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EventM K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born
… Passive Resistance movement (satyagraha) against the South African government and was also the co-founder of the Natal …
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… iAfrika was first sung publicly in 1899. The new South African flag is one of the 'youngest' flags and is the only …
Event19 die at Shell House massacre
… African National Congress (ANC) security guards at Shell … SAGO, (1994), SHELL HOUSE MASSACRE , from South African Government Online, 08 April [online],…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… to convince Odinga to come back to the ruling party, Kenya African National Union (KANU). The reunion was brief as once …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… troops. The proclamation was made during the second South African War (also known as Anglo Boer War II), which broke … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
EventDemonstrating Clergymen are arrested in central Johannesburg
… established in schools and the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) branches in the majority of …
EventSir Harry Smith, governor of the Cape, dies in London
… Kaffraria on his own initiative and introducing the African poll tax as a means of conscripting the native …
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… to democracy in 1994 the Orange Free State became a South African province and the name was changed to Free State. … SAHO, Free State , from South African…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… 2011] The-art-world.com, 2011. ‘Pieter Wenning - South African Artist From Art History’ [online] Available at …
EventArtist William Cornwallis Harris starts his expedition from Cape Town to the Western Transvaal and the Magaliesburg Mountain
… the period have formed an invaluable contribution to South African historiography. Harris later returned to India to …
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… relevance. It is argued that the performance of South African Learners, can be improved by Renovating Schools and …
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African Police service and served for five years before he … SAHO, (2010), Eugène Ney Terre…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… On 12 January 1984, a strong delegation of African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee …
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… He then rejoined the political scene in 2012 during the African National Congress' National Conference in Mangaung, …
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… of a host of anti-apartheid organisations, including the African National Congress(ANC)and Pan Africanist … South African History Online, ‘Pass Laws in South…
PlaceShell House, Johannesburg
… Mandela planned the Democratic takeover of the South African Government, has been sold to Union Investment Company …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Two - By Riashnee Pather
… were often involved in the trade unions and the South African communist Party and many used to participate in the … 1 This development is mirrored almost…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… Allies. One of his most notable and prophetic speeches on African problems was delivered at a dinner given in his … epoch in the history of South Africa. The…
EventLegendary artist Johnny Clegg dies
… so many souls with its vibrant blend of Western pop and African Zulu rhythms. Clegg’s unique music style had an … he produced so many hits including Impi,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… the Botha regime has tried to recruit the neighbouring African independent States into a fascist campaign aimed at … save itself by terrorising, blackmailing…
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… the Botha regime has tried to recruit the neighbouring African independent States into a fascist campaign aimed at … save itself by terrorising, blackmailing…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… period just after the abolition of slavery 12 of the West African Royal Navy Kroomen were brough to the Royal … was one of the early activists in the…
Soweto forty years on: The Black student rebellion of 1976 by Professor Noor Nieftagodien
… Africans in schools remained relatively low. But the urban African population was growing, especially the number of … after the 1969 launch of the university…
PlaceGeorge, Garden Route- Western Province
… established in 1911. H. B. Sidwell was the first South African-born bishop. The Roman Catholic Parish was … for railway sleepers, formerly belonging to the…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… oppose any attempt by any party to prevent any South African citizen from exercising his or her right to … support. They constitute a minority of the total…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
… project sparkles like a jewel in the crown of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union, proving that we can, as Africans,…
Jail
… is it now?' 'They asked us are we still members of the African National congress?' 'Oh. What did you say?' 'No. We … in and this man asked me, 'Are you still…
Chapter 8 - ‘Creative Organisers’ rather than ‘Powerful Speakers’: Education as a Site of Struggle
… was the 'true' successor of SASO. It was believed that claims to SASO's legacy would not confer any advantage, and … previous leaders of the secondary-school…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… other leaders of the public service; President of the Pan African Parliament, Honourable Idriss Endele Moussa, Your … agtertoe nie! [English version: In the…
Indian Community
… the forbearers of the majority of present-day South African Indians. After completing their indenture, many … to other areas designated as ‘Indian’, …