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EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… Baden-Powell is an important figure in the military history of South Africa, as he is also credited with founding … I.B. "The Battle of Silkaatsnek- 11 July…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
… Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in terms of the detail that captured the texture of life and the…
EventSouth African swimmer, Penny Heyns, wins a gold Medal at Atlanta Olympics
… Heyns was part of Team South Africa in Atlanta. She made history by winning both the 100m and 200m events at the games. She remains the only woman in the…
Griqua community
… The Griqua people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, however their history had an important influence on the history and…
Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 09 May 1986, New Delhi
… hour on August 15, 1947, Pandit Nehru spoke of the epic Indian freedom struggle, the "tryst with destiny" many of you … violence in the direction opposed to…
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… hour on August 15, 1947, Pandit Nehru spoke of the epic Indian freedom struggle, the "tryst with destiny" many of you … violence in the direction opposed to…
Chapter 4 - THE PARTY AND THE “SOLDIERS OF LUTHULI”
… has been set that the Party has call only on its white, Indian and Coloured members and [that] all Africans are the … internal posting Mid-1968 Yusuf Dadoo's…
PlaceCameroon
… Cameroon can in many ways be considered a microcosm of the history of the African continent. Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural … under the structural adjustment programs …
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… in December 1972, attended by approximately 200 African, Indian, and Coloured delegates and observers. The Congress … in December 1972, attended by…
PlaceFalse Bay
… is about 41 km wide and is falsely often assigned to the Indian Ocean. However, here also the Atlantic, which is …
Tsonga
… with the Pedi dialect. Little is known of their early history. Some Tsonga think they came from the north in remote …
15th Anniversary of 1922 Rand Strike - South African Worker, 27 February 1937
… we recall this epic event in South African working class history. Hull, Lewis and Long who went to the gallows singing …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… emerged. Source: Nasson, B. (ed). Turning Points in History: Book 1: Ancient Civilisations and Global Trade. …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Bibliography
… Hani , 10 April 1993. Online: http:www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/1993/sp930410.html Alexander, N. An Ordinary … Rodney and Christopher Saunders…
Uncovering Josina Machel from obscurity: African women hidden in his-story by Ama Biney, 3 April 2014
… short life HIS story (otherwise commonly known as history), continues to tell narratives and accounts of the … in passing and then move on to focus on the …
Forming the Federation
… The women from the ANC, the Congress of Democrats, the Indian Congress (which has now been revived) and the Coloured … to waste time with that. I think it…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… by South African Institute for Race Relations (SAIRR) Oral History Programme. Interview with Frances Baard by T. Lodge, … vol. 3 'From Protest to Challenge')…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… "Irish House", the Museum portrays much of the past History of the region. The Polokwane Museum is a fascinating … Photographic Museum. While here you can…
EventANC activists bribe warder and escape from prison
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from … Westport: Greenwood). http://www.anc.org.za…
EventPresident Paul Kruger authorises the construction of the railway line to Delagoa bay
… World railways of the nineteenth century: a pictorial history in Victorian. [Online]. Available at: … [Accessed 25 May, 2010] Important dates in South…
Seedtime: Omar Badsha Retrospective
… Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in terms of the detail that captured the texture of life and the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior … 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and…
ArticleThe turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activists
… the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress (SAIC) initiated a cooperative initiative … recruited 800 volunteers in Worcester…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… as the ‘Doctors Pact’, with Dr Naicker from the Natal Indian Congress and Dr Dadoo from the Transvaal Indian Congress. To read Xuma’s statement click here …
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… approach to such a chronology can be found on the SA History Online website (www.sahistory.org.za), which notes: … a fuller list of those present.) October…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… has since been given over to the National Cultural History Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old … Offices Building, Old Supreme Court, and…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… IS ALSO MORE INFORMATION IN FURTHER READING.) June 16th in history is dominated by the Soweto Uprising (1976), a … country in the months that followed. About…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt on Ranjith Kally's 'Memory Against Forgetting', by Ranjith Kally with Kalim Rajab, 30 January 2015
… golfing champion. He won the Natal Open but, being Indian, he was not allowed to enjoy the facilities of the … Luthuli Others not there are photographs…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… by The Department of Education For a moment let's consider history as a journey through time and space. For much of this … in our journey through time and…
EventGifted writer and actor William Modisane is born
… he published his only and much acclaimed book Blame Me on History, which was in many ways similar to Can Themba's short … for Sophiatown (destroyed in the…