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Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited by Cherryl Walker By at … and throughout South Africa were becoming active in distinctive,…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on…
EventHunting is prohibited in the area that is now the Kruger National Park
… On the 26 March 1898, a proclamation was published in the Official Gazette of the ZAR. This proclamation prohibited the hunting of game in the area between…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… served his term as Prime Minister from 1957 until he died in 1966 when he was kidnapped and killed in the country’s first military coup. Balewa’s term was…
EventMinister promises relaxation of apartheid rules and elimination of racial segregation in sports
… is working towards eliminating racial discrimination in the selection of contestants for international events. South Africa was once excluded from…
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… Location: back to this day in history search archive On 28 July 2004, Simon Mann, a … pleaded guilty to attempting to buy dangerous weapons in Zimbabwe. Mann…
In memory of Archbishop Dennis Hurley by Phyllis Naidoo, 16 September 2009, Durban
… Emeritus Denis Hurley, centre, at the freedom march in 1989 with other religious leaders. On the morning of the … on Hurley. This was followed by Patrick…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… March-May 1984 Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC In 1950 the Communist Party, faced with banning under the … an open organisation - but…
EventTodd Tozama Matshikiza, musician, composer and writer, is born in Queenstown, Eastern Cape
… Todd Tozama Matshikiza was born to a musical family in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape on 7 March 1921. He obtained music and teaching diplomas and took up a…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The worldwide depression, which started in 1929, had a serious effect on South African economic life. By 1930, industrial production, which was only in its…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at a press conference in Addis Ababa, 11 July 1973
… of every race. These political prisoners represent, in the words of our late President-General Chief Luthuli, "the highest in morality and ethics in the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE LATE SIXTIES the old Missionary Road that had led Dr. … into the interior…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke WE SHALL BETTER understand the function of the missionaries in Southern Africa if…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE BRITISH next aimed their … with a new development that was taking place at…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, became a British colony in 1890. A number of civil unrests occurred during this time. … and calls for Rhodesia's…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… of emergency was declared and thousands were arrested in pre-dawn police raids. As a result the Congress alliance … Furthermore, white South Africa chose a…
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… “Oh, then just say it,” she said, her hands deep in soapy washing-up water. “But, Mum, you’ve got to hold the … the First World War, she and her friends…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… In all countries where market-assisted land reforms have been undertaken, the outcomes have been disappointing. In the case of Southern African countries…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Bad as conditions were in factories, the evil of homework was even worse. The worker … of children and poverty everywhere. The place is too hot in summer and…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) … Club) were arrested at her home. The 4 were arrested in connection with the death of…
Document 4 - ‘Our Annual Conference - An Inspiring Gathering’: report in the ‘South African Worker’
… any other section of the white community must surely know in the very core of their beings, if they were unaware of the … belong to South Africa and blacks…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… Congress (ANC) members were reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The arrests were confirmed by the Swaziland Police Commissioner and a large cache of…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy Norman Levy … liberation politics during the 1940s, finding his niche in the left wing of the…
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… Stander was confronted by Van Stetina and got embroiled in a scuffle over Van Stetina's shotgun, which resulted in him being shot. He died on the wet…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Missionaries and the Chiefs … THE FULL EXTENT of the political role of the…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… President, having abolished the position of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the announcement by the future president in 1980 that…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
… (the Industrial Socialist League). Jewish Trade unionism in the Mother City at the turn of the 20 th century and … exploitation and poverty. Dr. Evangelos…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… was a political activist who joined the Black Sash in 1955. She later left black Sash when she felt that the … Walmer, Port Elizabeth. Blackburn returned to…
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… Sergeant Jonas de la Guerre left the Cape to venture north in search for the "great river that flowed east to west" and … at the Cape. De la Guerre went on…
EventThe World Health Organisation confirms that Ebola virus killed thirteen villagers in Gabon.
… Thirteen people died of an unknown disease in a remote village in Gabon during the month of February 1996. On 19 February … World Health Organisation…