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… William Henry Beaumont was born in India on 24 February 1851. His father was a Lieutenant … defining boundaries for territorial segregation between black and white people. In March 1916 the Commission … to white people and which ones were to be allocated to black people. William Beaumont died c.1930. …

… congregation was founded on 8 and 9 September 1855 in Pretoria. It was one of the independent churches started … The church was very small and not much appreciated. In September 1882 it was badly damaged by a storm and shortly … Square. While it was being built church services were held in the Tivoli Theatre in Mark Street. The government bought …

… In this paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating schools has led to a … Education is the key to change in South Africa …

… to the Cape colony, the first 1820 settlers arrived in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the Chapman on 17 … as Port Elizabeth. Lord Somerset, the British governor in South Africa, encouraged the immigrants to settle in the frontier area of what is now the Eastern Cape. This …

… (Translated from the Afrikaans) I was born and brought up in the Lichtenburg District, Transvaal. Both my father and my grandfather fought in the Boer War and were taken prisoners. My mother, as a … joined General de la Rey, the leader of the rebel commando in the district. It was a very sad morning for us children …

… conference. We owe this day to a massacre that took place in Sharpeville, South Africa, many years ago now. It shocked … world because although there had been killings, pursued in the interests of preserving the apartheid system, nothing … to power of the apartheid regime. The record of events in southern Africa from Sharpeville to, shall I say, Nkomati, …

… Eban Abba, Israeli statesman was born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son … still a child. After graduating at Cambridge University in 1938 he became a lecturer in Middle Eastern Language and Literature. During World War … Eban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town …

… Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (Zakes), was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1948 to Rose … in post-Apartheid South Africa. They are told from a Black perspective; Whites only play a peripheral role. The … is based on a sex scandal between White Africans and their Black maids in the 1970s and was awarded the Hurston/Wright …

… I AM DIRECTED by the All-In African National Action Council to address your Government in the following terms: The All-In African National Action Council was established in terms … Regional Formation Schools.” Report in SASO Newsletter, September 1970 …

… former President Nelson Mandela at his inauguration in 1994. It has been suggested that Mbuli's life came under … campaigning. Attempts were allegedly made to murder him in 1996 and he believes that, after complaining about the … regarding the issue, he was tricked into going to Pretoria in 1997 to get information about the assassination attempt …

… was 'founded' by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to serve as the home of freed slaves from the … to as Americo-Liberians emerged as the ruling class. In 1847, Liberia became a republic and its political system … despite the existence of British and French imperialism in the West African region. Following a period of relative …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. … National Congress is a fundamental feature of a stage in the evolutionary process of the African people ”” a stage … struggle for survival and of the great role they can play in, and the substantial contribution they can make to the …

… Kwame Nkrumah the All African People Conference was held in the capital city Accra in December 1958. Nkrumah felt that Ghana independence would … African states are still colonised by the European powers. In April 1958, Nkrumah as the pioneer of the ideology of …

… born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation … amongst Xhosa people. Sparks studied at Queen’s College in Queenstown and matriculated in 1950. The following year he … took the decision to move away from targeting a black readership in order to focus more on white readers …

… Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not … drudgery of schoolwork into his private world of drawing. In 1924, Pemba won a Grey Scholarship to Paterson School, … - and his dogged determination to express himself as a black artist despite the odds, mark him as a South African …

… In August 1844 French forces under General Thomas Bugeaud defeated the Moroccan army in the battle of Isly. The battle was a result of the French … resistance leader, Abd al-Qadir who had taken refuge in the country. Following the defeat Sultan Abd ar-Rahman of …

… April 1961, France conducted its fourth nuclear bomb  test in the Sahara Desert. Adding to the tension of the time, was … to lead Europe and potentially become a superpower in its own right. This ambition was thwarted by the creation … and the position occupied by Britain and the United States in this military alliance. This situation was further …

… controversy during the year. There were 30 delegates, 20 black and 10 white. The visitors were guests of the party … and Johannesburg branches, the 'real business' was ushered in next morning by a procession with band and banners from … and from sundry trade unions and organisations, white and black, from the Cape the Zambezi. In turn greetings were sent …

… survived without medical attention.  Consequently, he died in the desert. Hammerl and other frontline journalists were … the rebels’ attempt to oust Muammar Gaddaffi’s regime in February 2011. South African International Relations and … Hammerl family said: "From the moment Anton disappeared in Libya we have lived in hope as the Libyan officials …

… In the prologue to The Go-Between, L.P. Hartley claimed that … differently there”. That is certainly true for 1914, for in that year southern Africa was mired in warfare, rebellion, protest and unrest. One hundred years … History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories …

… Sir James Liege Hulett was born on 17 May 1838 in South Yorkshire, England. In 1857, at the age of 19, he came to South Africa. Sir … Exchange, listed company.  He also had a major influence in political, educational social and religious life in Natal. … Sir James Liege Hulett dies in Durban, South Africa …

… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1952 and includes chapters on: The functioning of South … affairs and events outside the Union; Rising tensions in South Africa and work to help resolve these; General South … A survey of race relations in South Africa: 1951-1952 …

… Governor of the Cape Colony from 1814 to 1826. He arrived in the Cape on 6 April 1814 as Governor with a mandate to … salary of the town secretary of Bathurst, a small town in the Eastern Cape, then an administrative centre … towards the country he had been sent to govern. In 1814 he asked botanist Dr MacKrill who had a leaning …

… Forum was launched by former Deputy President J.G. Zuma in Langa, Cape Town. The forum was born of a cabinet decision following the National Anti-Corruption Summit in Cape Town in 1999. It was viewed as another milestone in the fight … The National Anti-Corruption Forum is launched in Langa …

… When the system of apartheid was implemented in South Africa in 1948, certain laws had to be put in place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South … Number of banned persons in South Africa totals 936 …

… In 1976, a year after passing matric (now Grade 10), Kevin … Texas, United States of America. He obtained a BCom degree in sports management at the university and also began his … and reached the Wimbledon finals twice. Curren lived in the United States for 20 years. In 1995 he returned to …

… Harold Cressy was born on 1 February 1889 in Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu Natal. He was one of the five … eight he was sent to Cape Town to continue his education. In 1905 he graduated from Zonnebloem College with a T.3 … activism and protest, but rather the improvement of Black people's education in South Africa. In 1912 Cressy was …

… In 1801, William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer , of the … at Leeuwenkuil . The site proved too arid for cultivation. In about 1805 they moved the Missionary Station to another … Settlement was changed later to Griquatown or Griekwastad in Afrikaans. They lived among a mixed nomadic community of …

… Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg was born on 8 March 1739 in Leeuwarden, Friesland in the Netherlands. He came to the Cape as an employee of the Dutch East India Company (DEIC). In 1767 he became “Independent-Fiscal”, the highest official … Joachim Ammena van Plettenberg is born in the Netherlands …