the two apertures - and it did, though we hung blankets before them - we were snugly ensconced in our beds, with a … though certainly we had no idea of it…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… full force in South Africa. Apartheid oppression started before birth and ended after death for many. The parents of … Black, Coloured, or Indian South…
ArchiveThe Basotho Origin of Mathematics - A Public Lecture By Zulumathabo Zulu
… Africans, boasted an incredible mathematical lexicon long before the advent of the Europeans. The Basotho have used …
EventThe Johannesburg International Airport is officially renamed OR Tambo International Airport by President Mbeki.
… previously known as Johannesburg International airport and before that as Jan Smuts Airport after the former Prime …
EventSir Thomas Cullinan, digger and founder of the Premier diamond company, is born
… in the The Cape Colony in 1862. He settled in Barberton, before moving to Johannesburg in 1887. He began working as a …
EventMethane gas explosion kills 68 mine workers
… gas explosion was caused by poor safety standards. A week before the explosion a miner who also died in the explosion …
EventBomb explodes at Johannesburg synagogue
… Reform Congregation. The explosion took place four hours before State President Marais Viljoen was due to attend a …
EventRhodesia withdraws from Summer Olympic Games
… Games held in Munich, Germany. The request came a few days before the official opening ceremony, as result of Rhodesia's …
EventBavumile Vilakazi dies
… the first mayor of the Ekurhuleni Metro on the East Rand before he was posted to Uganda. He was tried in the United …
EventLabram, manufacturer of ‘Long Cecil’ is killed by shell from ‘Long Tom’
… the Boers during Anglo-Boer War 2. He died only a few days before the siege was lifted. …
EventLansana Conte’ leads a coup that deposes Guinea’s interim government
… in the army at the time, toppled the government just hours before a new leader was to be chosen. Two days later, he was …
PlaceStasiegebou, Sannaspos
… Station Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of only a …
The Neglected Tradition
… it was felt that the basic research needed to be done before an integrated history of South African art could be …
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… restaurant and as a young lawyer whose very presence in court was resented and challenged by white presiding … in Johannesburg. There are those of us who…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Unveiling of the Tombstone of Oliver Tambo, 19 April 1998, Wattville, Benoni
… He placed our organisation on a level it had never reached before. Through exile and imprisonment kept us apart for many … his dedication had taken on his…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Oliver Tambo
… He placed our organisation on a level it had never reached before. Through exile and imprisonment kept us apart for many … his dedication had taken on his…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… had asked the former Beatle for his autograph only hours before he laid in wait and killed him. After the shooting, … His new album, Double Fantasy, released…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… greatly assisting him mount his coup d'etat in November before declaring himself emporer of France. The battle is … a single pistol shot at Murat striking…
Chapter IX - Return to my faith
… and I was alone again in the gaol except for going to court most days for the trial. I was still in the great … of her Order to spend one day at the…
Covert operations
… to strip and were severely beaten for several hours before being released. The prime minister of KwaNdebele … was due to be hanged for a non-political murder…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… Homestead of the loan Farm Zorgwyk. It was probably built before 1820 and is one of the last original surviving …
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… all gems..." C.W. de Kiewiet . What is Industrialisation? Before the mineral discoveries. Bridging two worlds. In the …
EventInsulin is first introduced to the American public
… introduced to the public. It had taken two years of trials before it was deemed safe enough for the public. Insulin is …