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EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
… The first airmail ever in South Africa took place on 27 December 1911 when Evelyn Driver flew … meant that Muizenberg post office became the first in Africa…
PlacePrince Albert
… of the most dramatic and scenic Mountain Passes in South Africa! (This Pass starts just outside Town.) HISTORY Founded … European Immigrants colonized the…
PlaceFreedom Park
… heroes would be honoured and the complex story of South Africa and its people would be told. Freedom Park is a … ceremonies, to acknowledge the major…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… through the study of law. Upon his return to South Africa, he worked as an advocate in Pretoria. By 1895, he had … (1926), which was one of the first steps…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… was organized by white trade unions in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1922. This was in response to intensified … of Fordsburg and Jeppe. The Communist Party…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… Attorney General of Indiana. His first interest of South Africa began in 1950”²s when he went to study at the School … this time he also followed the…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… the members of SADF returned across the border to South Africa without incident. In a dawn announcement in Pretoria, … to Viljoen, the ANC members were…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Bibliography
… . Cape Town, Shuter & Shooter, 1994. Davidson, Basil. Africa in History . London, Phoenix, 1996. Delius, Peter. The … Segregation and Apartheid in Twentieth…
ArchiveApartheid under siege, 1984-1988: actions and reactions
… The study analyses the political violence that beset South Africa during the 1980s and examines critically the impact that violence had on enhancing or…
ArchiveMarxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies
… in terms of political and economic changes in South Africa, the influence of overseas Marxist and related … of political repression and economic growth in…
EventSouth African storyteller, Gcina Mhlophe is born
… as Gcina Mhlophe was born in Kwazulu-Natal South Africa. She is most famous for writing both stories and music … and Switzerland. In 2010, she also…
ArchiveSelf rule in the Transkei: a monstrous fraud
… domination of the Transkei by the Republic of South Africa. The Unity Movement and the freedom fighters' would … conclusion, the Unity Movement wishes to…
EventGeneral De Wet is defeated by British forces
… Rudolph De Wet was defeated at Bothaville, South Africa by British forces. In 1899-1902, the South African War … one of the most important events in the…
EventGambia gains independence
… Gambia) commonly known as Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. It is a former British Colony, which is sandwiched … African continent, and one of the few…
EventSouth West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) is founded to oppose South African rule
… Organisation (SWAPO) was founded in Windhoek, South West Africa (presently Namibia) on 19 April 1960 by Herman Toivo … to advocated immediate Namibian…
EventGovernor-General Sir Patrick Duncan dies
… Governor-general of the Union of South Africa, Sir Patrick Duncan, died in Pretoria at the age of 72. He came to South Africa as Sir Alfred Milner's private…
EventSouth African refugees leave Lesotho
… liberation movements banned from operating in South Africa by the Apartheid government. Others were in Lesotho … safe as the country was threatened with…
EventANC agrees to facilitate SA rugby’s return to international games
… controlling board was established. In 1964 South Africa was banned by the International Olympic Committee … was held in Zimbabwe. Seven years later, in 1995,…
EventBarclays Bank changes its name to First National Bank
… After protests against Barclays Bank's involvement in South Africa and its apartheid government, Barclays Bank (SA) … announced its new name - First National…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… Bishop of Cape Town, thereby becoming Archbishop of South Africa, heading the Anglican Church of South Africa. He was installed at St Georges Cathedral, Cape…
EventLabour pioneer Samuel Long is arrested
… Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long, heralded as one of South Africa's greatest working-class martyrs, was arrested after … anthem of early socialists and communists…
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… allegedly the first person to discover gold in South Africa, died in poverty in Stuttgart, Germany. He made geologic and archaeological discoveries in…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km throughout South Africa between 1810 and 1815, collecting specimens of animals … in a book titled Travels in the Interior…
EventMalawi’s Kamuzu Banda losses election
… first multi-party election. With 30 years at the helm as Africa's longest ruling dictator, Kamuzu bowed gracefully and … Malawi into a new era. Banda died in…
EventLindiwe Sisulu is detained
… in intelligence. In 1990 she returned to South Africa just after the unbanning of the ANC and became a … the Minister of Human Settlement of the Republic of…
EventUN and OAU take a stand against Apartheid policy
… An International Conference on Sanctions against South Africa was hosted by the United Nations (UN) and the … the UN Security Council, in its first action on…
Ikwezi
… devoted to proletarian socialist revolution in Southern Africa, published in England by "a group of South African and … of devotion to the struggle for…
PlaceAiab, Stream in Namibia
… language of those non-Bantu languages of Southern Africa that contain ‘click’ sounds and have therefore been … family and is spoken in Namibia, Botswana and…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… your petitioners by dwelling upon the matter do not at all wish to cast the slightest reflection on the high … in a law-court, but to terminate the question…
Tsonga
… has been slow, but since the industrialisation of South Africa during the twentieth century, their communal and …