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EventDerek Hanekom is born
… president Nelson Mandela after 1994 general elections. His appointment to the ministry could best be explained as a compensation for his contribution to the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 5 - The Politics of Socialism
… society is freedom. I have attempted to indicate which work institutions maximize freedom; now I intend to look at … I can put) whole countryside of hand…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… T. Leutwein was prepared to negotiate a settlement, but his government was determined to suppress the revolt with … von Trotha, from Germany. In August 1904,…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… the Netherlands to develop agriculture in the colony. But his rule was too short for his plans to be put into action. Evaluation Although some …
Hinduism
… creator of everything he is known as Brahma, but without his action the world can't continue to exist. His form that keeps everything going is known as…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby's return to international games
… from participating in international games because of its apartheid policy. The agree in Harare followed a meeting …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… I knew Anton Muziwakhe Lembede for only four years before his tragic and untimely death. But those four years were his most productive and significant ””…
Press Conference in Maputo: Comments by Oliver Tambo on South African offer of territory to Swaziland, 5 March 1982
… and make them citizens of another country. "The apartheid regime," he continued "wished to destroy the … prepared to discuss border changes after the…
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five boys, his politisation began at an early age he was living in … at the time of the Sharpville shooting in…
EventHeart specialist Dr. Chris Barnard dies
… died at the age of 78 of an acute asthma attack in his hotel room in the coastal town of Phapos, on the Greek island Cyprus. Barnard was on holiday at the…
EventThe Voortrekkers are united for the first time and only for a short period of time
… time and only for a short period, when Gert Maritz moved his own laager and several small laagers scattered over a … Retief's main laager, after the murder…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… slept, cooked and made tools. Sometimes it is possible to work out what people ate, how they adapted to their …
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… and pushed them into servitude where they began to work alongside slaves in farms. In 1713 a smallpox epidemic …
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… was for a wage increase and to address the poor living and work conditions of miners and their families in Marikana. …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… industries of diamonds and gold changed the very nature of work. Today, millions South Africans live in the townships, … of industry, the number of wage…
Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Hungary Budapest, 3 May 1999
… have joined hands across the divisions of centuries to work together for a society that is true to the ideals in … you supported us. We are resolved to do…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Golden Doves of Peace Awards ceremony 7 June 1994
… atmosphere of peace and security. They want to get down to work and improve their lot and that of their families. This is the message issuing not only from…
Nelson Mandela, The Rivonia Trial Court statement, 1964 (Video)
… BEAT, Nelson Mandela's famous declaration to the court in his 1964 terrorism trial, expressing his readiness face execution. In fact the sentence was …
EventThere is an assassination attempt on Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg
… H.F. Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg. His assailant was a disgruntled White farmer, David Pratt, … at the Minister at close range. Despite…
EventSA artist Vuminkosi Zulu is born
… . He left school at standard VII to concentrate on his calling that was to be an artist. Zulu became a world-renowned artist and his depiction of the 'The…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his pioneering role in the development of Johannesburg. He … was born in Rostock, Germany in July…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African Communist … The ceremony to honour him with this award coincided with his 70th…
Document 20 - F. Carneson, “The Franchise Action Committee”, Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951 The lecturer prefaced his address by stating that the views he would express were … of F.R.A.C., though many of its members…
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… document, known as a “dompas” (dumb pass), that the apartheid regime forced black people to carry, and which … a way of remembering the egregious human…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… in South Africa are so much occupied with practical work, which we have to do in our spare time only, that we … natives in particular. Some reference to the…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… with the murder of Patrice Lumumba in Katanga. Amid his differences with the central government Tshombéwent to exile in Europe in 1963. Following his return…
EventThe Trial of strength between the Conservative Party and the National Party begins as three Members of Parliament resign
… Waterkloof respectively, after which he would relinquish his seat in Soutpansberg. Botha together with Langley and … of this electoral challenge was that PW…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… 1966, John Vorster , shocked the nation by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the grounds of ill health…
EventThree people are murdered at Eikenhof
… Zandra Mitchley, her fourteen year old son, Shaun, and his friend, Claire Silberbauer, were murdered on the old … Phila Dolo, claimed responsibility for the…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… band Ladysmith Black Mambazo and sang alongside many of his relatives. The group was first only known in the … Tshabalala was shot dead on *6 December 1991…