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PlaceOrkney, North West Province
… is convenient for its location, just about 180 kilometres from the bustling urban hub of Johannesburg and its … started mining for gold in the 1880’s. He was…
EventBanned PAC Leader, Robert Sobukwe, is refused an exit permit to leave SA
… years. Kruger announced that Sobukwe was being released from custody on 13 May 1969. Upon his release, Sobukwe was … Anon, (n.d.), ‘PAC leader Robert Sobukwe…
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… and was named after HW Pearson, Mayor of Port Elizabeth from 1871 to 1896. Over the years the building has been … and men who died in a number of South…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… served as South Africa’s first female deputy president from 2005-2008. She is admired as one of the exceptional … instructions in regards to the performance…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… Violence erupted when Poqo members from Mbekweni, Paarl, met and resolved to attack the White … were killed. One Paarl resident chased the attackers away…
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… passed on 23 June 1927, prohibited Africans and Indians from serving liquor, driving liquor vans and entering … of beer halls later lead to the Durban Beer…
EventThe UN decides not to support the request of the Union of South Africa concerning the treatment of Indians in SA
… concerning the treatment of Indians in SA be removed from the agenda on the grounds that the matter was … Sixth Committees. In November a multi-racial…
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… These "glide bombs" had tail fins that were controlled from the mother plane as the bomb dropped. Similar technology … Jackson received an outpouring of…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… Boksburg, Gauteng Province. In 1962, Goldstone graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and couple of … the South African Constitution,…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. The aim of … the nineteenth century (1896), which…
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… (1985), 'Boesak Challenges the government on Treason' from The Star, 28 February (Available at National Library of … Campus) Anon, (n.d.), 'Biography of…
EventLeaders of six homelands reject new constitution
… to Coloureds and Indians, but still excluded Africans from parliament, leaders of six Black homelands issued a … statement rejecting it. Their standpoint…
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… In 1975 Lieutenant-Commander Didier Ratsiraka seized power from the provisional president and established a socialist … economy, moves towards a market…
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
… Zambian government the powers to use revenues collected from these mines to substantially reduce prices of basic food … economy began to decline. The…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would be released from prison, unconditionally the next day, took many people … of the country, which was already…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… as an attempt by the Pretoria regime to gather support from these homeland leaders in case of a backlash by the … buffer against possible armed incursions,…
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… Manson's theory. Manson continued to teach on his return from his contract in Asia in 1889, and opened up the London … in treating malaria in South Africa,…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… board surfer with a fondness for tube-riding, Grant Baker from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal became the first surfer from outside Santa Cruz, California to win the…
EventFrederick Lugard, British colonial administrator, occupies Kano, West Africa
… was the British colonial administrator of West Africa from 1895. He was one of the foremost practitioners of the … traditional rulers sought to assert their…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… nickname for the university - Tuks or Tukkies - is derived from the TUC acronym. The University of Pretoria, into which … The relatively smooth introduction…
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… years, African peoples living in Southwest Africa, inland from the arid coastal strip of the Namibian desert, suffered … colonial history - first at the…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… and 1868, most of Moshoeshoe's land was overrun by Boers from the Orange Free State. He appealed to the British for … of the conflict was that Basutoland…
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… attacked the area. Among the casualties was chief Luka from Lari, who was known for ill treating his own people as … the country and led to Kenya gaining…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… adults to test their skills in kicking, passing and more. From 1984, during apartheid, South Africa was banned from taking part in international rugby…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… gained independence. He served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in 1966 when he was kidnapped and … regions were set on completely…
Africa’s photojournalists: The wars are not over by Greg Marinovich (Daily Maverick), 25 June 2013
… operate in an environment in which active hostility from government and others is the norm.” Kanuma regards much … was set yet a lifetime later, another war…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… Zulu. This translation,in a slightly edited form here, is from the Carter-Karis Collection (item 2:XC9:81/6).This … the culling of our stock, the influx laws…
Chapter 5
… the fight for liberation. But each one worked in isolation from the rest. The characteristic feature of this stage of … said to fall into two parts, i.e. one…
ArchiveCHAPTER FIVE: The Politics Of Collaboration: The Campaign for Participation In The Tricameral Parliament by Kumi Naidoo
… This chapter comes from the book …
Chapter 5 - TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WAR
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 … in the three-person Secretariat; in 1984, with permission from Tambo, Josiah Jele was released…