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ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… The telling of the history of South African Intelligence Agencies is somewhat … originally established in 1968, is one such agency whose history remains…
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 …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… one of the most significant political figures in Egyptian history. He was well-known for his Arab nationalist and … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in…
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, …
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… nuclear weapons by the South Africa government. The history of nuclear energy in the country can be traced to …
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. History repeated itself when she was re-elected in November …
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… was found. The 1980s period was one of bitter times in the history of the movement in Swaziland. A number of events, … (Accessed: 24 October 2012)| South…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six learners …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in the history of the ANC as it was banned along with other … www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 12 January…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior …
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… between the Khoisan , Xhosa , and European settlers . Its history is intertwined with the broader history of the region, including its Xhosa heritage and its…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical 'TIME' appeared on news stands
… On this day in history, the first issue of the weekly periodical TIME … languages. It is one of the most popular magazines in history, with readership…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… and of importance, Cuba occupies a prominent place in the history of the struggle for, and the achievement of freedom … and the Central and South Americas is…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… and of importance, Cuba occupies a prominent place in the history of the struggle for, and the achievement of freedom … and the Central and South Americas is…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… South Africa and the then Protectorates, a new era in the history of our people had been ushered in, the era of … Revolution broke out to change the course…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… magnificent passage: "In this awful turning point in the history of South Africa, on the eve of the conflict which … especially, the passing of the Asiatic…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… were politically more advanced than their leaders. The history of the ANC, the PAC alleged, was studded with … G. (1977). From Protest to Challenge: A…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… 14 Photographs have an intimate relationship with history. Walter Benjamin wrote, “photographs become standard … 15 Photography in many ways is the first…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… it is necessary to take a brief journey back into our history, into some of the many monumental and epoch-making … This is the spirit with which we have to…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… of the profound but simple fact that, complex as history may have made our society, we are one people with one … they are opening the way to knowledge in…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… ‘Bantu’, and especially singling out Winnie. Coloured and Indian prisoners were treated much more favorably by the … Winnie Madikizela-Mandela. South African…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… without him, never to know the truth of his death. The Indian community called a protest meeting. More than 1,000 … with a few Africans and whites, came…