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EventNelson Mandela is acquitted of high treason
… (ANC), was acquitted of treason charges after a four year long trial. Mandela was one of the 156 leading figures, 104 …
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… She began participating in sports at an early age. Her long-time coach, Martin Marx, discovered her at the age of …
EventSA’s gold-panning team returns victorious from the World Gold Panning Championships held in Slovakia
… it is not a very popular sport, it has been around for a long time, with the championships having been held annually …
Ikwezi
… of South African and Southern African revolutionaries with long histories of devotion to the struggle for freedom in …
EventGeorge Pauling, builder of railway lines in SA, dies
… railways, and dams in Rhodesia. He died in 1919. His long standing company was dissolved in 2002. …
Apartheid - The early 1980s
… to join with organizations, on a regional structure, as long as they were non-racist. In May 1983 the Natal UDF was … and people can be arrested without…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… are detained under the Terrorism Act . After a long period of solitary confinement they were formally … the river at its narrowest point. 1973 30 April, The…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… of apartheid amplified when the non-Africans would get long trousers and socks, while the Africans would get shorts … tortures throughout the prison. After…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… sustaining a household so that the men can maintain their long work hours. Asanda Benya writes that in order for the … middle class" and would be assured of…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… oversized shirt, big pants with braces and exceptionally long socks. At other times he would dress like a woman or … comedy. But like all good things, Oom…
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… them: Kloof Nek has been an important pass for centuries. Long before roads were built, it was used by Khoi herders, … in the country. Vibrant and…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… is the subject status of the exploited races. As long as one section of the working class acquiesces or participates in the subjection of another, so long…
PlaceNahoon River Point Nature Reserve
… for its paleoanthropological significance. In fact, it has long been held as a very important prehistorical landmark and … area as a result. Nahoon Point…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… was not born with a hunger to be free,” Mandela writes in Long Walk to Freedom. He immediately explains, “I was born … stars and ride the broad backs of slow…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… the development of the Republic. During President Brand's long period of office, Bloemfontein became the leading town … but conflict in the surrounding areas…
PlaceMandela House
… seems an appropriate site for a Museum that charts the long, hard-fought path to democracy. Nelson Mandela lived … family photos. Nearby is the home of…
EventBishop Ambrose Reeves returns to South Africa
… Bishop of Johannesburg, returned to South Africa from his long leave spent in England. Reeves was not welcomed back by …
EventEx Defence Minister P.W. Botha denies arms purchase
… involvement in the murky world of arms dealing began long before the UN arms and oil embargo on South Africa. …
EventANC’s economic plans
… Mandela stated that his party was prepared to abandon its long-held policy of nationalisation if the business community …
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… 1976. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in 1998 described him as a policeman "who already had a long history of human rights violations as chief…
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… shunting train. The explosion left a crater, sixty meters long, fifty meters wide and eight meters deep and was heard …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… were not sudden turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. Although …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education
… were not sudden turning points; they took place over a long period of time and had tremendous impact. Although …
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at teh Development Planning Summit Hosted by the Intergovernmental Forum, 27 November 1995
… suffering, gender and other discrimination". In Long Walk to Freedom, he wrote, "I have taken a moment here … comes responsibilities, and I dare not linger,…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Education major at Bridgewater State University. A life-long resident of Massachusetts, she plans on using her degree …
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… Power to the People! Matla! Mayibuye! We have come a long way from the day 18 years ago when the Nationalist … struggle of our people to this decisive phase…
Democracy - The only solution by Nelson Mandela, President of the ANC 1 July 1992
… Unless we immediately find a way out, it will cast a long shadow over future generations. When the Government of … about its own future at the cost of…
The Founder: An Ambiguous Figure by Chris Saunders
… the founder of the ANC. It was he who, on his return from long years of study in the United States and Britain, issued … it difficult to adjust to life in…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
… the first of its kind in South Africa; census taking has a long history dating back to the 18th century. Census surveys … with 33.7 per cent in 1994 and a…
ArticleTransport on water
… the Chinese Junk had been around for thousands of years. Long before the Europeans began their own explorations in …