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EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… at the time, decorated the hall. References: South African History Online http://www.cosatu.org.za/shop/ss0406-26.html …
Event17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act
… On this day in history, State President P.W. Botha amended the emergency … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. …
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… a remarkable woman with an extensive knowledge of natural history, especially botany and entomology and supplied …
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… first person to discover gold in this area, Johannesburg history proved him wrong. Allegedly Carel Kruger, who was … HighBeam Research, History of…
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… and ODI rankings, making him only the ninth batsman in history to do so …
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… provides the reader with a very detailed background and history of the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement …
EventGovernment declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… colleges played a tremendous role in shaping the history of South Africa during the liberation struggle. … From Crisis to Stability to Crisis’ , from South…
East Cape Update
… of the Eastern Cape region. This region had a rich history of democratic opposition to the white minority …
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 42 … AT Mass Rally", The Torch , National…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
… resolution. Islamic study during this period of human history, when the intellectual evolution had stalled in the … taken. These manuscripts represent a…
ArchiveInterview with Shaeera Kalla, former SRC president at Wits University, interviewed by Kyla Mc Nulty
… mainly on Middle East Politics and South African issues. History was my favourite subject in school although I did observe how watered down the history we…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… as the ‘Inanda Route’. If you know about Mahatma Gandhi’s history, then you will enjoy seeing where he lived and the printing press he founded. If you don’t…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic mountain and … Museum . " This is the best place to…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… False Bay. They capture the village’s atmosphere and a history shaped by community and the sea. In February 1862 Mrs … and reflects a cosmopolitan heritage…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… the South African Government. For those who did not know history it might seem strange indeed that there should only … affinity of cultures and traditions,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… and worked with him, but by the fruits of his endeavours. History called upon Steve Biko at a time when the political … visible organisation of the people…
PlaceHogsback, Eastern Cape
'Hogsback is a magical World of Mountains and Forests.' It is situated high up on the Amatole Mountains of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and is…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… arrives from India on an excepted permit to take up a post as a teacher at Dadoo ’s school in Johannesburg. Joshi, …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… and barriers on HIV/AIDS at a time in South Africa’s history, HIV/AIDS posed a threat that had not yet been fully … became the largest single programme in…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… into two Buildings depicting very different parts of local History. The Victorian House, houses an abundance of …
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… Africa, with reference to the social and economic history of large parts of Africa; with specific details on …
PlaceMandela House
… St. The museum includes interactive exhibits on the history of the house and some interesting family photos. …
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum Bill was … pg 1.|SAHO, Pieter Willem Botha , from South…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… in 1990. No other runner has achieved this record in the history of the Comrades Marathon race. Fordyce has completed …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… demand for a negotiated settlement from South African History Online available at www.sahistory.org.za Wallis, F. …
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… of the UDF in the Western Cape. Source: South African History Online. website: www.sahistory.org.za …
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
… famine. The 1984 famine was one of the worst in Ethiopian history. In 2002 humanitarian agencies announced that …
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… 1998 described him as a policeman "who already had a long history of human rights violations as chief interrogator of …
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, …