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A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… to put his idea in motion. Before the congress, on 12 August 1933, the Broederbond decided to appoint a … and the Apartheid state When the Nationalist Party…
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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…
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 &…
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…
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…
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…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
… forever. Madiba’s release from prison set our nation on the course of liberation and culminated in the first … for future generations of our country. …
Place'Amstel River', Now Known as Liesbeek River
… arrived in the Cape. This was the first River that Jan van Riebeeck named! …
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceRiebeek West
… named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck . The village was the birthplace of General …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… Cape Town to Pretoria. This re-enactment of the trek began on 8 August 1938, at the foot of the Jan van Riebeeck statue in Cape Town, and sparked mass … and…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… could the invasion of South West Africa be fully launched. On 5 March 1916 South African Troops, led by General Jan Smuts , invaded East Africa in their…
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…
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…
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…