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PlaceBoschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
… was established and began exporting deciduous fruit to Britain on a large scale. In 1976, the beautifully restored …
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… their temperance campaign would be ignored. As in Britain, the first organised advocates for women's suffrage …
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… After the Napoleonic wars, Britain experienced a serious unemployment problem. …
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… While the abolition of the slave trade by Britain in 1808 was haled as a victory by abolitionists like … less regard than ‘slaves’. The abolition of slavery…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… a union against the non-white people of the country. After Britain approved the formation of the Union of South Africa, … of Gandhi. The South African…
Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… (1860-1926) Emily Hobhouse, daughter of a churchman in Britain, dedicated herself to the movement in Britain against the Anglo-Boer War. Her visits to the ……
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… the attempt to purchase newspapers in the US, France and Britain did not materialise. It appears the Info scandal was …
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… Nkrumah's CPP wins general election in Gold Coast; Britain promises independence Frank McEwen helps establish … by six Ghanaian artists 1955 Sudan gains…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Nkrumah's CPP wins general election in Gold Coast; Britain promises independence Frank McEwen helps establish … six Ghanaian artists. 1955 Sudan gains…
PlaceClarendon Circle, Johannesburg
… from 1931 to 1937. He was the Chief Representative of Britain, in South Africa. George Villiers came from an …
PlaceNigeria
… under whom the empire disintegrated. In 1807, Great Britain abandoned the slave trade; however, other countries … wars began in the Oyo Empire, they lasted…
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… history, with a particular focus on Napoleonic-era Britain. Outside of University, I help run the History …
France in 1789
… For example, once industrialisation had begun in Britain and Europe, there was to be no turning back to the …
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… Lebanon, Panama, Philippines, United Kingdom of Great Britain, United States of America, Union of Soviet Socialist …
ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… of gold bullion, now exported as much in revenue to Britain. Evasion of dues on trade and the extraction of …
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… to maintain the frontier. At that time, unemployment in Britain was a major concern, following the end of the … seemed an ideal solution to both the problems…
PlaceGallery 101
… gallery from South Africa with a satellite space in Britain, exhibiting works of contemporary South African …
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
… who have responded so promptly by mobilising opposition in Britain. We in the ANC have always believed that a …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… in 1966, soon after the country gained independence from Britain. Lesotho's ruling party, the Basutoland National …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… bloc countries in Eastern Europe, Israel, China and Britain. At the end of the decade Sisulu had moderated his …
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… in the colonies or against the USSR. The USA having become Britain's great capitalist rival, Americans are now called … General Secretary, explained his…
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… lies off The Isle of Wight, in the English Channel. In Britain the story of the SS Mendi is almost unknown. In South … lies off The Isle of Wight, in the…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… asked for British help. Barkly took over the area in Britain's name in 1872. A few years later Waterboer was … in 1995 and shown on television for the first…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… from Australia, America, Eastern Europe and especially Britain. In Britain the tin mines in Cornwall were closing down the same … or the government. They…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… held to be the starting date of World War II in Europe. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. On …
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… movement. Ruth went into exile in 1964, moving to Britain with her family. It is here in exile that the … imperial influences over the country of Sudan,…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… in Cape Town to carry troops of the Imperial Guard back to Britain at the start of the First World War. It returned to … First World War. In 1917 she carried…
ArchiveLong live Ruth First by Gavin Williams, 17 August 2019
… meeting of the Anti-Apartheid Movement for questioning the AAM line), but wrote to me in 1982 that while she disagreed, …
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… of life, and there were many clashes between them. In 1806 Britain took over the Cape from the Dutch East India Company. …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… was Hitler's rapid rise to power in Germany. By this time, Britain and France had still hoped to contain Hitler. It was …