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… in a Zulu kingdom which survived not only the death of its founder but later military defeat and calculated attempts … the daughter of a Langeni chief. Information about Shaka's early years is gleaned entirely from oral sources. It is … much from the bullying and teasing of the Mthethwa boys, too, who resented his claims to chiefly descent. As he grew …

… was formally controlled by the British Admiralty. Its purpose was to observe the southern skies and to provide … passing Cape Town harbour. The Observatory is known for its history and its immense contribution to positional astronomy in the … African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence …

… The SS Mendi began its journey from Cape Town to Plymouth …

… Agri South Africa, SA agricultural union, celebrates its 100th birthday. …

… The German East Africa Company cedes its territorial rights to Germany. …

… Chad closes its air space to South African and Portuguese aircraft. …

… Egypt joins the League of Nations as its 59th member. …

… Morocco reclaims its long lost region of Sidi Ifni from Spain …

… The Sharpeville Massacre: Its historic significance in the struggle against apartheid …

… Italy performs its first aerial bombing on Tanguira oasis in Libya. …

… Executive Outcomes, known for its paramilitary actions in Africa, closes down. …

… The SAA undertake its first flight between Cape Town and Durban. …

… Winston Churchill announces that Britain has produced its own atomic bomb. …

… Bechuanaland becomes a British Protectorate, with its administration conducted from Mafeking (Mafikeng). …

… International University Exchange Fund, its Rise and Demise by Enuga S. Reddy …

… International University Exchange Fund, its Rise and Demise by Enuga S. Reddy …

… The Herstigte Nasionale Party (HNP) starts its own newspaper, Die Afrikaner. …

… The contemporary Black Movement as it has developed from its forerunners …

… The contemporary Black Movement as it has developed from its forerunners …

… The South African Labour Bulletin`s survey of its trade union readership …

… Ghana became independent under Kwame Nkrumah. The news of its independence and its leadership under a black a person became a dawning … treatment meted by prison warders particularly in the early 1960s.  He was placed in the Landbou Span (agriculture …

… to Mozambique and into the interior of southern Africa. Early Arab records mention routes and trade posts at various … defence. Mapungubwe was occupied between 1200 and 1300. Its end coincided with the rise of Great Zimbabwe. At Great … as it provided an excuse to move into the area and exploit its gold reserves. He was able to justify his actions by …

… Africa ( APDUSA ) as a mass movement in the NEUM in the early 1960’s resulted in increased organising activity. Te … of KwaZulu Natal (CORDTEK), the first non-racial body of its kind, in anticipation of the need to reform the teacher … into a truly representative empowerment body, serving its members (mainly civil servants) and the community. He …

… 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, … of a series of windows for Smuts Hall on themes from early colonial histon In 1938 he designed a window with the Coat of Arms of the Union of SA and the emblems of its four provinces for the entrance room of the SA National …

… married to Galiema Sadan on 15 March in 1950. During his early years he completed Grade 6 at Talfalah Primary School … newspaper, the ‘Muslim News’ (1960-1986). He was appointed its editor and used the opportunity to make the paper as … his application, and by then he realized that it was too late. The Security Branch had been slowly building up a …

… because of this, she developed highly unconventional views early in life. Betty (as she preferred to be called) quickly … excluding Black Africans from the region’s future. In the early 1900s she began increasingly to work with the Gandhis, … the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) from its founding in 1912. Together with her brothers, John and …

… and a disquieting presence. This is exemplified in her early work Butcher Boys, which consists of three figures with … exploitation. However, Alexander’s work is notable for its absence of direct political signifiers –even her figures … since 1998. Sources Alexander’s work is characterised by its social and political concerns, moving from the local …

… to consider South Africa's constitutional future, releases its final report. Central items of its plan include establishment of a strong executive … to consider South Africa’s constitutional future, releases its final report. …

… established, encouraged by Bolton and  Richard Turner  and its pioneering journal,the South African Labour Bulletin. The … as she felt that the situation in South Africa had become too dangerous. As her husband was a British citizen, her … in a Chinese take-away until November 2005 when it became too painful for her to walk around the counter. Bolton passed …

… Act (1958) that he experienced apartheid discrimination at its worst. While travelling in KwaZulu Natal (then known as … organisations in the liberation struggle grew in the early 1980s. He joined the Steenberg Housing Action Committee … Housing Action Committee (Cahac) , and was elected to its steering committee in 1985.  That year, Van Wyk was also …