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12. The pickled money-order receipt
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … immigrants sent money regularly to relatives in India. In the document reproduced below,…
PlaceThe Queen’s Fort Military Museum, Bloemfontein
… Also known as the Bloemfontein Fort. On 3 February 1848 the British declared the Orange River Sovereignty, covering a broad area of land … The Queen’s Fort…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following the death of her half-sister, Mary. The Queen of England, who ……
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of Zanzibar. Following the…
EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
… The central African region in which the Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) lies has been pervaded by conflict and … Belgium annexes the Congo Free…
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… This thesis examines the ways in which the Liberal Party - the Natal Division in particular attempted to become an … From conscience politics to the…
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… The 'Luthuli Detachment', made up of units of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives, and the Zimbabwean African People’s Union (ZAPU) guerrillas, crossed the…
EventThe French Foreign Legion is founded
… The elite French Foreign Legion was founded by King Louis-Philippe as a military unit to support the conquest of Algeria, which the French had invaded the…
Impact of pseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism on the 19th and 20th Centuries
… to old content. Also note, there may be minor changes to the curriculum from year to year, teachers always check with … Impact of pseudo-scientific racism…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
… The SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded and … by a Bureau for National and International…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… At the request of President F. W. de Klerk, the commission of inquiry, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone, started the investigation into the Bisho massacre…
EventThe League of Nations is established
… The League of Nations, an international organisation founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920, convened and met for the first time in…
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
… The inter-racial Women's National Coalition (WNC) Conference (25-27 February 1994), started in the World Trade Centre, Kempton Park. The conference focused…
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… The Constitutional Court, with Chief Justice Arthur … was formally opened by President Nelson Mandela on the morning of 14 February 1995. The judges took…
EventThe Azanian People’s Organisation is formed
… The Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was formed at an inaugural conference in Roodepoort, near Johannesburg. The organisation was based on the…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… More here . Monday 14 th March, 6 for 6.30pm – Launch of The Sword and the Pen: Six Decades on the Political Frontier by Allister Sparks Veteran journalist…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… In 1925 the Township owners of Houghton Estate, the Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Company Ltd. Donated the original portion of The Wilds to the…
EventThe Republic of Goshen is founded
… The Republic of Goshen with its capital in Lichtenburg is … farmers on land allocated to them by Chief Matlaba, of the Barolong boo Rapulana and Chief…
ArchiveCivil Society vs. the State: identity, institutions, and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… A dissertation presented to the Facilty of the Graduate School of Yale University in candidacy for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. This dissertation ……
EventThe Kenya-Uganda railway is completed
… The Uganda railway line in Kenya was seen as a very ambitious infrastructure at its inception with the cost of the project causing most of the controversy…
ArchiveMemorandum submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to the UN Decolonisation Committee
… Memorandum submitted by the African National Congress of South Africa to the UN Decolonisation Committee. Covers the atrocities of apartheid and calls for…
EventThe Comoros declared an Independent State
… cartographer Diego Ribero first claimed to have discovered The Comoros in 1505, the islands became a French colony in 1843 following a military takeover of…
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… The first Comrades Marathon was run by Vic Clapham, ex World … Clapham wanted to remember those who had fallen in the war by ultimate testing of body and…
ArchiveA report on the National Executive Committee session held on the 15-24th July 1977
… A report on the National Executive Committee session held on the 15-24th July 1977 signed by Alfred Nzo. Discussed economic crisis, underground activities,…
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… was born on 4 August 1900. Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth child and daughter of Claude George Bowes-Lyon, … Cavendish-Bentinck. She was educated at…
EventThe Pretoria Minute is agreed upon
… The government and the African National Congress (ANC) reaffirmed their commitment to the Groote Schuur Minute at discussions held at the Presidency in…
EventThe New English Bible is published.
… University Press and Oxford University Press who were the copyright holders of the English Revised Version Bible felt that a modern version of the bible was…
PlaceAberfeldy a Settlement in the Free Sate
… Aberfeldy in the region of Free State is located in South Africa - some 284 km South of Pretoria, the Country's Capital. Aberfeldy is a small Settlement near…
20th Time of the Writer
… writers from South Africa, Africa and different parts of the world will feature in this year’s week-long edition. This … talks. Mr. David wa Maahlamela,…
EventThe State Theatre in Pretoria opens
… The State theatre in Pretoria opened in 1981 as a non-profit government funded company. The Japanese- influenced building is actually a complex of theatres…