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EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… The South African prime minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, announced in … Bechuanaland Protectorate. Dr. Abrahams and three other South West African People's…
Country Divided in Black and White by Holland Cotter, 1 July 2010
… last few weeks millions of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century the …
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… of a non-racial, non-sexist, democratic and prosperous South Africa. To maintain this character the ANC should be able to … hosting mega events such as the…
PlaceNamaqualand
… so as to distinguish it from Great Namaqualand in South-West Africa. 'Namaqua' is the plural form of Nama, the name of the … are the most awesome when…
EventHistory of December 16
… December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa; it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation. First … December to be a public holiday. After the…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
… account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Into this sketchy collage which is Lesotho, the … graced the walls of most Basotho…
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… to his patronage of the oldest Fine Art Department in South Africa, Sir Max Michaelis also donated the Michaelis … art (bought from Sir Hugh Lane in 1912) to…
EventBafana Bafana loses to Germany
… South African soccer team Bafana Bafana played against the … The game was part of Bafana Bafana's preparations for the World Cup games to be held in France…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… Mr. J. W. Godfrey, vice-president of the South African Indian Congress, they with Mr. V. Lawrence, Mr. … and unwarrantable attacks made upon him in South…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… to the Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers that South Africa was changing from a monarchy to a republic and to … change would normally have been…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… century, it was only after the 1860s that southern Africa had a relatively large Indian population. In Natal of … some because they had been recruited from…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… we Sizwe (MK) would embark on a long march home to South Africa, whilst some MK members would assist ZAPU's military … 1967. The Rhodesian Prime Minister,…
PlaceThe Owl House
… The Owl House is a Museum in Nieu-Bethesda, Eastern Cape , South Africa. Helen Martins , an outsider or self-taught Artist and … and adding colour to what…
ArticleThe South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as “The Arms Deal”
… Between 1996 and 1999 the South Africa government commissioned the purchase of R30 billion … The South African Strategic Defence Procurement Package known as…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… at the perpetrators not the victims. The numbers of South Africans who has 'stamouers' who were slaves or … so-called coloureds and whites than amongst the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 84th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1996
… here to: the 75th anniversary of the foundation of the South African Communist Party, which was established in 1921; … are the elements who denounced us when…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, said he would admit white South Africans to the African Games provided that competitions in South Africa are held without racial…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… as it was the last town to fall in the Franco-Prussian War of 1871. In the ten month battle, one of the longest in the war, both sides suffered almost one…
EventCecil Edwin Frans Skotnes is born in East London, Eastern Cape
… Art School in Johannesburg. Skotnes served in the South African forces in Italy. On his return to South Africa he joined the Polly Street Art Centre in…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… we enjoy today. The country, and indeed the peoples of the world, got a better insight, however slight, into some of the … said to the country for some time…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… in bazaars set up for this purpose. Furthermore pre-war trading licenses of Asiatics became non-transferable. May … of the first ever Passive Resistance…
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… and Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) took place on this day. SAS (South African Ships) Tafelberg served as guardship for the … The race was called the Cape to Rio,…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… prominent organizations that worked to end apartheid in South Africa, including the Federation of South African Wome n … Crystal A. Degregory and Lewis V…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… was kept secret may have been that in the anti-communist world in which we live(d) it was important that ANC leaders …
EventInternational Olympic Committee re-admit South Africa
… Following the ban on South Africa by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) prior to … practices, the same body decided to re-admit South Africa. The…
EventAllan Boesak is born
… Boesak, clergyman and politician, is born in Kakemas in South Africa. When other Black political leaders were arrested or … positions. In 1982 he became the…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… on by arrest or banning. But there have been changes in South African government policy towards blacks. Whatever they … and six months later extended the…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… is situated North of Kenilworth , East of Bishopscourt and South of Newlands in the Western Cape Province. The name is … out to build a garden stocked with…
EventLord Roberts crosses the Vaal River en route to Pretoria
… In May 1900, at the height of the South African War (1899-1902), Field Marshall Lord Roberts … surrender and accept the British terms for an end to the war. …