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Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… to Dr. Xuma on January 30, 1946, to congratulate him on his cable regarding South West Africa. "My quarrel with you …
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… 805 black privates, 22 white officers and a crew of 33. In his attempt to calm the panicked men, Rev. Isaac Wauchope …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… as a conspiracy to establish a Communist Republic. During his testimony, native Constable Herbert Fani said that …
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… Carlton Jackson, wrote a book recounting the tragedy. To his surprise, Jackson received an outpouring of grateful …
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… situated on the horn of Africa. Mussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… first to Libya and eventually to Saudi Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… joined the BPC in 1972, and was elected President in 1975. His views, as expressed in the title, soon attracted the …
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… popular uprising. Barre fled and sought refuge in Gedo, his native region in the southwest of Somalia. …
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… to Lyndall Beddy, President F.W. de Klerk wrote in his autobiography: ‘In July 1990 the security forces …
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… later found by some locals and taken to hospital. However, his wounds were not adequately treated and he was …
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… king was forced to go into exile in the United Kingdom. His son, Letsie III, was crowned king later the same month, …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… exiled in 1658. He had attempted to take back cattle that his people believed to have been unfairly confiscated by …
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… won by Bill Rowan who finished in a time of 8:59:00 and his name is now given to the sub 9 hr medal in today's …
PlaceReitz
… and the people living there requested that the place take his name. In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the …
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… that they should disarm and Cetshwayo should forsake his sovereignty. The inevitable invasion of Zululand began …
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… was made following political uncertainty for de Klerk and his ruling National Party. The release of Nelson Mandela from …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Anton Lembede's primary school class, Umbumbulu, 192.7 (Bemadette Sibeko) Inset of…
ArchiveLessons from Black Wednesday by Jerome Klaaste, 18 October 2019
… My father, Aggrey Klaaste, was one of those detained. In his later writings, he recalls the events of that day. “They … had been arrested, he later wrote…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… People’s Organization ) who was murdered in 1989 for his political actions. They both sought to eliminate …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Native Affairs Commission (SANAC). Click here to see his testimony. Moses Mauane Kotane future leader of the ANC …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… the people, where a traditional leader was accountable to his people. The Black South African population was organised …
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… settlement. In 1876, Belgium’s King Leopold II announced his intent to fund an exploration of the Congo region, and in …
ArticlePoverty and development
… child up to the age of 14. The most significant effect of his grant is that school enrolment figures among the poor …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… passive resistance to those proposals. He was not alone in his efforts and had the support of contemporaries like T.N. …
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… in Johannesburg on 23 January 1983, but this part of his speech was unplanned- and even he was surprised to see …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… months to get enough money to pay the hut tax for himself, his family and his parents.” Source: John Pampallis, Foundations of the New … in politics and…
Chapter 2
… was to him an entirely new system in which he had to find his bearings. His whole mode of living was radically altered. The new … towns replaced the tending…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… allies, the Dutch and the British, chiefly because of his liberal attitude towards the Non-Whites. They aver that … the Mission headquarters in London. At a…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… Jacobus Bosman. He had been turning the idea around in his mind from 1921 before he approached the Afrikaner Broederbond to put his idea in motion. Before…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… by general acceptance and repute a native and follows in his ordinary or daily mode of life habits of a native.” … Hendrik Verwoerd stated, “The white man…