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Discovery of sea-shells in Algeria proves that the Sahara was once partially submerged.
South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) begins armed struggle against S.A. occupation of Namibia.
The first 25 families from Germany arrive at Swakopmund, German South West Africa (Namibia).
A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.
A diesel train carrying 1 140-ton diesel derails and explodes in Swartruggens, North West Province.
Empire Day is first celebrated. It was later renamed Commonwealth Day (24 May 1959).
Sam Shaffishuna Nujoma, first president of Namibia, is born in Ongandjera, South West Africa.
Maria Wilman, geologist and botanist of international repute, is born in Beaufort West, CC.
Popo Molefe, former premier of the North West Province appointed in 1994, is born.
The name of the town Victoria in the Karoo is changed to Victoria West.
Thelma Gutsche, author, biographer and film critic, is born in Somerset West, Cape Province.
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
"Protest against [proposed] incorporation South West Africa into Union" The Chairman General Assembly United Nations Organisation West Minister London…
BiographyPiet Mokoena
Piet Mokoena, from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province], was a strong supporter of Paulus Howell Mopeli…
Unfixed: Photography and Decolonial Imagination in West Africa by Jennifer Bajorek
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bothaville or Doornkraal is fought with Gen. De Wet surrendering
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bothaville or Doornkraal is fought with Gen. De Wet surrendering, after heavy losses on both sides. SA National Museum of…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
she's going to travel very far I was born in 1925 and grew up near Hermitage Street, on the hill in Paarl. We were four brothers and four sisters. My father,…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
The African National Congress of South Africa, founded in January 1912, got a lot of support from Mahatma Gandhi, who had already begun his campaign of passive…
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
Myths and Clichés of Prosecution South African political life has become burdened by clichés which render actual thought unnecessary while simultaneously…
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
DOCUMENT 37. "Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting." Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 Four students of UND [University of…
Enuga S Reddy: Meeting with SWAPO in Dar Es Salaam -1969
Mr. Peter Nanyemba, Chief Representative, said the only way to end apartheid in Namibia was to expel South Africa from Namibia. South Africa was making…
From Gqogqora to Liberation: The Struggle was My Life by Theodore Combrinck and Philip Hirschsohn
ArchiveAs jou ma gemartel, jou pa vermoor en jou kinders ontvoer was sou jy stilbly?
Yellow, black and white Truth and Reconciliation Commission poster.
ArchiveIf your mother was tortured: your father murdered and children abducted: would you be silent
Yellow, black and white poster. Issued by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.