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EventBurundi gains independence from Belgium
… (DRC) gained its independence on 01 July 1962. Formerly part of German East Africa, Burundi gained its independence …
EventFifteen English cricket players are prohibited to play for three years in England because of their rebel tour of South Africa
… After the 1982 English tour, fifteen players who took part in it received three year bans from professional …
EventSwaziland welcomes SA’s offer to hand over parts of KaNgwane and KwaZulu
… it claims the territory is historically and culturally part of the Swazi kingdom. The areas demarcated for the hand …
EventIOC extends South Africa’s ban from Olympic games
… Olympic games in 1964, South Africa was banned from taking part in the games by the International Olympic Committee …
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… Security Act and suspension of violence by the ANC as part of the on-going negotiations to end minority White rule. …
PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… made small alterations to the building. In October 1908 a part of the complex burnt down after which it was restored by …
ArticleThe Azania Liberation Support Committee and its publications by Allison Drew
… Worker and Azania Frontline as publications that were part of the South African liberation movement but independent … Organiser did the printing at a reduced…
Statement at the Symposium on the Survival and Development of Children in the Frontline States and Southern Africa, Harare, March 1-5, 1988
… with us the future of the millions of children of this part of the world and what we can do together to shape that … to ban and suppress all mass political…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
… floated in the air like the lightest of feathers. No one was prepared to digest it because it bucked a narrative … strong credentials. As mentioned in a…
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
… of equal worth whatever the colour, race or creed of any one of them. This kind of South Africa is the precise goal of … of a recently published book on…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… why the arts and humanities are so important and why the one-sided emphasis on science, technology, and engineering is … role-models, especially in senior…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… by this hallowed institution of American democracy. As one who has dedicated his life to the pursuit of unity, I am … confront us, there is in all of us the…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of nearly every family spent some time … it was left to provincial authorities to…
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… with a communist republic. The Freedom Charter was seen as part of the conspiracy, and was therefore a document …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… destroys Struis Bay school Principal's office. 10 August, Part of a prefabricated building of the Peninsula College for …
ArticleAfrapix
… and in the cultural and media organisations that formed part of the broad 'people's culture' or 'resistance arts' …
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… of the birth of Yusuf Dadoo in 2009, SAHO is, as part of its rewriting of the history of the liberation …
PlaceGermiston
… was generated by industrial development. Germiston is now part of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality which includes much of the East Rand and is also…
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… for the Battle of Adwa (Adwa being a town in the northern part of Ethiopia, which was then known as Abyssinia) was laid … decisive leadership and military…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… enact these murderous acts. The Aftermath of Sharpeville One of the turning points in the history of South Africa was … by the police. On 14 October 1962,…
PlaceKenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve
… hectare Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve is regarded as one of the finest coastal / river forests and bush clump / … dassies or rock hyrax. There are even…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… the Government have passed rules under it whereby a fee of one pound is required from each person not being able to pass … out-and-out opponent of the…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… the Government have passed rules under it whereby a fee of one pound is required from each person not being able to pass … out-and-out opponent of the…
ArticleHuman Rights and the South African Constitution
… The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is one such national institution, which derives its powers from …
ArticleBizana and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962
… in the homelands. Opposition came from two sides. On the one hand, there were the people of the African National …
Delegates in attendance at the SANNC Founding Conference in 1912
… he became chief Chaplain Thomas Levi Mvabaza - delivered one of the speeches on the programme) Meshack Pelem – Vice …
ArticlePondoland
… Pondoland is the traditional area of the Pondo people, one of the Xhosa speaking peoples. Pondoland area is …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1920-1929
… 5, 1924. 1924 September 18, Gandhi: (Delhi). Twenty-one days' fast as a penance for Hindu-Muslim riots and a …
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… climate led to the change from the nomadic way of life to one of settled farming communities. The Nile River The Nile … The triangular shape of the pyramids…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… his regiments, the baggage battalions. He knew where each one was, when it started, when it should arrive at its … wives and could even send their children…