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EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… as a conspiracy to establish a Communist Republic. During his testimony, native Constable Herbert Fani said that …
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… situated on the horn of Africa. Mussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… "Obad" Mokgabudi who was killed in 1981 shortly after his arrival from Angola; Ruth First who died in a parcel bomb …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… first to Libya and eventually to Saudi Arabia. Amin began his career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British …
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… popular uprising. Barre fled and sought refuge in Gedo, his native region in the southwest of Somalia. …
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… to Lyndall Beddy, President F.W. de Klerk wrote in his autobiography: ‘In July 1990 the security forces …
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… king was forced to go into exile in the United Kingdom. His son, Letsie III, was crowned king later the same month, …
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… won by Bill Rowan who finished in a time of 8:59:00 and his name is now given to the sub 9 hr medal in today's …
PlaceReitz
… and the people living there requested that the place take his name. In 1903 it became a municipal area. During the …
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… that they should disarm and Cetshwayo should forsake his sovereignty. The inevitable invasion of Zululand began …
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… National Congress (ANC) president Nelson Mandela gave his organisation's support to the clampdown and called ANC …
Freedom In Our Life Time - List of Photographs
From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede Anton Lembede's primary school class, Umbumbulu, 192.7 (Bemadette Sibeko) Inset of…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… The Prime Minister took part in this debate in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Though harrassed by … this Bill for the repeal of this Act. That is what…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… communally through strategies such as ilima - communal work parties. Slave labour had not been a method of labour … resulting in the death of Dingiswayo and…
EventHashim Amla retires from international cricket
… of international cricket. Amla, a versatile batsman, made his international debut on 28 November 2004 in a test series … in Kolkata, India. Amla broke…
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
… Africa were still without a breach, while the ugly form of Apartheid was spreading its shadow over the land in greater …
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… particularly those connected with the policy of apartheid and race discrimination. Umkhonto we Sizwe is a …
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… across Africa ran contrary to the racist ideology of apartheid. Nevertheless, the University now has a rich …
PlaceZululand District Municipality
… re-incorporated into the Natal province after the end of apartheid in 1994, the province of Natal, which had existed …
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… Soon after the close of his correspondence with Lt.-Governor Stockenstrom, Piet … of severing that sacred tie which binds a Christian to his native soil,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Native Affairs Commission (SANAC). Click here to see his testimony. Moses Mauane Kotane future leader of the ANC …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Congress (TIC)
… passive resistance to those proposals. He was not alone in his efforts and had the support of contemporaries like T.N. …
PlaceUlundi, Kwa-Zulu Natal, (also known as Mahlabathini)
… maintain White supremacy and strengthen the Government's Apartheid policy . By definition a 'Bantustan' was an Area … A Bantustan was intended by the…
PlaceRiemvasmaak
… first time that land was restored to a community, after apartheid ended . The saga started in 1973, when the entire …
PlaceMatatiele Local Municipality
… was an unassuming freedom fighter who, at the height of apartheid repression in the late 1960's and throughout the …
EventCanaan Banana is found guilty of sexual offences
… immediately issued a warrant for Banana's arrest. His bail was also revoked and the title deed to his Harare mansion was impounded. The Botswana Police … a…
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
In the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment began to change. The war and the protectionist policy of the Pact…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… to the vision that all oppressed racial groups must work together to achieve anything. Therefore, a delegation …
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… appointment of Hamilton Hope as resident magistrate for his district. A second magistrate, Alexander Welsh, was … whose village was on the Xokonxa river…
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
The Cape St. Francis Lighthouse, also known as Seal Point Lighthouse, is a beautiful white Building that forms the focal point of Cape St Francis, in the…