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The Cape Northern Frontier
… the area. Campbell was exposed to many different tribes in his travels and was told many varied accounts of the roles of …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… as an event of major political significance. In his message to the Congress of the People, Chief Albert …
ArticleTimeline of the History of Rugby in South Africa
… away. The challenge lies with South Africans to honour his accomplishment of using rugby as a tool to unify the …
Chapter 4
… from feudalism;it demanded a wage-labourer who would sell his labour instead of a serf or slave who was tied to the … precarious one. While he suffers the…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… Sefako Makgatho from 1917 to 1924, ZR Mahabane served his first term from 1924 to 1927, Josiah Gumede from 1927 to … of the continent for many decades. As…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… who had spent many years in Germany and openly proclaimed his sympathies with Nazi ideas, explained his party's policy in a speech in Parliament. "On the one…
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… was taken to a narrow empty solitary confinement cell on death row in the isolation wing. There was a steel outer door … for a third time under the Terrorism…
ArticleThe Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture, Corruption and Fraud in the Public Sector including Organs of State (The Zondo Commission)
… only released after former President Jacob Zuma withdrew his application to interdict the release of this report. The … the eve of a meeting of the ANC's NEC…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… he has been permitted to embark on by correspondence at his own expense. He is allowed one thirty-minute visit from his wife every six months and may write…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… which, in erudition, soared to Himalayan heights. In his attempt to foster the spirit of nationalism and racial … needs, desires and aspiration in all three…
EventDurban Declaration is published denouncing Thabo Mbeki’s AIDS denialism
… Mbeki’s AIDS denialism has become synonymous with his presidency and in 2008 it was determined that his influence on policy resulted in thousands of…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… the Cape Province as new Prime Minister and Party leader. His elevation to the new position was boosted by the … Party (NP) since 1948. The new prime…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… time. Yoweri Moseveni from the UPM refused to recognise his government and with Yusuf Lule, the former President of … and ousted him. Obote was forced to…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… stealing cattle. Gaika thus received British help when his uncle, Ndlambe, attacked him at Grahamstown in 1819. … trying to escape. Ndlambe eluded capture,…
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… chemistry at the University of Stellenbosch, and completed his PhD at Oxford. After he returned from Oxford, he began to … 22 December 1938. The fish was…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
… known as Zimbabwe). This represented an about turn from his announcement of the Unilateral Declaration of … on 11 November 1965. On this occasion, Smith led…
Introduction
… no overt dishonour to either side. Gandhi conceded before his departure that the quest for future improvements rested squarely with South Africa's Indians…
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… of one of its members, that Mr. W.P. van Schoor propounded his ideas on a subject which was finally published in booklet … of historiography in the first and…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… plain is a boy dressed in rags and staring into infinity, his face marked by the trauma of war. He is sitting on an … warfare in a non-industrial society; he…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… that were and have been made over the years concerning his own personal conduct in Government.” He continued and … from the President”. Then, Mr Makhanya…
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… martyr, who was being victimised by the "Sachs clique". His photograph, accomÂpanied by long stories of how he and his family had been deprived of a living,…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… Africa’s leading sociologists, as well as being a poet in his own right, a respected labour commentator and cultural … working class leadership of the…
EventTravis Logie, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… South African Surfing Awards.[v] Travis Logie announced his retirement from the Association of Surfing Professionals … administrative position within the…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… are of the Voortrekker leaders Andries Pretorius and his son Marthinus Pretorius. Marthinus founded Pretoria in 1855 and named it after his father. …
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
… Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, … in 1966, with the help of western…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… a title-a doubles match-in the South African Open. During his career, Ashe won three Grand Slam titles. He will also be remembered for his efforts to advance…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… then king of Lesotho, Moshoeshoe, and replaced him with his son, Letsie. Lekhanya had promised to restore civilian … Soldiers supporting the labour action…
EventRobert McBride is arrested in Mozambique
… held by several South African political parties regarding his involvement in gun running. They called for a commission … The delegation reported to President…
PlaceRiverside
… who settled in Griqualand East in the 1860s and made his home at Riverside. A notorious miser whose mode of dress … extensive dealings in land. At one stage…
EventFormer Ivorian president is extradited to the ICC
… violence. Gbagbo had refused to relinquish power following his defeat in the 2010 election, which he lost to Alassane … victimisation and human rights abuses…