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Turning Adwa into a global heritage site of Pan-African struggle by Mammo Muchie (Pambazuka News), 02 March 2016
… victory of Ethiopia over Italian colonialism. This great victory has been a source of inspiration for struggles … or Ethiopianism in nationalist thought and…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… settle down under Union, South Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South West and … differences have been swallowed up…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… thousand South Africans had given their lives in the great struggle of democracy against fascism. Tens of … years, South Africa seemed to be entering an…
PlaceRondebosch Fountain, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… on 10 April 1964. Rondebosch Fountain, which is of great Historical value, before a speeding motorist drove into … also the First Electric Lamp Post in South…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… Africa’s quickly growing Mining Towns. The Business was a great success and the duo then expanded their interests and … were also still very much involved in…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… same atomic league with the United States, the USSR and Great Britain. The test would be the first of many by France. … from many countries. France always…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… Rhodesia after Cecil John Rhodes. [xii] The Invasion of Great Zimbabwe The Great Zimbabwe The name Zimbabwe derives from a historical stone structure known…
Judaism
… Babylon was in what we know as Iraq today. It was a great city and we can still see some of its ruins today. … Wall in the city because it is the only part…
France in 1789
… in society. A person’s position in society mattered a great deal. The first and second estates had privileges which … the royal palace at Versailles (which…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… known as the Mfecane or Difeqane, was characterized by great strife among the black communities in Southern Africa. … managed to ward off their attackers…
PlaceParow
… on 1 March 1833 in a Province of Deutschland. During a great storm in Table Bay in 1865, 19 ships were stranded. … Valley Area North of Cape Town and that…
ArticleEOAN Group
… the constraints of Apartheid the EOAN Group achieved great heights, however the legislature intensified in the …
South African Labour history
… workers were white, and this is their story, too. The great majority were black. When gold production began, their …
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… on strategies of dealing with the crisis occasioned by the Great Depression. It led to the collapse of the PACT …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, as a statement of the peace aims of the …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… government in by-elections, and it was expected to make great strides in the coming general election of 1915. The …
Madiba The African Opera
… that a unique story about our beloved Madiba would be a great conduit for the story he wanted to tell about his family. It was Mtirara’s Great Grandfather,…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… accepted an invitation by Richard Burton to search for the great lakes of Africa. Their expedition would be a difficult … Speke had to leave Burton behind…
Indian Community
… were rare, even marriages across religious lines caused great unhappiness amongst the groups. In the early years, … Hindus even participated in this…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… World-renowned as the ultimate destination for diving with Great White Sharks and “game-viewing” of the Marine Big 5 … adventure destination, is home to the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… Iron Age societies. All sorts of objects have been found a great distance from where they originated; they must have … name from the aforementioned sewn…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Introduction
… to topple and crumble. For it has many ramifications; the Great Lie permeates not only history, but also literature, … bolster up the position of the…
ArchiveAfrican Communist, 1959 - 1994
… the inspiring and liberating ideas of Communism in our great Continent, and to apply the brilliant scientific method … of its problems. It is being produced…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… no protection or compensation. In what is known as the Great Trek, Retief led other Afrikaans farmers in a migration … Retief is regarded by many Afrikaners…
PlaceVrede
… Boers and a Garden to honour the British soldiers. The Great Trek Monument is a granite memorial erected in 1938, the Centenary Year of the Great Trek. There…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… arose during the negotiation process," said De Klerk. 'Great moral authority' One such moment, he said, was the … on April 10 1993, when Nelson Mandela "was…
“India’s Step Most Timely”: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo On The Decision Of The Government Of India To Raise The South African Indian Question Again Before The United Nations General Assembly, July 1948
… South Africa can ill afford to incur the hostility of two great countries like India and Pakistan. On the other hand, friendly relations with them can be a…
EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… years Gandhi became known as mahÁƒÂ„ÂtmÁƒÂ„ meaning 'Great Soul'. In 2004 Ghandi was voted amongst the top ten Great South Africans from a list of 2000…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… new could not be born, and the present was filled with a great diversity of morbid symptoms. It was, in many respects, … to grips with an unfolding history…
ArticleThe South African general elections: 1999
… election, the ruling ANC claimed that it had achieved a great deal in the past four years. It had embarked on a broad …