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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EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.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 …
‘Wash Me Black Again’: African Nationalism, the Indian Diaspora, and Kwa-Zulu Natal, 1944-1960 by Jon Soske
… Hawkins, Rick Halpern, Bill Freund, and Alissa Trotz””each one an exemplary mentor, collaborator, and friend. My … as well as African problem to be settled…
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…
PlaceChristiana, North West
… Region of the North West Province in South Africa. It is part of new newly named Dr. Kenneth Kaunda District. Located … time. The first, 'Residential Stands'…
PlacePort Alfred
… One of the many difficulties faced by the 1820 Settlers , was … Alfred and Grahamstown . The construction of the line was part of the massive expansion of…
PlaceSouth African College High School
… by mining magnate Sir Max Michaelis, and his widow donated part of it to SACS. SACS is the oldest high school in South … in the words of the School Song,…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… Bantu Education, which required immediate action on the part of the democratic movement. As a result, a lengthy … of production. In such circumstances,…
Chapter 7
… The same White rulers who have decided that we are not a part of the S.A. community, who decided that we should only … ourselves to slavery and death. ThereÂ…
ArchiveObituary for Andrew Verster
… Exhibition in 2008 he said “If I had to choose one label for myself and only one it would be Painter. He continued – Working as a full … in them.” The…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveUDF Unites
… Two posters side by side. One white on black and one white on black. Images of two men held apart by one man in centre. Words 'constitutional proposals…
PlaceKrugersdorp
… from the world, as shown in the image! The reserve is one of the best kept secrets in this part of the world and is seldom busy, and because it is …
PlaceDiepsloot, Johannesburg
… loosely translated as "deep ditch" from the Afrikaans, is one of Johannesburg's most densely populated townships. … units, such as RDP (RDP houses: a house…
PlaceMkumeni Location, Flagstaff
… and the Indian Ocean to the South. Ingquza Hill is one of the five Municipalities in the District, accounting … time, to all persons in a country or a well…
EventThe first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… and all Black South Africans were made citizens of one of these 'homeland' 'countries', regardless of where they … millions of now non-citizens of South…
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 …
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… In October 1913, once again mother and daughter were part of the second batch of women who marched to Natal. They …
EventThe South African government is to grant self-government to KaNgwane
… deal with Swaziland, of which KaNgwane was to have been part. South Africa and Swaziland were not new to conflicting …