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ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… troops in conjunction with commandos from Swellendam, George, Uitenhage and Graaff-Reinet under the overall command … [Accessed: 26 January 2012] By early…
ArchiveInterview with Mr H Molooi
… when she passed on. Mrs Ngcobo worked for Allison Wessels George Champion (1893-1975) who held the position of National …
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… The property was originally granted to George Daniel Diesel in 1824. The building was presumably …
EventFanie de Villiers ends his last Test triumphantly
… Africa in the third Test match against Pakistan at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. De Villiers ended his Test …
EventP.W. Botha appears in court
… South African State President appeared at a court in George. Botha's case was postponed for a later date to allow …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… These were more suited to the new organisation of work and division of labour in the factories. Semiskilled workers … these industries were just beginning to…
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
… South African President P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. …
Event30 000 Blacks fight for Britain in Anglo-Boer War
… David Lloyd George stated in the British House of Commons that as many as …
PlaceBelvidere, Knysna
… 1826. In 1830 he visited Knysna, where he was the guest of George Rex, whose daughter Caroline he subsequently married …
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… from the presidency. He was succeeded by his brother George Matanzima, who resigned after it was revealed that he …
EventThe Bloemfontein Convention is signed
… (also called the Orange River Convention) between Sir George Clerk (for Britain) and twenty-five 'representatives …
ArticlePublic Protest in Democratic South Africa
… from the crowd and started looting stalls and shops in St George's Mall, forcing shop owners and traders to pack away …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… Conference in Ghana, 1958. Source: Private Collection of George M. Houser, African Activist Archive . From 1959 to …
PlaceSedgefield
… Eventually a railway line was built (1908 – 1912) between George and Oudtshoorn that made access to the coastline … Pass- 70kms long 1863-1867 Seven Passes…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla being held at the St. George`s Hotel, Irene in Tshwane. The briefing will be held …
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… Mrs Geesje Bergh, wife of the former Civil Commissioner of George. The pass was christened Montagu Pass! …
EventA.W.G. Champion, outspoken opponent of apartheid dies
… Trade unionist, politician and businessman Allison Wessels George (A.W.G.) Champion died at his home in Chesterville, … historicalpapers.wits,' Alison…
EventThe Star is published in Johannesburg
… sixteen years later by its owners, brothers Thomas and George Sheffield. In 1889, the name Eastern Star was changed …
EventFour men die instantly in car races
… Three people were seriously injured and transferred to George Mukhari (formerly Ga-Rankuwa) hospital in Ga-Rankuwa …
EventArchbishop Tutu retires as Archbishop of Cape Town and head of the Anglican Church in SA
… A service in Cape Town's St George's Cathedral marked the retirement of the Most Reverend …
ArticleTowards a people’s culture - Art and Resistance under Apartheid
… of South Africa’s Apartheid policies and the growing division between black and white South Africans. The …
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… 1947 First gets a job at the Social Welfare Division of the Johannesburg City Council but does not work …
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… measures had been issued to segregate and control land division, with 14 different land control systems in South …
PlacePiketberg
… establishment of Kokstad, the capital of Griqualand East. Division The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district of …
EventBritain proclaims Natal a British colonial territory
… British forces under Governor Sir George Napier took over Natal and proclaimed it a British …
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… old Harvard-educated technocrat, defeated football legend George Weah who secured only 40,6% of the votes. Though …
EventLabram, manufacturer of ‘Long Cecil’ is killed by shell from ‘Long Tom’
… George Frederick Labram, manufacturer of a cannon popularly …
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… to an explanation of conflict as predicated on ethnic division, the consensus of ethnically motivated violence is a … explaining conflict in South Africa as…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… the Mtamvuba and the Mzimvubu Rivers 1842 Cape Governor George Napier issues a proclamation against the incursions by … war on the frontier 1843 British…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… Kathleen Satchwell (Kathy), a former judge of the Gauteng Division of the High Court and lawyer, whose company …