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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…
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…
EventCardoso's murderers convicted in Mozambique
… and extradited to Mozambique. Anibalzinho, who led the death squad, was tried in absentia while he was still on the run and received a twenty-eight years…
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…
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…
EventBlast opposite the Athlone Magistrate’s Court and police complex kills two people
… by the two were inconsistent with their manner of death. In her testimony at the Truth and Reconciliation … injuries visible on their bodies were more…
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…
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…
IX - The Doctors
… by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa After receiving his head injury, Biko began to die. According to Professor Proctor, 'treatment might have prevented…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… Diamond mine, after a fellow-worker is kicked to death by a White overseer. White employees join in in … found himself, not a slave, but a pariah in the land…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… the estate inventory of Hendrick Willem van der Merwe and his deceased wife, Aletta Keijser, 6 October 1750. WCA, MOOC … (approximately 35 kilometres from…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… the world is round and he wanted to prove it. To prove his point, he wanted to sail to China and India by going west … was not the only European who …
Chapter Seven - Re-examining the Past
… leadership' and the role of what he termed 'stooges'. His views on these questions were profoundly influenced by his experiences in the CPSA, as well as by…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
South Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
EventSouth Africans commemorated Nelson Mandela with a day of prayer
… and pray for the future of South Africa following the death of Mandela, the country’s first black president. South Africans of all races mourned the death…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… in 1886 with President Brand taking up Quarters, until his Death in 1888. Presidents F.W. Reitz (1888–95) and M.T. Steyn … the Government House and was…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… settlement into a destination in its own right. Among his most ambitious projects was the double-storey Milner … FURTHER READING ) English cricketer George…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Party (SACP), was assassinated in the driveway of his Boksburg home. Two rightwingers, Clive Derby-Lewis and … of unsurpassed courage, has been cut down in…
Chapter 8 - Survivors
… mechanic and we referred all our motor problems to him. His wife was Nomathamsanqa. They had 3 children - Manyano a … bodies of my neighbours and their 4…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… properly understood is why and how such a radical shift in his own views and from the policy position adopted by the … does one understand a man who is among…
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… the evening rush hours. The explosion resulted in the death of one person and severe injuries to more than twenty … Harris was convicted by Mr Justice Ludorf…
EventEric Mntonga is found dead
… police officers were arrested in the wake of Mntonga's death. They were given sentences ranging from two to twelve … Botha's regime and its agents…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina … courts. The Appeal Court's decision saved…
Zulu Community
… young men from all over the kingdom and trained them in his own novel warrior tactics. His military campaign resulted in widespread violence and … by his…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… of the ANC, Cde Oliver Reginald Tambo, was born. It is his values of selflessness; commitment to duty and service; … Yet they remained focused on the clarion…