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EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… skull of a 3-year-old child. The skull was the first early human fossil found in Africa. With his find, Dr. Dart … years ago. When Dr. Dart's announced his…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… famous as an Afrikaans writer, even though much of his early writings and early education were in English. He matriculated at the age … named Encephalartos…
Glossary: Transport through time
… events and history were written down. Primitive Of an early, simple stage of development. Produce Things that have …
ArticleCODESA 1 Timeline
… and violating the spirit of the Patriotic Front. Early December 1991: The IFP releases its first draft …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… with effect from 1 July. 13 March, The Colonial-Born and Settlers Indian Association is formed at a meeting in Durban … ANC) is formed to protest against…
ArticleA History of Official Government HIV/AIDS Policy in South Africa
… for addressing the emerging pandemic. The scope of these early efforts by the apartheid administration remained … was entitled ‘The Maputo Statement on HIV…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… Pukwana tries to propagate the values and objectives of early Johannesburg Township Jazz. Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was … which translated into his love for the…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… had been introduced in the south east Cape by the 1820 settlers, wool was the only exportable item. The country was … Africa. Cape Town, Maskew Miller…
PlacePosthuys
… post for enemy ships entering False Bay. Posthuys features early photographs of the Muizenberg area and some material on … leaving, Posthuys as the sole…
PlaceGriqualand East
… and soon began to sell their properties to both European settlers and amaPondo farmers , who were both beginning to …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin An early photograph of " A.I."with C.F. Andrews The main road … were covered with natural bush being…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… along caravan routes linking oases persisted from very early times. The Silk Roads were already in use in the late … Niger, Mali and Nigeria. Much of what we…
PlaceChurch Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
… Church Square is one of the three early areas of land about which the early town developed and its boundaries probably began to be …
PlaceHermanus
… of the demolished old Fishing Shacks, from the early Days were rebuilt along the Slopes and an indoor Museum … in 1852, in Malmesbury and seemed to have…
Tsonga
… with the Pedi dialect. Little is known of their early history. Some Tsonga think they came from the north in …
ArticleWages Commission
… support, the WC Durban branch’s first campaign began in early June 1971.The WC printed and circulated pamphlets, at …
Iron Age Kingdoms of Southern Africa
… of the world. In East Africa people produced steel as early as 500 BC. In Europe, this development happened only in …
ArchiveInterview with Duma Nokwe
… and in 1962 house-arrested, he fled South Africa in early 1963. He occupied leadership positions in the exiled ANC until his early death in 1978 …
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… However, other groups began to infiltrate the area in the early 19th century. Self-Government, the Orange Free State In … the population was about 300 people…
PlaceArniston, Cape Agulhas
… eroded in such a way as to resemble the structures used by settlers to house their oxen and wagons. The name ‘Arniston’ … eroded in such a way as to resemble…
ArticleThe Johanna
… east of Quoin Point, (near the Cape east coast) in the early hours of 8 June 1862, and forgotten for 300 years. … had calmed. The VOC started as a merchant…
EventBritain invades the island of Madagascar, attempting to stop Vichy aid to the Axis Powers in the Indian Ocean.
… Germany. Following their conquest of South East Asia by early 1942, the Japanese had access to points west, allowing … Full Allied control of the Island was…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… as the new museum to commemorate the role played by the early Dutch Settlers in the history of the region. The interior of the … as the new museum to…
Address at the SANEF Conference on the Media, the AU, NEPAD and Democracy ,12 April 2003
… centre of learning which still has books published as early as the 13th century, that cover such subjects as … in this country would be aware that in the…
Pedi
… Limpopo, Gauteng and the North West province. Settlements Early Pedi settlements were divided into kgoro (pl. dikgoro), … element of Pedi social hierarchy…
ArticleKey sites
… stalls were provided for the traders. Cinemas During the early days of silent movies the two cinemas operating in the … they existed in Europe was an…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… who only had 27 000 men in their commandos. During the early stages of the war. Britain suffered a number of … was and became active on the British side…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: Pre-1500
… Start of the southern African Iron Age period. c. 400 AD Early Iron Age people settle in what is now known as Kwa-Zulu Natal . c. AD 500 Early Iron Age…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… awareness of being a unique group probably started by the early 1700s. The statement by Hendrik Bibault, who was of … of burghers became truly rich,…
ArticleThe History of Separate Development in South Africa
… was ensured by different forms of urban control. In the early 1920s, the government of Jan Smuts set out a basic … College on Salisbury Island in Durban Bay…