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William John Burchell, botanist and explorer of the South African interior, reaches Graaff-Reinet, which he has left in January

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South African author Olive Schreiner is born at Wittebergen Mission Station near Herschel in the Eastern Cape. Her best-known w

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The South African police shoots twenty-one people in KwaNobuhle, where the residents had killed a community leader and his thre

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Verwoerd tells the South African Parliament that the riots (Sharpeville, Langa, etc) could in no way be described as a reaction

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Publication of declaration for the release of Nelson Mandela and all other South African Political Prisoners signed by over 4,0

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John Beaver Marks, teacher, trade unionist and political activist, who identified himself as an African though he was of Colour

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6000 Indians march in Durban to protest against the Asiatic Bill, and support the South African Indian Congress resolution for

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The African National Congress (ANC) calls off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for April 2 i

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The African National Congress (ANC) calls off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for April 2 i

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New constitution goes into effect in the British Gold Coast colony later Ghana becoming first British African colony with major

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At the end of their talks, the ANC and the South African Government issue a joint statement, entitled &quot;the Groote Schuur M

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Livingstone’s African servant finds him dead on his knees beside his bed at Lake Bangweolo. His servants preserved his body a

… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7, p. 3 | Wallis, F. (2000). …

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Josiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as African National Congress president. Luthuli commented later: with his as

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Josiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as African National Congress president. Luthuli commented later: with his as

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The government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican General Secretary of the South African Council of Churc

Press statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989

Press statement issued by the National Union of Namibian Workers [and] the Congress of South African Trade Unions, 6 April 1989

Message from the South African Communist Party to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Message from the South African Communist Party to the 23rd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union

The Homelands

… to prevent them from living in the urban areas of South Africa. The Bantustans were a major administrative mechanism … and any remaining rights a Black could have in South Africa. In other words, Bantustans were established for the … permanent removal of the Black population in White South Africa. Segregation took place throughout the history of …

Daniël Francois Malherbe portrait

Daniël Francois Malherbe

… where he completed a doctorate. On his return to South Africa Malherbe resumed teaching and played an important role …

Enoch Mgijima portrait

Enoch Mgijima

… to join the Church of God and Saints of Christ in South Africa, a small church based in the United States of … A Documentary History of African Politicas in South Africa, 1882-1945, Vol. 4 Political Profiles . Stanford …

King Dinuzulu portrait

King Dinuzulu

… have a fair trial. When he became Prime Minister of South Africa in 1910, one of the first things he did was to order …

William Tyabashe portrait

William Tyabashe

… appointment of Chief Albert Luthuli to reign over South Africa. The “Makulu Team,” it was alleged, reigned through …

Magade Madapu portrait

Magade Madapu

… of [Chief] Albert Luthuli to reign over South Africa. The “Makulu Team,” allegedly instilled fear in …

Poetry and Resistance in the 1970’s

Poetry and Resistance in the 1970’s

… poetics has populated the constantly shifting maps of Africa throughout the twentieth-century and has inhabited the history of South Africa‘s literary cultures with words of hope which have flourished in and out of South Africa in a hybrid synergy against hegemonic dominance and …

Defining the term 'Bantu'

… original meaning changed through the history of South Africa. It is a term used in archaeology, history and anthropology: (1) It named a major linguistic group in Africa, and more locally, to identify the sizeable group of Nguni languages spoken by many Africans in sub-Saharan Africa, and (2) It identifies those Bantu-speakers who spoke …

Minutes of the National Union of South African Students 56th Annual Congress, held at the University of Cape Town, 24th - 30th November 1978

Minutes of the 42nd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, 3rd-14th July, 1966

Minutes of the 42nd Annual Student Assembly of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Durban, 3rd-14th July, 1966

The National Anthem

… Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika and Die Stem / The Call of South Africa Nkosi sikelel' iAfrika Maluphakanyisw' uphondo lwayo, … shall stand, Let us live and strive for freedom, In South Africa our land. Sheet Music Please note that the sheet music … Section 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, No 200 of 1993, stated that the Republic of South …

Closing address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980.

Closing address to the 58th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 29 November to 4 December 1980.

Grade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution

Grade 6 - Term 3: Democracy and the Constitution

… National Symbols since 1994 In South Africa, we have a perse number of people and cultures, but we … approval. On Freedom Day, the 27th of April 2000, South Africa got a new coat of arms. It replaced the old coat old … 1910. This new coat of arms represents the change in South Africa to a democracy. The words written in the Khoisan …