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PlaceUtrecht
… in Natal began in 1852 when a group of Dutch Voortrekkers from the Cape settled along the Buffalo River in Natal. … existed in Holland where the Buffalo…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… J. Wolmarans. The fort was supplied with electricity from a paraffin engine, and equipped with a lightning … had both an underground telegraph and running…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… among his peers. In 1942 Jordan received his MA Degree from the University of Cape Town. In 1945 Jordan began … in Xhosa was translated into English under…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… Jan Van Riebeeck proposed that married men were released from their contracts and given farms of their own to … Seventeen (controllers of the VOC) demanded…
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… at certain guarded gaps in the hedge. Horses which arrived from Batavia gave the colonists the mobility they had lacked in the war, and expeditions from the…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… to complete his high School education by matriculating from Bantu High School (later Madibane High School) in … assembly that formulated the Freedom Charter…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… Throughout this time one group of amaThembu abstained from the fighting and, as a reward, were allowed by the … land east of Queenstown. This territory was…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… Roodepoort teacher and anti-apartheid activist who fell from the 10th Floor of the security police building in … he may have been pushed, or tortured to…
58. Congress has sold our rights
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … and others will join hands and save the poor Indians from their impending ruin! I challenge Congress…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … the authors of the previous petition, Gujarati Muslims from India, not 'Arabs'. Their complaint was…
PlaceElukhanyweni
… the foothills of the Amatola Mountains, located some 50km from King William's Town, at the confluence of the Gxulu and … has also been known as Keiskammahoek…
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… the Town is not as sleepy as it sounds. Thus not too far from Johannesburg , Vryburg is a large(ish) Town that finds … access to R47 Kimberley; the Mission…
PlaceAan de Doorns, Western Cape
… Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A Settlement situated just 8 km from Worcester on the R 43 to Villliersdorp. Aan de Doorns … Dutch for 'at the thorns'. A…
Umsebenzi
… with issues relating to the national liberation struggle, from a Communist ideological point of view. Other ideologies …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 16 May 1983, Volume 68 and Volume 69
… Transcript of Volume 68 and Volume 69, continued evidence from Wolfram Kistner, of the Commission of Inquiry into the …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 14 March 1983, Volume 46
… Transcript of Volumes 46, evidence from Reverend Peter John Storey, of the Commission of Inquiry …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 11 March 1983, Volume 45
… Transcript of Volumes 45, evidence from Reverend Peter John Storey, of the Commission of Inquiry …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 March 1983, Volume 43 and Volume 44
… Transcript of Volumes 43 and 44, evidence from Reverend Peter John Storey, of the Commission of Inquiry …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 9 March 1983, Volume 41 and Volume 42
… Transcript of Volumes 41 and 42, evidence from Reverend Peter John Storey, of the Commission of Inquiry …
ArchiveSport: Threat to the security of the state
… ridicules the apartheid practice of excluding blacks from sports teams and giving black athletes belittling …
PlaceGazankulu
… its capital was at Giyani. It did not accept independence from South Africa, but was granted self-government in 1973. …
EventPercy Montgomery, Springbok rugby player of the Western Province, is born.
… earn a hundred caps. Montgomery announced his retirement from international test rugby in 2008 and has been working as … SA rugby, Player profile , from SA…
EventUganda gains independence
… The East African country Uganda gained independence from Great Britain as a parliamentary democratic monarchy …
EventCapital City of Zimbabwe is renamed
… Immediately after obtaining independence from Britain in 1980, Zimbabwe embarked on the process of …
EventZwelakhe Sisulu is arrested
… Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood. …
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… Tyamzashe was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts degree from University of Fort Hare in recognition of his …
EventAllan Boesak marries Elna Botha
… Dorothy, by whom he had four children. Boesak had resigned from the church before his extramarital affair could be … & Rousseau.| SAHO, " Reverend Allan…
EventA prison warder is killed in Groote Schuur Hospital
… which they dumped the car and hijacked another family from Port Elizabeth. References: http://www.news24.co.za …
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… and Van Wyk were transporting ammunition in an army truck from De Burg to Ladybrand when they were ambushed. … News24,(2001), ' Two guilty of Tempe murder ',…
EventRuth First is born
… , Joe Slovo and Eduardo Mondlane , the freedom fighter from Mozambique and the first leader of Liberation Front of …