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EventThree Delmas trialist released
… African National Congress. The state argued that they were part of a conspiracy to overthrow the government Click here …
EventSouth Africa mandated to govern South
… and legislation over the territory as an integral part of the Union of South Africa, with the aim of promoting …
EventSouth African Police (SAP) is founded
… when negotiations broke down, around 19 000 miners took part in mass action that turned violent on 5 July 1913 as it …
EventGrammy Award winner Miriam Makeba is born in Johannesburg
… Masekela. Makeba died on 9 November 2008 while taking part in a concert in Italy. …
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… the urban areas or to remote areas. The announcement was part of the new legislation the government had planned to …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… named it the Cape of Good Hope. In 1910, Walvis Bay became part of the newly formed Union of South Africa. Prior to …
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… cross-road had now been reached. Below we have given part of the N.I.C. secretarial report for the year. Source: … provides for the convening of a national…
PlaceChintsa
… restaurants. Chintsa in the Eastern Cape is recognised as one of South Africa’s prime coastal destinations. It’s the … learning the different clicks in the…
PlaceLaaiplek, Velddrif, West Coast of Cape Town
… sea, its name derived from its function : 'A place where one can offload the catch of the day on the pier.' The heart … merged and Laaiplek's Grocery Store,…
PlaceVilliersdorp
… R43 in the Cape Overberg Region, in a valley accessed by one of four spectacular mountain passes. The quaint little … and an appealing option for a weekend…
PlaceKoelfontein Wine Farm
… their families. This is the legacy of Koelfontein farm, one which continues to sustain the lives of all who toil here … venue. Wine grapes and brandy…
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
… White man. They were both found to have taken an active part in the murder and both were executed on 28 November 1904. The murder was a particularly brutal…
PlacePotchefstroom
… Farming Community, the Country’s largest Chalk Factory and one of the largest Organ Factories, in South Africa. The … of 'Esselen' and 'Van der Hoff' Streets…
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… considerable number of question marks put beside it on the part of the HNP. Mr. Chairman, for what does the National … country to be adept as far as its…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… outside the country from 1969 to 1994 [3] . Vlakplaas was one of these squads and it operated mostly within the … black police officers who had participated…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Muslims of the Batavian Empire of which the Cape formed a part. Commander de Mist published Ordinance 50, which … during 1804, two "Javaansche Artilleries"…
Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
… Mandela had already displayed these attributes. In twenty-one years of harsh incarceration, he has lost none of them. … come to our aid to expand the…
Passive Resistance in South Africa by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "Southern Africa in Transition by Davis, John A. and James K. Baker"(Pall Mall Press), London, 1966
… power in May, 1948. These were the disciples of Hitler. One year later, the shape of things to come was clear. Laws … emphasised nonviolence. It called…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… repression in order to defeat the forces of democracy. One hundred and fifty six leaders of the Congress Alliance … Charter is not only a document in our…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… This article was written by Nehal Patel and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University … patriarchal, apartheid South Africa, Fester became a…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… liberation by a people could be snuffed out by victory in one battle, how wrong they were to be proved. Within the … wave which no amount of repression and…
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… liberation by a people could be snuffed out by victory in one battle, how wrong they were to be proved. Within the … wave which no amount of repression and…
ANC statement on the high court`s ruling against IT, 29 October 1998
… contained in the report will now unfortunately become part of South Africa`s history. The ANC will make a …
PlaceAdelaide, Eastern Cape
… William IV. Despite the earlier English settlers, who were part of the 1820 Settlers later on, a large numbers of both …
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… the Referendum required a 50+1 result to secede or remain part of Sudan and quorum of 50% of registered voters in the …
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… black workers at the university being forced to take part in degrading activities that included eating food that …
EventA national congress, under auspices of the Dutch Reformed Church, meets to discuss the ‘poor White problem’
… issue in South Africa in the late 19th century and first part of the 20th century. The issue of 'poor Whites' was …
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… being killed, including four South Afrian soldiers taking part in the raid. After the Matolo raid, the Soviet Union an …
EventDanie Malan, SA athlete, sets a new world record in the 1 000m event in Munich
… was raised in the Boland area of the Cape, where he took part in athletics from a young age. Malan began to take …
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… Cape Colony in 1884, governed as a White enclave, not as part of the Transkeian territories. However, in 1976 the SA …