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ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of … 1930 a new factory is opened in Harrower Road…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day celebrations, Bisho Stadium, Eastern Cape, 27 April 2007
… in Bhisho as well as in different parts of the country on this historic day, 27 April 2007, to hold aloft the banner … the resources for further advances in…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… the production of plays including Sarafina which went on to play on Broadway. Sarafina , a South African musical produced by … “Ever never again: dedicated…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… On 22 February 1707 a young man on horseback raced through the streets of Stellenbosch … Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), was saturated. Therefore, Jan Van…
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… as a clerk at Lloyds in 1947. The two married in September 1948. Their marriage was prohibited in Botswana and escalated … to prevent their marriage. To make…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… Bechuanaland (now Botswana) President, Seretse Khama died on 13 July 1980 he died in Gabarone, Botswana. He was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Botswana. His…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… were devised and refined by the Nationalist government on its assumption of power in 1948 in order to safeguard and perpetuate that power in the … that…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… to establish the South African Native National Congress on January 8, 1912; later named the African National Congress … NP, that enforced segregation…
Learning about history through objects
… the objects you can help Ariel learn more about their lives. Try to answer the following questions: What objects …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… President of the General Assembly, Mr Jan Kavan, Secretary-General of the UN, Mr Kofi Annan, Your … have a common task to ensure that this Organisation truly…
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… extent, rural people eke out a living as farm workers on commercial farms. These in turn are very different from … system and the pass laws have left an…
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… the Matabele Rebellion or the second Chimurenga broke out on 20 March 1896 in Matabeleland Zimbabwe. The war broke out … arms. In the end, hundreds of…
EventPrime Minister, D.F. Malan retires
… minister of the NP government that came into power in May 1948, retired from his position and withdrew from politics at …
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
… this day a reality. Many of these have laid down their lives, and still countless others were maimed for life whilst on active duty in the service of their…
EventMagnus Malan's trial ends
… trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all … of thirteen people in KwaMakutha in…
EventFive developed countries recall their Ambassadors from South Africa
… which was introduced by the National Party government in 1948. The policy instituted racial segregation in the country. …
ArticleSona Patterns - Revisiting the Contributions of the People in Sub-Saharan Africa to Modern Mathematics
… edited various mathematical texts. She also gave lessons on the construction of the astrolabe, which was used for more … at the time of the Roman empire…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… the land of his ancestors. Instead, Themba was constantly on the receiving end of the prejudices, hostility, and … then again when they sit at their desks…
South African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… On 21 February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South … to…
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
… On 21 February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South … to…
EventNelson Mandela is voted the greatest South African
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Gary Player; Jan Smuts and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. There were some … no surprise [online] Available at: www.iol.co…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… today as Africa’s “literary foremother” - was born on [1] January 13, 1931 in Oguta, located in eastern Nigeria. … were simply literary truths that revealed…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… Bevil Gordon d’Urban Rudd was born on 5 October 1894 in Kimberley, Northern Cape.[i] He is the … editor of the Daily Telegraph.[vi] Bevil Rudd passed away on…
EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… president Charlotte Maxeke, undertook a passive resistance on 7 January 1919 against the application of pass laws to … BWL continued to fight against the…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a deserted farm near Algoa Bay, now Port Elizabeth, became … was a refuge from a harsh colonial…
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… 1986, when the African National Congress (ANC) called on South Africans to make the country ungovernable. A State … property. Some black people died from so…
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… and Ekurhuleni. Although there is no consensus on how to classify those protest, it has been acknowledged … very high levels of youth unemployment and the…
ArticleThe Ottoman Empire
… 10 classroom content was developed in 2003 for the topic on ‘large empires and civilisations that existed in the world … not allowed to marry or own property…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… Fellow South Africans, Dumelang, Avuxeni, Molweni, On the 22nd of April, millions of South Africans went out to … democratic right spurred on by the desire…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… At its Lekgotla in July, the Cabinet once more focused on the critically important issue of the struggle against … of 'strategies for catching up". In the…