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EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… Mobutu Sese Seko (66), former president of Zaire, died from prostate cancer while in Rabat, Morocco, three months … reign. Sese Seko was exiled to Rabat…
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… as 1752 in the journal of A F Beutler. The name is derived from Khoekhoen and means 'narrow forest'. Formerly also known as 'Hoender Kraal', from Dutch, …
Chapter Three - The Black Republic Question and the Third Period
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A … The South African struggle received little attention from the Comintern (the Communist…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… between 1984 and 1988. Leading up to the Huguenot Tunnel from its South side, is an awe-inspiringly beautiful, … left side driving traffic. The main control…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… The Soul of the ANC is under severe attack not from external forces as we would have thought, but from its own members and leaders. At the beginning, and in …
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida, 29 March 1986, Maputo
… here today to bid farewell to a warrior. We have converged from all corners of the globe to pay homage to a … because he was supremely human, Moses Mabhida…
Statement at the Funeral of Moses Mbheki Mabhida by O. R. Tambo, Maputo, 29 March 1986
… today to bid farewell to a warrior. We have converged from all corners of the globe to pay homage to a … because he was supremely human, Moses Mabhida has…
ArchiveUnited Nations Security Council Address on Arusha Peace Process, by Nelson Mandela, 29 September 2000, New York USA
… visit to Arusha, the seat of the peace negotiations, from where we proceeded directly here to brief the Security … the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. The…
Address to the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process 29 September 2000 Mr President Honourable Members of the Security Council
… visit to Arusha, the seat of the peace negotiations, from where we proceeded directly here to brief the Security … the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. The…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of … brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently exported from the Western Cape to the Afrikaner…
ArticleGandhi and the burning of passes
… certificates, if necessary. A telegram arrived from Smuts, saying that the government could not agree to the …
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… 'Coloureds' to the Western Areas and Indians to Lenasia. From 1964 to 1970, all remaining 'non-white' residents were … by the ‘Save Pageview Association ’…
ArticleTimeline on the defacing of statues
… Johan Jorrisen including that of Stephunus Schoeman from the Library gardens in Polokwane. 20 April, A statue of …
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… On 13 February 1871, the Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured …
The South African War
… exceptions, however, and the temporary loss of income from decreased gold production, the conflict can be said to …
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… 1991: the IFP announces that Buthelezi is withdrawing from CODESA because the Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has not …
PlaceAchab se Berg, Northern Cape
… Hill 23 km East of Aggeneys and 34 km from Pofadder, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. The name is taken from the Farm Achab. Aggeneys the Town was…
ArchiveBolt Number 12 July 1975
… Cover, Nils Burwitz; Five Poems, Christopher Hope; from Local Colour, a novel by Stephan Grey; Two Poems, … kaiser’s bus, Shabbir Banoobhai; Sigameko (an…
EventPrime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act
… Act, due to expire on 31 March, prohibiting Indians from purchasing land from non-Indians. Indians would be entitled to elect three … D., (1984), Smuts and…
EventSA poet and artist Wopko Jensma is born
… Eastern Province. Highly talented but suffering from schizophrenia, he studied at various tertiary … South Africa where he disappeared in 1993 without a…
EventDutch East Indian Company expedition into the interior
… an exploration expedition into the Eastern Cape. Apart from valuable information gained from the interior during the eight months' long journey, the …
EventZulu army returns to Nongoma
… in confrontation and about 48 000 head of cattle looted from the Boers during the expedition. Bottomley had … was a problem and some of the Zulus had been…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… the wind blows into Hout Bay throughout the year (Fig. 1). From the beginning the Dutch settlement at the Cape of Good … - in the minds of the colonizers -…
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… his belief that you cannot divorce political emancipation from economic emancipation. Given his outstanding leadership … 1955. It was at this historic…
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… Southern Africa, but a few individuals have been recorded from Zambia. They are now mostly found in two regions: North … by white down while the rest of the…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… artistic developments under the Tudor dynasty, the house from which Elizabeth was descendant. Among some of the … 69. References: Britroyals.com (2011). …
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… was leader of the Nationalist Party (NP). The NP withdrew from the GNU in June 1996 and Mbeki became the only deputy … on 16 June 1999. In 2005 Mbeki…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Mandela was sentenced to life in prison on Robben Island. From Robben Island he was transferred to Pollsmoor prison and … called a press conference to…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… that was focused on the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by apartheid … On 18 August 1977, he was arrested on his way…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… the withdrawal of the Internal Stability Units (ISU) from the East Rand townships of Kathlehong and Thokoza. They … police force and this had resulted in a…