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EventThe first Chadian oil pipeline opens
… The first Chadian oil pipeline was opened by Chad President Idriss Deby on 10 October. Thus the small … billion oil pipeline project was viewed with concern…
EventSouth Africa win the most medals at the 7th All African Games
… 7th All Africa Games, which opened on 9 September 1999. By 18 September South Africa had gained the most medals on the log with 180, followed by Egypt with…
EventReginald (Reg) September, prominent trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist, is born
… School where his opposition to white racism was formed by his teachers who encouraged political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people. …
EventTwo policemen are killed in poll tax resistance
… Two policemen were killed by a group of Zulus near Richmond, Natal, following local … increased squatters' tax and the penetration of Zululand by White…
EventThe Battle of Kambula takes place
… The battle involved the British Number 4 Column, led by Colonel Evelyn Wood VC and the Zulu Army, led by Ntshingwayo kaMahole. The Zulu's had a large…
EventP.W. Botha announces that all South Africans will take part in a constitutional conference
… of Prime Minister in 1983. These two events were preceeded by the announcement by the future president in 1980 that all South African races …
EventA Zairian aircraft crashes in Angola, killing 141 people.
… On 18 December 1995, a Lockheed L-188C Electra plane owned by Zaire’s (now Democratic Republic of Congo) Trans Service … crash. It was also reported that the…
EventGeorge Walker, co-discoverer with George Harrison of the gold reef of the Witwatersrand, dies in poverty in Krugersdorp.
… that the gold reef on the Witwatersrand was discovered by George Harrison. What has always been disputed is that … reef, but only Harrison’s version of…
PlaceHouses Brill and Andrew Murray, together with Tuck Shop, Grey-College, Bloemfontein
… State. Brill House and Andrew Murray House were designed by Frank Taylor, and were officially opened on 19 December 1907 by the then Governor of the Orange…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE LATE SIXTIES the old Missionary Road … were discovered in the Campbell…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… It was also important that the final text be accepted by all, and in order to be fully legitimate, that it be … a set of constitutional principles laid down…
78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as … 1974 at a N.I.C. conference. Source: Copy…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… in 1919-1921. British Imperialism was severely condemned by the George Lansbury, Fenner Brockway and Arthur MacManus, … group at the Congress”. Gumede must…
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… 2019, the last Presidential elections were followed by a political crisis, as the defeated candidate, Domingos … a motion to challenge the election results…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… the ANC began the 1950s with mass action campaigns marked by boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. On 26 June 1952 … in South Africa and the first…
EventTanzania gains independence
… seen as an opportunity for German colonial expansion and by the late nineteenth century, an area including Tanzania … the Tanganyika Africa National Union …
EventAfrican National Congress Youth League is founded
… of the African National Congress. It was formed in 1944 by members of the ANC who believed in African Nationalism, … adopted this program in 1949, which was…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… to northern border with Namibia, South Africa countered by launching military operations against SWAPO and the MPLA. … Angola. In response to the invasion of…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… The decision which we have taken today is a refusal by Rhodesians to sell their birthright. And, even if we were … Defiant to the end, Smith denied the civil…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… Joseph. The UDF was launched in 1983, and began its work by promoting protests and boycotts amongst its members. A … declared. This was extended to a full…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… reasons to challenge Obete's regime were afforded impetus by the growing discontent from the Ugandan population … forced to flee to Zambia and his government…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… as a remembrance of the three victims who were killed by the security police on 15 October 1985. The massacre … of the Western Cape. In Athlone, the area…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral Speech (Eulogy) to Diana Princess of Wales was given by her brother Earl…
EventSA troops invade East Africa in their confrontation with German forces in World War I
… fully launched. On 5 March 1916 South African Troops, led by General Jan Smuts , invaded East Africa in their … the war was approximately 7000 dead and 12…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… of the revolt led to an extermination order, issued by Lieutenant General Lothar von Trotha, in which almost 65 000 Herero were either shot by German troops,…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… the next century these underwent extensive alteration, and by the 1880's they bore no relationship to the original lines … increasing in population and…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… chairman of the foundation's board. The photo exhibition by South African veterans Alf Khumalo and Jurgen Schadeberg … containing a series of lectures on the…
Extraordinary Life: Zapiro
… who has inspired them. Extraordinary Lives is inspired by the BBC's “Great Lives” and is presented by Jonathan Ancer. It is produced by Triple World Score…
11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. R. K. Sastrie, who … with regard to my business capacity or my…
Christmas message of the Deputy President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela December 1990
… justice to reign supreme and for all of us to be driven by the spirit of goodwill towards one another as we work … of the deceased. This is a year that has…