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EventArmscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery system
… that outranged it's counterparts of a similar calibre by at least 50%. The development of the G5 Howitzer was the … mobility. The initial design was…
EventThe apartheid government agrees to eliminate racial segregation in theatres but not in cinemas
… segregation of the various population groups, as defined by the Population Registration Act. Segregation was further … but not in cinemas. The Act was…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… their education. The black youth had been empowered by the ideology of Black Consciousness, which aimed to … itself in the establishment of the BPC, which…
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the Malagasy had started to demand … A national uprising took place in 1947, but was…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk rings in cabinet changes
… elections. The African National Congress (ANC) reacted by saying that the co-option of discredited and discarded … was not non-racialism and the world should…
EventMazizi Maqekeza, ANC member, is shot dead whilst in hospital in Maseru, Lesotho
… wounded was left for dead. Maqekeza was later found by some locals and taken to hospital. However, his wounds … any reason. On 22 March 1988 he was shot and…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… had begun to defame the missionary - a plot instigated by one of their priests. Due to this slander, da Silveira was strangled to death in his hut, by order…
EventGrant Baker, SA surfer, wins the Mavericks Surf Contest at Santa Cruz
… California to win the Mavericks Surf Contest Presented by Verizon Wireless on 8 February 2006. Baker had beaten a … final. Baker started his charge to…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… effort to rid the world market of 'conflict diamonds'. By 2001 the wars in the Great Lakes and West Africa had … has lessened remarkably, and many regimes…
EventTRC releases documents revealing plot to kill UN Secretary
… Desmond Tutu, released documents revealing an alleged plot by Western countries to assassinate United Nations … kill Hammarskjold. The documents were…
EventGerman South West Africa is put under South African administration
… in favour of South Africa in a case brought before them by Ethiopia and Liberia.International pressure increased, and … fighting followed when South Africa…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…
PlaceCape St Francis, Eastern Cape Peninsula
… is widely known for the right-hand point break filmed by Bruce Brown for his 1966 documentary The Endless Summer, … in Brown's honour. The wave had in fact…
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…
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… This apparently, empty interior was only entered into by the Voortrekkers,in October 1837. (This was name given to … samoosa is a reminder that food, like…
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…