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ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… One of the first examples of a messenger service occurred in Ancient Egypt where pharaohs used couriers to deliver … as the Penny Block stamp. The…
ArchiveFingo Village Developments: Fact Paper presented by Albany Region at the Black Sash National Conference 1977
… Developments: Fact Paper presented by Albany Region at the Black Sash National Conference on 15 March 1977 discussing … Developments: Fact Paper presented by…
ArchiveBuilding a new delivering pensions to the people: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1994
… delivering pensions to the people: Report Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 30 July 1994 discussing … delivering pensions to the people:…
A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel
… of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel …
ArchivePower, patriotism, principle: Opening Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Pietermaritzburg, 1969
… Opening address by Jean Sinclair at presented at the Black Sash National Conference held at Pietermaritzburg on 21 … patriotism, principle: Opening Address…
EventDiplomatic ties are established between SA and Saudi Arabia
… a visit by former President Nelson Mandela to Saudi Arabia in November 1994. Two missions were established in Saudi Arabia in March 1995: an Embassy with a…
ArchiveBig Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat), 17 September, 1953
… 1953, Big Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat) … Big Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat),…
Worsie Visser (35), popular SA singer, is killed instantly when his plane crashes at Saldanha, West Coast.
… Worsie Visser (35), popular SA singer, is killed instantly when his plane crashes at … Worsie Visser (35), popular SA singer, is killed instantly when his…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his Masters in…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up in Johannesburg. She was named after the village her mother came from in India, Thillaiyadi. As she…
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… It did not make direct grants to guerrilla organisations in Southern Africa out of its normal financial income. After … their arguments to achieve moral…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh woman laureate in the near-century history of…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… months after a minor stroke that led to his admission in hospital, and amid rising political instability, growing … isolation. On 15 August, Mr. F.W. de…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… artist and ichthyologist, Margaret Mary Smith, was born in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology … regarded as one of the most…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during … how Namibia would be governed after its…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… nature of the fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa we need to look at the climate just before WW2. … against the Germans in September 1914 in…
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… Pan-Africanism and the Rastafari Movement. He was born in Jamaica on 17 August 1887, and as a young man developed a … Times and Orient Review, where he…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… on this date, gave a detailed review of developments in South Africa's racial policies since 6 November 1962. The … Philippines and Somalia. The committee…
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
… clean sweep of the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards in 2004. The awards were held on 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster Hotel. South African…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… The Soweto riots of 1976, in which school children protested against being taught in Afrikaans and were subsequently gunned down, detained, and … Council to…
EventSA Government spoil Chief Albert Luthuli's chance of Rectorship
… SA Government spoil Chief Albert Luthuli's chance of …
EventWalter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”
… the African National Congress (ANC) at the Communal Hall in Johannesburg. At the meeting he a spurred people to … volunteers but we must get them before the…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
… on 10 March 1990, when he beat Israeli Fabrice Benichou in Tel Aviv, Israel. Known as “The Hawk”, Ncita went on to … times. He lost the title to American,…
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… landscape since the establishment of Union of South Africa in 1910. With the adoption of the Union Constitution Act of … they had to find a way of…
EventTwo top SA scientists are refused entry into Russia.
… the Soviet Union during the International Science Congress in Leningrad. The scientists were Prof. L.H. Wells, Head of … University and initiator of the…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… and consultative council, designed to give blacks a voice in government. This occurred at the twilight of P.W. Botha’s … Africa, based on the principle of…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
… National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle against apartheid, 15 July. Available at … [Accessed 29 October 2014]|‘Africa Day Protest in…
EventPhumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as SA Deputy President
… - Ngcuka was appointed as first woman Deputy President in South Africa. She replaced Jacob Zuma, who had been fired … Phumizile Mlambo-Ngcuka is appointed as…
History of the Labour Movements in South Africa
… The history of working people, and particularly Black workers, to organise is inextricably tied to the … workers who came to Southern Africa from across the…
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… of the key issues since South Africa achieved democracy in 1994 and as such an overview of what has been achieved … The government intended to redistribute…