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EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… wills. The ruling African National Congress, which under Nelson Mandela led the country from apartheid to …
EventMzwakhe Mbuli is sentenced to 13 years in jail
… in 1994. It has been suggested that Mbuli's life came under threat several times as a result of his outspoken …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… called by eight Afrikaans and English speaking churches under the World Council of Churches to discuss racial …
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… in victory for the Lesotho Congress for Democrats (LCD). Under the leadership of Bethuel Phakalitha Mosisili the newly …
EventWorld War I begins
… reaslied after World War 2, when Yugoslavia was united under communist rule. This lasted until the early 1990s when …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… government dispatched a party of fourteen policemen under the leadership of Sub Inspector Hunt to arrest Bambatha …
EventGerman Lieutenant-General Lothar von Trotha lands in Swakopmund, South West Africa
… they totally undermine German control of Namibia. It was under these circumstances that Lieutenant-General Lothar von …
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… The Colonial Office sent massive troop reinforcements under the command of General Sir Redvers Henry Buller, a …
PlaceGoshen
… After the 1994 elections the two towns were merged under the name Mafikeng (the correct Setswana spelling) and …
PlaceCuylerville
… Chichester, Commissioner for Wood and Forests and a former Under-Secretary to the Colonial Department, and his …
EventChief Mhlonthlo revolts against the British
… its Magistrates are doing. We are harshly treated. We came under the Government in order to gain peace and quietude, …
EventuMkhoto weSizwe (MK) launches its first acts of sabotage
… needs of former MK soldiers. In 2012, the MKVA has come under fire after allegations of looting of funds worth up to …
PlaceBergtheil House, 16 Queen’s Avenue, Westville
… at Bergtheil Museum. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. …
PlacePampierstad
… continued up to 1980's. Pampierstad was established under apartheid by the funds from the South African …
PlaceTwo Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town Waterfront
… enormous viewing windows, and then watch the sea life under a microscope, or visit the Touch Pool to get up close …
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… It was during the course of a Memorial Lecture held under the auspices of a Cape Province Coloured teachers' … the "Feudal Theory" [...] having developed at…
PlaceUmhlanga, Durban
… later occupied by Nguni-speaking people who were united under King Shaka in the early 1800's into the proud Zulu nation. The Umhlanga Area came under British…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… who had seen him: “ Gaika was a young man at this time under twenty years of age, of an elegant form and a graceful … each cluster of homesteads was a chief…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… during and after their military encounter with the Zulus under Shaka, the Zulu conqueror of the 19th century, and … world a devastating picture of what it…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… lessons that would be applied later on. British forces under Montgomery and U.S. troops under Patton raced to capture the city of Messina; Patton won … its…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… after the abolition of slavery in 1838. In South Africa under Dutch settlement, there was a shortage of labour, … of the slaves were harsh, as they worked…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… of the Blue Notes could not reach their full potential under the oppression of apartheid. [10] In 1964, the Blue … also had a traumatic past as a black South…
PlaceRenosterfontein, Limpopo
… approximately 135 km / 84 mi (as the crow flies). It falls under the Blue Crane Municipality's jurisdiction and in the …
EventANC's economic plans
… would be free to take their profits out of the country under an ANC government …
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
… the newly established Tumbuka Dance Company of Zimabwe, under the artistic direction of Neville Campbell, to perform. … entry charge. Premiere performance…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… as Commander of the refreshment station, which has, under Van Riebeeck's command, become a colony. 7 May, Van … 1830s to settle permanently in areas in the…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… legislation that enforced systems of racial segregation. Under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 , the government … is a prominent feature of the customary…
The historical significance of COSATU’s Workers’ Charter Campaign
… of bringing trade unions and other mass organisations under the umbrella of the Congress Alliance. This would … to apartheid as possible, across class and…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… took action against a black sect, the Israelites, under the leadership of Enoch Mgijima , who squatted at … in a beer-hall. 8 September, 13 IFP members are…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party (NP), homosexuality was …