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… Africa Company (BSAC) or Chartered Company was hoisted in Bulawayo, the Matabele capital, after the Company's … consisted of a Union Jack emblazoned with the BSAC badge in the centre. A mining concession had been obtained from Chief Lobengula in 1888 and the BSAC, under Cecil John Rhodes, succeeded in …

… Diego Suarez naval base off Madagascar. This attack was in support of the beleaguered Vichy French Forces that were … feared that Japan would overrun all the allied colonies in the Indian Ocean, and use these colonies as bases to … Australia and the United States Navy. Had they persisted in their course in the Indian  Ocean, the outcome of the …

… The South African National Archive has repositories in: Cape Town; Pretoria ; The Free State , in Bloemfontein . The Old Cape Archives, a National Monument and most prominent architectural landmark in Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town , has now been fully … South African National Archive in Cape Town …

… Station of the Berlin Missionary Society in the Uniondale District. Named after the German Missionary- Schmidt.  Who in 1737 began to work among the Khoikhoi in the Western Cape Province. … Anhalt-Schmidt, a Mission Station in Little Karoo …

… and Rustenburg, through Northern Bechuanaland to Angola, in search of a country where they could live according to … on account of the hardships the Afrikaners experienced in the desert. The first Thirstland Trek, which started in 1874 under the leadership of Gert Alberts, reached Lake …

… ex-husband Richard Burton, also an actor, while on holiday in Chobe Game Park, Botswana. Taylor and Burton were both … Fred Knoessen (manager) and Brian Graham (tour guide) in the far-off village of Kasane. News of this marriage … 10 years, and lasted only nine months. Burton died at 58 in 1984 from cerebral hemorrhage, while Taylor died at 76 in …

… article is about the emergence convocation of churches in South Africa which was held in Johannesburg on 30-31 May, in order to outline a plan of effective non-violence campaign. … Emergency convocation of churches in South Africa …

… Minister B.J. Vorster and Chief Leabua Jonathan of Lesotho in Cape Town, at the end of which a joint statement was issued emphasising their belief in peaceful co-existence. Economic aid and technical … economic survival. Political exiles were welcome to stay in Lesotho provided they did not use the country as a base …

… future president of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1997, was born in Polokwane on this day. He was detained on Robben … presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of South Africa in 1988.   … Dr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane …

… his government's controversial land acquisition programme in Zimbabwe. Through this programme the government was not … stating that the land was never bought by the colonists. In spite of the fact that this outrageous move was likely to cause major problems in agriculture, the Zimbabwean government went ahead with it. …

… F.W. de Klerk dismissed twenty-three top army officers in December alleged to be involved in covert action aimed at undermining Black opposition groups … investigate incidents of public violence and intimidation in South Africa prior to the 1994 general election. During …

… The dentist Dr Phillip Blaiberg died in Cape Town after living 19 months and 15 days following a … successful heart transplant operation by Dr. Chris Barnard in January, 1968. Blaiberg, the longest-surviving heart … he had performed the first operation on Louis Washkansky in 1967. …

… African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock, became the only player in Test cricket history to have taken 300 wickets and score 3 … of South Africa’s match against their Indian counterparts in Calcutta, India. The 31-year old Pollock reached the … Anil Kumble for a quick single to take his score to six. In spite of Pollock's accomplishments South Africa lost the …

… one of the most controversial figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early in his life, as a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Koornhof wrote a … Dr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies …

… of South Africa (TLSA), educationist and teacher, is born in Rorke's Drift, Kwazulu-Natal . He was the only Black … having been denied entry to the Rhodes University College in Grahamstown and Victoria College in Stellenbosch, now the University of Stellenbosch , because …

… kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo was born in Nongoma, Zululand (now KwaZulu-Natal). He recieved formal instruction in traditional Zulu customs while he was at his father's … Zulus at a traditional ceremony attended by 20 000 people in Nongoma on the 3rd of December 1971. …

… of Durban, near Gingindlovu. Where the first sugar factory in Zululand was established in 1908 by Sir J.L. Hulett . Roughly an hour's drive from … overlooking the sea – there aren't many spots elsewhere in South Africa where you'll witness this anomaly. The water …

… An address to the Press luncheon in Washington DC on the national liberation struggle in South Africa … On the current political trends in South Africa in the context of the struggle for national liberation …

… the position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities. … The position of the Democratic Movement on participation in institutions of minority rule in the oppressed communities …

… know. Yet some rocks who have also played crucial roles in making Cape Town the city it is today are so often overlooked. In the light of Women’s Day, on the 59th anniversary of the 9 … Labour (1909) called for the employment of woman. 9. Anti-apartheid activist: Dora Tamana Born in the Transkei, Dora …

… president Nelson Mandela addressed a crowd of 300 000 in Port Elizabeth in what was described as South Africa's biggest ever … the crowd that he would be meeting President F.W. de Klerk in order to discuss the intensification of violence …   Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in KwaZulu-Natal , 1985-1994  : Pretoria: University of …

… In what was widely regarded as move to prepare the ground for … was to come into effect on 1 April 1993. He reduced it in size and for the first time appointed non-White members of … Magnus Malan, a former Minister of Defence who was demoted in 1991 as result of the Inkathagate scandal. Jac Rabie and …

… on 15 and 16 July to examine concerns about violence in South Africa and appropriate actions to end it. In order to address the concerns of all parties, the Security … existing measures to bring about an end to violence in South Africa. Click here to read our This Day in History …

… Twelve people are killed in Mamelodi, Pretoria, when the police open fire on a crowd gathered to protest the army's presence in the township, high rents and restrictions on the holding … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. …

… Sinclair presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Durban on 15 October 1973, discussing: 25 years of Apartheid, Bantustans, migrant labour, Black consciousness, … Address presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Durban …

… convention called The Congress of the People started in Kliptown, near Johannesburg. The proposition for this form … National Congress (ANC) Queenstown regional conference in 1953. It was endorsed by the ANC national conference held in December. The convention was attended by approximately …

… members, Sipho Dlamini and Busi Majola were shot dead in a house near Mbabane in Swaziland. They had both formerly been students at the …   According to City Press the same incident occurred in the suburb of Dalriach near Mbabane. The details were all … Saldru clippings collection, ‘Two ANC members killed in Swaziland’, Black politics 1986d| Saldru clippings …

… the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was born in Umgeni Road in 1944, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents … Free State - OFS (now Free State Province). During the Apartheid era, Indians were not allowed to live in the OFS …

… Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was originally from India, who had … debate on the launching of an armed struggle against the apartheid state. Vandeyar was among the first to agree to … for a selective cultural boycott; the blacklisting of apartheid collaborators who had participated in the racist …