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… son Matthew Berger (9 years) stumbled across a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, estimated to be 2 million years while looking for fossils at the Cradle of Humankind. The find was announced on 8 April 2010 at … (a scientist who studies human fossils, and the evolution of modern man) from the University of Witwatersrand and his …

…   Lovers of military history are sure to enjoy a tour of the Ditsong National Museum of Military History. The museum, located on an 80ha site next … eng.net/index.php/attractions/south_african_national_museum_of_military_history/   <p> … Ditsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg …

… On 2 August 1928, Italy signed a twenty-year treaty of friendship with Abyssinia (now known as Ethiopia). In the treaty, which was called the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of 1928, also known as the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty of Friendship and Arbitration, Italy agreed to upholding …

… President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (formerly Gold Coast), a leading exponent of Pan-Africanism , ordered the release of the last of his political prisoners, detained under the … Kwame Nkrumah orders release of political prisoners …

… notice published on 6 November 1964 gave the names of 303 persons on whom banning notices under the General Laws Amendment Act of 1963 (the so-called 90 Day Act), consisting largely of amendments to the Suppression of Communism Act, had been … Names of 303 banned people are published …

… The Bensusan Museum of Photography is named after Dr AD Bensusan, a former mayor of Johannesburg and a man who has devoted himself to the promotion of the art and science of photography in this country. It was …   https://www.encounter.co.za/bensusan-museum-of-photography.html …

… From the book:  Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC … Sports Ground on Sunday afternoon when the Natal Indian Congress held its mass meeting to explain to the Indian … the Indian people, but that we doing our duty to all true democrats and fighting for our rights in South Africa. To the …

… Edited statement by Oliver Tambo on the question of a united front, presented to the 20th session of the Organisation of African Unity Liberation Committee. … Statement on the question of a united front to the 20th session of the O.A.U. Liberation Committee …

… (MK) veterans and became an MK guerrilla. At the time of his recruitment, Pietersen was 15-years-old and the youngest member of his MK unit  led by former MK commander Patrick Ricketts, … he was killed. Gladile, her neighbour and African National Congress (ANC) veteran Winnie Nkosi and Pietersen’s unit …

… Percival Sonn, universally known as Percy, dedicated much of his life to the development of the game of cricket in the former townships and the … ICC hence he was chosen to represent the UCBSA at the ICC Congress during the match-fixing scandal in 2000. For the …

… the Transvaal Province (Gauteng). He was born to parents of English and Scottish descent. His father, who worked as a … where upon completion he enrolled to study a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) degree at the University of Witwatersrand … committee and became its chairman. At the 1960 party congress in Cape Town, held in defiance of the state of …

… Transcript of an interview with Leah Tutu, President of the Domestic Workers and Employers Project regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on domestic … Ciskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Leah Tutu, President of the Domestic …

… President Marais Viljoen three weeks later. As a result of the adoption of the Republic of South Africa Act, which made provision for a three-chamber … Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … pp. 477-479| Reader's Digest. (1988).  Illustrated History of South Africa: the real story , New York: Reader's Digest …

… Letter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Highveld Area for a … Letter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the …

… More than 200 students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against … that forced the university to rescind on its appointment of Archie Mafeje (a Black academic) as senior lecturer in the Department of African Studies at the UCT. Over 1000 students and staff …

… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts of Rhodes University. This thesis discusses the … The failure of the Coloured Persons Represen …

… This is a statue of Jock of the Bushveld. It is located in Barberton in front of the Town Hall. Jock of the Bushveld was born in 1885 along …  https://tracks4africa.co.za/listings/item/w169603/jock-of-the-bushveld-statue/ … Jock of the Bushveld, Monument in Barberton …

… British Conservative prime minister, delivered his 'winds of change' speech, condemning apartheid, to members of both Houses of Parliament in Cape Town . He suggested that the South … Burne, J. (ed)(1989). Chronicle of the World, (Sl): Longman Chronicle.| Liebenberg, B.J. & …

… a fight with the town’s Coloured residents on the corner of Andringa and Plein Street in Stellenbosch. [i] According … at a local café in order to purchase the late edition of the Cape Argus.  However,  the situation had rapidly escalated to the point of accusations being made against people jumping the queue. …

… property and rights to education, power-sharing and rights of minorities, reconciling freedom of speech, organisation and electoral activity with the need to combat the dissemination of racial and tribal hatred, devising an electoral system … The preliminary nature of the Constitutional document …

… spectacular sandstone Mountain is a backdrop for the town of Zastron , in the South-Eastern Free State Province of South Africa. At 2207 m (approx. 7240 imperial feet), it … 'aasvoel' = vulture, and 'berg' = Mountain. It is the site of the only colony, of Cape Vultures in the Orange Free …

… From the book:  A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … conditions were bad. Among the latter was the estate of J. Meikle. Five Indians working on this estate lodged complaints with the Protector of Indian Immigrants in February 1884. The testimony of one …

… President F.W. De Klerk lifted a four year state of emergency in Natal. The state of emergency was as a result of the violence caused by a power struggle between the ANC … Myre, G. (18 October 1990).  State Of Emergency Is Lifted In Natal -- ANC Welcomes De Klerk's …

… a few historical perspectives, brief historical review of migration of the period just before the Lifaqale, the review of the effects of the 1913 Native Land Act and subsequent … Historical perspectives and the effects of uprootal …

… Morgan Tsvangirai was sworn in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as The Unity Government, in partnership … former colonial power, agreed to pay for the reacquisition of land held by British settlers. The British, however, went …

… Former Transkei Prime Minister and Minister of Public Work Stella Sigcau died at Durban's St Augustine Hospital at the age of 69. Sigcau died of a recurring heart problem. In 1994 first-post apartheid … Minister of Public Works Stella Sigcau dies …

… about his early life, but like many young African men of his generation, Mkhize would have grown up in a society … 1952 Defiance Campaign organized by the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Indian Congress, when thousands of volunteers deliberately violated …

… Albert and Cornelius streets. During the first quarter of the same year Gold was discovered on the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.  The discovery of Gold in the town saw a vast number of fortune-seekers from all over the world flocking into … Kempton Park Directory, Gauteng- Place of Gold , [online], Available at www.sa-venue.com [Accessed …

… A National Day of Prayer was peacefully observed, despite fears of violence between youth and security forces in Soweto and … (NIR) as a way to foster peace, the National Day of Prayer is observed by thousands in churches across the … Nyaka, S. (1985). "Day of peace that stayed peaceful",  Weekly Mail , 2(40), p. 4 …