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”On this night a bedraggled Winston Churchill knocks on the door of the manager of Delagoa Bay Collier, pleading for something
… as hero." (Bulpin: Reader's Digest Illustrated Guide to Southern Africa, p.224). …
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in Southern Matabeleland. At the age of ten, Nkobi followed his … was a migrant labourer in…
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… major super powers which played a significant role in Southern Africa’s development. For topic one, which is The World … 2015]| Mother Earth Travel (2014),…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… due to the introduction of the merino sheep in South Africa. Although already introduced in the Cape in 1795, it … increasingly wanted domination over…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… business and interest groups on developments in South Africa. Wherever I went, I felt as if I was among citizens of … and other ventures. Such co-operation…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… details of a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Southern Angola. Between two and three hundred South West … Refugees. Click here to read an in…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during November. While … Cuito Cuanavale in 1988, a turning point…
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… was a Jewish Londoner who had originally come to South Africa to work as a clerk in the diamond fields. … internationally showcasing the traditional art of…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… describes a period of widespread chaos and disturbance in southern Africa during the period between 1815 and about 1840. In … In 1820, Moshoeshoe became…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest structure and tower in Africa for 45 years, and it was…
PlaceMaloti-Drakensburg Park
… of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and the Sehlathebe National Park in Lesotho. The site … the largest and most concentrated group…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… an advocate and a political activist. Ngakane served South Africa during the apartheid era outside the country, by … [xxiii] Ngakane served as Regional…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
… or four main families that make up the collectivity of the Southern African Khoisan languages. The chapter concludes –in … KHOE family and certain languages…
EventConclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… This was one of the bloodiest battles ever fought on the southern tip of Africa. More than 5000 warriors, including Mbulazi, were … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970)…
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… role, but its soul, because of its support for freedom in Southern Africa, it is the new Commonwealth. I use the word new … governments to intensity their…
We are a Force - Speech at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College by O. R. Tambo, Mazimbu, Tanzania, May 1984
… about in freedom or imprisoned in some cells somewhere in Africa. It doesn't rest with us. I'm struck here by the … your homes in the first instance, has…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as … when Lord Frederick Lugard amalgamates…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… chairs the Berlin Conference to stem the scramble for Africa. Only Morocco, Ethiopia, and Liberia are recognized as … when Lord Frederick Lugard amalgamates…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the joint session of Parliament of Trinidad and Tobago, Port-of-Spain, 2 July 1987
… Congress and the oppressed and fighting peoples of South Africa to convey the warmest greetings to this august … the South African people, and against the…
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… collaboration between some Western countries [and South Africa], of which the Council has been seized since 1963, was … who maintained that the Committee on…
EventPrime Minister Vorster holds talks with Dr. Kissinger
… the meeting, was his intention of seeing whether South Africa would be willing to contribute to a moderate and peaceful evolution of events in southern…
EventRhodes asks Charter for British South Africa Company
… Charter from United Kingdom to establish the British South Africa Company. The Royal Charter was granted in October … D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
PlaceSarepta
… its first Missionaries were ordained and sent off to South Africa by the end of the year. With its distinctive … at the time many other Missionary…
PlaceSouth Africa
… Is the Southern most Country of Africa. It is bordered by Botswana , Lesotho , Namibia , … a child of Africa! https://www.travelandleisure.com/southern…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, 02 May 1984, Mazimbu, Tanzania
… about in freedom or imprisoned in some cells somewhere in Africa. It doesn`t rest with us. I`m struck here by the … your homes in the first instance, has…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 28 March 1983, Volume 59
… of the Methodist Conference of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa, of the Commission of Inquiry into the South African …
EventLegal action against election results
… during the second election of a democratic South Africa under ANC government. However, President Nelson … Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999…
EventEllen Khuzwayo is born
… in 1996. References: Hayes, S. (ed)(2000). Who's Who of Southern Africa 2001..., Graighall: Jonathan Ball. Dr Nnoseng Kuzwayo. …
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… One of the reasons linked to colonial expansion in Africa and Asia was trade and the search for new markets. The … trade flourished off the coast of West and…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries to Southern Africa at the end of the 18th century coincided with the … know the womb from which sprang the…