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EventThe South African Industrial Federation riot in the Rand Gold mining district
… union for people socially constructed as 'white', ran riot in the Rand Gold mining district. They were protesting … The 1922 mineworkers strike was the…
EventSouth African model, Candice Swanepoel is born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal
… Candice Swanepoel was born in Mooi River, KwaZulu-Natal on 20 October 1988 She grew up … of becoming a model. At the age of fifteen she was scouted in a…
Archive”Native Union”. Article by Pixley ka Isaka Seme, in October 24, 1911
… triumph of Christianity which teaches men everywhere that in this world they have a common duty to perform both towards … all life. The South African Native…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in 1895 for reasons of health. Marthinus Theunis Steyn, also … was elected as next president by…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… and Commandant General Louis Botha issued a proclamation in Pretoria which promised to pay those Burghers who remained … 1902 by the signing of the Peace…
Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… two twelve year olds, were murdered as they lay sleeping in their Umtata home. Believed to be the arms storage … Force at the time, " There were actually…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s … reported that what the South Africans…
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… 1867 marks the first recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa, with the very first … as the Eureka diamond. By 1871, more…
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… of 616 South Africans, including 607 black troops serving in the South African Native Labour Contingent, died when the steamship sank in the English Channel…
EventHuman Rights Day is celebrated for the first time in South Africa
… Human Rights Day has been a public holiday celebrated in South Africa. It shares the day with the anniversary of the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, which…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… leader of the Ciskei 'homeland' government, announces that in order to reach a settlement of dispute between his … the matter before the International Court…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… a BA Degree. She went on to become a prominent journalist in the 1970s and 1980s. Zille became well-known after she … death of Black Consciousness Movement…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… African nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result of the collapsed Synagogue Church of all … loss of life outside our borders must…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… nation. The Condolence Books shall be laid out from 09h00 in the morning. The coming week shall also see the commencement of ANC Provincial Memorial Services…
ANC`s urgent court application in view of DA march, 12 February 2014
… large protection against a threat posed by the DA march, in the morning at 06:00 at the South Gauteng High Court. This is necessary in view of the failure of…
educating African youth and provision of large scale scholarships tenable in various
… supports and endorses the negotiations strategy outlined in the Harare Declaration. 3. The international community has … the broad principles, procedures and…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
… Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society regarding the political and social trends in apartheid South Africa. Contents…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
… was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1903 as the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in South Africa. Its first…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… labourers, spending nine to eleven months of the year in the mines while their wives and children remained in the countryside. 10 years after 1886, the…
EventRobert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… leader Robert Mugabe returned to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years. Mugabe had been trying to gather … Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… (one of two other siblings) to Nosebenzile Doris Mpofu in Duncan Village, East London, Eastern Cape Province, South … Africa’s first democratic elections…
Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker
… CONTENTS Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall A lighthouse for … domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… contentious issue at the Cape that contributed to the rise in tensions and eventual outbreak of war between the settlers … and skilled artisans. Settler…
ArchiveStatement issued by the Synodical Committee of the Reformed Church in Africa
… by the Synodical Committee of the Reformed Church in Africa, about unrest in the country … issued by the Synodical Committee of the Reformed Church in Africa…
Conversations with Felicia Winnie Madikizela Mandela, A Tribute to Women in the Struggle
… In a conversation with Dr. Felicia Mabuza Suttle, Winnie … and other women like Albertina Sisulu faced for freedom in South Africa. … with Felicia Winnie…
ArchiveStatement to the ANC Conference from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison
… Statement to the ANC National Conference in Durban, 2-6 July 1991, from political prisoners in Pretoria local prison, stating that two months has passed ……
EventAfrican National Congress guerilla is shot and killed in Orange Free State.
… National Congress guerilla was shot and killed by police in a township called Ficksburg in Orange Free State on 2nd June 1986.The South African … Saldru…
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… “Recent events in Africa have robbed the Union of precious time. This … came during the opening of the Bureau’s Transvaal Congress in Pretoria on 10…
PlaceAggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
… a gravel road! A major zinc deposit has been identified in the nearby Gemsberg inselberg, also set to be mined. The range of hills, mountains and inselbergs…
EventA plan designed to fight Italian forces, Operation ‘Agreement’ is executed in Libya
… was mounted during the Second World War which started in the early hours of 1 September 1939 when three German … complications the plan failed and with many…