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Egyptian President Nasser pledges to reconquer Palestine.
Islam is now the official Egyptian state religion, by order of Egyptian government.
SA’s rugby team beats Scotland in Edinburgh 6-3.
General Louis Botha, as chairman of the Boer committee, announces his intention of convening public meetings in Transvaal distr
Herero Revolt: Gobabis is besieged. A German company from Outjo is ambushed at Okanjande near present-day Otjiwarongo.
Anglo-Boer War 2: British troops under General Neville Lyttelton and General Charles Warren cross the Tugela River.
The first Afrikaans language congress ends in Paarl.
Sir Benjamin D’Urban assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.
Henry Mathew Arderne, attorney and director of companies, is born in Cape Town.
Johann Friedrich Budler, Rhenish missionary in South Africa, is born in East Prussia. He was stationed in Komaggas, Steinkopf (
Jan Willem van der Rijst (’Oom Willem’), activist for Afrikaans and author of the first Spelling and Reading book for Afrikaans
Johan Arnold Smellekamp, MP for Bloemfontein (1863-1866), is born in the Netherlands.
The Galiot Noord is wrecked fifteen miles (24 km) west of Cape St Francis after a survey voyage to Delagoa Bay and Natal. Most
EventPaul Adams, former South African cricket player, is born
Paul Regan "Rhorho" Adams was born in Grassy Park, Cape Town. He began playing cricket at a very young age. Although he became famous as a bowler, as a young…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
On 19 January 1973, South African Prime Minister J.B. Vorster confirms that there was no prior consultation with his government over Rhodesia's closure of its…
EventJan van Riebeeck, the first Dutch governor of the Cape Colony, dies
Johan Anthonisz “Jan” van Riebeeck died on 18 January 1677 at the age of 57 in Batavia, now Jakarta, Indonesia, in the former Dutch East Indies. He landed at…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
The Observatory was founded as the Transvaal Meteorological Department, and was initially meant to be used to watch weather patterns. Astronomer Dr Robert…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed by gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria after it gained independence. He served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in…
EventBritain proposes the sale of arms to South Africa
At the Conference of Heads of State of the British Commonwealth of Nations held in Singapore, Britain proposed a sale of arms to South Africa. The proposal was…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris South African social scientists have severely neglected the…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION Labour is a neglected aspect in published…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Nineteen-eighteen was a significant year for Cape Town (and…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris The struggle of tobacco workers in South Africa is a topic…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
This is a book about forgotten pages of South Africa's rich worker history from 1903 to 1921. It includes socio-historical analysis of the Cape Town 'answer"…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION On the second day of January 1920, seventy…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Private enterprise is one of the million illegitimate…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 7
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In 1942, a strike was called at the Dunlop rubber factory in…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin An early photograph of " A.I."with C.F. Andrews The main road…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin During the black-out on the night of the 7th December 1942,…