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EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… an underground operation called Operation Vula. The main objectives of this operation were to smuggle freedom …
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… to the failure of constitutional procedures as the main reason for the declaration of the emergency. …
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… where he joined the independence movement in the late 1950s. He returned to Uganda and entered the political fray …
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s , and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': Kruger … Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Native Congress (NNC) is officially inaugurated. “The main aims of the Congress were to cultivate a political …
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… and coffee”¦we planted this bomb at the door of the main office of the pass office in Ordinance Road. When we …
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… at all, but in the band of conglomerate which formed the main reef. Since then these rocks have produced 40% of the … at all, but in the band of conglomerate…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… of importance on religion. This makes sense since their main purpose in traveling to South Africa was to spread the … it consumed the teachers’ entire lives,…
PlaceGordonia Division
… which joins the Orange River just north of Augrabies. The main industries are stock-farming (cattle,Karakul and other …
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… report on the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, …
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… Mothopeng and seventeen others). The defendants faced two main charges under the Terrorism Act, and a number of …
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… violence broke out largely against the MDC which was the main opposition. The rising tensions in Zimbabwe after the …
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… Northern Cape (now North West Province), situated on the main railway line to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the Bechuanaland … Cloete, P.G. (2000). The Anglo-Boer…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… Mountain . Its beautiful heavily wooded Valley became the main source of timber for the building and repairs of ships …
EventSir John Frederick William Herschel dies
… database of southern African science, s2a3.up.ac.za/bio/Main.php, as on Tuesday 06 May 2008. …
PlaceWupperthal Mission Station, Clanwilliam
… is dried and worked into rolls ( roltabak ). The other main products of the area are dried fruit , dried beans and …
National Arts Festival 2017
… Cape, 130km from Port Elizabeth. The Festival comprises a Main and a Fringe programme, which are both administered by …
BiographyLouis Botha
Louis Botha was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the Free State, and was educated at…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… methods. This became particularly intense during the 1950s and gradually led to a stage at which the Movement … that these lines of communication constitute…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt's landscapes of high voltage by Melvyn Minnaar, 21 November 2014
… context) takes up memorisation and commemoration as a main theme. Many monuments are photographed, obviously with a … caption, this visual presentation sums…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… on the Equator in the Gulf of Guinea. It consists of two main islands—São Tomé and Príncipe—and several rocky islets, … Centuries! São Tomé Peak , the…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… is located on the Eastern Border of Soweto and is close to main Transport routes into Johannesburg. The three main Areas in Diepkloof are each characterised…
65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… In our conditions these streams constitute the main tributaries which swell the river of struggle, … the changing strategies of our struggle and the main…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… similar dialects, beliefs and social structures and the main distinctions between the three groups were only … In fact, most archaeologists presume the Sotho…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… fought to restore rights among the black population. The main activities of the Black Sash were protesting against the … Sash eliminated volunteer work and…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… than most people, spoke about and organised around all the main themes of our struggle for liberation long before there …
PlaceNqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
… attracts some 30 000 attendees. The festival’s main objective: to place Kirkwood on the map and to create …
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… relocated to the Old Westcott Primary School premises, Main Road, Diep River. The School leased this beautiful old …
PlaceQuaqua
… to become part of the migrant labour force . The country's main income came from these migrant workers. Quaqua, or …
EventFearon Fallows, the first Astronomer Royal at the Cape, is born
… facilities and he also set up the first instruments. The main building of the observatory was completed in 1828 but …