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EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… was a campaign at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places frequented by police. McBride was caught …
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… trade led to the establishment of fortified trading stations and eventually permanent European settlements in the …
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
… Boers referred to? (1) Total: 20 Genadendal: the first mission station in southern Africa 1738 Genadendal ('Valley … province of South Africa, built on the…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… Corporation, shutting down 3 radio and 2 television stations. He then sought armed support from the Afrikaner …
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police stations, railway installations and mines on the …
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… services, motor dealerships, a BMW franchise and petrol stations. His biggest project to date is the joint venture …
Intersex South Africa (ISSA)
… Gross. According to ISSA’s manifesto, the goals of their mission include raising awareness of intersex issues in South …
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… in 1900 proved successful. By 1912, there were Marconi stations all over the world, including South Africa, which …
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… representatives. This was known in some circles as the “G-Plan” or “Goniwe’s Plan”. By late 1984, Cradock and the … through Stofile to the chief of the ANC’s…
Sadecque Variava
Early life and schooling Sadecque Variava was born on 8 July 1949 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), the fourth of seven…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… Phokeng. Some two hundred farmers decided to come to the mission and eject the homeless people, but Bishop Kevin … the coup plotters moved, took over army…
PlaceThe Mead and Meadway, Pinelands-Cape Town
… pockets and Trees litter the Landscape and two Metrorail Stations are also located within its Boundaries. “The fact … churches of the suburb. Pinelands is…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… had been discovered after a brief period. The unit's first mission was undertaken on 16 June 1977, the first anniversary of the Soweto uprising. Its mission…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… would be safe. The next day the party, which included the mission staff and the family of the local trader, were …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… was against killing people, and rather burnt down power stations and government buildings, although on occasions …
Safety and security issues
… and abuse charges can successfully be laid at police stations, the cases might not be won in the court of law, due …
ArticleTransformation in Southern Africa Timeline 1700-1800
… Both sides suffer heavy losses. 1834 A reconnaissance mission by Voortrekkers reports that the areas in Natal south … uninhabited as a result of the Mfecane…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… the Orange Free State stabilised under the leadership of J.H. Brand. Stability in the Transvaal had to await the … of several Protestant and Catholic…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Stellenbosch, Worcester, Port Elizabeth, Kimberley and mission stations the like of Saron and Mamre. [viii] Certainly the … casualties the next day were…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… and university officials, Zuma announced via broadcast stations that there would be a freeze on the increase that …
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… and university officials, Zuma announced via broadcast stations that there would be a freeze on the increase that …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of the oldest Railway Stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage …
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… There was also a shortage of petrol, leaving some petrol stations without fuel. The matter was resolved after ten days. …
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
… was founded by Trappist Monks in 1882, as a Catholic Mission and now boasts an impressive display of Architecture … and a new order began, that went on to…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando Police stations in Soweto and the Wonderboom Police station in …
EventNiger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated
… Immediately after the incident, communication lines, radio stations and borders were closed down. The troops, well …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… late 1800s, gold mining was tied to electricity. [4] Power stations were placed near goldmines, as goldmines were the … the late 1920s and early 1930s, ESCOM…
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… Burundian peacekeepers, deployed under the African Union Mission to Somalia (AIMSOM). AIMSOM forces were mostly … 2012, but a sequence of Al-Shabaab attacks…
Independent Electoral Commission
… every voter is able to record his or her informed choice. MISSION STATEMENT The Independent Electoral Commission is a …