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PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… it is a popular destination for bikers and trail runners. From a thorough piece on the Battle of Blaauwberg: … had taken over Cape Town in 1795. General…
PlaceGreat Brak Rivier
… and telegraphic business of Great Brak River was conducted from the Searles' store, a portion of which was set aside for … and expected everyone else in the…
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… The outline of the Voortrekker Monument is also visible from here. The unique design takes the shape of a triangular … with and professor Fassler named the…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Congolese ethnic groups. On 11 July, Katanga broke away from the Republic of Congo to form a separate state and by 14 … for Lumumba’s death, and calls for…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… War in 1948, Britain attempted to remove its presence from the region, as the cost of maintaining the country and … Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936. Britain…
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… 1984, was marked by a series of political trials flowing from the unrest that had gripped the country in the second … in the 1970s. On 9 October 1969 Mazwai…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… 1990 the number of deaths outside Natal and KwaZulu rose from 124 to 1 888, mainly as a result of a fierce political … in the negotiations indefinitely and…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… Dweba's widow Daphne stated that her husband was abducted from his place of work on 19 August 1985. He was fatally … nephew's clothes, which, the unknown…
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… in its theological teachings. The DRC was suspended from the WARC at the 21st General Council meeting of the WARC … Africa after the Sharpeville massacre…
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… his recently published book (Jacana: 2013). Drawing from material in the ANC’s own archives, other archives in … in exile in Zambia and argues that this was…
PlaceThe Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre
… was erected by Public subscription as a tribute of respect from the people to the Memory of those Local Volunteers who … end of the Garden of Remembrance,…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… shelling the Town. On 14 February the British withdrew from their positions around Colesberg and regrouped at … Arundel Siding. On 20 February the Boers…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… and the power to 'name' people who could be barred from holding office, practicing as lawyers or attending … was progressively tightened up in 1951, 1954,…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
… the more grateful for the tolerance that has come my way from members of the Koranna and Griqua community in … patience and loyal support I have been blessed…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… his life and memory. The special edition contains tributes from ANC leaders like Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma … and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, and…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Village of Kuboes, also spelled Khubus. Derives its name from a Khoikhoi term meaning: 'A Round Fountain or Spring' … many highly spiritual in nature. A life…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… done to the spirit in which the award was created. I quote from the official history of our National Orders: South Africa has taken many strides away from…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Born Ronald Horwitz in in 1934, he moved to from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the … one of the last great 'actor-managers' of Great…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … whatever that was,' and were inclined to refrain from doing anything that might 'antagonise' the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of … development that was to lead to his eventual dissociation from the Natal Indian Congress (NIC)…
Chapter 8
… same problems of oppression a few yards away. This protest from the floor resulted in the drawing up of a resolution to … form a select committee of ten to…
Chapter 4
… not to pause, take stock, assess the situation and learn from the errors of the past in order to arm ourselves the … of education. The English, on the other…
Historical Overview of Black Resistance, 1932-1952 - The Congress of the People and Freedom Charter Campaign by Ismail Vadi, New Delhi, 1995
… which the African masses responded to calls for action from Congress leaders was inspiring, and vindicated the … Depression in 1932 and the withdrawal of…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… the government`s use of force to remove African people from the Western Areas. Chief Lutuli sent this message to the people from his sick-bed.] There are no…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… Uitenhage developed from 1804 to 1910 from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the …
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… 1964). He served as prime minister and then as president from independence in December 1961 until his retirement in … African countries which had not yet…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… SAIC. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘Defiance Campaign 1952,’from South African History Online, [online] Available at … [Last accessed: 13 May 2011] Anon, (n.d.)…
EventGold Coast (Ghana) gains independence
… the Gold Coast (now known as Ghana) gained independence from Britain. Ghana became a member of the Commonwealth of … for life. The country was the first to…
EventEgypt is placed under martial law in response to widespread riots against the British
… From 1951 to 1952 Egypt was ravaged by violence and … these riots. During the protests, attention was moved away from ethnic, religious and foreign…
EventNational Party wins national elections
… resulted in the Pact Government, the Great Depression, from 1930 to 1933, made the government's rule difficult. … References: This week in African history:…