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EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… On 19 July 1965, Ingrid Jonker, a South African poet, committed suicide by walking into the sea. … posthumously awarded the Order of Ikhamanga by the South…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… the area has been under Dutch, British, German and South African control respectively since the late 1700s. On 16 … the Namibian government, after eighty…
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… On 5 July 1989, African National Congress leader Nelson Mandela met with … led to further negotiations between the government and the African National…
EventUS House of Representatives approve Bill to impose stricter sanctions on Apartheid South Africa
… was a ban on the exportation of computers to the South African military, police, and government agencies that … technology, the suspension of further loans…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of …
EventBambatha Rebellion
… suffered from a shortage of unskilled labour. Most African people lived off the land as farmers, tenants on … 000 rebels died. The Bambatha Rebellion marked…
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… Among the reasons for the South African War (Anglo- Boer War), 1899 - 1902, was that the … were determined, were quite able to survive in the African climate…
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… upheaval. This development happened largely through South African diplomatic efforts. Executive authority was shared … Morgan Tsvangirai, and the cabinet,…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Ethiopia. However, he is also looked up to as a symbol of African dignity, both within and outside the continent. … revere Emperor Selassie as a god that…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… KwaMuhle Museum depicts Durban as an African city searching for identity within a new political … KwaMuhle is in no sense an apartheid museum. Nor is it an…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… were ones of profound change in the structure of South African capitalÂism. Although the primary industries of … of importing, combined with the expansion…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… with a 9mm bullet identical to those used by the South African police, and the fact that then Minister of Police … by his mentor, he rejected the…
Extracts from Mandela’s speeches by Sapa, 6 December 2013
… some of them FROM HIS ADDRESS to the conference of the Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa, Addis … up in Johannesburg and other cities…
AAM and UN: partners in the international campaign against apartheid
… the Non-Aligned Movement, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and many other international … fact in no way detracts from the struggle of the South…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - In the city by Emilia Potenza
… Land Act marked the end of the limited independence which African farmers had on white-owned land. In spite of it Land … tenants found ways of getting round…
Durban an Overview
… access point for trade goods destined for the southern African interior, although this was curtailed for many years …
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… and Bapedi kingdom. The Berlin missionaries believed that African kingdoms were obstacles to christianisation. As a … Howcroft, P. (undated). South African…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… resulting in the colonisation and carving up of the African continent. This also led to an increased build up of …
ArticleActivity: Human evolution
… an animal or plant? What do BC and AD stand for? Why did African farmers decide to make their home in South Africa? …
ArticleThe Transkei
… the scale it did? The Pondos have been well known in South African history for their allegiance to authority. There is …
ArticleBlack Sash
… United Democratic Front (UDF) , The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the End Conscription Campaign. …
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… September 1969 (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa … years it has been the sword and shield…
Slavery in South Africa
… Cape Malays are descendants of slaves of Asian origin (not African), almost half were from the Indian sub-continent - … the Cape registered as Coloured. H. O…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… (Abridged text) For over fifty years the African National Congress has led the people of South Africa … years it has been the sword and shield of the people…
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… only, I believe the great majority of the comrades and the African comrades in particular, will say they know of no … activities" in connection with T. W…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… taxes frontline states – historically, any Southern African country actively supporting the liberation movements … formed after the 1994 elections consisting…
Chapter 2 - SADF Speaks...
… Ironically, it was the moonlight that assisted the South African Defence Force in their killing spree on this night. … to the SADF. General Constand Viljoen,…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… appeared in the Sunday Tribune , 18 October 1981. We South African democrats, gathered in Durban on this day, … and having experienced this directly in the…
Biographical Introduction
… for the vital task of building a new history of South African art. A great deal more research will be necessary … bi-annually between 1963 and 1975 organised…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Resolution No.2 of the Seventh Session of the South African Indian Congress, Cape Town, 12 February 1946 … waited on the Prime Minister This Conference of…