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EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Wolfit, one of the last great 'actor-managers' of Great-Britain. From 1953 to 1958, Harwood became the personal …
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… between the United Provinces of Netherlands against both Britain and France; the VOC declared itself the rightful …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… had met to discuss the terms of surrender offered by Britain. The Afrikaans Movement Even when Dutch was the …
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… was established in Pietermaritzburg in 1900, a year before Britain’s Scotland Yard followed suit, and by 1925 several …
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… sanctions against South Africa was vigorously opposed by Britain and is still being opposed. But its correctness as a … international attack on an evil…
ArchiveBiography of Flora Nwapa by Emily Coolidge
… Thus a nationalist movement for independence from Britain emerged. This movement was primarily started by a … issue continued to play out well into World War…
Say It out Loud - The 1906 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1906
… an Act 2 that must ever redound to the glory of Great Britain, and for which they would always be grateful, all the … forced labour was rejected, assistance…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… fellows ganged up on the same side. Even in the late 1980s Britain’s Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher and the US … recognizing her as a true friend of …
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
… can be such a hard taskmaster! I lived for 18 years in Britain (1985-2002) and was active there and in many other … and directing a charity called Community…
Address at a Banquet at the Guildhall London, 13 June 2001
… citizens of South Africa. As a country we are far from Britain, yet very near. Our experience of life is vastly … investor friendly climate. I stand before…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… British statesman, Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, …
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… Located on a farm in the village of Bremilham, it is Britain’s smallest church. Cross Island Chapel in Oneida, New …
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… the timepiece. It was contemplated sending to Great Britain for quotations, when List Brothers and Colin Brothers …
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… for the 400 millions Chinese, Mr. Anthony Eden for Great Britain and the Empire, Mr. Edward Stetinius for 130 millions …
PlaceZambia
… Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) gained independence from Britain with Kenneth Kaunda as the country’s first president, … Rhodesia (now known as Zambia) gained…
EventSASO founder and Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko dies in detention
… the cause of his death. Even close allies of South Africa, Britain and the United States of America, expressed deep …
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… sanctions. What effect do you think this is having on Britain`s relations with other African countries? TAMBO : … African countries are very disturbed about…
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
… the western front and the impact of the mutual butchery on Britain, France, and Germany – and significantly, on the … a majority of Allied manpower…
Archive'Colonialism had never really ended': my life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes by Simukai Chigudu
… It was as if I had entered one of the last redoubts of Britain’s global imperium. Saints, as I would learn to call … I would later discover how much more…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Source-based Questions
… to build up its armed forces by purchasing supplies from Britain, France, the USA and West Germany; the Arab states … to build up its armed forces by…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… with Czechoslovakia, resulting in the United States and Britain losing trust in Egypt. Angered by the lost trust and finance from the US and Britain, Nasser…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… from locally produced pistols to tanks supplied by Great Britain. When these measures failed, the government resorted … have been established in South Africa…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… territory, which was given as a trust territory to Britain after the First World War. Britain in turn gave it to South Africa to manage it as a … has been…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… the control of the Sultan of Zanzibar, but pressure from Britain and its military had forced the Sultan to hand over … order to give it to white farmers, who…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… journalist. As a freelance journalist, he went to Great Britain to try to interview the director of Cry, The Beloved … Jemima and Johnny into the 1964 Venice…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… to gain independence was Liberia ( 26 / 07 / 1847 ) from Britain. The last country to gain independence was Eritrea ( … an example of African socialism…
Pan-Africanism was Peter Abrahams’ Country by Tyler Flemming (Africa is a Country), 13 February 2017
… warmth in an otherwise cold and lonely place.” In Britain, Abrahams put pan-Africanism into action. During this … Africa. Throughout the 1950s, Abrahams…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… 1914, an antiwar majority won out. As the governments of Britain and Germany stepped up their war propaganda, …
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
… November, Dr Monty Naicker issued a statement criticising Britain and France over the Suez affair. 25 November, As soon …
ArticleLenin’s implementation of Leninism in Russia and the changes made
… economically until it reached the same economic level as Britain, France, Japan and the United Sates of America (USA). …