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The French Revolution
… the French Republic, Liberty, Equality andBrotherhood – or death. Source: unknown The peasants and the urban workers … King Louis': The first “Louis” was…
Address by President, Nelson R. Mandela, at the funeral of Martin Chris Hani FNB Stadium, Soweto, 19 April 1993
… I ask you all to rise for a moment's silence in tribute to his memory. Even as we do so, let us also remember those who … the problems that plague the rural…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
… built up a booming wine export business. After starting his life in South Africa as a butcher boy in what is now the Cape Town CBD, he later opened his very…
South African and World leaders
… he was thrown in jail more than once. He spent 27 years of his life in jail, most of which were on Robben Island. … People held protest marches, made posters…
The African Resistance Movement (ARM): An Organisational History
… proficiency and sabotage operations. Subsequent to his release from prison, Lang began sourcing financial … the operation was cancelled after Eddie Daniels…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… petty criminals” that were targeted. They announced the death toll at 61 but doctors reported it at 128. Doctors also … pressures on the TMC to some degree…
Closing Address of Comrade Nelson R Mandela, Deputy President of the ANC 16 December 1990
… of the peace process being derailed. We met De Klerk and his delegation and presented to him a document in which we frankly criticised him personally and…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the 26th Singapore Lecture, “Africa’s Season of Hope: The Dawn of a new Africa-Asia Partnership”, at Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore, 21 April 2005.
… and traditions. Historian Basil Davidson, writing in his book, African Civilisation Revisited says that: "When our … our common world, especially the…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… warfare spreads, a woman grieves over her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu … Inkatha Freedom Party support bases. In…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… for ivory and, presumably, to further investigate his find. This time, Kruger was accompanied by a party of … of Potchefstroom stands today. All but Erasmus…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… South African liberation movements derives primarily from his two crowning achievements: President of the African … elected Zulu chief) engaged the world of…
ArchiveReview since last Conference
… to SACC regarding the review of the conference about the death of Steve Biko. Also asking the authority to institute the judicial inquiry into Steve's death…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… of BCP, which he joined in August 1972 after quitting his medical studies at the University of Natal. He described … being who finds it very difficult to…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… Trial (October 1963) after which Mandela and seven of his colleagues were sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben … and South African Communist Party banned…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to find land security in an … to the Umsundusi River to a place…
Arthur Chaskalson: 24 November 1931 - 1 December 2012 by Jeremy Gauntlett, 4 December 2012
… to erode' its independence. In its present form, on his meticulous analysis, the Bill does exactly that. But he … newly-established Constitutional Court, and…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… by the Africans, for the Africans, with everybody who owes his only loyalty to Afrika and who is prepared to accept the … 1969, he was placed under house…
PlaceStellenberg, Stellenberg Avenue, Kenilworth
… Vogel in 1697 but it was almost immediately transferred to his youngest son, Frans van der Stel, on extremely favourable … Dwelling, on Stellenberg with her…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… between Africa and the West. A giant literary figure in his own right — strictly speaking, Senghor who started the … literary movement in 1920’s is Bâ’s…
PlaceGoedverwacht, West Coast of Cape Town
… When the emancipation of the slaves was in sight, he asked his slave,' Maniesa', (originally from Bengal, India ), and … to stay on the farm with him and…
PlaceDriefontein, Mpumalanga
… History 2 April 1983 Saul Vusumzi Mkhize (47) is shot to death by a white policeman, Constable Johannes Nienaber. The … school in the then Eastern Transvaal …
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 4: Turning points in modern South African History since 1948
… on an anti-pass campaign on Monday the 21st. According to his "Testimony about the Launch of the Campaign," Sobukwe … to us. And we have sworn that we are…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… still characterise our people today. Jan van Riebeeck and his Dutch companions were received with the same hospitality … During the course of that long…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… Mayor Jacob Kuzwayo Dlamini, who was beaten and burnt to death by an angry mob on 3 September 1984. They faced … arrested, tried and sentenced. They spent…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… King Louis XIV reigned from 1643 to 1713. [4] After his death, his great-grandson, King Louis XV became king at the age of …
ArchiveThe New South African Revolution by Prithiraj Dullay, 03 April 2017
… and former head of the S African Revenue Service, plus his deputy were recalled from London in the midst of a … returned to the economy. The president was…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… visiting Spanish sea captain. Hooper and Kelly rode up by his side, disguised as British officers. They managed to … Mauritius and James Hooper. Another 11…
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… challenge to conventional understandings of the Mfecane in his article "The Mfecane as Alibi." He argued that the … been contested by scholars such as…
PlaceCala, Eastern Cape
… of the Sharpeville Massacre. The reason given for his expulsion was that he ‘incited students to be involved in … activities’. On 24 September 1985 Ndondo…
EventAmy Biehl is murdered in Cape Town
… a township just outside Cape Town, and stabbed to death. Biehl was driving three co-workers to their homes in … on the head with a brick. Amy was beaten and…