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EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… for her novel Maru. In March 1964, Head left South Africa on an exit permit and settled in Botswana. She was a …
Event60,000 delegates attend the World Summit on Sustainable Development
… the declaration. Â References Author, unknown, 'South Africa Earth Summit' [online] available at …
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… his first term as prime minister of the Union of South Africa after the death of General Louis Botha on 27 August … C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… South Africa entered WWI on 8 September 1914, on the side of the … Liebenberg, B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds)(1993). South Africa in the 20th Century , Pretoria:…
EventAlan Paton is born
… the National Party came to power in the Union of South Africa and instituted apartheid. The publication of Cry, the …
EventGideon Scheepers executed
… was unsuccessful. His execution caused an outcry in South Africa and abroad. Protests were made in the British …
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… maximum" in view of hottest developments concerning South Africa. These developments relate to the unrest following the … Cape Times , 16 February 1962, …
EventSA Police kills eleven Pondo tribesmen when they revolt against the imposition of Bantu authorities.
… C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica. …
PlacePolokwane
… . It is the capital of the Limpopo Province . It is South Africa's largest urban centre North of Gauteng . It used to …
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his … for a national convention for all the people…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… trading firm. It was not long until he returned to South Africa, where he settled and worked as a stock broker and …
EventAZAPO is re-launched in Roodepoort
… than apartheid as the main oppressing force in South Africa and believed that class divisions had taken place on … UDF: A History of the United Democratic…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… His death added to a bleak political situation in South Africa as the country was still mourning the death of Steve …
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… was one of the largest anti-apartheid movements in South Africa. Although praised for his role in the liberation …
Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … b) Methods suggested in it do not suit tribal rural South Africa, and could not…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the 47th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, Honouring of Luthuli Detachment and Conferment of Isithwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award on Chris Hani, 16 December 2008, Mangaung, Bloemfontein
… Chris. He epitomised their dreams. He represented a South Africa they wanted to see - one that was free, non-racial, … choices - submit or fight. That time…
PlaceRichtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape, Northern Cape
… dramatic Mountainous Desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa. Constitutes a Cultural Landscape Communally owned and … have persisted for as much as two…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa. The Dutch Reformed Church's history in Southern Africa begins with the arrival of the…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… visit that I shall be making during the life of South Africa's first democratically elected government. If I may … between peoples, in this case the people…
EventSA joins World War II
… to pass a resolution in parliament, proclaiming South Africa's neutrality during the war. Hertzog's attempt was … J.C. Smuts, took over and formed a new…
EventSpecial Committee on Apartheid publishes its first Interim Report
… broken off diplomatic and commercial relations with South Africa. The Committee also noted with regret that close to … still maintained diplomatic and…
Buddhism
… later throughout the rest of the world, including South Africa. Buddhism symbols The Buddha image/statue is usually a …
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
… I think that the Coloured races of Asia and of Africa are entitled to the fullest consideration. Our people … with glory. In France, in Egypt and in…
Early Beginnings
… 1928 General Secretary C.P.S.A. [Communist Party of South Africa] Dear Douglas, I am at present attending the science … slavery' . The demands of the…
”The Global Information Infrastructure - What is at stake for The Developing World?” address to the Infodev Symposium, 9 November 1999
… of the developing world, in particular, the continent of Africa. Africa remains the biggest development challenge facing … New York has more Internet hosts…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1991
… Since the beginning of the colonial settlement of South Africa, successive white minority regimes took power, … to accept that it was the right of all the…
EventHendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
… Verwoerd assumed office as the Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of J.G. Strijdom. An ardent advocate … the Conference of Commonwealth Prime…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… see that day and to enjoy life and work in the new South Africa that I am privileged to call home. January 8, 2008 … the son of working class English parents…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… beliefs, and traditions that make up the nation of South Africa. In KwaZulu, the 24th of September was formerly known …
ArchiveSchlub mit der atomaren Zusammenarbeit BRD-Sudafrika
… Green, gold, black and white poster. Artwork of a map of Africa. Black and white image of people protesting at the southern tip of Africa. Artwork of a…