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Vlermuisklip near Vredendal on the West Coast is used as stay-over for the first time by Pieter Everaerts and his group on an e
… used as stay-over for the first time by Pieter Everaerts and his group on an e …
Up to 200 Somali youths hurl rocks at US forces and set tyre barricades ablaze in the belief that American troops shot to death
… Up to 200 Somali youths hurl rocks at US forces and set tyre barricades ablaze in the belief that American …
Two serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on St James’s Church in Cape Town in
… Two serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on …
Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
… da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern …
The ANC agrees to close its military training base in Angola and in return South Africa must stop aid to the rebel Angolan UNIT
… ANC agrees to close its military training base in Angola and in return South Africa must stop aid to the rebel Angolan …
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… sparked off a flood of prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually resulted in the discovery of the Main gold reef in 1886. The first payable gold on…
PlaceOdendaalsrus, Free State
… Having been established in 1912, this is the oldest gold mining Town in the District. The Town was a group of Farms with one central Church. However, when…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… clan) broke away from their Zulu kindred in the 1820s and moved from present day Kwazulu Natal. It is unclear … already Ndebele people in the what is today…
Grade 11 - Topic 4 Timeline
… present day Western Cape , Eastern Cape , Northern Cape and some parts of the North West province) , Transvaal colony(present day Gauteng , Limpopo and…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… “White ladies [do not] push heavy skips”: Examining NUDW and CCAWUSA organising of occupational categories in the retail and distributive trade in the late…
ArticleTimeline: Father Trevor Huddleston
… 1949 Appointed Provincial of the Community in South Africa and Superintendent of St Peter’s School. 1955 December, … Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe, along with…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… Towards Union It is often assumed that the discovery of gold at the Rand was the chief cause of the South African … that would once again put them at the…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the African National Congress and Nelson … South Africa had an abundance of…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… 1815 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg cross the Oranje/Gariep river. June … the construction of a railway to Lourenço Marques. 1873 Gold is discovered…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… Boksburg was an important Mining Town with coal and some gold Mining taking place. Coal mining was the most … post. The town has since become one of the most…
Document 75 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Historical basis for the Programme of the Fourth International Organisation of South Africa”, Workers’ 1944
… struggle arising out of the imperialist exploitation and oppression of the toilers of South Africa. The … and exploiting of diamonds and, soon afterwards, of…
Address of the President of South Africa and Commander-in-Chief of the SANDF, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the Presidential Fleet Review, 5 September 2008, Simonstown
… "Presidential Order of the Day - we wish you and the South African Navy every success in ensuring the maritime security of our nation and helping to…
In the Belly of the Beast - Speech at Conference of the International Committee against Apartheid, Racism and Colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA) by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, April 1980
… members of the Presidium, Comrades, Delegates and Friends, There is a special significance which attaches … of the International Committee against Apartheid,…
ADDRESS AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (FICCI), CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES (CII), AND JOINT BUSINESS COUNCILS (JBC) Delhi, 26 January 1995
… Ladies and Gentlemen. May I express my heartfelt appreciation for … a distinguished gathering of leaders of Indian business, and to share with you ideas…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa, Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu. Before dealing with the charges and findings, and in response to commentary and…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… This was the first such 'mass movement" against slavery and oppression at the Cape, and suggests a deep awareness around issues of abolition and freedom held…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand. The discovery of gold in 1886 resulted in the formation of mining and financial…
PlacePilgrims Rest, Graskop- Mpumalanga Province
… Once a booming gold rush town in the 1870s, Pilgrim’s Rest remains frozen in … with original corrugated iron buildings, dusty streets, and historical…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… the end of the first South African War (Anglo-Boer War) and the restoration of the Transvaal Republic after it was … in Natal and the Cape. Subsequent to…
ArchiveAll That Glitters by Emilia Potenza
… The discovery of gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in … Africa from an agricultural society to become the largest gold-producer in the…
ArchiveMinutes of Meeting of the SRC Presidents, SASO Executive Committee and representatives of SASO on campus, held at Alan Taylor Residence on Saturday 17th June 1972
… which included a review of activities on Black campuses and the expulsion of students at Turfloop and the Alice Declaration of 13 th May 1972 … of Meeting of…
Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Katie Viljoen "Work Like Hell and be Merry" I was born in 1912 on a farm near Bloemfontein, … He gave me a day frock to machine, and a friendly fellow-worker…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… used to explain the socioeconomic need to address the jobs and communities built around fossil fuel industries, while … still ensuring we transition to more…
EventSA athlete Ernst van Dyk is hard done by at Paralympic games
… African athlete, Ernst van Dyk, was cut off from a certain gold medal by the Mexican Saul Mendoza during the 1 500m race … with 200m to go the Mexican came…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… employing an average of 2 000 workers through the 1930s and 1940s. Municipal workers and their dependants totalled … the areas set aside for them. Sections…