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BiographyAbraham Faure
… in his church (1844). He also worked for the establishment of the first training-college for teachers …
Henry Reed Ngcayiya
… (SANC) executive committee. During these meetings the establishment of an African political organization was …
BiographySimon Petros (Peter) Matseke
… TAC, he presided over the conference that resulted in the establishment of the African Mineworkers Union (AMWU), which …
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… The Postal system The act of sending letters from one person to … invention of writing, however, the creation of a formal postal system developed much later…
BiographyManiben Sita
… led by Zainab Asvat against the Group Areas Act and the establishment of the Indian National Council (later the South … United Democratic Front (UDF) that…
An event unique in the SAAF history takes place. The SAAF squadron that was placed at the disposal of the United Nations Organi
… An event unique in the SAAF history takes place. The SAAF squadron that was placed at the …
The largest three-day stay-away (5-7 June) in SA’s labour history up to this time starts, because of Black opposition to the La
… The largest three-day stay-away (5-7 June) in SA’s labour history up to this time starts, because of Black opposition …
The Allied Forces land on the beach of Normandy in the largest sea and air operation in the military history of the world.
… in the largest sea and air operation in the military history of the world. …
The incidence of new HIV infections appears to have stabilised for the first time in the 25-year history of Aids, according to
… to have stabilised for the first time in the 25-year history of Aids, according to …
The Bulls beat the Sharks on Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria in a Super 14 semi-final game. For the first time in history two South A
… in a Super 14 semi-final game. For the first time in history two South A …
For the first time in the history of the South African Police Force (SAP) policewomen are enlisted as full members of the force
… For the first time in the history of the South African Police Force (SAP) policewomen …
BiographyNeville Allan Lewis
… Africa, where besides painting the portraits of important colonial personalities, he also went in quest of rural …
BiographyConstance Greaves
… for her work in a field now seen as peculiar to the colonial period. This was the "native study". The genre …
BiographyJohannes Jacobus Degenaar
… ostracized and vilified as a traitor by the Afrikaner establishment, Degenaar remained unbending in his …
BiographyHassim Mohamed Seedat
… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…
BiographyVivian Fitzsimons
… but quickly realised that his real interest lay in natural history so returned to Pietermaritzburg in 1895 where he was … Council for Scientific and…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… of South Africa, Head Office The National Archivist Postal address: Private Bag X236, PRETORIA, 0001 Street … National Film, Video and Sound Archives The…
BiographyCharles Sidney Groves
… of a series of windows for Smuts Hall on themes from early colonial histon In 1938 he designed a window with the Coat of …
BiographyDenis Theodore Goldberg
… you.” As an anti-Zionist Jew, he came to view Israel’s colonial-racism as akin to apartheid South Africa. In 1953 … ANC move from non-violent to violent…
BiographyPopo Molefe
… He resigned from it in 1981. Molefe became involved in the establishment of the Soweto Civic Organisation, and served on …
For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives
… For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on …
For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on the same day to vote for representatives
… For the first time in SA history White, Coloured and Indian voters go to the polls on …
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… High. He was a passionate reader. This was spotted by his History and English teacher, Abram Onkgopotse Tiro , who … Through Tiro, Mashinini started…
BiographyPetros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)
… Such campaigns had deep roots in South African liberation history, dating back to the 1952 Defiance Campaign organized … Centre, after a 19th-century Pedi…
BiographyMargaret Roach Killie Campbell
… where, in her own words, she acquired "an enthusiasm for History, and a love of historical places". She was a book … that made me so keen to know more about…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
… reflection of serious tension within the higher Afrikaner establishment. These crises were related to race relations …
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
… and improvement of roads in Soweto. He instrumental in the establishment of the Soweto College of Education, a project …
BiographyIsaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe
… barren lands on which Africans had been confined to by colonial legislation, and which at the turn of the 19th …
BiographyNathaniel James Merriman
Born in Marlborough, England, on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester College and…
ArchivePhotographs as Sources in African History by Robert Gordon and Jonatan Kurzwelly
… OXFORD RESEARCH ENCYCLOPEDIA, AFRICAN HISTORY (africanhistory.oxfordre.com) … Photographs as Sources in African History by Robert Gordon and Jonatan…