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ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… their fourth child Jama. 1953 Fire destroys Thabo Mbeki's kraal and family shop. Photographs, books and family … drafted by Thabo Mbeki is broadcast on…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… brothers, Tlatlane Ernest and Lekota Sydney. Motlanthe’s maternal grandfather, Kgalema Marcus Madingoane and his … his matriculation on Robben Island years…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… founded in 1954 and was a federation of affiliated women’s organisations that opposed the apartheid government. The … to recover after going underground in…
BiographyChris Hani
… on the young Chris, who became aware of his mother's struggle to run the household. Like other young men of his … a love for Latin. At this stage of his life…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
… His grandparents had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India … As a result, his grandfather…
EventThe last French troops pull out of Rwanda
… the Habyarimina regime. In April 1994, Habyarimina's plane was shot down, and this marked the start of the … troops left Rwanda, ending their highly…
ArticleAfrica, Portugal
… Portuguese trading stations in West Africa and the slave trade Portuguese … of Africa which had gold. This news encouraged King John’s son, Prince Henry, to…
ArticleOliver Reginald Tambo Timeline 1917 - 2011
… 1943–1947 Tambo taught Mathematics and Physics at St Peter’s Secondary School in Rosettenville, Johannesburg 1944 … an ANC’s mandate, that OR was to head the…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces withdrawal of Internal Stability Units (ISU)
… the community at a local level. The police at local police stations had often been held responsible for the actions of … of the police in these societies…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… in the centre of Johannesburg are changed for diggers’s licences. 19 October, De Villiers begins the survey of … to Wednesday 8 December. 29 November, J.B…
EventCharles Darwin and the HMS Beagle reached the Galapagos Islands
… Darwin's experience in the Galapagos would be the principle … the people think about the world in which they live.On a mission to survey the South American…
EventSouth African artist Gerard Sekoto is born
… Sekoto was born on 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a mission station established by the German missionaries … highly gifted and creative foursome enriched…
BiographyDorothy Adams
… Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC) in South Africa. Dorothy’s great-grandfather, Francis MacDonald Gow, was a West … a church and subsequently became a member…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… school. 1789 The French Revolution. 1792 Jacob Ziegler's private French and Dutch School opens. 1795 Napoleon … school in the Orange Free State opens. 1824…
ArticleInanda Seminary and its Influence on Education in South Africa by Claire Wilt
… place of refuge for its students for 143 years. The school’s powerful core values shape the minds and conduct of the … Daniel and Lucy Lindley, founded the…
PlaceUgie, Eastern Cape
… , 21km South-West of Maclear . It developed from a Mission Station at Gatberg , established in 1863 by William … Due to all the hardship, they went through…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… Van der Kemp was the first missionary to undermine Ngqika's resistance, having finally received permission to establish a mission station near him at the…
Political changes from 1750 to 1820
… the British unsuccessfully attempted to settle the San on mission stations where the San would have control over their own … of the labouring class in order…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… Rev. Robert Moffat went this way to set up an important mission station at Kuruman among the baTlhaping in … the Rev. Anderson and the Rev. Kramer to set up…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
… had expressed increasing dissatisfaction with South Africa's apartheid, a strict form of segregation, especially after … return to South Africa in 1976, to…
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… her. “The boy you want is my husband.” The woman’s regal presence made Phyllis realise that she had given … sick people. During that time Phyllis working…
BiographySimon van der Stel
… birth to Simon aboard the ship le Cappel. Van der Stel’s father duly became the first Dutch Commander of the Dutch … January 1699. Thus on the 11 February…
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
… that initially many councillors regarded Abdurahman's presence in the chamber as an affront to their dignity and … which later became the University of Cape…
ArchiveAnnouncement!: Notice of referendum
… of a scroll with pen and ink at bottom. List of Polling Stations, Roving ballot takers and residences. …
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… bedevilling ESKOM. Over the past twenty years, ESKOM’s systems have been under severe strain due to technical and … in Kusile and Medupi, two large coal…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo , was elected the ANC’s national chairperson. Mandela continued to negotiate with … with 62.65 % of the vote. The National…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… district, and 4.1.2 wherever practical the polling stations as indicated by the parties to, and agreed to by, …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… Superintendent of the London Missionary Society (L.M.S.), who was sent to the Cape in 1819 to put the affairs of … with them he kept directly in contact, as…
ArticleWomen’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole Dellaportas
… Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the Negotiations Women played a major role in both … Pretoria was the optimum option. On 9…
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… school system’. In 1953, prior to the apartheid government’s Bantu Education Act, 90% of black South African schools were state-aided mission schools. The…