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EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… (BOSS), as well as South Africa's Intelligence formation under General Hendrik van den Bergh. Dr. Eschel Rhoodie, …
EventThe hijacking of an Egypt Air passenger jet to Malta ends in bloodshed.
… named as Omar Rezaq, a Palestinian who boarded the plane under a false identity. He was linked to the extremist Abu …
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… distributing leaflets. In 1961 he was banned and placed under 24 hour house arrest the following year. Nkobi skipped …
PlaceTsolo
… the Transkei and Basutoland had united in common revolt. Under the pretence of joining the British in a police action …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… . Cape Town, David Philip, 2002. Hall, Martin. Archaeology under Apartheid . Archaeology, Volume 41 No 6: 62-4, 1988. …
PlaceElukhanyweni
… the British re-established a tented camp at Keiskammahoek under the command of Colonel Henry Somerset. In April 1852 a …
PlaceMohodi
… the Bantu Authorities Act, it placed Chief Manthatha under a single tribal authority with Chief Machaka as …
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… is a Building in the centre of Cape Town , which is just under Signal Hill . This building houses the Municipality of …
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
… Although Lydenburg was healthier, marauding Bapedi armies under the leadership of Kgosi Sekhukhune fought a series of … still being washed for alluvial gold!…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… society, but suffered extensively from land dispossession under colonial authorities in the 1950s. The formation of … by combining and placing vastly…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… or non-interference, for which the OAU would later come under scrutiny. It was these concerns that had formed the … 1958 and 1960 with the aims of assisting…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… 1993 APLA operatives were brought from the Eastern Cape under instructions and knowledge of their leaders to carry … the constitution into law effective from…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… ANC which was weak in the 1920 and 1930s was consolidated under the leadership of Alfred Xuma into a mass based party … Vigilance Association (LVA) also…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… the Christian church and the Seventh Day Adventist Church under the leadership of Priest John Chilembwe, played an … understood that the Bantu Authorities…
PlaceVlakplaas, Pretoria
… This was a secret operation against terrorism, formed here under the arm of a division of the South African Police, … was a secret operation against…
PlaceMogwase, Bojanala Region
… Mogwase lies near the Pilanesberg National Park. It falls under the Bojanala Platinum District Municipality … Mogwase lies near the Pilanesberg National Park…
PlaceMokopane also known as Potgieterus
… This Farm was returned to the Bjatladi Community under the Land Reform Process , in 2003. There is a wide …
PlaceMokopane- also known as Potgietersrus
… This Farm was returned to the Bjatladi Community under the Land Reform Process , in 2004. There is a wide …
PlaceLuthuli House Museum, KwaDukuza
… was established as a national legacy project. Given that under the apartheid regime most documents, correspondence and …
EventStart of the Muslim community's Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… - for burial purposes. In 1886, the cemetery was closed under the Public Health Act of 1883. This left the Muslim …
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… of the ANC was a product of the objective conditions under which the programme was being put into action. The use … have been wounded by police gunfire…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… At this stage British army was divided into 3 main groups under General Sir Redvers Buller, who was the British …
Student Politics in the Era of Democracy
… student organisations and activists may have operated under dangerous and harsh conditions before 1990, politics …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… Guinea, West Africa. 1483 Diogo CÁ¢o, a navigator acting under the instruction of the Portuguese King John II, reaches …
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… the necessary documentation, pertaining to the conditions under which the immigrants travelled, that had to be …
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… The Afrikaner National Party won the 1948 general election under the slogan apartheid, meaning separateness. The …
ArticleBlack People’s Convention (BPC)
… universities. Many of the campaigns that were undertaken under its auspices were carried out by formations that …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… of Coloured school children were arrested and detained under the Riotous Assemblies Act in Johannesburg during a the …
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… the freedom of their ox wagons and tents to living under the rule of the DElC. Their trek brought them into …
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… also be that the word Tshwane hints at a river that flows under black forests of hills and thick forests used to cover …