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PlaceEerste Rivier, Cape Town
… site of the tomb of Sheik Yussuf, of Bantam . A man of great piety and culture who was exiled to the Cape in 1693 by … site of the tomb of Sheik Yussuf of…
PlaceSteve Biko Bridge, East London
… anniversary of Steve Biko’s death; one of South Africa's great leaders in the struggle against apartheid. One of the …
PlaceKliptown Museum
… are annotated with personal testimonies that portray the great excitement and emotions of the event. Life in 1950s …
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… it marked the end to Boers’ settlement movements of the Great Trek. Pretoria remained the administrative capital, …
B.J. Vorster - Select Speeches
… even on the spot shortly before an appearance. There is a great difference between the written and the spoken word. To …
EventCharlotte Maxeke dies
… to have described her on another occasion as "one of the great figures of Bantu progressive life and one of the best …
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… the Union of South Africa, Belgium, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Egypt, Spain, France, …
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… pre-colonial history is synonymous with the ruins of Great Zimbabwe, after which the country is now named. …
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… was part of an APLA military exercise known as 'Operation Great Storm'. Its aim was to reclaim land from White people …
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… with democratic safeguards for all people. To harness the great resources of the country to fight the real enemies of …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… Peelton people land in South Africa. This was one of the great rural victories of the 1980s and it gave all other …
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… Helena Bay), after the Religious Mother of Constantine the Great. Close to, or near the mouth of the Berg River, the …
EventM.K. Gandhi is forcibly removed from a whites-only train carriage
… 7 June 1893, M.K Gandhi , later known as "The Mahatma" or "Great Soul" was forcibly removed from a whites-only carriage …
PlaceFort Beaufort
… well-wooded hills and deep ravines, which were used to great advantage by the amaXhosa during the frontier wars of …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… over the next year will publish a full history of this great South African, as well as histories of the movements …
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… due to the gallantry of her men, who, in the face of great danger, allowed the women and children to escape in the …
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… was shot dead. This incident has come to be known as the Great Escape. … letters reveal the story behind the mastermind of The Great Escape Roger Bushell…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… and Development. This was despite the opposition of the great majority of the Legislative Assembly. Five months …
EventPolice increase their presence in Soweto
… in case the student and community reaction became too great for the police to handle. However, the police presence …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter by Norman Levy
… history “for there for the first time would meet in a great assembly ”¦ the true representatives of the people”. … grievances of the thousands of delegates…
Oliver Tambo interview to Sechaba, 01 March 1976
… end of a period of eight or nine months which witnessed a great demonstration of international solidarity and the … invading forces. The 27th of March was…
Racists Humiliated - O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Michael Wolfers, Sechaba, March 1976
… end of a period of eight or nine months which witnessed a great demonstration of international solidarity and the … invading forces. The 27th of March was…
PlaceFort Cox
… socio-economic and biological heritage. It is a place of great historic interest. Fort Cox featured prominently in the … Fort Cox. 1926: Under the influence…
ArticleAfrikaner Jewry in South Africa
… reports at the time rendered South Africa as a land with a great deal of affluence [vi] in an attempt at populating …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… limited powers. The Cape Colony is considered “one of the great paradoxes of South African history for having spewed …
A Message to Every Voter from the African National Congress, April 1958
… what this has to do with us, who have no votes. It has a great deal to with us. Parliament makes laws which govern …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… of sabotage. Without an internal structure the ANC had great difficulty in planning and executing infiltration into …
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… with the East Berliners? Source H The Wall was a great backdrop for speeches too. American President John …
The War
… until 1902. The Boers were conquered in the end, but a great deal of property and lives were lost on both sides. It …
Speech by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the award of an honorary Doctorate to Nelson Mandela by the Karl Marx University of the German Democratic Republic, 11 November 1987, Leipzig
… after the celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution. This event, more than any … Nelson Mandela, who is unable to…