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EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… and university officials, Zuma announced via broadcast stations that there would be a freeze on the increase that …
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
… and university officials, Zuma announced via broadcast stations that there would be a freeze on the increase that …
PlaceOld Railway Station Museum, Uitenhage
… Elizabeth, it is reputed to be one of the oldest Railway Stations in South Africa. At this quaint museum, two vintage …
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
… Vaal Rand area. The dispute affected half of South Africa's transport businesses and had a considerable impact on the … There was also a shortage of petrol,…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… I, who unites various groups to repel Zulu King Shaka’s onslaught. They settle in the region of the Butha-Buthe … Commissioner on the codification of…
PlaceMariannhill, Pinetown
… was founded by Trappist Monks in 1882, as a Catholic Mission and now boasts an impressive display of Architecture … tone of the garden and inspires those who…
ArticleReferencing Resources for Historical Research
… authors but also strengthens the credibility of one’s own writing. To support our community in developing good … , (accessed 20 May 2025). Reference List:…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Masunyane, Anthony Katlehong Police informed victim's family of death in custody after stayaway. 11/19 … violence while awaiting trial. 5 May Mutsi,…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando Police stations in Soweto and the Wonderboom Police station in … to take away Motaung who was shot three times…
EventNiger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated
… Immediately after the incident, communication lines, radio stations and borders were closed down. The troops, well … by only family members and foreign…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… to consult the Estates General in order to handle France’s economic status. The Estates General was a parliament that … act would, in fact, later lead to…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… (PAC) and other organisations. He took charge of the State’s repression of all and any opposition to apartheid, … He became the most widely travelled of…
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… was reached. [4] During Sir Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan’s visit to South Africa on a cultural mission, he appealed to both organisations, the NIC and the ……
ArticleThe History of Al-Shabaab
… (ARPCT) and gaining sole control over Somalia’s war-torn capital. This victory was significant enough to be … Burundian peacekeepers, deployed under the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1980s
… that all senior members of the South African diplomatic mission in Salisbury have been withdrawn. 1980 16 July, The … 1981 21 July, Explosions occur at two…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… of the Great Depression. From its inception, Roosevelt’s New Deal met strong criticism as it was assumed to install … began in 1920; three years later there…
Independent Electoral Commission
… of Soweto queue up to cast their votes in South Africa's third democratic elections April 2004 VISION STATEMENT To … every voter is able to record his or her…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress timeline 1959-2011
… passes at home and present themselves peacefully at police stations for arrest. The Alexandra branch of the PAC … Leballo’s decision. 1979 March, In…
BiographyMarcus Solomon
… as his spiritual home. He was raised in his mother’s church in Port Alfred, which was mixed Xhosa and Coloured, … across colour and religious lines…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Dube (22.02.1871- 11.02.1946) was born at the Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal to James and Elizabeth Dube. His … first…
Poqo political trials and the execution of its operatives in the 1960s
… agents of the state or actively involved in the apartheid’s security agencies. Key installations such as electricity sub stations and railway lines marked…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… from the start of the war. Entire townships and even mission stations were transferred into concentration camps. The men … (Accessed on 24 November 2020). …
PlaceLesotho
… Agricultural Industries and is the source of South Africa’s two largest Rivers—the Eastward-flowing Tugela and the … baSotho Nation, and obtained permission…
PlaceUmlazi
… KwaMashu was gazetted. Aligned with the Christianisation mission of the British Empire, some parts of the locations were divided into ‘Mission Reserves’…
PlaceUitenhage, officially renamed Kariega
… renamed Kariega, is an industrial town in South Africa 's, Eastern Cape Province . Which is situated within the … in 1875 which is reputed as one of the…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… in Asia, and sought to establish relations with England’s enemies. Tsar Nicholas II considered establishing a Russian … Soviet government, and in Summer of…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… Lighthouse is the most Northerly light on South Africa's East coast. This Lighthouse was established in 1986. It is … lies within the iSimangaliso Wetland…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… 21 July 1981, explosions occurred at two electrical power stations in the Eastern Transvaal, causing several millions …
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… in this world for the white man (cries of "Shame!" "That's true!") this, Mr. Chairman, is a view held by some in whose … education (cries of Shame); and…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… of History, Michigan State University Albert Luthuli's place in the history of South African liberation movements … an evangelist and interpreter in a…