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EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… The battle of Dogali was a skirmish that was part of a larger conflict between the Italians and the …
EventGhana is declared a republic
… Though it was declared a republic, the country remained part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. A year later …
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… head-on confrontation between state and security police on one hand, Mandela, Sisulu, Mbeki and their colleagues on the … holds a special place in the tale…
Chapter 16. Coloured and Indian Members - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… We called them into the office individually. The first one to come was a young Coloured girl and, after years of … the reply came promptly, as she had been…
EventRiaan Cruywagen was born on this day
… his career as a journalist in 1965 when he started working part time at the SABC in Cape Town. He is best known for his …
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… system that did not recognize 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa, hence employment seekers …
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… his kingdom to include areas that were previously not a part of his kingdom. He was also passionate about modernising …
EventThe Excelsior, biggest diamond till then, is found in the Jagersfontein mine, OFS
… which has been described as a colossal mistake on the part of the cutters. In its original form it had measured 970 …
EventNelson and Winnie Mandela travel to Canada.
… his release from 27 years of imprisonment. The visit was part of a six week tour of 14 nations in Africa, Europe and …
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… between Pretoria and Midrand (Johannesburg), that forms part of the Tshwane Metropolitan. …
EventJudgement is handed down in a landmark case
… apartheid laws regulating movement and torture, and became part of the process of chipping away of apartheid policies. …
EventEnd of the road for the Union Jack in Africa
… reconciliation between Blacks and Whites and agreed to be part of the Commonwealth countries in the process. …
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… FA on 14 March 1994, Viljoen led his party the FF to take part in the historic first democratic elections in South …
EventEgyptian women files divorce under new law
… women to prove physical or psychological harm on the part of their husband. Gabr, from the northern area of Tanta, …
EventPolitical activist and lawyer A. P. Mda is born
… held in Port Elizabeth in June 1949. He was also part of the breakaway group from the African National …
EventWorld’s largest diamond at the time, the Cullinan, is found in South Africa
… was given as a gift to King Edward VII and now forms part of the British crown jewels. Experts have valued this … Telegraph Media Group, (2009), One of the…
EventCommunity leader James Sofasonke Mpanza is born
… for Johannesburg's Blacks, was born in Georgedale, today part of Cato Ridge. Mpanza was the only member of the Orlando …
EventPriscah Jeptoo is born in Nandi Kenya
… in marathons in Paris, Turin and London. In 2011 she took part in the Discovery Kenya Cross Country Marathon and won. …
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… bayonets of silk as the sun beats down its rays all worn a one and a two, a lean hungry ten the red and the black the … nothing...nothing to tell. Sixth day,…
PlaceMokopane also known as Potgieterus
… Bushveld , with many Vachellia and Senegalia trees (part of the acacia genus). As well as aloes, which blooms in … The Zebediela Citrus Estate, 55 km to the…
PlaceMokopane- also known as Potgietersrus
… Bushveld , with many Vachellia and Senegalia trees (part of the acacia genus). As well as aloes, which blooms in … The Zebediela Citrus Estate, 55 km to the…
PlaceMitchell's Plain, Cape Flats
… new railway line, just West of Langa . Mitchell's Plain is one of fifteen areas identified as high priority for action …
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… tiny, cement cells infested with lice, and were only given one filthy blanket. [4] Overwhelmed by the arrest and the … Winnie and dismissed all of her…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… of the press, etc., made him reach for his gun. It was part of his creed that Church and State work hand in hand, … to his satisfaction the job of being…
Archive2013 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2013
… River Water Augmentation has commenced and it will provide part of the water required for the Matimba and the Medupi … unemployment. Honourable members, We…
ArchiveSubbiah Moodley - "Voices Of Resistance" - University Of Durban Westville, Documentation Centre, Oral History Project , 2002
… War, and we lived in a complex in Umgeni Road. It had one entrance and a number of houses at the back, and we had … were, and like blowing up certain…
PlaceOuteniqua Pass-N9
… between the two Towns and the Langkloof Valley . It forms part of the Cape Fold Belt . This belt is a 1300 km long, … Town, formed initially on the '…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… I began a correspondence also with Manilal Gandhi. He was one of the sons of Mahatma Gandhi and he made his home at the … National Action Committee in South…
Chapter X - Trial by detention
… had come free but they left in police custody, all except one, Wilton Mkwayi, who had actually been pushed aside by the … locked up for the rest of the night…
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…