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ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
… Tanzania was transferred from German to British control. Britain renamed the country as Tanganyika. In the 1950s, a … that its members would break diplomatic…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
… Tanzania was transferred from German to British control. Britain renamed the country as Tanganyika. In the 1950s, a … that its members would break diplomatic…
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… After nearly five years in exile in Britain, Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia to … in 1936 after he was defeated by Italians and fled to Britain…
References and links: Transport through time
… http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/standard/history/scotland_britain_1880_now/road_transport/revision/1/ [Accessed: 18 …
ArticleRichard David Turner Timeline 1941 - 1978
… Travels in Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria, Belgium and Britain 1966 Completes doctorate and returns to South Africa …
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika, was transferred to Britain and in 1961 became independent as Tanzania. The … part of it, Togoland, were handed over to…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… the leadership of General Louis Botha , put an offer to Britain to invade the South West Africa. After the British … invaded the German protectorate at…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… (Cetshwayo), king of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing the crucial …
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… in September 1939 and South Africa joined in support of Britain. The decision to enter the war led to divisions … by J. C. Smuts , the South African…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… as well. The South African choir’s tour, which began in Britain and continued to Canada and the USA was a case in point. While in Britain they performed…
PlaceEgypt
… by the Red Sea , a very important trade route! From 1852, Britain kept an increased presence in northern Egypt to … Pasha sold Egypt’s shares of the Suez…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… The first group were upset about the break in ties with Britain and still felt loyalty to the crown. This group were … and felt that, together with British…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… in the colonies or against the USSR. The USA having become Britain's great capitalist rival, Americans are now called … General Secretary, explained his…
EventKing Sekhukhune is defeated by the British in war
… the British to annex Transvaal in 1877. Soon afterwards, Britain declared war against King Sekhukhune, paramount chief … under article 23 of the Pretoria…
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from Britain. This was after the British government had made … rule a condition for the independence of…
EventFourth Nuclear bomb test by France in the Sahara
… Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the position occupied by Britain and the United States in this military alliance. This … defend French interests, after the…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… which the country is now named. Following colonisation by Britain, Southern Rhodesia (what is was called previously) … a colony and declared Unilateral…
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, as a statement of the peace aims of the Allies.) …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… strike and subsequent revolt and aimed to raise support in Britain. Below is an extract of a graphic account of events …
ArticleWorld War I
… to women. Before the war the Suffragette Movement in Great Britain had been waging a militant campaign in support of …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… 1914, an antiwar majority won out. As the governments of Britain and Germany stepped up their war propaganda, …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… to be chief of the Bangwato. The Labour government in Britain desperately needed South African gold and uranium. It … 1956, a new Commonwealth relations…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… security police, Hjul and his family left South Africa for Britain on an exit permit in 1965. Hjul continued to edit commercial journals for the fishing…
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… tracts of country to the newcomers. Under the belief that Britain was about to claim the area as a protectorate, … Agate Beach, rich in guano deposits, were…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… and favoured closer links with the Cape Colony and Britain, while Steyn supported the proposition made by the … tried to avoid war between the Transvaal…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement (BCM)
… took a more serious turn. The US, the Netherlands, Great Britain, West Germany and Belgium all recalled their …
European Revolutions 1750-1850
… For example, once industrialisation had begun in Britain and Europe, there was to be no turning back to the …
EventNatal votes for the formation of the Union of South Africa
… year (1910), the South Africa Act was approved in Britain granting power to the White minority over Africans, … to vote. It was decided that Herbert…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… Scandal. From Ecuador Rhoodie proceeded to Great Britain where he failed to secure political asylum. After leaving Britain he went to France, where he was…
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… to the British government. Following the death of Luka, Britain launched an operation which left thousands of Kikuyu … country and led to Kenya gaining its…