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EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… powers of the European continent. These powers fought on two opposing sides: the Triple Entente and the Triple … longest and deadliest conflicts in history,…
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… On the morning of 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.3 … casualties as a direct result of the Tsunami). Measured in lives lost, this is one of the ten worst…
EventWorld War I begins
… powers of the European continent. These powers fought on two opposing sides: the Triple Entente and the Triple … longest and deadliest conflicts in history,…
ArticlePoqo
… structure and functioning of the organisation was based on the Communist cell, where members do not know the identity … and inspiring an uprising,…
Notes from Books
… to the letter which accompanied them hard times had fallen on Madura, and hundreds of these unfortunate beings, pressed … Dutchman, and Maria of Bengalen,…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Introduction
… for him and her other children to escape their gruelling lives as farm laborers. Around 1927, she prevailed on her … "Mda found Lembede rather uncritically…
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… On this date, The British Parliament passed the Abolition of … transporting slaves was fined £100 for every slave found on board his ship. However, this law…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the … others. Despite an international campaign to save their lives, the apartheid government went ahead…
BiographyProfessor Fatima Meer
… Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel … knowledge of Islam, Hinduism and Christianity. He…
Say It out Loud - The 1910 Presidential Address, Port Elizabeth, Cape
… most important that has ever met. It is important not only on account of the various items that appear on the agenda … to make your homes happy for your…
ArchiveThe defiance campaign
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In … the Defiance Campaign. We worked with the Indian Congress on that campaign…
PlaceTulbagh, Western Cape
… On 1 February 1808 the territory North of the Great Berg … a separate sub-drostdy with its Magisterial seat at Jan Disselsvlei. In about January 1896 its…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… oldest institutions of higher education in South Africa. On 28 January 1904, the Grey College School in Bloemfontein … our teaching and research to the…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… militia was raised from Natal, Johannesburg and the Cape. On 10 June, Mckenzie's troops encountered the 'rebels' along … Bhambatha's followers were massacred…
PlaceKwaMashu
… the sugar cane farmer and magnate who owned the land on which KwaMashu stands and who was a member of the … City Council and the Port Natal Administration…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… We had come down from the mountain, down to our daily lives. The delegates from other areas had driven home through … for this goal. I represented the…
Address by the Chancellor of the University of Zululand, Mr Jacob Zuma, at the Gala Dinner of the First International Co-Operatives Conference, Kwazulu Natal, 24 February 2009, Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban
… honour and a privilege for me to be here with you tonight, on such a special occasion, the holding of the International … initiative seeks to prove our…
BiographyEsther Franks
… at the University, being preceded by Susan Blake only on account of the alphabet. She was the first female … medical care. A section of SANCB was formed to…
BiographyDenise Darvall
… Denise Darvall achieved renown when on 3 December 1967, she became the donor in the world’s first … assistance, and was essentially brain dead. At 9 pm on…
BiographyBaron Joachim van Plettenberg
… J.A. van Plettenberg was born on the 8 March 1739 in Leeuwarden in Friesland, the … Lieutenant-Colonel C. J. van de Graaff. Plettenberg Bay, on South Africa…
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
… against Germany. He was captured in the Rustenburg area on 16 December 1914 and was court-martialled. On 20 December of the same year he was executed by…
BiographyC. J. Mayekiso
… he was a member of the Cape ANC executive and also served on the ANC national executive committee. In 1955 he was … its full length (1956 to 1961), he was…
Chapter VII - The 1980’s
… at the end of the 1970s. They had both dedicated their lives to the struggle for freedom, "sparing nothing of their … throughout its history. Coloured, she…
BiographyMaggie Bopalamo
… members of the Bakgatla tribe. Polonia's economy depended on the sale of clay pots to people from Brits and Pretoria. … In 1954, she passed Standard 6 with…
Re-emergence of resistance, 1980-89
… African Students (COSAS), whose leaders visited the areas on various occasions. When the Middelburg and Witbank areas … (Seyco). It held its first…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Schuur Minute . 2. The final report of the Working Group on political offences dated 21 May 1990, as amended, was … governmental or otherwise, who committed…
Chapter XIII - Journey to the banished
… simply did not return home. Banishment was also inflicted on a few women leaders. One spent more than two years trying … remained behind to gather up the…
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
… Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now … was dismissed from the post by the president Thabo Mbeki on…
BiographySandile Ngcobo
… Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo was born on 1 March 1953 in Durban, South Africa. Ngcobo was the … In 1985 he also completed an orientation course on the…
BiographyMannie Manim
… and their opposition to segregation in both society and on stage. As the work of the Market Theatre Company became … of America and Japan, where he was the…