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PlaceUniversity of Pretoria
The foundational Years of the University of Pretoria were welcomed with great turmoil. In 1889, the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR) proposed that a…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
… military government, General Yakubu Gowon said that his troops were 'behaving correctly'. Biafra had declared …
EventMahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first Black Springboks captain
… Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a …
EventLesotho's deputy Prime Minister shot
… Mokhehle appeals for South African intervention, but his request is turned down. Despite South Africa's refusal of …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
… in the period of eight days and up to twelve hours before his death. The report came after world governments, including …
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Informal Ministerial Consultations on COP 17, O.R. Tambo Building, Tshwane, 09 September 2011
… period of the Kyoto Protocol, the continuation of the work under the AWG-LCA as it relates to mitigation, …
PlaceTunisia
… only by road to Libya, since the railway ends at Gabès. Work is under way to modernize and extend the railway …
PlaceLimpopo Province
… try to spot some wild animals along your way. You can even work for some badges that 'Wildside Trails' hands out to …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Opening Ceremony of the Second Festival of the Cultures and Civilisations of World Deserts, Dubai: 16 April 2005.
… these and other issues at all levels and ensure that we work better together so as to achieve our objectives. We also …
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… governance. I am confident that the United Nations will work closely with the African Union, and that this premier …
Storming: The Insurrections Ensemble by Marcus Grossman, September 2015
… clips are rather scarce; so Cesaire need not turn in his grave. But Ari Sitas floored me when he said, don’t look …
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… death in 1987. Military Government : He was succeeded by his Chief of Staff, Brigadier General. Ali Saibou, who …
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… did when there was mention of Zuma or the case . In his judgment, Judge Willem Van Der Merwe ordered that …
5th Jozi Book Fair
… conversations with authors such as Ronnie Kasrils about his book 'Armed and Dangerous'. Various research reports are …
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Glossary
… use or benefit expropriation of labour - a ruler’s use of his subjects’ labour as tribute. This was common in feudal …
PlaceGately House Museum, East London
… London a number of times. The East London museum attained his house in 1966 and by 1973 it became a National Monument. … London a number of times. The East…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… the entire tenant family if any one member defaulted on his or her labour obligation. The Act had additional elements …
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… the passive resistance campaign. In reaction, Gandhi and his supporters withdraw from the meeting and form a new body, …
PlacePrimville, Soweto- Johannesburg
… (after Howard Pim, a man who had dedicated a large part of his life to the ‘upliftment’ of Africans in Johannesburg) … of the JNEAC gave a rousing welcome…
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
… the Umkamaas Valley . This is where Cecil John Rhodes and his brother Herbert , first farmed cotton , in 1870. The … located on a farm road between Ixopo and…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… River Sovereignty (1848) . Rivalries between Potgieter and his fellow leaders Andries Pretorius and W.F. Joubert … the Transvaal’s forces in the war, Gen…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
… record: although Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize spelled his own surname "Mkhize", the state recorded him as "Mkhise". …
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter’s commando burns Chief Sikhobobo’s kraal at Qulusini
… a party of men outside the town to try to recover some of his stolen cattle. That night a Qulusi impi of 300 men …
EventKing Sekhukhune is defeated by the British in war
… was murdered shortly afterwards on 13 August 1882 by his half-brother Mampuru. Click here to read more about the …
EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
… a party of men outside the town to try to recover some of his stolen cattle. That night a Qulusi impi of 300 men …
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… During the Middle Stone Age man had created more formal work tools and began to utilise fire. The Late Stone Age, … During the Middle Stone Age man had…
PlaceOld Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
… Cocoa Fair allows you to watch the artisan chocolatiers at work, while browsing the selection of handmade truffles and …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… to implode upon itself. Such was South Africa under apartheid. Loyalties were premised on racial factors. Being …
ArticleRemembering the Battle of Adwa
… army (under the leadership of Emperor Menelik II and his wife, Empress Taytu – sometimes spelt Taitu) took place. …
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson's book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… her three cubs. Adams took the cubs home and together with his wife, Joy, raised them. The two older cubs were later …