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EventTrade Unionists convicted of kidnapping and assault
… for five hours on 28 August 1990. A fine of R2 000 each or one year in prison with a year suspended for three years was …
EventWinnie Mandela’s Soweto home reported burnt down
… of schoolchildren. Among the explanations that emerged was one that the attack had been aimed not at the Mandela family …
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
… Alan Paton is one of South Africa's most celebrated authors. His most …
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… to pull out of the South African market was a commercial one, the pressure exerted against the bank by anti-apartheid …
EventGert Maritz (41), Voortrekker leader, dies.
… British control. Gert Maritz, along with Piet Retief was one of the leaders that advocated a migration as early as …
EventFirst formal school opens at the Cape
… school, attended by 12 White children, four slaves and one Khoi-Khoi, was opened in 1661. …
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… alike. A new study published this month by Aids, one of the world's leading HIV journals, said that the …
EventCardoso’s murderers convicted in Mozambique
… were convicted and sentenced to lengthy prison terms. One of the suspects, Anibal dos Santos Junior, popularly …
EventFirst victim of the land invasions in Zimbabwe, David Stevens, is murdered
… also abducted - they were later released badly beaten. One of them, John Osborne, witnessed Stevens' murder. …
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded as one of South Africa's greatest working-class martyrs, was …
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… documents from the South African government. Rhoodie was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. …
EventThe University of South Africa is officially opened, replacing the University of the Cape of Good Hope.
… Good Hope since it was established in 1873.Today,Unisa is one of the mega universities of the world, with over 300 000 …
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… South Africa’s gold-panning team returned with one gold and two bronze medals from the World Gold …
East Cape Update
… successful strategies of resistance. Yet, being one of the poorest regions of the country, lacking in …
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… her writing career, she produced about 40 novels. One of her novels, Groen koring, was made into a film in …
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… Front (UDF) embarked on an ambitious campaign to collect one million signatures from the public, declaring opposition …
EventKwame Nkrumah, the first President of independent Ghana escapes 5th assassination attempt
… attempt. Shortly thereafter, he declared Ghana a one party state. During the same year Nkrumah forced a … 2011]|Ghana History, ‘Introducing authoritarian…
PlaceBrandvlei, Karoo
… from sheep Farming, Brandvlei is also the home of SALTCOR, one of the Country's largest private salt producers, …
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… down into the icy waters of the Firth of Tay with not one person aboard surviving. Seventy-five souls were said to … the adage – Success has a thousand…
Year of women of South Africa by E.S. Reddy
… were hungry, and it is not really a nice thing to beg. One day a child in my class was listless but she was not … and whenever they noticed that something…
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… the Nationalists, in which the movement has gone through one hard struggle after another, in which scores of the most … a policy of its own and a distinctly…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… since been debated by historians, who claim that Shaka was one of many leaders that played a role in influencing South … into history it leads to biased…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as one of the most successful in the history of our continental … and timely. The combined offensive of…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… meeting of the OAU which in our view, will go down as one of the most successful in the history of our continental … and timely. The combined offensive of…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… celebrated its independence, Abyei's uncertainty was only one obstacle that awaits the fledgling State. South Sudan then became one of the poorest countries…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… difficult to pass on the mountain side of the fort. The one disadvantage was that it was in range from the sea. On … number of cannon balls have been…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established … prior to its modernisation, and is now a restaurant where one…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 83 "Native … the moving forces of the South African…
Circular Letter To Organisations Concerning The Arrest Of J. N. Singh Under The Immigration Act, November 9, 1946
… enslavement and lowering of the living conditions of one section of our people is not only a gross injustice and … sections of the people because there is no…
Circular Letter To Trade Unions, Progressive Organisations, Democrats And Anti-Fascists by Yusuf Dadoo, June 10, 1946
… enslavement and lowering of the living conditions of one section of our people is not only a gross injustice and … sections of the people because there is no…