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… September 4 , House of Assembly votes 80-67 to enter World War II; resignation of Hertzog, who is succeeded by Jan … on the war December , Meeting of a joint ANC-AAC committee First meeting of AAC since 1937 ANC conference elects Dr. A. … by delegates from the AAC and the Anti-C.A.D. at the First Unity Conference and provisional found­ing of the …

… After over four centuries of Portuguese control and civil war, Mozambique gained independence in 1975, becoming the- … lasting from 1977 to 1992. In 1994, Mozambique held its first multiparty elections , and has since remained a … in that country. General Antonio Spinola became Portugal's first president after democracy. The coup also meant freedom …

… the construction of the Cairo–Alexandria railway, the first British railway built on foreign soil. Alexandria is a … interests in the country, culminating in a violent war. Britain won, restored the Khedival authority in Cairo, … a ‘veiled protectorate’ over Ottoman-Egypt until the First World War. The British occupation saw an increase in …

… in northern Namibia. Construction workers discovered the first mass grave containing human bones and ammunition 400 … who may have been killed in the so-called nine-day war  near the end of South Africa's occupation of Namibia, …

… a Prime Minister, Alhaji Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa. Its first government was a coalition of conservative parties, and … drive had started to gain traction after World War Two, and they steered the country – then the Colony and …

… Act of 1909, their treatment after the South African War and the numerous laws being passed that controlled and … Langalibalele Dube, was elected Treasurer-General in the first inaugural meeting of the SANNC in 1912. He was the …

… British claims over his territory. By March 1878 drums of war were beating again in Sekhukhuneland. Captain Clarke who … with his life at Magnet Heights. Immediately after this first British failure to subdue Sekhukhune, a fully equipped …

… when the regime persists in its apartheid system in the first instance, and also in killing our people, subjecting … accept the consequences of its actions. We have declared war on apartheid. The regime has declared war on all … this question of the Africans in South Africa being the first to suffer; the African States in our region being the …

… when the regime persists in its apartheid system in the first instance, and also in killing our people, subjecting … accept the consequences of its actions. We have declared war on apartheid. The regime has declared war on all … this question of the Africans in South Africa being the first to suffer; the African States in our region being the …

… into exile. May, Chris Hani begins his journey into exile first travelling to Soweto where he stays with a family … Tanganyika. June-6 August, Albertina Sisulu becomes the first woman to be arrested under the General Laws Amendment … 16 June, The ANC issues a pamphlet entitled ‘ We are at War! ’ 18 June, Oliver Tambo delivers a speech, entitled ‘ …

… 1923. However, during the run up to the Second World War, Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator, dreamed … protection that had inspired him to join the League in the first place against the wishes of the hostile nobility who … Still, like many after the bloodletting of The Great War, Selassie put his faith in the League to stop future …

… battle of Diamond Hill took place during the Anglo Boer War. It used to be out in the sticks and people only passed … as his only valuable possession, and became one of the first entrepreneurs, playing a significant role in mining, … Or it gives the chance, to catch up on your Anglo Boer War History. By visiting the Local Battlefields and War …

… in bold colours, in an expressionist style. He held his first solo exhibition in 1939 and in 1940; the Johannesburg … Gallery purchased one of his pictures. This was to be the first picture painted by a black artist to enter a museum … a trendy nightclub/bar reopened for business after the war. Between 1956 and 1960, several of Sekoto's compositions …

… contributor to moral decay.  This organisation was the first to campaign for White women's right to vote in South … temperance campaign would be ignored.  As in Britain, the first organised advocates for women's suffrage were middle … perception of women in the period after the South African War, the issue of giving women the vote was overshadowed by a …

… The restaurant occupied the ground floor as well as the first floor of the building at 189 Grey Street. Ranchod Kesur … carts. Latrines were erected at a cost of 200 pounds. The first Indian Market Superintendent, W. MacDonald was paid a … to her son the Prince Imperial who was killed in the Zulu War of 1879. They are a replica of the stations found in …

… no vote, nor were white women enfranchised. The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 (also called the South African War) had … major campaigns, all of which are mentioned here. The first, in 1913, was in Bloemfontein and stands out not only … under the leadership of Charlotte Maxeke, South Africa's first women graduate, who had been educated in the USA. In …

… his customers. In the early days, before the Second World War and shortly after it, there weren't many high-quality … they were for Europeans Only I was outraged. It was the first time that we'd seen such things. I sent the photographs … by Habonim, the Jewish Youth Movement. I now had my first Leica and, while I was in Israel, took some photographs …

… develops miners' phthisis and pneumonia." - Sol Plaatjie, first Secretary of the African National Congress , describing … resources of the racist State were mobilised, almost on a war footing, against the unarmed workmen. But the miners` … begun to form trade unions from 1880 onwards. During the first thirty years of their existence the white workers were …

… isolated from the rest of the world. The indigenous or 'first people' of Australia were labeled 'Aborigines' by the … cohesion. Settler policy in the twentieth century In the first part of the twentieth century, the racial theories of … Aboriginal population, which they called The Black War . By 1830 the indigenous Tasmanians were almost …

… from the University of Michigan, who would have been the first director of the Observatory were it not for his … and a 24 inch refractor began as early as 1910. World War I intervened, and not till after the war was a 27 inch lens finally obtained. The first expedition to South Africa was slated for October 1926 …

… to Matric, under the visionary leadership of the first Headmistress, Miss Edith Aitken. Miss Aitken had come … 1938, the new swimming pool was opened. During the war years (both WWI and WWII) gifts to the school, expensive … the honour of being declared a National Monument.   The first edition of the school newspaper, “In the Limelight”, …

… 2015 Building upon the emerging critique of the Post-World War II ‘Development Project’ advanced by several … Esteva, Wolfgang Sachs and Arturo Escobar. This article first examines the origins of the development critique within … to an imposed paradigm from external sources; “Perhaps the first step is to discuss the matter with the villagers, to …

… best known for the famous siege during the South African War, which ended in a decisive victory for the British and … Australopithecus fossil. The discovery proved that the first humans came from Africa. Since then, many more hominid … The San Rock Art in the Drakensberg The San were the first people to live in South Africa, over 20000 years ago. …

… all flight operations at the nation's airports for the first time in U.S. history. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the Bush administration declared a 'war on terrorism', with the stated goals of bringing Osama …

… exchange for land in South America. When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1820, rebel forces took control of the … an independent state with Francisco Macias Nguema as the first President. References: Boddy-Evans A. (12 October, …

… regard to its actions and objectives in the Angolan Civil War ." Sir De Villiers Graaff stated furthermore that if the … it obviously seemed, then it was surely the Government's first duty to inform the country of the essential …

… painted wall traditions do not appear to predate the land war of 1882-3. Up to that time their architecture made … until approximately two years after the birth of a woman's first child. Thus wall decoration is symbolic of women's … her walls in whatever pattern she wishes, in reality, her first design seldom strays far from that which she learnt at …

… the provision of mass housing schemes soon after World War II.  In some cases one or two of these causes combined to … conditions and the struggle to survive in the cities. The first, the Anti tram boycott was sparked by the rising cost … broke out in Brakpan within a space of two years. The first happened in October 1954 and lasted for a month, ending …

… Most historians consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist … to be a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. During the first half of the 1960s and throughout the 1970s Britain … considered a strategic partner at the height of the Cold War. With the spectre of Marxist-backed Nationalist Movements …

… the view of the majority of Afrikaners by joining World War II.  During the war, inspired by the Native Representative Council, the … Mandela was given the number one position based on the first round of voting, while Jan Smuts came sixth.  …