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EventDesmond Tutu is appointed TRC chairperson
… Uprising, Tutu supported an economic boycott of South Africa. The boycott became successful as disinvestments took … up to deal with the atrocities of the…
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… causa) degree, conferred by the University of South Africa, in recognition of his keen interest and deep … sciences, social welfare, education and culture in…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… cause in Anglo-Boer War 2, the family immigrated to South Africa in 1903. Verwoerd was elected by the caucus of the … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventNatal Football Union founded
… African Republics brought a new influx of Whites to South Africa, many of whom were soccer enthusiasts. Together with … P. (2004). Laduma! Soccer, Politics…
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… world cup in Germany. The same year, he took part The Africa Cup of Nations. In 2010, Adebayor briefly retired from … he and his team’s bus were attacked on…
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… on 24 February 1972, following which he left South Africa to join his family in London. Eventually, he was … of Teachers in London. The Carnesons returned to…
EventDemonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington D.C.
… anti-apartheid protesters demanded a stronger anti-South Africa policy from the United States (U.S.) government. The … she had stepped out to address the…
ArchiveYouth and the building of the nation
… I B Tabata, to the 1st Conference of the Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held on 20th December 1951. This is an … and what their purpose is to the development…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… War II . The War broke out in September 1939 and South Africa joined in support of Britain. The decision to enter … would have supported the Germans instead…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… that is to break our morale and to eventually leave South Africa defenceless." Source: South African History Archive … ECC was part of the "revolutionary…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… suit some of the animals; for example, the brown bear lost all its fur. The heat may have had an effect, Bob turned … The Independent on Saturday recently,…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… (Hall, M. and Halkett, D. , et al. 1990). By mid-1676 all five bastions were standing and armed with cannon, from … oldest surviving example of European…
PlaceMbunza Living Museum, Kavango-Namibia
… Culture and to generate an additional income. As with all Living Museums in Namibia the main focus of the Mbunza …
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 …
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, …
UCT Summer School 2020
… 3. Making an Atlantic world 4. Africa and the Indian Ocean world 5. The Great … early nineteenth century sociocultural…
ArticleAbstracts presented for the 1973 Durban Strikes Conference
… the resurgence of resistance politics in Namibia and South Africa by Heike Becker The Lessons of the Transition Era, … by Monique Marks An evolution of…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… traditional Provinces, in the South Eastern part, of South Africa. However in 1996, under South Africa’s, new Democratic Constitution the Homelands were…
The death of Mama Luthuli,16 December 1996
… organisation, the ANC, are beginning to germinate. South Africa is free. Few days ago President Mandela signed into law a democratic constitution for South…
EventThe energy and chemical company, Sasol, is registered
… industry. It was realised then that, because South Africa did not have crude oil reserves, the country's balance … is one of the top five publicly listed…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… to his promise in 1939 that SA troops would only fight in Africa. The Sixth South African Armoured Division, the most … were killed in Italy. Click here to…
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
… to extract rubber and ivory in the Congo region of central Africa. He operated under the pretext of protecting the "natives" from Arab slavers and opening…
EventSA jazz singer, Letta Mbulu is born in Soweto
… Masekela. At the end of the tour Mbulu returned to South Africa, but did not stay long because of the apartheid … and actor. In 1992 Mbulu and her husband…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… at the twilight of P.W. Botha’s career as both the South Africa and National Party leader. The following year Botha … bring about a new Constitutional…
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
… a European, tracing her origins in both England and South Africa. In her books she looked at the alienation she felt, issues of identity and the impact of…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… Stern are two of the most prolific woman painters in South Africa. They both introduced expressionism to South Africa. Laubster was also a singer and had…
EventA booby-trapped TV kills Tsitsi Chiliza, wife of an ANC official in Harare, Zimbabwe
… other residents escaped injuries. Zimbabwe blamed South Africa for the attack but, predictably, South Africa denied they were behind it. The booby trapped TV…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… the University of Leipzig. Van der Bijl returned to South Africa in 1920. He founded the Electricity Supply Commission … was soon providing sufficient…