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EventSlavery is abolished at the Cape
… factors leading to the Great Trek (starting in 1835) from the Cape Colony. Piet Retief, in his famous manifesto to …
EventLord Charles Henry Somerset, governor of the Cape Colony, is born in Badminton, England
… Somerset, who became the British Governor at the Cape from 1814 to 1826, was born in Badminton England on 12 … , (Melbourne), pp.3-4|Anon, Lord Charles…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… of 2005 Zimbabwean election results, have mostly come from Western governments, with the majority of Zimbabwe's …
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… of Pakistani or Indian descent, made about 20 calls from a South African cellphone number to two of the bombers … Van Natta, (2005), ' Suspected bomb…
EventTRC gathers evidence against Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
… brutal killing of Stompie Seipei in 1988. The TRC heard from a series of witnesses who testified that …
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… responded with outrage, and Nigeria was suspended from the Commonwealth for almost four years. Law suits were …
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… and later with high treason and the possession of loot. From 15 to 19 March 1922, government troops cleared the areas … jaar, Kaapstad : Human & Rousseau…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… founded by JBM Hertzog in 1914, he received much support from Afrikaners in all parts of South Africa. Following the …
EventFighting breaks out on the Johannesburg market square
… military. One of the ringleaders, a tall red-headed miner from Nigel named J L Labuschagne, twice walked into the …
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… tried to arrest them, resulting in fierce resistance from the Bondelswarts. SA deployed troops to suppress the … (2010), Post War Crisis: Bulhoek and…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… was invested in the gold industry with more than half from foreign investments. In 1933 a rival exchange known as … p.610| Chris Gilmour, (2006), ' Cast in…
PlaceNgcobo
… He established the seat of his magistracy some some 8km from the station on a site known locally as Engcobo, a Xhosa …
PlaceCradock Division
… and Steynsburg in 1889. Its revenues were derived mainly from sheep farming, supplemented at a later stage by ostrich …
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… the black diaspora to Africa, Liberia in particular. Apart from his role in the development of Pan-Africanism, Garvey is … John Simkin,(1997), ' Marcus…
Power Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… Buthelezi for acting childishly. After a personal rebuke from Mandela, Buthelezi offered his apology to the Royal …
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… several hundred thousands were repatriated to Rwanda from the DRC and Tanzania. Arusha, Tanzania is the seat of … Amnesty International, (2010), “ Rwanda ”,…
An extract of the speech delivered by Albertina Sisulu on the first anniversary of the UDF
… this baby, but unfortunately for me, it was taken away from me before I could see it. But I’m happy to say today, …
PlacePhoenix Settlement and Gandhi Trail
… Settlement that Gandhi started his journey of transforming from a successful Lawyer to a simple Peasant with a passion …
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… the Orange River Sovereignty , who held its sessions there from 1849-1852. The Town's Board of Commissioners also used …
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… the struggle for liberation in South Africa. Apart from the language issue, students also demanded an r … Sahistory.,(1976), ‘Soweto students march against…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… South Africa's penultimate Test before being banned from International Cricket in 1970, when they crushed …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… people. Our people have struggled selflessly for freedom from oppression. We cannot fail them when it comes to the … It is only by enabling our people to…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… that wasn't solely for a white audience. Some of the works from that exhibition are on display but they are not visually …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… has led, hosted and supported many campaigns which vary from labour related issues to non-labour related issues. In …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 82nd Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1994.
… who cannot be allowed to assume power through terror. From the very beginning of the establishment of the new … a determined campaign to expunge the curse of…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… people's feelings, about this somewhat abrupt transition from one form of struggle to another? I don't know whether it … and that somehow white people would…
Address of the President of South Africa and the current Chairperson of the G77 and China, Thabo Mbeki at the 61st Session of United Nations General Assembly 19 September 2006, New York
… of the World, representing the entire humanity and coming from all corners of the world. Our pilgrimage this year is … NAM in Havana heard this message very…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1903 - 1923 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim … about fellow Muslims: "We shall have much opposition from many of the Moslems, who as a…
PlaceMagnet Theatre, Cape Town
… ● In January 2013 Magnet Theatre received an award from the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport of the … style of their work and the wide range of…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
… and later its President again for two consecutive terms from 2001 to 2005. He also served two terms as Co-Chair of … the transformation of our legal system…