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EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the colonial system of …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… also saw the emergence of a new working class, one that was deeply divided along both colour and social …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… South Africa. This German colonial occupation in 1884 was one of the first incidents in "Scramble for Africa," when the …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… to two years imprisonment of which he only served one year. At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War in …
Cutting Through The Mountain
… individual interviews cross-reference, complement and fill one another out, sometimes validating others' recollection of …
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… international teams like FC Zurich and FC Baden. He was one of the first few players to play for the national team, …
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… the Federal Government and other regional leaders. When one of the leaders in the western region Obafemi Owolowo was …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a Luncheon of the conference of editors 6 September 1994
… of epic proportions by a nation almost written off as one of civil warriors and, therefore, a nation of failures. … of reconstruction and development. To…
Acceptance speech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela, at the Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony Oslo, Norway, 10 December 1993
… seeking selfish gain. They recognised that an injury to one is an injury to all and therefore acted together in … dates when all humanity will join together…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… 70-year-old worker who insisted on serving imprisonment. One of the last acts of Gandhiji before leaving South Africa … Great March of Indian workers in…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… of the old Commonwealth of white Dominions prevailed. One of its main tenets was non-interference in internal … in London and winning them over to the…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… in the SL joined the struggle against apartheid and became part of the Congress Movement . As Roos notes, “After the war …
ArticleCongress of South African Students (COSAS)
… to Bahman 2003, the decision to transfer Goniwe was part of a plan to remove him from his community as he was …
ArticleHistory of the Rape Crisis Trust in Cape Town
… framework (van Zyl, 1991). By 1989 black women forming part of Women Against Women Abuse (WAWA) had established a …
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… they were forced to occupy were translated as not being part of South Africa. [vii] While the financial implications …
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… 4 August, Britain, and automatically South Africa as part of the British Empire, declares war against Germany and …
ArticleThe Durban strikes and the resurgence of the trade union movement in 1973
… been addressed by King Goodwill Zwelithini in the latter part of 1972, and came away with the idea that their wages …
English Settlement in South Africa
… of the war in 1902, all four colonies were placed under one flag. On 31 May 1910 these were united in the Union of …
ArticleAzanian Students Organisation (AZASO)
… in 1979 by students from five black universities and one college of education. AZASO, which was formed under Tom …
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… out an independent political position by recognising AZAPO one of a range of legitimate Black political organisation in …
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… his main objective is to prevent the domination of any one group by others, but in the same breath he seeks to … the regime is merely employing the rhetoric…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… his main objective is to prevent the domination of any one group by others, but in the same breath he seeks to … the regime is merely employing the rhetoric…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… This might explain why so few of these pieces (only one) were marked sold. By contrast, three vintage 1966 … Taking the inquiry elicited by this particular…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… a more meaningful aesthetic. Out of sight can also render one out of mind and neither Gwala nor his work have been … self-imposed? Gwala reiterates that he…
PlaceThe Old Supreme Court Adderley Street, Cape Town
… core was finally won in the 1950s. The Slave Lodge is one of the Oldest Buildings in Cape Town. The many names of … living conditions. School groups can book…
PlaceDie Nederduitsch Hervormde Kerkgebou in Du Toit Street, Pretoria
… was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started by the … light green and the wall behind the pulpit was…
Document 4 - “The Great Native Strike”, “ The International, 27 February 1920
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 4 - "The Great … our first message to them two years ago…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… era, has made its impact on the area. In the townships one will see what limitations applied in the past and how … on the museum for its magnificent…
The Democratic Party (DP)
… Suzman kept her seat in Parliament for the PP. Thus began one of the great parliamentary performances of all time: Mrs … the leadership of Tony Leon, the DP…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Glossary
… culture and language class consciousness - an awareness of one’s place in a social system, especially as it relates to … leader, Adolf Hitler. Hitler’s…