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EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… in Angola is one of the turning points in Southern African History. It led to the movement of powerful Cuban … Cuanavale is described as either a defeat of…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… The first European known to set foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the African coast, landing…
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… completed the biggest Black empowerment deals in South African corporate history in 1996 through the sale of … and JCI to the National Empowerment Consortium…
EventLaw and Order Minister, Adriaan Vlok implicates De Klerk at TRC
… amnesty for the role he played in the bombing of the South African Council of Churches headquarters, Khotso House; the bombing of the South African Congress…
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… Commission(TRC), General Johan van der Merwe former South African Police Services(SAPS) National Commissioner … 1988. The building was the headquarters of…
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… to murder to fraud. Amongst those that were killed were African National Congress (ANC) lawyer, Bheki Mlangeni, and … References: Kalley, J. A. et al (1999)…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… local and international business. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomed the commitment to … J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)…
EventWits attains full university status
… (Wits), Johannesburg. The origin of Wits lies in the South African School of Mines, which was established in Kimberley … University College in 1906 and was…
EventKitchener’s opinion on Concentration Camps
… During Anglo-Boer War 2 (also called South African War) between the two former Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State Republic)…
EventQueen Victoria issues charter for the formation of the British South Africa Company
… to further the influence of the British Empire over the African continent. A royal charter was sought to establish a … (BSAC) was established. Trade was…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… Gazankulu, Lebowa, KwaZulu, Transkei and Ciskei. The African National Congress(ANC) under the leadership of the … won 243 478 of the national votes (1.25%),…
EventFormer SANNC President Sefako Mapogo Makgatho dies
… wa a teacher and a journalist. Makgatho joined the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) later renamed the African National Congress (ANC). He…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in charge of … 1990s and subsequently paved the road to the first South African…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
… Garden with an enormous collection of Cycads and an African Rainforest. The Lowveld Legogote Region is situated … hiking trails, the largest collection of…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… On a winter's day in 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from the African township complex of Soweto began a protest march … On 25 May 1976, Fred van Wyk, the…
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… reopening being a financial disaster for the sole owner (African Theatres Trust) mainly for two reasons: poor … musicians presenting "live" music. These…
Chapter 4 - Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… reopening being a financial disaster for the sole owner (African Theatres Trust) mainly for two reasons: poor … musicians presenting "live" music. These…
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… an exclusively black higher education formation, the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), and the election of … its formal inauguration in July 1969…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… two-day international conference will bring together South African and international participants to contextualise the … and intellectual inquiry. The…
PlaceBalule Private Game Reserve, Kruger National Park
… on the Western Boundary of the Kruger National Park. Here, African Wildlife roam freely in this Area, as there are no … add a greater sense of adventure for…
PlaceMalawi
… in 1907. The first political party named Nyasaland African Congress was formed in 1944. Initially, it was a … Nyasa (Lake Malawi), the most southerly lake in…
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… of indunas from different firms where certain so-called "African leaders" would be present. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT … issued by Chief Luthuli, President…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… house. Both the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and African National Congress (ANC) claimed responsibility for … measures, but instead used excessive force…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… by his father in 1917. Oppenheimer joined the South African Corps and served under the Fourth South African Corps during World War 2 in North Africa. He then…
Document 54 - K. A. Jordaan, “What are the National Groups in South Africa? A Contribution to the Symposium”, Forum Club, Cape Town, May 1954
… rather of the internal arrangeÂments of the South African State. The form of this multi-national state must be … of the people. Concretely speaking, certain…
Address to Extraordinary Summit of the World Economic Forum 21 June 2003
… to be able to share with this august gathering, the South African success story and our approach to lasting peace and … number of lessons that we can say we…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
… period of our common history. In January 1985, a South African journal, "Indicator South Africa", carried a story of … in Botswana passed almost unnoticed in…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… to commemorate the death of an outstanding young South African patriot, Stephen Bantu Biko. The bloody decade of the … earlier, in 1961, when we organised…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… defeat has been a decisive fact in twentieth-century South African history, with far-reaching consequences not only for … aim to physically, socially and…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… in New York, whose most recent book is Thomas Sankara: An African Revolutionary , Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, … LSE Reference List [1] Ernest Harsch,…