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EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… After nearly five years in exile in Britain, Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia to … in 1936 after he was defeated by Italians and fled to Britain…
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from 1947 to 1 December 1959, then Acacia Park after the Port Jackson Willows growing …
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika, was transferred to Britain and in 1961 became independent as Tanzania. The … part of it, Togoland, were handed over to…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… the leadership of General Louis Botha , put an offer to Britain to invade the South West Africa. After the British … invaded the German protectorate at…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… the Manhattan Brothers as a backup vocalist in 1954. In 1959 she left the group to join an all-female group called … her appearance in Come Back Africa,…
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
… as its secretary general from its founding in April 1959, and later as its acting president in exile. A man of …
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' …
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… (Cetshwayo), king of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing the crucial …
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… in September 1939 and South Africa joined in support of Britain. The decision to enter the war led to divisions … by J. C. Smuts , the South African…
EventKing Sekhukhune is defeated by the British in war
… the British to annex Transvaal in 1877. Soon afterwards, Britain declared war against King Sekhukhune, paramount chief … under article 23 of the Pretoria…
ArticleReactions to the formation of a republic
… The first group were upset about the break in ties with Britain and still felt loyalty to the crown. This group were … and felt that, together with British…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… in the colonies or against the USSR. The USA having become Britain's great capitalist rival, Americans are now called … General Secretary, explained his…
ArticleThe Homelands
… and the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, Act 46 of 1959, which separated Black people into different ethnic …
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… as well. The South African choir’s tour, which began in Britain and continued to Canada and the USA was a case in point. While in Britain they performed…
PlaceEgypt
… by the Red Sea , a very important trade route! From 1852, Britain kept an increased presence in northern Egypt to … Pasha sold Egypt’s shares of the Suez…
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… made a Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) from Britain. This was after the British government had made … rule a condition for the independence of…
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… The state of emergency in Kenya which had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came to …
History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1932 - 1949 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 History …
Rejuvenation of the ANC and intensification of the struggle 1940s
… States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain, as a statement of the peace aims of the Allies.) …
ArticleAccount of events: Rand Rebellion 1922
… strike and subsequent revolt and aimed to raise support in Britain. Below is an extract of a graphic account of events …
ArticleWorld War I
… to women. Before the war the Suffragette Movement in Great Britain had been waging a militant campaign in support of …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Formation of the International Socialist League (ISL)
… 1914, an antiwar majority won out. As the governments of Britain and Germany stepped up their war propaganda, …
EventFourth Nuclear bomb test by France in the Sahara
… Atlantic Treaty Organisation and the position occupied by Britain and the United States in this military alliance. This … defend French interests, after the…
EventZimbabwe becomes a member of the United Nations (UN)
… which the country is now named. Following colonisation by Britain, Southern Rhodesia (what is was called previously) … a colony and declared Unilateral…
EventThe SA government grants 'Independent' status to Venda
… of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) from 1957 - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined the Communist Party …
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone is born 23 March 1923
… when he signed for the English Club Coventry in 1955. In 1959 he was elected Europe’s best soccer player. He is …
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… to be chief of the Bangwato. The Labour government in Britain desperately needed South African gold and uranium. It … 1956, a new Commonwealth relations…
ArchiveInterview with Peter Donald Hjul
… security police, Hjul and his family left South Africa for Britain on an exit permit in 1965. Hjul continued to edit commercial journals for the fishing…
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party …