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ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… "Without doubt it is a far more costly thing to kill the (indigenous population) than to Christianise … of missionaries to make converts and hold them on…
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… on imported components for its war effort. This came to light on the 2 April 1984 when four South Africans and … exporting high-pressure gas cylinders and…
EventMadalitso Muthiya becomes the first Zambian to play in the prestigious US Open Golf tournament
… began playing golf at the age of six. After he broke a bedroom window while playing with his father’s clubs, his father decided to buy him his own. When…
Church and State relations: the story of Bophuthatswana and its independence from 1977 to 1994
… A dissertation submitted in accordance with the requirements … The government of Bophuthatswana declared their state to be Christian. The main emphasis was…
EventUN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.
… Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted by the government … four…
EventNative Khoikhoi tribespeople are alleged to have looted more than forty cattle from Cape Settlers
… arrived in the Cape, they used fire arms and horses to win wars, raid cattle and subsequently reduce the Khoikhoi to servants. Thus, the story of the…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… Most historians consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist Party (NP) Government … of the ANC and PAC cast the South African…
EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… On 29 July 1951 the African National Congress (ANC) called a meeting in Johannesburg. Executives from the South African … (APO) and the Franchise Action…
EventThe 1st troop ship to set sail after the sinking of the SS Mendi
… Labour Contingent, the recruitment process for troops to assist in World War 1 was not heavily impacted. On the … of his journey, published in Black Valour: …
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… In January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National…
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… was made in Western Africa when, for the first time, a woman, Ms Ruth Sando Perry, was unanimously elected at a meeting of West African heads of state to…
Notes of meeting to discuss OAU Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with PAC
… Notes of meeting to discuss Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee Resolution calling for a United Front with the Pan-Africanist Congress…
EventSimon Hendrik Freykenius and Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh arrive at the Cape to assist dissatisfied burghers
… of the Dutch East India Company (VOC), and were sent to assist dissatisfied free burghers, or farmers who had been … given land independent of the VOC, on…
EventSir de Villiers Graaff and Theo Gerdener jointly express their agreement to form a new party
… In a joint declaration the leaders of the United Party (UP), Sir … Party (DP), Theo Gerdener, expressed their agreement to form a new party on the basis of…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at the London School of Medicine in … for yellow fever. It was this…
Declaration of principles adopted at the foundation conference of the South African Congress of Trade Unions, on 5 march 1955, and included as a preamble to its constitution
… Congress of Trade Unions, on 5 march 1955, and included as a preamble to its constitution …
Letter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South African Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok
… Letter from Reverend Allan Boesak to the South African Law and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok announcing his decision to join detainees on a hunger strike. ……
Letter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
… A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the … Letter from Terrence Tryon…
Letter from Nkwenkwe Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to Brothers and Sisters
… Nkomo, National Organiser of the Black Peoples Convention to member "Brothers and Sisters" to attend the National Congress, 13-16 December 1974 … Nkomo,…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Kuzwayo…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… branch of the South African Students Movement (SASM) held a meeting, which was attended by representatives of all … would be held on 16 June against the use…
EventJosiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira is the first African to be elected president of the LWF
… Josiah Mutabuzi Isaya Kibira became the first African to be elected president of the Lutheran World Federation. The cleric held this position until 1984. His…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… The second plenary session of the Congress for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA II) was convened in … Johannesburg. Unlike the first session CODESA II…
Archive‘Fate Comes to the Mission Schools’: Fire at Bethel, 1953 by Linda M. Chisholm
… ‘Fate Comes to the Mission Schools’: Fire at Bethel, 1953 by Linda M. …
EventThe world pay tribute to former president Nelson Mandela at the FNB Stadium
… UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon at the memorial service. A man from Johannesburg aged 26, celebrated the legend’s life … News24, Thousands unite to say…
South Africa and events in Africa: Address to the Black Sash National Conference
… South Africa and events in Africa: Address to the Black Sash National Conference …
Words of encouragement to workers from the Chief Minister of KwaZulu Legislative Assembly
… Words of encouragement to workers from the Chief Minister of KwaZulu Legislative …
The road to South African freedom: Programme of the South African Communist Party
… The road to South African freedom: Programme of the South African …
The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship by Jeanne M. Haskin
… The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship … The Tragic State of the Congo: From Decolonization to Dictatorship by Jeanne M. Haskin …
Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1994
… Presidential Address to the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town, 1994 …