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EventSA athlete Ernst van Dyk is hard done by at Paralympic games
… Wheelchair-bound South African athlete, Ernst van Dyk, was cut off from a certain … the Mexican came through on the outside and cut the South African off,…
EventMarike de Klerk is found murdered
… Former South African first lady, Marike de Klerk, was found murdered at … apartment in Cape Town. The ex-wife of former South African president F.W. de Klerk…
EventMoses Josiah Madiba is born
… Moses Josiah Madiba , the author, educationist and first African chancellor of the University of the North, was born … the first secretary of the Maune…
EventSixty ANC refugees are airlifted out of Lesotho
… Sixty African National Congress (ANC) refugees are airlifted out of … South Africa. Subsequently, on 1 January 1986 the South African Government closed its…
EventGwen Lister is born
… Gwen Lister is a South African born Namibian Journalist, publisher and anti … of apartheid both in South Africa and Namibia. The South African government…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… move by both countries followed a state visit by South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster in May 1970. Vorster and … to that of embassies. In June, the…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) at UNESCO House in Paris, France. The UN … 134 condemning the policies and…
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… Anti-Apartheid activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian … as a nurse before she became an activist. She…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… In May 1962 Dennis Brutus , Secretary of the South African Sports Association, wrote to Otto Mayer, the then … Olympic Committee (IOC), requesting that the…
EventThe 41st annual conference of the ANC in Queenstown gets underway
… The 41 annual conference of the African National Congress (ANC) in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, … groups under the leadership of the ANC and the South African…
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… in South Africa. This was in collaboration with the South African Students' Organisation (SASO) and the Black Peoples' … colleges.The impact of Black…
EventTalks between the government and ANC on negotiations proceed
… The Groote Schuur talks between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) were held on 2, 3 and 4 May … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor…
Ikwezi
… Southern Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and Southern African revolutionaries with long histories of devotion to …
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… some overview of what is meant when people speak of South African Heritage. Culture Like 'heritage' and 'identity,' … Africa at large, to innocently enquire…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… black women. This can be partly explained by the fact that African women did not have to carry passes until the 1950s, and were thus not as easily controlled…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… settlers, and these wars dominated 19th century South African History. The first frontier war broke out in 1780 and … harbour. However, developments…
ArticleZulu
… years, he had forged one of the mightiest empires the African continent has ever known. The Zulu empire weakened … for all Black South Africans, and in 1953…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… of members of the ANC massacred by raiders from the South African Defence Force. The service was also addressed by His … Africa, and the peoples of the world…
PlaceCabo Verde
… change in their ruling party in several elections. In the African context the country is known for its political … Settlements The early settlement in Cape…
40 years after: Understanding the Soweto Uprising by Motsoko Pheko (Pambazuka News), 30 June 2016
… Benjamin Rajuili who was a minister of religion in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and a teacher at a high … picked him up there. The students were…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… societies and became culturally disintegrated as their African identity and traditions were torn away. The Cape … der Colff [1] Author Unknown, “Africa,…
ArticleVlakplaas and the History of Apartheid's Death Squad
… Vlakplaas is also referred to as C, C1 and C10. The South African Police security section had broader control over … seen as opponents of the apartheid…
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… Reproduced with permission.) ...The solution to the South African problem will call for radical reforms, some of them … is the basic heritage of the people…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South African history. Far more than diamonds, this changed South … the gold standard.The effect that…
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… strike were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rookopies also …
Marikana Commission of Inquiry
… strike were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rookopies also …
ArticleList of employers to whom Indentured Indians were assigned
… Co Madras Addison, Friend Calcutta Addison, Friend Madras African Boating Co. Madras Arbuckle, W Madras Barrow Green …
ArticleMarikana Commission of Inquiry
… strike were shot and killed by the officers of the South African Police Services (SAPS) at the hills of Rooikopies …
ArticleThe Establishment of the Afrikaner Broederbond in May 1918.
… With the end of the war, the boom conditions for South African agriculture came to an end as post-war inflation … Edgar, Robert R. and Sapire, Hilary (1999) …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… mixed with those of the groups they met, which is why many African people are Bantu-speaking. They also brought iron …