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EventEleven people are killed at Donnybrook, Kwazulu
… elections. Kwazulu-Natal as a former IFP stronghold had a history of violent clashes between IFP and ANC supporters … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventJan van Riebeeck’s statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… Town's tercentenary celebrations. References: This day in History: 18 May [online] Available at: news24.com [Accessed …
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… Agricultural Union (SAAU). References: South African History Online Keesing's Record of World Events, News Digest …
Event5,580 Egyptian prisoners of war are exchanged for four Israelis held by Egyptian troops
… Invasion) was one of the most important events in the history of African independence. The fallout from this … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in African History:…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… in 2001 and the under-19 squad in 2004. Ralepelle made history in 2006 when he became the first Black rugby player …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… athletes entered the race. In 1989, Sam Tshabalala made history when he became the first black athlete to win the …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… 0n 6 April 1994, an extraordinary event in the history of the African continent took place in Kigali, Rwanda … at https://news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed: 23…
EventOldest part of Johannesburg, Marshalltown, is planned
… district (Marshalltown) are so narrow. Further reading: A History of Johannesburg …
Address by President Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Cape Town Cape Town, 27 November 1997
… to our economy, but in its involvement in our country's history. It was here, three centuries ago, that sailor from … rich diversity of our African nation…
Reflections on the 1973 Durban strikes by Steven Freedman
… to expect more change than other citizens. Why all this history? It has become fashionable to insist that our current … which prove how little progress we…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… Black Squatter Movements on the Rand, 1944-1952." Radical History Review 46/7 (1990): 89-116. Bradford, Helen. A Taste … and Thomas Karis. From Protest to…
Tribute to President Reginald Oliver Tambo by ANC Treasurer General Dr Mathews Phosa on the occassion of the OR Tambo Lecture, 27 October 2011, Kimberly, Northern Cape Province
… the people". Yes, he had surrendered his very being to the service of the people of our country and indeed the whole … "unity" or undermines it is the…
Hangberg, Hout Bay
… the houses, on the firebreak. The South African Police Service fired rubber bullets and canisters of tear gas. … is one road for cars which goes through the…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 3 April 1994
… a bleak picture which can only bring despair. It is also a history rich in tales of human courage, endeavour and … law with a view to using what little…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the General Assembly of the African Ombudsman Association (AOA): Misty Hills Conference Centre, Muldersdrift, Johannesburg: 11 April 2005.
… her money and with the help of it devote oneself to the service of humanity and the good of all. What do you think, … of the African people, taking into…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the anniversary of the SOWETO Uprising on 16 June 1976 16 June 1994
… National Defence Force and other institutions of state and civil society. Our presence together here - as … A collective effort has to be launched by the…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… In Tunisia, the calls were for bread, human dignity, civil and political rights, social and economic rights. These … (Navi) Pillay: We are very much in…
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… need their protection. It is also important that organs of civil society should cooperate with the legal profession to … lecture at Cambridge. “In a…
72. The Defiance Campaign, 1952
… Congress that should it persist in its programme of civil disobedience, the Government would use the machinery at … professors and other prominent persons…
PlaceDarling, West Coast
… There’s something so interesting about having a piece of history displayed in front of you. (a trip is not complete, … Farmers’ Wives in,1978, to Preserve…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… . JON SOSKE is an assistant professor of modern African history at McGill University and the co-editor of One Hundred … Today . ACHILLE MBEMBE is a…
PlaceRustenburg
… has significance for many groups in South Africa, and its History is complex and rich in variety. The known History of Rustenburg spans from the 15th Century…
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… The Building was restored in 1960, for use as a Cultural History Museum. The Slave Lodge, opened its door as a Museum on 6 April 1966. The SA Cultural…
ArticleStudent Protests at Tshwane University of Technology - Timeline
… 60 000 students each year. Infrastructure and service disparities still exist between the historically … Afro-centric. Various professionals, including…
Part 3: Ahmed Kathrada and Arun Gandhi - Gandhi Satyagraha Tour SA
… Chiba and Shirish Nanabhai. Archived by South African History Online with acknowledgement to the original creators. …
A critical look at the role of the Muslim Judicial Council in the struggle for liberation in South Africa from 1960 to 1994
… fulfilment of the requirements for B.A.(Honours) Degree in History at the University of Cape Town. The aim of this essay …
PlaceAll Saints Anglican Church, Durbanville
… dates from 1860 and is closely associated with the history and development of Durbanville. It was declared a …
EventANC President Oliver Tambo meets with Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow
… 17 October 2011]South African History Online, ‘4 November’, [online] Available at …
EventAbebe Bikila wins gold at Rome Olympic Games
… became the first Black African to win gold in the history of the Olympic Games. In the process Bikila set a new …
EventThe National Union of Mineworkers start South Africa’s longest wage strike
… increases for mineworkers. Click here to read our Labour history project … Prehistory - 2000, unpublished papers part of SA History Online's archive.|…