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EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… African country to gain independence. References: Ghana - History, from Mongaybay.com,[online], Available at: … [Accessed: 31 July 2013] Tuesday, August 3…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Schoeman is the author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and … for African TV dramas 1990; the Stals Prize…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King George V…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the … too well how close they had come to the…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… we were also street wise," he said. Now to capture the history, work is underway on a book being penned by siblings … typical research. Much has already been…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as … succeeded Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to…
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… many tiny churches in the world, each rooted in personal history. The Bremilham Church on the outskirts of Malmesbury, … capacity to accommodate 12 people…
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
… arranged and coloured to resemble the ebb and flow of the Indian Ocean, which laps the shores of Durban, and each seat …
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… the African National Congress (ANC), the Transvaal Indian Council and other organisations, the non-White races … The Star, 04 September 2003. Milestones…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… the reasons for this is that Amanzimtoti Borders the warm Indian Ocean . This warm water contains a diversity of …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… 1. Introduction ↵ The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors … by recreating images and narratives of the past, history may be…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Second quarter, 1994
… South African fellowship of reconcilliation and its history …
ArchiveSACP reading list
… Paper containing reading list on the history of the SACP …
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… on the meaning that one attaches to their place in history and their role in the making of history. Black Consciousness has properly identified the … 1936…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… guns in one of the bloodiest clashes in South Africa's history. More than 3 000 worshippers refused government … of the church dispute the 163 death toll as…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… of Steinaecker's Horse’from The South African Military History Society, June 1996 [online] Available at … Delagoa Bay railway line is completed’from South…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to … the last fifteen years. References: Erasmus, F. (2004) The History of South African…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… 1. Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed, Pretoria: Academica, p. … of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU. 3…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… Saunders, C. (ed)(1989). Reader's Digest Illustrated History of South Africa-The Real Story, Cape Town: Reader's Digest. Cameron, T. (ed)(1986). An…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… p. 25; Muller, C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, … (date unknown), The Dutch seaborne…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Former South African Defence Force … Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A…
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… many walking trails or on a game drive. The Prehistoric History of the Karoo is fascinating, and visitors are invited … dinosaur tracks in the rock…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… atmosphere for visiting teams the Wanderers has a rich History. It was the third Test ground in Johannesburg … was the scene of the most extraordinary one…
PlaceHazyview
… A Village that is inundated with History and very quicky being modernized but will always keep … the first business complex in Hazyview. Most of the Town’s…
PlaceBreederivier/Breede River, Western Cape
… The Breede River enters the sea at Witsand in the Indian Ocean, forming a large estuary in the Western Cape of …
PlaceGariep River Mouth, Namibia
… the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho, only 195 km from the Indian Ocean. Flowing 2 300 km, West to the South Atlantic, … the Drakensberg Mountains of Lesotho…
PlaceNahoon River Point Nature Reserve
… Cave, while the seascapes are equally impressive. The Indian Ocean laps the shores of Nahoon and continues to be …
ArchiveSada resettlement area
… A history of Sada resettlement area and the socio-economic …
End Conscription Campaign
… White poster with black lettering. ECC logo. Short history of ECC aims and objectives. …