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… of the force sent to occupy the Cape of Good Hope in 1806 and later acting governor …

… A volcano erupts in eastern Zaire, spewing a plume of ash and lava into the air about 40km north of the border crossing …

… within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr …

… Mzolisi Goodman Diliza, businessman and Chief Executive of the Chamber of Mines of SA, is born. …

… of France, is killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a Bri …

… reports to the Senate on the progress of the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of So …

… verses in near perfect Afrikaans by H.C. van de Berg and P.P. Hugo is published in De Vriend of B …

… the future of the control of the enclave of Walvis Bay and several islands off the coast of Na …

… Two serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on …

… Up to 200 Somali youths hurl rocks at US forces and set tyre barricades ablaze in the belief that American …

… at the Cape at a salary of 90 Dutch guilder per year and not 150, as was his r …

… Mr Justice P.J. van der Walt acquits Moses Mayekiso and his four co-accused of all charges. They were arrested on …

… the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A …

… Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit …

… Natal midlands Sifiso Nkabinde is expelled from the ANC and named as a ‘spy for the enemy’ by Jac …

… the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A …

… Ernest Mabaso, chairman of the ANC Zola Branch and member of the Soweto Civic Association, is shot dead as …

… teacher is attacked by two robbers on her way to school and is saved by more than 100 pupils from Orlando North Second …

… is killed by British troops.   The dates 12 February and 13 May are given by other s …

… encyclical of his papacy in which he condemns abortion and euthanasia as crimes that no human …

… Henry Francis Fynn, pioneer and settler  who was a member of an expedition to the Zulu …

… to cut off the Voortrekkers from the harbour in Port Natal and sends Capt. Smith with 125 men by land …

… Eugenie, Empress of the French and wife of Emperor Napoleon III, arrives in Durban to visit …

… summit meeting in Lusaka (14-16 April) the leaders of East and Central African States on 16 April 1969 agree to issue the …

… Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator.  Milner came to South Africa in … led by State President Paul Kruger. After the discovery of gold in Johannesburg, Milner and Kruger became involved in a … the Transvaal because he realized that the discovery of gold meant that all power would shift from the Cape to the …

… John Rhodes. This was soon followed by the discovery of gold, which changed South Africa's agrarian economy to an … that Glitters - The Discovery of Diamonds in South Africa Gold and Workers - The Mining Industry in South Africa …

… struggle arising out of the imperialist exploitation and oppression of the toilers of South Africa. The … and exploiting of diamonds and, soon afterwards, of gold. Before this time the imperialism of the Dutch and … workers, for a white employer would obviously take a white worker at the same pay to do a certain job than to take a …

… 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, who sat next to me, asked me very kindly where I came … like thousands of other women workers; I found the city of gold unfriendly and frightening. As I could not afford tram …

… 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 mercy of capital and politics as dictated by England proper. A further concern … one of his workers. When questioned during his trail, the worker admitted killing the farmer out of resentment for …

… credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as the African National Congress and Nelson … South Africa had an abundance of natural resources- gold, metal, diamonds, and fertile farm land””but these … to hire and they were also given the role of determining a worker’s wage. This meant that the people in charge were able …