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Biographical Introduction
… had the opportunity to develop detailed records of their lives and achievements. In addition, such phenomena as … corrected, and other sources identified and…
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… Defiance Campaign mass meeting The post-1948 period saw the African National Congress (ANC) abandoning its traditional reliance on tactics of moderation such…
EventPaul Michael Sibisi, SA artist and teacher involved in setting up cultural art workshops in Natal, is born.
… Michael Paul Sibisi was born in Umkhumbane, Durban on 23 September 1948. He studied art at the Ndaleni Educational Training … Lorna Peirson . After…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… the Nationalist Party Government since it came to power in 1948, the National Executive Committee of the African … great fight which is before us. When we…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… a new era. Twelve thousand South Africans had given their lives in the great struggle of democracy against fascism. … who had helped the war effort at home,…
Prehistory of the Nelspruit area
… the cattle track leads to a central enclosure with an exit on the opposite side; cattle driven outside to the right enter a byre on the up-hill side, while…
Archive1997 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 1997
… to account in a comprehensive manner to the citizens on the awesome responsibilities they have mandated us to … steadily but surely starting to make an…
EventBattle of Dogali: Ethiopian army defeat the invading Italians
… time Ethiopians had the most well equipped standing army on the African continent. The Italians by contrast had only … emerged as a unified country and, even…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… that niche. And today, we converge to draw a curtain on that unique association, those unique friends who were to … as a member of the battalions of…
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… s igned a joint declaration committing themselves to the spirit of established protocols and ensuring that agreed … peace agreement is signed . The final…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… he married an English woman, Ruth Williams in September 1948, in England, without the permission of the tribal … come under the control of white Afrikaner…
Reply by President Jacob Zuma to the debate of the Presidency budget vote, 13 May 2010
… United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, was similarly forward looking. By the same measure, the … in place, and that work is continuing…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… 150 of his pictures are in a retrospective of the years 1948 to 1999 now at the Axa Gallery. They have borne witness, … World War II and dreamed of escaping…
ArticleSouth African Coloured People Organisation (SACPO)
… The National Party (NP) , after its ascendance to power in 1948, radicalised it, however. These legislations took away … by the NP. Legislations that had an…
EventLevy Mwanawasa, third President of Zambia dies in Paris , France.
… Mwanawasa was born in Northern Rhodesia (Now Zambia) in 1948. He studied law at the University of Zambia and went on to form his own law firm, Mwanawasa &…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… has been the ruling party in South Africa since apartheid. 1948 The state of Israel is established. Israel is Western … http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa…
ArchiveStanding For The Truth
… A2 green text red fish on white litho poster; text: Standing for the truth: The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed me to …
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… by day and by night, for a mere pittance lay down their lives to the familiar 'fall of rock' and who, at deep levels, … Congress , describing the lives of…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… [x] Turning back the clock just over a decade, the year 1948 was one of the darkest for both the Palestinian and … once a Jewish state was established the…
Resist Apartheid Campaign Message to Meeting in Johannesburg, 11 July 1954
… Chief Lutuli intended to address a meeting in Johannesburg on July 11, 1954, in protest against the Western Areas … I cannot be with you in the flesh but I…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress Nelson Mandela, at the European parliament Strasbourg, 13 June 1990
… have served as a vindication of the nobility of the human spirit. They have demonstrated the undiminished strength of … and the rest of our region, who have…
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… arrived in the Cape. This was the first River that Jan van Riebeeck named! …
ArticleTransport in the air
… From the 1880s onwards, many more scientists worked on such gliders, and the designs became more and more … Otto Lilienthal made several gliders, and they…
ArchiveThe Little Freedom Fighter with the Ponytail by Greg Ardé
… of people in power. Councillors ask: "Who is she to speak on behalf of the poor?" Meer, they say, uses "rent-a-crowd" … which covers the life of Mohandas…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO MEMBERS OF THE SWISS-SOUTH AFRICAN ASSOCIATION Zurich, 2 September 1997
… a great honour. It is all the more welcome when our host on this impressive occasion is an organisation whose raison … strength from programmes which are…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
… if the women went to prison as a result of protesting. On the first day of the new Campaign, Gandhi, together with … to deport them. The police took the…
EventAsiatic Law Amendment Act is passed in Transvaal parliament leading to increased Indian protest under MK Gandhi
… population. At a mass protest meeting held in Johannesburg on September 11th that year, MK Gandhi adopted his … or non-violent protest for the first time. He…
EventDorothy Nyembe is released from jail
… Manor protests, was released from jail with her political spirit still intact. After her release she became an active … and lack of child care facilities…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… 1806 Sir John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity … be sold for 5 to 10 years with a monthly rental of 10s; Jan…
PlaceRiebeek West
… named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck . The village was the birthplace of General …