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EventThe constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president
The constitution of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) is adopted at its inaugural conference and Steve Biko is elected president. Other leading…
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
Joshua Nkomo, long time friend of Robert Mugabe, was dismissed as minister of the interior on the accusation of plotting a coup in Zimbabwe. This triggered…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
On June 15 this year the Azanian Students Organisation will celebrate its birth 25 years ago as a forerunner to the current leading student organisation SASCO…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) after serious threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the IOC …
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
… 1923, which was 25 years before the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, was …
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… would hang. As a last resort I wrote letters to the United Nations Security Council, to sympathetic governments and …
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had previously been ruled in succession by the Portuguese, the Dutch and finally the French,…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… urgently to accelerate the reform process of the United Nations (UN), taking into account our responsibility to …
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… for a non-racial society. In the spirit of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and of the Freedom …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Before the mineral discoveries by Emilia Potenza
… followed on the heels of the age of exploration. While the nations of Europe were acquiring colonies, the idea arose …
Pretoria Socialist Society
… Rather, it will be found that they conform to the United Nations Charter and the international Declaration of Human …
PlaceKenya
… by a desire for imperial prestige and resources, European nations rushed to colonise as much African territory as …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Glossary
NSDAP- Stands for Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei and was a national Socialist German Workers’ Party.[1] Communist Party- The Communist party…
EventIan Roberts is born
The South African actor, playwright and singer was born on this day in Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. It was his character of Boet in a series of…
EventVorster announces that the ‘homelands’ will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves
The Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster indicated that the 'homelands' will be perfectly free to form a federation among themselves, once they have…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Source-based Questions
The picture above shows how dire the situation was in America during the Great DepressionImage Source Source 2A The source below describes the impact of…
ArticleGrade 11 Topic 3 – Source-Based Questions
An image showing the persecution of German Jews after the Nazi took powerImage Source Source 3A The source below shows how the Nuremberg laws affected…
PlaceKroonstad
It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), Kroonstad has very humble beginnings. It was named after Voorktrekker Sarel Cilliers' horse,…
PlaceUgie, Eastern Cape
Ugie is a Town in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality, in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Ugie is situated at the Southern foot of the Drakensberg,…
PlaceMakuya Nature Reserve
Makuya, also known as Makuya Nature Reserve, shares a fenceless border with the Kruger National Park and is about an hour's drive from the Pafuri Gate. Makuya…
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
The town of Harrismith is situated in the Thabo Mofutsanyana region of the Free State Province, South Africa. Harrismith is a small, charming country Town…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
The 11th of February 1990 will be remembered as one of the most significant days in the history of the world. It was the day that dramatic change took place –…
PlaceMagaliesberg Region, North West Province
Go on a journey through the Ecology and Geology, of one of the oldest Mountain Ranges in the World – estimated to be 2,500 million Years old, is the majestic…
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
… and South Africa won 'Team of the year' after their Tri Nations success. The IRB was founded in 1886, with its …
EventANC's Nelson Mandela in a historic political rally
African National Congress's deputy president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South Africa's biggest ever…
Chapter 4 - Removing the obstacles
… in presenting the case of the government to the European nations that he visited. De Klerk's visits were successful, … De Klerk was to undertake yet another…
EventAmichand Rajbansi threatens non-cooperation with the James Commission
National People's Party leader, Amichand Rajbansi, threatens that he would not co-operate with the James Commission, which was appointed by President P.W…
EventAttempts of sabotage are made in Secunda
Two strategic acts of sabotage, supposedly by the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK ), against the oil-from-coal plants based in Secunda failed to successfully hit their…
EventGroote Kerk pulpit is officially inaugurated
The Groote Kerk is the oldest Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. It is located at Church Square in Adderly Street, Cape Town. Its architecture boasts a…