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EventThree Delmas trialist released
… a power station, and Maxala Vilakazi, a clerk at the South African Committee for Higher Education (Sached). All three … for being members of the illegal…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… The South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, … SAHO, Nelson Mandela…
EventAttempted coup in Equatorial Guinea sees fifteen arrested
… in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the suspects were South African, including the alleged leader of the advance party, … 23 Angolans, 2 Congolese and 1 Zimbabwean…
EventEmily Hobhouse travels to South Africa
… camps for Boer women and children during the Second South African War/ Anglo Boer War 2, set sail for South Africa. … and was appalled by the conditions. She…
EventSecurity officials report that levels of political violence have dropped significantly in SA
… political violence took place in February 1990 after South African President F.W. de Klerk made a speech at the opening … among other measures, the lifting…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… in 1957, with Kwame Nkrumah as its first President. Many African countries gained independence after Macmillan’s … British Prime Minister on 3 February 1960…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… and as a result she had to go to exile. She worked as an African National Congress (ANC) official and a journalist in the UK and other African countries like…
EventRecord of Understanding is agreed to by the SA government and the ANC
… During a summit between the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC), both parties agreed to a … Boddy-Evans, A., 2011. ‘This Day in…
EventSA Prime Minister, J.B. Vorster, vows to fight against terrorism
… On 19 January 1973, South African Prime Minister J.B. Vorster confirms that there was … troops and police opened fire on a threatening South African police…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… Allister Sparks has spent 60 years at the heart of South African politics. He will be here to talk about his memoir. … chronicles the passionate affair…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… 1977 this 'homeland' was granted independence by the South African government. Bophuthatswana's capital city was … by the following day by the intervention…
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the Black resistance movements, in particular the African National Congress. Those Black leaders who were not … emerged. The White- dominated National Union…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… broadcasting media, even though the state-controlled South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) had a virtual … unfair competition for the Afrikaans press…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… Committee. He was one of the founding members of the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), which led to him being … amongst and for the youth, he became the…
EventSouth Africa heeds United Nations call to assist Korea
… The Tjisadane. By November 1950, the entire Second South African Air Force Squadron was fully deployed. This unit … with distinction during the Korean…
EventThe fall of the fortress town of Tobruk
… a combination of poor judgement on the part of the South African commander Major -General H.B Klopper as well as the … 1942. Among the units taken prisoner…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… explorer, Batholomeu Dias. When the Dutch colonized South African in the 17th century, the island was used to isolated … years on Robben Islands. Others…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… election. When the fusion between the NP and South African Party (SAP) took place, Swart joined Malan's … passing of the Immorality Act, the banning of the…
Arthur Chaskalson Chief: Justice Emeritus, Constitutional Court of South Africa
… of Namibia (December 1989-March 1990), a Consultant to the African National Congress on constitutional issues (April … at which Mr. Nelson Mandela and other…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… thought to be over 200 Years old. Early in South African History this Site was Inhabited by Iron Age, Basotho … found and are displayed in the Education…
Chapter 12
… already mentioned Dr. Xuma's ad hoc Convention for the African Charter-Bill of Rights. Then there was the National … staking their claim for full democratic…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… a world power in the 14th and 15th centuries, Songhai, an African empire during the 15th and 16th Centuries, and the … Ming Dynasty, China in the 14th and…
Speech at the Tenth General Conference of the United National Independence Party by O. R. Tambo, Zambia, August 1988
… instance to place on record the sincere gratitude of the African National Congress for the invitation extended to us … galaxy of Heads of State as well as…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… Matabeleland. Source: wikipedia. Displaced from the South African highveld, the Mzilikazi's Ndebele trekked over the …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… - and had been behind some of the party's support for the African strikers in 1918, was in Moscow when the miners came …
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… kingdom existed because of riches gathered from the East African gold trade. The area was very rich in gold and the …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
… Vicky. Kenya at the Cross-Roads, Tom Mboya. A South African in Nigeria, Ezekiel Mphahlele. The United States at U.N.O., Winifred F. Courtney. Towards an…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.2 Jan-Mar 1959
… der Eyken with illustrations by Mickey Munro. Towards an African Literature(VII), Dr. A.C. Jordan. Anglican Bishops … in West Africa, L.A. Fabunmi. The Art…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… A mobile South African National Monument, yes on wheels, is resting in the … years! Kitson is on permanent loan from ESKOM to the South African National…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… Festival in 1954. Barer appeared in numerous South African Broadcasting Corporations (SABC) broadcasts such as … and on concert platforms as a soloist with…