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BiographyArchbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu
… spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who went into exile in 1959 after leading an uprising against Chinese rule, was …
ArchiveBiography of Tseko Simon Nkoli
… Simon Nkoli. Simon was born in Soweto on Boxing day in 1959 but grew up on a farm in Heilbron in Orange Free State. …
ArchiveInterview with Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
… Founding President of the Pan Afticanist Congress in April 1959, jailed for several years as a result of the PAC …
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… Real Politik, ‘The ANC Canot Afford Another Polokwane’, 19 May 2017: https://realpolitik.org.za/2017/05/19/the-anc-cannot-afford-another-polokwane/ ↵ …
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… former Naval Aerodome named Sassar from 1947 to 1 December 1959, then Acacia Park after the Port Jackson Willows growing …
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… the Manhattan Brothers as a backup vocalist in 1954. In 1959 she left the group to join an all-female group called … her appearance in Come Back Africa,…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… autonomy. Independence as Republic of Mali : In January 1959, Soudan joined Senegal to form the Mali Federation, … excesses. Bloodless Coup by Lieutenant…
Bibliographical Data
… valuable are trial records, notably Regina vs. Sisulu and 19 Others, Johannesburg Magistrate's Court, August-December … South Africa since 1948 (New York:…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… Institution Press, 1973. Charney, Craig. "Pixley Seme '06: Father of the African National Congress." Columbia …
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… black male franchise in the Cape. Black men in had made up 19, 9 % of the electorate in 1929, but after 1930 (when white …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1900s
… secretary, Paul Kruger crosses the Komatipoort border . 19 October, Paul Kruger goes on board the Dutch cruiser, De …
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
… as its secretary general from its founding in April 1959, and later as its acting president in exile. A man of …
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' …
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… passage of the Extension of University Education Act of 1959. This enabled the creation of new racial and ethnic … for whites. In terms of the Fort Hare…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… MK Special Ops Unit Material Yunus Carrim Collection 06 November 2025 What is this about? The material in …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… of George M. Houser, African Activist Archive . From 1959 to 1963 African Liberation Day was celebrated in …
ArticleThe Homelands
… and the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, Act 46 of 1959, which separated Black people into different ethnic …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1980-1989
… in Lesotho. The incursion is widely condemned. 18 - 19 December, The African National Congress (ANC) claimed … outside the military headquarters in Pretoria …
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
The situation in the Eastern Cape in the early late 18th and early 19th century (approximately1780 - 1850) was as follows: There were three groups of people: …
EventThe SA government grants 'Independent' status to Venda
… of the Promotion Bantu Self-Government Act,46 of 1959, the South African government granted 'independence' …
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… The state of emergency in Kenya which had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came to …
History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1932 - 1949 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 History …
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone is born 23 March 1923
… when he signed for the English Club Coventry in 1955. In 1959 he was elected Europe’s best soccer player. He is …
EventPolitical activist and trade unionist James La Guma is born
… African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) from 1957 - 1959 was born in Bloemfontein. He joined the Communist Party …
ArticleHistory of Slavery and early colonisation in SA timeline 1602-1841
… to bring the local amelioration legislation such Ordinance 19 of 1826 promulgated at the Cape, into line with the … a record of punishments. Revised…
The CASA Conference
… Africa (CASA) conference and festival in Amsterdam on 14 - 19 Dec 1987. The CASA conference was a week-long event that …
EventMarthinus van Schalkwyk is born
… leader of the New National Party was born on 10 November 1959. He replaced FW de Klerk as leader of the National Party …
EventProf. Astley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Africa and Method in prehistory. He died on 5 December 1959. …
EventAstley Hilary Goodwin, first professional archaeologist in SA, is born
… Africa and Method in prehistory. He died on 5 December 1959. …
PlacePacaltsdorp
… built from stone, yellowwood, glass and clay. On 19 June 1825 Dr. John Phillip officially opened this unique … for a church hall, this memorial hall was…