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EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… 19 May 2011] Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 27 June,’from African History, [online] Available at www.africanhistory.about.com, …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… and left for Europe. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘The history of the War,’ from Paperspast, [online] Available at … Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger, from South…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… and the most exciting years of this country's recent history, Norman Levy's autobiography combines a narrative of … experience with South African economic…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… the most significant political events in the 19th Century history of Cape Muslims. In commemoration of the 124th … Centre to the Tana Baru Cemetery. Related:…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… to all South Africans who care deeply about their history, and take a keen interest in the diverse and … story that either re-wrote or else virtually erased…
Statement at the International Conference on the EEC and South Africa by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 27 January 1979
… people. On this road lies the continuation of the anti-colonial tradition of the Irish people who themselves fought … to be contributing to the elaboration…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… and it stands tall as a testimony to the constructive history of South Africa. The thatched roof revolves to allow … popular tourist spot for young and old,…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… , 97.89% and therefore the first language is Zulu. The women are the predominant gender, 57.29%, because like in …
EventEmily Hobhouse reports on her findings regarding concentration camps during the Second Anglo Boer War
… , reported to the British government that she found 2 000 women and children in shocking circumstances in the British …
ArchiveThe National situation, an address delivered at the Edendale Conference of the All African Convention
… second, was the arrest of more than 200 African men and women of Sekukuniland. The third event of great political …
The National Anthem
… note that the sheet music is in .pdf format (245 KB). History A proclamation issued by the (then) State President …
ArticleRock Art
… possible (Lewis-Williams, D. 1981). Ethnology and oral history has been used to obtain information about "Bushman" …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… between 1750 and 1850. Change is the driving force in history. Without change there would be no progress. As a …
ArticlePretoria: The Founding of the City
… [i] Wright, E. (ed.). 2015. Oxford dictionary of world history. United Kingdom: oxford Press. page 536 ↵ [ii] …
Formation and launch of the UDF
… 1983 the UDF leadership sought unions support. ( For more history on the UDF, click on the hyperlink above. ) Growing …
Appeal by Oliver Tambo to the people of the world on the 75th anniversary of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987
… of the oppressive and evil system of white minority colonial domination and its replacement by a new democratic …
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
… 1994. Apartheid grew out of racial segregation under Dutch colonial rule and took shape under the National Party, which …
PlacePondoland
… coast without the express permission of the British Colonial Government. In March 1861 the northern reaches of …
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… array and fusion of international-class, ultra-modern and colonial-style accommodation that lines Durban’s beachfront. … . Boston: American Board.|Baumann,…
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… cartoon images of European politicians overseeing colonial holdings with maps of newly independent nations led … It’s easy to overlook the narrative…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… creation of an environment conducive to the advancement of women's emancipation, including targeted skills development. … in various sections of the document…
A call to the people of South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 02 May 1987
… and resolve among the black workers unprecedented in the history of our struggle. There have been more workers` … Most significant is the growing unity of…
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… survive in Southern Africa, the one above at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo and the other in the Museum Africa … deteriorated and in 1964 it was sent…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… World Cup finals. References: Resha R. (1957), 'Sporting History is Made' from New Age, 14 March 1957 (Available at … 'Football in South Africa - timeline'…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… The information scandal: africacrime-mystery.co.za History: south-african-hotels.com South African History Online: sahistory.org …
EventDr. Margaret Roach ‘Killie’ Campbell, collector of Africana, dies in Durban
… where she is said to have developed a profound interest in history. Campbell was well known for her private collection … to write their family stories, in…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… in South Africa. Click here to read our This Day in History entry: Major political organisations sign the … here to read the resolution. References: South…
Cutting Through The Mountain
… is primairly a collection of portraits it is also a 'history-in-the-round' of the last sixty years, as seen from a … on the same events creates a three…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
… countries. The leaders of the freedom movements in many colonial countries acknowledge the inspiration of Gandhiji. … event in the struggle and added a new…