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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 …
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… groups fought each other over territory and resources. The chronology of all nine Frontier Wars is briefly discussed …
National Arts Festival 2017
… Cape, 130km from Port Elizabeth. The Festival comprises a Main and a Fringe programme, which are both administered by …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… isolate white South Africa from international sport in the 1960s and 1970s. After a brief description of the Luthuli … was a boycott of Durban's municipal…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… in Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) camps. The main ZIPRA camp, known as "Freedom Camp," was located about … 41 organisations from all over South…
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
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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…
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…
PlaceLeliefontein
… the devastating 1902: ' Leliefontein Massacre '. From the 1960s until 2016, Leliefontein was a major helicopter Base …
ArticleKora
… could mean ‘the real thing’. Initially there were two main groups, the Great Korana and the Little Korana. Each of …
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… Isangomas and inyangas are the two main types of indigenous or traditional healers in South …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1910 - 1919
… to leave South Africa, via London, to return to India. The main points of negotiation of the Agreement is centred on …
The Polly Street Era
… students, intellectuals and theologians from the late 1960s and the resultant theatrical and literary art forms … to reflect social reality, and the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
An image of bold, selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source Essay Question: To what…
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 …
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… were black (98%) and Tswana-speaking (93%). Ganyesa is the main town of the Barolong boo Mariba community, a faction of …
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 …
EventFIFA World Cup is staged in Africa for the first time
… winner of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, was the main favourite. During his speech the FIFA President Sepp …
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… system, with heavy hinge-and-nut-bolts connecting the main parts at the knot points. The Technical Design and …