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EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… few days later, Gandhi was beaten up and severely injured by a compatriot, who accused him of betraying the Indian … public outcry stemming from the ruthless…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… in 1936, he was restored to power in 1941. However, by the 1970s, his apparent indifference to the Wollo famine … In 1974, he was dethroned in a military…
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… kingdom as a threat to this policy, a belief supported by Shepstone (Secretary for Native Affairs), who averred that … flimsy pretext of a few minor border…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… of scattered Sotho peoples who had been driven apart by Zulu and Ndebele raids. In 1867 and 1868, most of Moshoeshoe's land was overrun by Boers from the…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
… The striking soldiers were given the highest attention by President Nelson Mandela who ordered General George … that while it was aware of the difficulties…
EventDr Wilson Carswell, medical adviser to the government’s Aids unit, says about 100 000 South Africans are infected with HIV
… are infected with the Human-immuno Deficiency Virus (HIV). By 1993 the number of recorded infections had increased by 60 percent. In 2012, an estimated 5, 3…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… western region Obafemi Owolowo was charged with treason by Balewa’s government, it led to many of Balewa’s supporters … massacre in South Africa. He was…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… Eugene Nielen Marais began writing at a very young age. By the age of 12, he was a published writer. Marais became … books The soul of the white ant. Marais…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… This was the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government … demonstration against pass laws. …
Document 15 - ‘A document to create a climate of understanding’; Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… "Communique" by SASO, July 1969 For the first time after 1959, Non-White … that be. There is no way of stopping this process except by interfering with the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo in Luanda after summit meeting of Presidents of frontline states and Southern African Liberation Movements, 01 March 1977
… in this matter. On Zimbabwe it is more the position taken by the Zimbabwean leaders that is of importance and in the … want for their country that influences…
O. R. Tambo interviewed in Luanda after Summit Meeting of Presidents of Frontline States and Southern African Liberation Movements, 1977
… in this matter. On Zimbabwe it is more the position taken by the Zimbabwean leaders that is of importance and in the … want for their country that influences…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph In January 1957 we were back again in the … was only into regions. Johannesburg came first with by far the…
45. Mass meeting at the Empire Theatre, Johannesburg, 1906
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 11 September 1906, a … The pass, it seems to us, will be like…
Chapter 8
… After a lengthy discussion "the final decision arrived at by the joint committee by majority vote was that the All African Convention shall be … sections…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… in Inanda High School, the school that was established by Dr J L Dube. He was the first President of the ANC. POM … I must say all of the movements were…
37. Deputation to Lord Selborne, 1905
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A deputation of Indians … them that the expression has probably…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… The land upon which this church was erected was granted by Governor Sir Lowrie Cole on 30 August 1832. The original … original Church Building are still in…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… of the human spirit over adversity.” Tours are guided by ex-prisoners who narrate their own experiences at the … estate and World Heritage Site. It was…
Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois”, Internal Bulletin of the International Communist League (B-L), no. 2, May 1935
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 53 - Remarks of Comrade Dubois", … present circumstances. For the rest,…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… Location, Russell Road and Coopers Kloof located here by 1904. Social, Political and Historical Tours Visitors who … be treated to African music, dances and…
Archive1995 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 17 February 1995
… We had to educate ourselves in an atmosphere characterised by a critical public focus which did not necessarily allow … to establish our two houses of…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - ‘Locations’ For Labour
… Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos Topic We have seen how altered conditions … it, and why. The Urban Areas Act…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… the mothers, the fathers, the youth and the children who, by their thoughts and deeds, gave us the right to assert with … of the seat of government. And so…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter V - Political role of the mission
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke The Missionaries and the Chiefs THE FULL … the Government and at the same time,…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… crossed it from East to West in 1667 after he had gone by sea to Mossel Bay . Cruse found there a Hottentot tribe, … -word means 'dirty'. Before the…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… in front of each. The tree has subsequently been damaged by fire in 1870 and a parasitic disease, but it still visible … has dramatically decreased after a…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… the carrying of all weapons. The regulations introduced by Minister of Law and Order, Adriaan Vlok, gave the police … this violence. This matter should be…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… the Crimean War at Scutari, Turkey. She was appalled by the conditions in the hospital and began gathering … and this began a life-long effort to better…
Document 70 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 70 - Letter from the Workers' Party … from outside sources and the…