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… Erica School for Girls in Port Elizabeth was begun in 1884 by Miss Mary Anne van Wyk, who initially gave lessons in the … decided to erect a new school building, which was designed by architect W White-Cooper, and was built by HJ Beckett. It was opened on 4 November 1903 by Dr Thomas …

… under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South African government on 30 March 1960. The move by the government to declare the state of emergency came nine … Sharpeville massacre where nearly 70 people were killed by security police and scores left injured. During the same …

… Completed on 4 September 1897 by the Krupps firm, Von Dewitz and Weiner, the fort cost £49 … fort to improve defence. Intially, the forts were manned by the Rijdende Artillerie , and alter the Corps Vesting … never fully manned. Fort Wonderboompoort was commanded by Lieutenant J. Wolmarans. The fort was supplied with …

… Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander Jameson, the Executive Committee of the … mining town of Johannesburg, on a site currently occupied by its small prison. The fort was designed by a special …

… has been proclaimed a Provincial Heritage Site.   Designed by Sir Herbert Baker, the Anglican diocesan Architect, and … Anglican Church, Parsonage Street is still in use today by the Anglican church of Boksburg. The Building is widely … Churches. The stone interior of the Church is dominated by a dark stained wooden ceiling supported by an impressive …

… which resulted in nineteen people injured, was executed by police led by Colonel Eugene de Kock. During the 1996 Truth and … Botha. Both Vlok and Van der Merwe were granted amnesty by the TRC. F.W De Klerk admitted to the TRC that the …

… Town, was inaugurated.  The official ceremony was opened by the Mayor of Cape Town, the Rev. A. J. S. Lewis and attended by more than 200 people. By the 1870s many Cape Town citizens had suggested the …

… rigorous selection process was maintained and membership - by invitation only - was restricted to white, Protestant, … name,Afrikanerbond made a resolution to end the secrecy by opening membership to women and other races. By 1938 another Afrikaner organisation Ossewabrandwag‘oxwagon …

… in 1979 he suffers the same fate when he is overthrown by a military coup launched by rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces. In October 1978 Amin launched an attack …

… after the country’s 2001 elections were found to be flawed by electoral observers. The elections were marred by politically motivated violence. The announcement was made by a troika of Commonwealth leaders that included then …

… Congress (ANC) has declared the event a tribute to Africa by adorning ANC headquarters, Chief Albert Luthuli House, … participating in the event. We are doing this informed by the belief that this tournament is an African tournament. … Soccer World Cup is a celebration of the struggles waged by the people of South Africa and Africa, led by the ANC. …

… at the YWCA to hold a night vigil prior to their departure by bus. The Black People's Convention had decided to go ahead … the hall where other mourners were praying. Those beaten by sjambok included then Bishop of Lesotho, Desmond Tutu’s …

… Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of … a child out of wedlock and subsequently found guilty by the Sharia courts. The Appeal Court's decision saved Lawal …

… site was the most suitable and it was purchased in 1965 by the Bloemfontein City, which transferred control to the … the National Botanical Gardens. The opening of the Garden by the State President Jim Fouche, officially opened the Garden on 22 February 1969. He marked the occasion by planting an 'Olea Europaea Subsp' which is an Africana …

… Rijsse was hired as architect and in April 1896 the tender by Daanen & Dorlas was accepted. The corner stone of the church was laid by Paul Kruger on 10 October 1896 during which a lead tube, … into the church wall. The church was formally opened by Kruger on 25 December 1897. In May 1949 the restoration of …

… the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company - managed by Barney Barnato. Diamonds were discovered in 1860 on De … Selling Organisation (CSO), which had also been created by Rhodes as the London Diamond Syndicate in 1890. The CSO controlled nearly 80% of global diamond trade by the late 1980s, but reduced demand resulted in its …

… From the book:  The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu There are two current platitudes which have … there is a great deal of work requiring to be done by preachers to convince many of their fellow-professing … possesses a soul as worthy as that of any other race, and, by inference, a body containing that soul also worthy of …

… of Christmas celebrations. The giving of presents was used by Christians around the world to proclaim the Good News of …

… activities between 1959 and 1973 was invited to join UWO by Oscar Mphetha. The organisation was formed as response to …

… assisting with the digitization of the projects submitted by learners and teachers. We hope that this oral history …

… of the land. Empire a group of countries controlled by the government of another country. Indigenous people …

… the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan leader forced into exile by the Chinese occupation of his land. Singh is the first …

… (RAWU) in 1989. This was in response to a clarion call by the 1985 inaugural congress of the trade union federation …

… 2014 National and Provincial elections. 25 November 2013, by this date the number of registered voters was 24 112 414, …

… figure whose seventieth birthday had just been celebrated by millions of people throughout the world would have made it … the fact was a British Sunday paper. This was followed by twenty-four hours' silence, after which the news was published by newspapers in Holland and Denmark, This was followed by a …

… Henry Warden, came under threat of a Dutch commando headed by Andries Pretorius. As a result Warden ordered a set of … and a new fort was built in a more strategic position. By 6 October 1848 new ramparts had been built and the fort … the Orange Free State was established, it was taken over by Republican forces. It is not recorded to have fired a shot …

… and their sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court.  All three prisoners were former … intelligence and security forces. The three were recruited by the South African intelligence service after 1980 to carry … a Zimbabwean citizen married to an ANC member was killed by a booby trapped television set intended for Jacob Zuma. …

… under government of Basutoland National party (BNP) led by Chief Leabua Jonathan who came to power as Prime Minister … The suspension of impending elections scheduled for 1985 by Jonathan resulted in increased tensions and attacks on BNP targets by the LLA. Lesotho refused to sign a non aggression pact …

… Criminal Court (ICC) following an arrest warrant issued by the Office of the Prosecutor for Gbagbo's involvement in … which he lost to Alassane Ouattara. Gbagbo responded by utilising state military apparatus to suppress dissent. In … civilian victimisation and human rights abuses committed by his troops during the conflict, which lasted until March …

… book:  Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education homelands ”” those territories … issued in terms of South African security legislation by which a person’s freedom of movement, association, speech … place or state of things. It was the name of a book by the sixteenth century author and philosopher, Thomas More. …