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Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… mine close to the border with Zimbabwe. An army spokesman in Pretoria said those killed were members of two families, … brings to seven the number of land…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… GUNS AND GALLOWS In outward appearance South Africa is a calm, peaceful land, … fundamentally warmhearted and friendly. The African in his kraal, even in his…
Prisoners of Apartheid - Statement at a Press Conference in Addis Ababa by O. R. Tambo, 11 July 1973
… of every race. These political prisoners represent, in the words of our late President-General Chief Luthuli, "the highest in morality and ethics in the…
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… Human rights abuses were common in South Africa during the apartheid era and the liberation … bringing these abuses to an end. When apartheid crumbled in the…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… its stated goal: the establishment of a democratic State in South Africa. Please accept the apologies of Comrade … inevitable triumph of the ideals and…
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… former editor of the New Age began at the Supreme Court in Cape Town. Carneson faced three counts of sabotage and … and nine months' imprisonment. After…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe passed away in London on 2 September 1929 at age 70. He was a mining and … property magnate who was knighted for his…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter I - The Missionary Movement where it came from
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke THE COMING of the missionaries … were a product and this was not accidental…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Herrenvolk history books … Missionary Society (L.M.S.), who was sent to the Cape…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… 1885 The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate … 1951: 19). Proclamation No. 73 of 1951 made Indian and…
EventJosephine Wood, founder of the South African Library for the Blind, is born in Grahamstown
… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of six children of the first … After matriculating at the Diocesan…
EventA Second Plenary session of Multi Party negotiations for a transition to democracy in South Africa reconvene
… for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA II) was convened in Johannesburg. Unlike the first session CODESA II ended in a deadlock as parties involved could not…
EventThe General Assembly of the League of Nations meets in Geneva for the first time
… 1920, the General Assembly of the League of the Nationsmet in Geneva, Switzerland for the first time. The League was an … after World War I. Having installed…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… The sale of diamonds in some African countries has been linked to the funding of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of Africa's most…
EventPresley Chweneyagae, star of the Oscar winning movie Tsotsi, is arrested for fraud in Pretoria
… 2007 Presley Chweneyagae (22) was arrested near Sunnyside in Pretoria for driving with an allegedly fake Ivorian … the end of February, Chweneyagae, who…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… Dr Max Theiler was born on 30 January 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape … to 1918. He graduated at the London School of…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… other things to convey our own best wishes for success in the important work in which you are engaged of achieving unity and … very much for offering me an…
EventMacassar Beach, in False Bay, is proclaimed a Coloured group area by the Group Areas Board
… Macassar is a beach in False Bay, east of the Peninsula. The beach is named after Macassar in the former Dutch East Indies, where a nobleman named Sheik…
EventThe first OK Bazaars opens on the corner of Eloff and President Street in Johannesburg
… opened the first OK Bazaars on Eloff and President Streets in Johannesburg. OK Bazaars went on to gain success as a … throughout South Africa, and became a…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in Bloemfontein to talk about the franchise question. Six … 5 June 1899, the conference ended…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… Eugene Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on … (AWB), an ultra right-wing organisation, in a garage in…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
… On a winter's day in 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from the African township … Afrikaans be used as one of the languages of instruction in secondary schools…
Message from the President, South African Society of Artists
… this exhibition the significant role-played by SASA in the development of South African art, including its involvement in the foundation of the SA National…
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… attacks by hostel dwellers on township communities, mostly in the Vaal/Reef area. One such incidence occurred on 4 September 1990, when the SADF opened fire…
EventFlorence Nightingale opens the first school for nurses at the St. Thomas hospital in London
… the Crimean war where she cared for wounded soldiers. In 1860 she established a nursing school at St Thomas Hospital in London. It was the first professional…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… (ANC) members and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) members in KwaZulu Natal. After his expulsion from the ANC, Nkabinde … accused of starting a low-level war that…
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… www.chico.mweb.co.za Where is Thulamela? Thulamela is in the north-eastern part of South Africa near the South African border with Zimbabwe and Mozambique in…
EventThe inquest into the death of Black Consciousness leader, Steve Bantu Biko, opens in Pretoria
… died naked and unattended on the cement floor of a cell in a Pretoria prison hospital after it had been established … An inquest into his death was held two…
EventApartheid minister of Law and Order opposes White radicalism in the South African police force
… The minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, announced in the House of Assembly that no member of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB) would be tolerated…
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… International literacy Day was first celebrated in 1966. This day is meant to raise awareness in countries all over the world about the high levels of … and…