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EventField-Cornet Jan Potgieter's commando burns Chief Sikhobobo's kraal at Qulusini
… them local farmers, were killed and 3 taken prisoner while all the cattle at the camp were driven off. The Zulu impi …
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… down on the village from a mile or two away, it has all the appearance of a pretty, old fashioned German hamlet, …
PlaceConstantia
… bas-relief on the pediment, dated 1791, ranks among South Africa's greatest works of art. Shortly afterwards Cloete … the Spaansemat river; Keysers river and…
Statement of the Alliance Political Council, 13 October 2009
… responsibility to unite the tripartite alliance and all the democratic forces. The Alliance Political Council …
PlaceSudan
… collapse in the 13th–15th centuries. Egypt had conquered all of the Sudan region by 1874 and encouraged British … collapse in the 13th–15th centuries. Egypt…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… , Newlands , Sea Point , Windemere and Wingfield ( all Cape Town) .' …
PlaceZambia
… major problem the Zambian Government abolished fees for all maternal health services. In women’s day, particularly, … [Accessed 21 September 2012]|…
EventSmallpox Epidemic Strikes at the Cape
… and death upon them. So the Khoi fled the Peninsula with all their belongings in the hope of escaping the smallpox. … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventThe Dutch Indiaman, the Nieuwe Haerlem, is wrecked in a storm in Table Bay
… on the Remonstrantie. He supported Janszen and Proot in all aspects. The Directorate of the VOC approved the … EWH, Dutch in South Africa , from Epic World…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… action. The way of preparation lies in our rooting out all impurity and indiscipline from our organisation and …
PlaceOld Presidency
… Nicolaas Boshoff and Marthinus Wessel Pretorius. They all lived in the dwelling during their terms in office. In …
19. Lawrence asks for exemption from discriminatory laws
… lot B of 97 of block 3, farm Sea View, county of Durban. All planted with fruit trees bought for £400 in November 1905 …
43. Resolutions adopted at a mass meeting of the Natal Indian Patriotic Congress, 1909
… meeting is strongly of opinion that in the interests of all parties concerned, the introduction of further indentured …
PlaceSlave Lodge, Cape Colony
… cheaper to have the Agricultural Work, Seal-Catching and all other necessary work, done by Slaves; in return for a … Slave Lodge is also one of the oldest…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Source-Based Questions and Answers
… reminds Africans of their struggle to own land in South Africa and the injustices of the Natives Land Act. It … song starts with the declaration: “We are the…
150th Anniversary; Anxieties of Commemoration - Towards a National Dialogue by Omar Badsha and Jon Soske
… indentured laborers in Natal will take place across South Africa. The preparations have already inspired wide-spread … to the past and present relations…
PlaceZonderwater
… II, specifically for Italian soldiers who were captured on Africa's Northern and Eastern fronts. At it's largest it held … Bassa Dam in Mozambique…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… Jacob Hendrik Pierneef is one of South Africa’s most well known artists. He was born in Pretoria in … Boer War. He studied there and then returned home to…
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… diseases world wide. It is reported that South Africa loses close to 100 people per day to cardiovascular … diseases and the benefits of a healthy lifestyle…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… between the period of 1982 and 1990, a time when South Africa was banned from International Cricket. In 1990, when South Africa went through a transformation…
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… finally broke through the defences of the Panzer Army Africa, under command of General Erwin Rommel. Success in the … African Campaign and marked the end of…
EventSA’s first official commercial airline service is launched
… the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union Airways Company (Pty). On this … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia…
EventNUSAS President Ian Robertson is banned
… The President of the National Union of South Africa Students (NUSAS), Ian Robertson, receives a banning … from the airport. References: Student Movements in…
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… people, as they were the largest ethnic groups in South Africa. The National party leader, Roelf Meyer, called the … similar activities in Namibia to…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… in the country. The Summit proposed the revival of South Africa's three most economically deprived areas, St Lucia, … is still considered as the biggest…
EventCrime statistics released
… Management Centre released statistics that confirm South Africa's status as the most violent country in the world … unless more funding was provided to…
EventThe League of Nations is established
… of the United States and General J.C. Smuts of South Africa. Smuts gave substance to the vague aspirations in a … of the League in 1919 at the Treaty of…
EventYusuf Dadoo, political activist, is born
… the struggle for liberation. His family arrived in South Africa in the 1890s, three decades after the first group of Indian immigrant labours entered South…
EventThe railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed
… in 1880, the twentieth anniversary of railways in South Africa. The line was constructed as result of a mounting need … the advance of commerce and the…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… Matanzima, was granted permission by the Republic of South Africa Prime Minister, Dr H.F. Verwoerd to draw up a … to the Transkei within the Republic of…