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PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… area, cultural groups and some archaeological finds from nearby sites, these include pottery, woodwork, weaving, … this provides guidelines on what should be…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… Louis Trichardt. He later obtained a Master of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa before proceeding to … study on Tsonga idioms was also…
EventPolice arrest members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) High Command at Lilliesleaf Farm
… privately owned by Arthur Goldreich, but bought with funds from the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). At the farm … Motsoaledi. Goldreich and Wolpe…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… the All Africa Conference attended by 1 400 delegates from 145 institutions. The conference was held in … * We call on democratic people the world over to…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… were subsequently convicted and given sentences ranging from R30 (or three months) to R100 (or six months). The … movement; almost immediately it shifted…
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… resignation of Fanie Botha, Dr Treurnicht, and Tom Langley from parliament on the 21 February 1983. It was not clear … of Fanie Botha wanted Treurnicht and…
EventThe Federation of South African trade unions
… partners were democratic, and that leaders were elected from the working class. This approach encouraged the … Political History: a chronology of key…
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… saw Dutch East India Company troops, burgher militia from districts including Swellendam and Stellenbosch, and the … forced to retreat following sustained…
EventRebels take control of Kinshasa, Zaire
… Kabila, however soon proved to be not much different from Mobutu. Other than renaming the country from Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabila …
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
… attempts to reach peace. On 15 May 1902, thirty delegates from each republic, Transvaal and Orange Free State attended … Lord Kitchner and Alfred Milner in…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… the town in the meantime, causing only minimal damage. From January 1900 food stocks in Mafeking fell low, but … remedied this difficulty by withholding…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… the Rugby Union Board was formed. After SA was banned from international sporting arena, it meant that it could no … also involved in annual competitions…
EventThe Cape Agulhas lighthouse begins operating
… The seas around Cape Agulhas - about two hours drive from Cape Town - are very treacherous and have caused … of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the world and it…
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… This commando evicted the British Resident, Major Warden, from his small barracks in Bloemfontein. The Battle resulted … ‘Memorials of the Battle of…
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… Due to its policy of apartheid, South Africa was excluded from any talks on economic co-operation amongst African … Political History: a chronology of key…
EventAnton Hammerl, South African photographer, is killed in Libya
… could give him a decent funeral. The Hammerl family said: "From the moment Anton disappeared in Libya we have lived in … were abducted: “Dear Anton, this is…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… South African History Online (2011). ‘Bophuthatswana’from South African History Online [online]. Available at … A. (2011). ‘This Day in African History: 6…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from Balliol College in Oxford in 1981. After writing his law … public health, education and of…
16. Advice to a son about coming to Natal
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … Pachai Madline Alexander Pillai wrote on 22 January 1906 from Pinetown (near Durban) giving her son…
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… during the Anglo Boer War. After it it fell under siege from October 1899 to March 1900. Set on the banks of the Klip … , 6000 hectares of Reserve is a mere,…
PlacePolokwane
… a stepping stone to a diversity of natural attractions from Mountains to wilderness Areas. Polokwane has a lively … green building with a comprehensive…
South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016
… relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU when it broke away from ZAPU. This was a product of a continuous process in … ZANU Despite this history, in 1978 ZANU…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… From the book: Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and … becoming law, they would at least have it on record that from first they had entered an…
ArchiveWomen Freedom Fighters tell of Sexual Abuse in Camps by Carl Collison (Mail and Guardian), 27 October 2017
… Sibongile ‘Promise’ Khumalo claims that, after running away from home in the 1970s to receive military training in exile, … All the work that has been done…
First Raymond Mhlaba Annual Memorial Lecture delivered by the President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, 22 August 2008, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
… and comprehensively negative messages, perhaps drawn from particular and actual incidents, that, among other … with such abandon That, in a twinkling, life…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Workers, New Unions
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and … white women workers at that time were Afrikaners fresh from the land. (Black women had not yet left…
Document 51 - Leon Trotsky, Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … of the draft theses. But here also, insofar as I can judge from afar, we have no differences in…
Ahmed Kathrada pays tribute to Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… the foundation of the very qualities that set you apart from other men. Foremost is your sincere and consistent … ability and skill in relating as equals to…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to The Joint Sitting of Parliament, Palais Du Parliament, Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, 1 December 2005
… of our two countries and peoples. By the time we depart from this sister country later today, we believe that we will … our institutions of higher learning…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … with its superior organisation and more varied resources. From the time of their second…