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EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his followers. A Boer commando under President T.F. Burgers, …
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI). During his announcement Smith said; “Now I would like to say a few …
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young boy and his little sister as they played in their family farm along …
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… by becoming the first man in cricket history to captain his side in 100 Test matches. Among South African players who …
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… Indian leg spinner Anil Kumble for a quick single to take his score to six. In spite of Pollock's accomplishments South …
EventConservative Party leader, Dr Andries Treurnicht, dies in Cape Town.
… the travelling secretary for the SCA. He completed his doctoral thesis at the University of Cape Town. He was …
EventKenya is granted independence
… Kenya's first president, with Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as his vice-president. …
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… from Durban businessman T.B. Davis, in remembrance of his son Howard who killed in the Battle of the Somme in WWI. …
PlaceFreshford House Museum, 31 Kellner Street
… built by the architect John Edwin Harrison for himself and his wife, Kate Caroline. Born and trained in England, …
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
… August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test format. He made his Test debut against England in December 2004. In…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… organizing protest against the violent outworking of apartheid on your education and everyday in 1976. Could we …
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… and it was abandoned. Further difficulties arose when the Apartheid Government proposed to declare the suburb a …
Address at the launch of the Kruger National Park Centenary Celebrations Skukuza, 26 March 1998
… growth of this sector since our country was freed from apartheid confirms our confidence that tourism is destined to …
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Banquet help in honour of President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi Cape Town, 2 June 1998
… to the call to join us in ending the inhuman system of apartheid. Under testing political and economic …
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… from place to place to meet the whims of the masters of apartheid. Your movements and freedom, like ours, are …
Address on Receiving the Freedom of the City of Kingston Jamaica, 30 June 2003
… inspired by the fact that you took up the struggle against Apartheid colonialism as your own. We thank you most …
Former South African President P W De Klerk’s Manifesto for the New South Africa
… declare:- That a just and fair New South Africa, free from apartheid, requires a strong South African nation, That there …
PlacePiketberg
… inhabitants, was further enhanced and entrenched by the apartheid government and still affect the inhabitants of …
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… 1979, and General Moussa Traoré received 99% of the votes. His efforts at consolidating the single-party government were … reform programs and the perception…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
… was Mswati. He was a gifted diplomat and warrior and when his term ended in 1868, the Swazi nation was secure. During … until 1982 when Prince Makhosetive…
PlaceNiger
… France! Nevertheless, under Bakary’s successor (who was his cousin and fellow Songhai-Zarma)-Hamani Diori, … referendum and election victories, Mamadou…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… was embroiled in controversy, on 29 February 2012, his public statements had gotten him suspended from the …
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… at their own expense. However, the planters rejected his proposal in the Assembly. Anti-Indian feelings became …
PlaceDinorben Farm, Eastern Cape
… were only partially understood. However, new ethnographic work came out of the Kalahari in the 1990s, where San people … still perform the ‘great dance’ but…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 Glossary
… used during the Middle Ages in Europe where people had to work and fight for a nobleman where in return, they were …
PlaceSouthern Suburbs of Cape Town
… the Areas around the Constantia Winelands . During the Apartheid Era , the Southern Suburbs was a predominantly …
PlaceMakuya Nature Reserve
… of Limpopo, formerly known as Venda (a homeland under the Apartheid Regime not far from the border with Zimbabwe, now … of Limpopo, formerly known as Venda …
PlaceOrlando Stadium
… the Soweto Uprising a defining moment in the fight against apartheid . A Venue for Historic Farewells: The stadium has … the Soweto Uprising a defining…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… attitude. This was strongly supported by Prof. Jabavu and his brother Mr. Alex Jabavu, which resulted in the following … a cordial welcome to the Right Hon…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
… South Africa. By taking human excrement from Khayelitsha, his action sought to make a connection with the lack of human …