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EventJameson Raid starts
… of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted Police from Bechuanaland (now Botswana) over the border of the …
EventOn 14 November 2006, parliament approved the controversial Civil Unions Bill, which provided for same-sex marriage
… do so and one of only a few in the world at the time. MPs from the African National Congress were required to support … Hartley,' Civil Unions Bill changed…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… in 1912. He was the barrister and President of the ANC from 1930 to 1936 when he was ousted by Reverend Z.R. …
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… of 1,800 men under Colonel Rowlands made another attempt from August until October 1878, to reduce Sekhukhune to …
EventHlubi Chief Langalibalele becomes one of the first Black activists to be tried and banished to Robben Island
… The Hlubi had received these firearms as a form of payment from the owners of diamond mines. After refusing to go to … Vista. |New History, The Hlubi under…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… John Speke and James Grant, on their return from an expedition in Africa announced that Lake Victoria is … BBC History," John Hanning Speke (1827 - 1864) ",…
EventForced removals at the Crossroads informal settlement
… homes were destroyed. The residents here, were originally from the Ciskei and Transkei homelands (Bantustans). The … Bray, Roddy,' Crossroads ', from Cape…
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… 1994, an exhibition will be held at Freedom Park, Pretoria from Wednesday, May 14th . The Ken Oosterbroek Legacy …
EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
… that at least 28 million of people worldwide had died from AIDS More than 20 years since HIV& Aids was first … BBC, 1984:Scientist finds Aids virus , from…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… thought to have copied details about some of the places from other explorers’ accounts. He was later appointed a … Battuta: Travels in Asia and Africa 1325…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… the University of Cape Town. In 1969, he received his PhD from the University of Texas in the United States of America. … Nobel Prize, J. M. Coetzee ”“…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… this time Namibia was still a South African colony dating from 1915 at the time of the First World War. The occupation … (Accessed: 23 July 2013)| O’Malley,…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… Daily, and an appeal signed by more than 2 000 mayors from 53 countries was made public by the United Nations … O’Malley, P. ‘1982’ , from Nelson Mandela…
EventArtist, Thomas Trevor Motswai , award-winning South African artist is born
… which provide us with the artist's documentary of a period from the early 1980s to the present. His colourful, bold and … Johannesburg Art Gallery.|Ngcobo,…
EventMolly Blackburn, political activist and civil rights campaigner is killed in a car accident
… accident near Humansdorp, Eastern Cape while driving back from Oudtshoorn to Port Elizabeth with Di Bishop and Bishop’s … JC., (2005), South Africa: She…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… his labour organisation called on all workers to stay away from work. About 7 000 FOSATU workers at the Uitenhage branch … O’Malley P. ‘1982’ , from Nelson…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… meeting that the date of Africa Freedom Day was changed from April 15th to May 25th. In 2002 the OAU was dissolved … ‘Organization of African Unity (OAU)’ ,…
EventThe Congo Free State is established by King Leopold of Belgium
… people that were killed during the rule of Leopold range from 5 million to 22 million. In 1908, the Belgian parliament …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… is a border separating Zimbabwe (then Southern Rhodesia) from Zambia (Northern Rhodesia) and the bridge links the two … Roberts, P., The Victoria Falls…
EventKenya is granted independence
… Kenya gained its independence from Britain with Jomo Kenyatta as the country’s first Prime … The New York Times," Kenya Gains Independence ",From: The New…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… Uys was born in Cape Town in 1945. He studied drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film … Available at www.pdu.co.za [accessed…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… of Kwazulu Natal) was made possible by a donation from Durban businessman T.B. Davis, in remembrance of his son …
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… decided that Nyasaland should be allowed to withdraw from the federation. A conference held in early 1963 at … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘Federation of Rhodesia and…
EventAfrican bus boycott lasting ten weeks is initiated in Johannesburg and Pretoria.
… increased the bus fare in 1957, it was met with resistance from the public. More than 80 percent of the Black population … successfully boycott buses in…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… months after his release on bail he made a short broadcast from a secret ANC radio station. On 11 July of the same year … O’Malley P. ‘1963’ from Nelson…
EventJacobus Johannes (Jim) Fouché is born in Wepener in the OFS.
… was elected as the second Sstate President of South Africa from 1968-1975. Fouche was initially a farmer in the OFS …
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … and ignorant peasants and workers for their liberation from all forms of exploitation. The former…
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… of a better life for all. Chapter 2: Where We Come From: Streams Of An Emergent Nation The South African … cradle of humankind and early forms of human…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… rooted in South Africa. “It is the photos and stories from Goldblatt’s native country, whose scars of violence and … 75 “vulnerable” artworks have been…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… Introduction: I have just returned from Juba, South Sudan last night. I led an ANC delegation … for a better progressive world and to free our people from…