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Event1300 Volkswagen workers dismissed for unprocedural strike against NUMSA leadership
1 300 auto workers were dismissed by Volkswagen on 3 February 2000 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, for not returning to work after going out on an unprocedural…
Warrior People of East Africa 1840 - 1900 by Chris Peers
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
On 18 August 1994, the first democratically elected President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, delivered a speech to the joint sitting of…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a…
ArchiveThe African Communist No 100, First Quarter 1985
ArchiveMoved Out After 100 Years. Thats the Exiled
100 Year Anniversary of the 1913 Land Act
This article was written by Kristy Lee and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project
ArchiveOver 100 000 mourn the death of Raditsela
Africa Since 1800: Fifth Edition by Roland Oliver and Anthony Atmore
100 Years ‘Emancipation of Slaves’ by John Gomas, 1 December 1934, South Africa
100 Years “Emancipation of Slaves” First Published: 1st December 1934 as A call to National and Social Emancipation. The pamphlet was sold for 3d.; …
ArchiveMarxist-Leninist study: The first international - 100 years after
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
The history of the struggle against racial oppression and exclusion in South Africa is inextricably intertwined with the struggle of workers against…
Archive"The Asiatic Menace": Creating Segregation in Durban, 1870-1900 by Maynard W. Swanson
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
Where is Great Zimbabwe? The Great Zimbabwe ruins date from the Iron Age and lie between the Limpopo and Zambezi Rivers in the Limpopo Province east of the…
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
Around 100 African National Congress (ANC) members were reported to have been detained in Swaziland. The arrests were confirmed by the Swaziland Police…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
Programme Friday, 18 October 2013 17:00 – Opening of festival market and entertainment Saturday, 19 October 2013 08:00 – Zumba Dance Exercise Group Market…
ArchiveThe Indian Question in South Africa, 1900-1914 by H. M. Adamson
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
Interview with Masana Nzima from Time Magazine 100 Photos Series
ArchiveFirst of May is workers Day : 100 years May day
White poster with black lettering. Artwork of five postcards, depicting workers protesting, celebrating this event.
Tropical storms in north-central Africa kill about 100 people.
Tropical storms in north-central Africa kill about 100 people.
ArchiveIn South Africa more than 1400 children are presently being held in detention.
White poster with black lettering. Black and white drawing of children behind bars. June 1st 1987. International Children's Day. Issued by Molo Songololo
ArticleEuropean trading systems in the Middle Ages - fourteenth to sixteenth centuries
Expanding European frontiers The Trek Boers, with their servants and slaves, move inland From the late 1600s and into the 1700s, the Cape settlers moved…
ArchiveRecord Crowd expected for soccer & 600 athletes at Currie’s Fountain, Indian Notes. 26 June, 1952
1952, Record Crowd expected for soccer & 600 athletes at Currie's Fountain.
MOZAMBIQUE From Colonialism Revolution,1900-1 to L982 by Allen Isaacman and Barbara Isaacman
Agri South Africa, SA agricultural union, celebrates its 100th birthday.
BiographyPaul Landau
Professor Landau took part in the "One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today" conference organised by South African…
Sierra Leone becomes the 100th member of the United Nations (UN).
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… 35 Boxer, C.R. (date unknown), The Dutch seaborne empire, 1600-1800, The History of Human Society. …