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ArchiveExploration of Africa: The Emerging Nations - Nigeria 1880 to the Present: The Struggle, the Tragedy, the Promise by Daniel E. Harmon
The Settler Economies: Studies in the Economic History of Kenya and Southern Rhodesia 1900-1963 (African Studies) by Paul Mosley
Sir Joseph Benjamin Robinson, son of an 1820 Settler, mining magnate, chairman of the Mining Board, representative in the Legis
Henry Bathurst (72), British statesman and co-founder of the British Colonial Office, dies. The town of Bathurst (1820) was
Mary Elizabeth Barber, an 1820 Settler and early SA naturalist, author and painter, dies in Malvern, Natal. She was a remarka
Minister of Safety and Security, Sydney Mufamadi, visits violence-torn KwaZulu/Natal. He states that 1000 extra troops and poli
A Liberian freighter rams a bridge in Florida’s Tampa Bay, collapsing part of the span (a 1,400-foot section) and plunging thir
The Government states in Parliament that 18,000 persons have been arrested and detained since the proclamation of the emergency
Anglo-Boer War 2: General Lord Methuen buries Combat-General De Villebois-Mareuil with full military honours. 1500 men of the L
A silent procession of nearly 1000 people, led by religious leaders, file through the streets of Durban to express their opposi
Portuguese and Rhodesian soldiers are accused in a UN report of torturing and killing over 1,000 Africans in Mozambique during
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
The Village of Kalk Bay was probably established in the 17th Century as a small community of lime burner's who mined the nearby deposits of limestone. Its name…
ArticleTransport on land
… a train or a bus. A Wells Fargo stagecoach from the mid 1800’s Image source Animals as transport A beast of burden is … The electrical cars became very…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
This is probably the oldest surviving house in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… Later, Pedi fugitives were able to regroup themselves. By 1800, Chief Thulare had established an empire with a capital, …
BiographySir Patrick Duncan
Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie (Aberdeen-shire). Duncan first educated in Edinburgh, he entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he…
BiographyHenry Daniel Tyamzashe
Henry Daniel Tyamzashe was born in Kimberley in 1880, the son of a prominent Xhosa minister in the United Free Church of Scotland. He completed secondary…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
In 1917 ordinary workers and rank and file soldiers overthrew the Tsarist autocracy that had been in power in Russia since the late 1400s. This became known as…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people involved in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of these,…
BiographyCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes was born on 1st June in 1926 in East London. Skotnes served in the South African Forces in Italy. Before returning to South Africa he…
President’s budget debate, opening address by President Nelson Mandela (’100-days speech’) Cape Town, 18 August 1994
EventThe 4 x 100m men’s relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian Townsend and Ryk Neethling clocked 3 minutes and 13.17 seconds to triumph over the Netherlands…