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EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… station at the Cape, the course of South Africa history was changed forever. … Cape Town Travel Guide - History [online] Available at: realtravel.com …
EventThambi Naidoo mobilises the Indians
… by Gandhi as one of the most important figures in the history of passive resistance and probably, with A.M. … 9 October 2013]| Callinicos, L. (1993)|South…
EventMilner proposes conditional voting rights for ‘non-Whites’ in SA
… Cameron, T. & Spies S.B. (eds)(1986). An illustrated history of South Africa, Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. … African History,This day in history: 18 May,…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… a project that over the next year will publish a full history of this great South African, as well as histories of …
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… sea could offer. The Birkenhead has secured a place in history due to the gallantry of her men, who, in the face of …
Document 26 - Letter from Patrick Duncan to John Gomas, 3 October 1956
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 26 … South Africa’s Radical Tradition, a…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed the history of South Africa. It paved the way towards a new … SA.Info, ‘South African History: the…
PlaceQueens Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… will enjoy taking your time in the Museum, taking in this History and learning about the City. On the outside of the …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… seen as a last-ditch attempt to save the federation. The history of the federation dates back to 1953. … at africanhistory.about.com [Accessed: 20 January…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… unsuccessful (Dugard, 1978, 324). Others decided to use civil disobedience and other protests, like ‘sit-ins’ at … Patricia Johnson-Castle and forms part of…
PlaceKeetmanshoop
… a spacious hall with reception counters, two telegraphic service offices, a storeroom, an office for the postmaster, … https://www.namibia-accommodation.com…
PlaceCape Peninsula University of Technology
… to have more than 30 000 students, several Campuses and service points and more than 70 programmes. The University … of technology; delivering uncompromising…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… University of the Witwatersrand co-sponsored by The Wits History Workshop The Institute for Global Dialogue The South … married to Walter's aunt. Walter's…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… Distinguished Guests; Citizens of Bloemfontein, The history of South Africa would have been very different … the fact that this region has been a crossroads…
ArticleNon-European Unity Movement (NEUM)
… This article was written by Baruch Hirson A Short history of the Non-European Unity – An insider's view Where … the fact that it is important to gather…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… & Carter, G. – ‘From Protest to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa 1882 – 1964’, …
Robben Island
… the buildings on the island are a reminder of its sad history and because the same buildings also show the power of …
First Matabele War
… Image of King Lobengula from a brochure by 'the History Society of Zimbabwe'. In 1888 Rhodes sent Rev. J.S. …
ArticleCato Manor timeline 1650-2007
… 1650 Earliest known history - the Nqondo clan occupy the land now known as Cato …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… The Day Our Kids Lost Faith. 1976. © Bailey's African History Archives During the 1970s, and particularly in the …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1916
… as one of the most colossal slaughter of men in military history. 15 July–20 July The Battle of Delville Wood, part of … https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/0/ww1…
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… a song that represents the country and its traditions and history. The new anthem is made up of two different anthems …
BiographyTim Bruwer
… that I was not welcome in South Africa because of my "history", and added somewhat apologetically that she was … documented. I had never expected this…
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… Africa: It takes place between two major events in the history of our common struggle. The one event is the glorious … Africa's way of life, more so now than…
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew TREASURER'S … impoverish¬ment after the most…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… the internal security situation, the South African police service will share experiences and exchange information with … land by foreigners. I am referring…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… Fund. They said they had given off their skills in the service of humanity with no thought of compensation. On 8 …
PlaceWinburg
… an ideal destination for those interested in South African History and Culture!" The Town’s rich Historical background … The Winburg Museum offers further…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… available. Read more on the 1913 anti-pass campaign, the history of women’s struggle and pass struggles in … Build More Gaols,’” in Gasa (ed.) Women in South…
EventOne of the most infamous murders in South Africa takes place
… Coloured). Endnotes [i] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper History of South Africa. Wynberg: Don Nelson Publishers, p. … Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper…