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EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… the Fourth South African Corps during World War 2 in North Africa. He then returned to South Africa and became Managing Director of the Corporation in … …
The Atlantic slave trade
… out by disease and conflict, so the colonisers turned to Africa to provide cheap labour in the form of slaves. The first shipment of slaves from West Africa…
PlaceWynberg, Southern Suburbs
… Park. The Chart Farm is near Wynberg Park in Cape Town’s Southern Suburbs, Chart Farm offers a peaceful getaway the … the North and Plumstead to the East,…
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… who identify yourselves with the broad aim of a new South Africa, and that is the overwhelming majority: * Let us put … the Big Powers or of the United…
PlaceFort Cox
… Forestry is one of the 12 Agricultural Colleges in South Africa. It was established to offer Agricultural Education … forestry training for the predominantly…
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
… of the urgent need to ensure that all the people of South Africa participate in governing our country. They do not in … The Pretoria regime sees its position…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Labour Conference,19 June 1986
… of the urgent need to ensure that all the people of South Africa participate in governing our country. They do not in … The Pretoria regime sees its position…
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… movements, for entrusting this task to the people of South Africa - and, in their name, in the name of the peoples of … land but in other lands as well. We…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… a descent into institutionalized racism unseen in South Africa and elsewhere on the continent. Under the leadership … formally constituted itself as the…
"What I think of Macmillan`s speech": Article by Albert Luthuli, 1 March 1960
… Mr. Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Britain turned to Africa, including the Union, "to see." But, in the end, he … of the aspirations of the oppressed…
Early civilisations from around the world: Mesopotamia, China, Indus River Valley, the Mesoamerican empires
… settlements of people were established. Later on in southern Mesopotamia, people began to develop irrigation … River valley, and the Swahili from the eastern…
PlaceSenegal
… into Senegal along the Gambia River and isolates the southern Senegalese area of Casamance. Senegal is known as the “Gateway to Africa”, located at the…
PlaceNapier
… Surrounded by rolling wheat and barley fields, at the Southern-most region of Africa. Napier is known as a village with the old world … to meet the spiritual…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) attacks a Namibian refugee camp in Cassinga, Angola
… flew over Cassinga, allegedly a Namibian refugee camp in Southern Angola. It was the South African Defence Force’s … of Cassinga. The airborne troops bombed…
PlaceMontagu Pass
… Monument in 1972, it is the oldest unaltered Pass in South Africa , and links George with the Village of Herold . Until … wagon trail over the Mountain Pass…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… movement faced certain objective weaknesses: · changes in Southern Africa were making it increasingly difficult for the ANC in … of regional conflicts to the…
PlaceState Theatre, Pretoria
… it was at one time the largest Theatres of its kind in the Southern hemisphere. It forms a huge Cultural Venue … of the Performing Arts, in all spheres in…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary
… BETTER understand the function of the missionaries in Southern Africa if we see them as one of several agents, each in whom … them. In all the complexities…
ArticleWomen’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait Chapman
… was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South…
EventJudge Essa Moosa passes away
… 1936.[i] He was a judge in the Supreme Court of South Africa. Moosa was a former human rights lawyer who defended … during the Apartheid regime.[ii] Moosa…
Early struggles, contact and conflict in the Cape Colony
… far reaching consequences not just for the Cape, but for Southern Africa. Firstly, ‘discovery’ of the Cape by European sailors …
Articlehoz tab example
… a critical, open access, and democratic history of South Africa. It was founded by Omar Badsha and registered as a … student programme which includes…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
… made it known that we would not meet you on your visit to southern Africa. The reasons given then for our decision remain … irrelevant the Nassau decisions…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… made it known that we would not meet you on your visit to southern Africa. The reasons given then for our decision remain valid. … irrelevant the Nassau…
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… speak isiTsonga, one of the official 11 languages in South Africa. The Village, which was built by locals, is situated midway between the Blyde River Canyon…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… the Bushman's River on the Eastern Cape coast. It is South Africa's oldest monument. Bartholomew Dias and the Padroes … and thus he sailed around the…
Address on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Tripoli, Libya, 12 June 2002
… greetings from the government and people of South Africa. There is no doubt that since we arrived in your … of our continent with the Cape Fold Belt…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
… demand for raw materials and led to the colonisation of Africa and Asia for these resources. Industrialisation and … to superior European goods and influence…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… poet, and jazz singer that went into exile in South Africa because of apartheid. This is the biographical portion … how the intensity of the sun creates…
Opening Speech at the International Solidarity Conference, on the Theme "From Apartheid to Peace, Democracy and Development" by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… is indeed with great pleasure that I welcome you to South Africa, to Johannesburg and to this historic conference, on … of death and destruction which cuts…