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On trial for treason
… from Port Elizabeth -they arrested a lot of people - into one plane. They used an army plane, a Dakota or something. … too! For treason! They kept all the…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… Cape, but moved to Transvaal where he spent the greater part of his life. During the Second World War Ross served as …
EventSADF's 31 Battallion is disbanded
… F. W. de Klerk announced that it would be disbanded as part of the efforts to end violence in South Africa, as they …
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… 16 February 2015] 2. capitalism, democracy and, 3. one-party states The galvanising of the opposition to … of unanimity within liberation movements…
PlaceCederberg Wilderness Area
… religious meanings. Paintings were made by the San as part of their Religion and can thus not be interpreted … Cederberg has an exceptional Botanical…
ArchiveAddress on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the ANC by Cyril Ramaphosa, Ohlange Institute, Ethkwini, 8 January 2019
… with communities on issues that affect their lives. One of the most important achievements of the past year has … inequality. It will call on all South…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew FELLOW NON-EUROPEANS, … struggle to weld our divided and…
Nelson Mandela The World Celebrates the Mandela’s
… to you but also to the children, the family and myself.' One day you'll relate everything to me and my chief interest … pen, then you've something very…
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… office, I came face-to-face with the "Poor White" problem, one of the major tragedies of South Africa. People abroad … as a scourge sent by Providence. There…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… perceived Central Africans as the blackest Africans. 10 One of his Bensonvale classmates was Albert Nzula, whose life … was addressing a crowd of Africans. T…
Address at 90th brthday celebration, by Nelson Mandela, 25 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… It is in your hands to make of our world a better one for all, especially the poor, vulnerable and …
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… a reliable supply of electricity to the Western Cape, one of the fastest growing regions in South Africa. It has …
EventAnatii, the South African rapper is born
… by the co-producer of the Lion King to co-produce one of the track titles that was used during the 2009 FIFA …
PlaceBeach houses, Main Road, Muizenberg
… onto the old False Bay coastal road, regarded by many as one of the most beautiful scenic drives in the peninsula. The …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… he became the Prime Minister of the Congo - heserved only one year before he was dismissed by President Kasavubu. …
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… lives of black South Africans with warmth and empathy. As one of the most socially aware photographers of his time he …
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… has been planted with indigenous flora only and remains one of Johannesburg's most attractive parks. It was declared …
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… in 1969. He served as Chief Minister of Gazankulu (one of the 8 homelands) for 24 years, until his death on 23 …
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… figures, nine were killed and 1 248 injured. Fifty-one persons, mainly Communists, were later charged in …
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… join the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is …
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… his brother, Sir Christoffel (Joseph) Brand, a lawyer and one of the founders of the publication. On 2 September 1871, …
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… to pull out of the South African market was a commercial one, the pressure exerted against the bank by anti-apartheid …
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… and Gaborone, Botswana. Such raids were not new, the first one having taken place in 1981, on an alleged ANC base in …
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… this battle, an anonymous poet composed what is considered one of the oldest examples of written Afrikaans: "Lied ter …
EventTruman Prince, the controversial ANC manager of the Central Karoo District Municipality, is suspended
… of Icosa have since referred to Prince as a "hooligan", one of which happens to be a convicted rapist, and the other …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… sustainability. The summit is held every 10 years, so the one held in Johannesburg was a review and a follow up the …
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… who has ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980, faced one of the fiercest challenges to his presidency at the March …
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… in shaping the history of twentieth-century South Africa. One way to understand its significance is to view it, as some …
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… length of some 6 m and by 1820 had used it to construct one of the most powerful telescopes in use at the time. …
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… based on the design of the ancient lighthouse of Pharos, one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the world and it was …