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PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… a Teacher, in the Rijdende Artillerie en Politie in 1888. His appointment as a Teacher was an early attempt by the … of whom would later hold the rank of…
Search for a United Front against racism
… who was released on Tuesday morning, after serving his term of imprisonment as a Passive Resister. Mr. Naidoo if … in a spontaneous burst, both Indian and…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Search for a United Front against racism
… who was released on Tuesday morning, after serving his term of imprisonment as a Passive Resister. Mr. Naidoo if … in a spontaneous burst, both Indian and…
ANC condemns hijacking of Spokesperson, 24 November 2009
… Mnisi had just dropped off a friend and waited at his companion`s driveway when two men emerged and pointed …
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… champion at the time.[iv] Raymond claimed the title after his Olympic victory by beating Brian Norton, and retained the …
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… to Taipei to obtain a degree in advertising. He completed his MA in New York, where he worked as a sneaker designer and …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… nicknamed “Muis” (English translation for mouse), due to his petite physique when he registered as a member of the …
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… From 1900 to 1907 it was the home of Rudyard Kipling and his family who stayed here during the summer months. The …
PlaceGrabouw
… laid out a Village on the site. He named it Grabow, after his home town in Germany. Grabouw is situated in the Elgin …
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… had spoken on trade unionism. Com Gosani reported that in his weeks organising tour he had visited in turn Benoni …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… African government's policy of apartheid while declaring his support for the African National Congress (ANC). Jonathan …
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
… or when he died but it is known that he was outlived by his widow, Anne de Berault de la Magre, from Normandy. …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… marched into town to see the mayor who maintained that his hands were tied. The women then burnt their passes or …
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… Aristid due to the poor human rights record of Haiti under his presidency. Read more on : The Haiti Archives …
Document 63 - Letter from Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 11 April 1936
… offering to the revolutionary movement by sealing it with his approval and recommendation? We shall indeed be grateful, …
EventMahatma Gandhi leaves the Tolstoy Farm 1913
… After being with numerous people, he left behind only his friend Hermann Kallenbach and a few Africans who lived …
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… 1914-15, its leader, General CR de Wet, as well as many of his supporters, were held here during their trial. In 1930 it …
EventCol. Muammar Gaddafi seizes power in Libya
… ruled Libya since its independence in December 1951. After his deposition the king went into exile in Egypt. In 1970, …
EventSharlto Copley is born
… Copley began producing amateur theatre and film. He met his business partner Simon Hansen during his high school years at a Johannesburg private school…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, … as the Communist Party of South Africa…
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… spent exorbitant amounts of money on the transformation of his home village. At independence, Ivory Coast was one of the … Outarra from running for the…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
… Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to…
PlaceSchweizer-Reneke
… and the people who lived there were not a real part of his narrative. Nevertheless, he did try to provide his readers with some understanding of the naming…
PlaceMpumalanga
… oxen died after they were bitten by tsetse flies, his business was ruined. He had to find a new job in … new owner thought he was a stray dog that was…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
… On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car … when he featured in a film by Peter…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… athlete knows that it is by competition with others in his class that he can record better times. As if this system … the Indian golfer, Sewsunker (Papwa)…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… this local farmer became indebted to them they took over his Farm on a 99 year lease holding basis as a way to pay off his debts. There was also a more…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… organisation, and the Foreign Minister was criticized for his speech in the General Assembly. In 1966, the first of … turned to as a way of reducing South…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Source Based Questions
… of the Spanish navigator, Christopher Columbus, and his crew in Hispaniola. The etching Depicts the local inhabitants of Hispaniola giving Columbus and his…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… the implementation of the 1913 Natives Land Act wrote in his book, Native Life in South Africa, concerning the Act … their new racist policies. This led to…