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EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… and Natal had come under siege and subsequent attempts to relieve them ended disastrously for the British forces. … sent Roberts and Kitchener along with…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… born in Paisley, Scotland. Though Broom was educated as a doctor, specializing in the field of midwifery, he was … by the origin of mammals and used his…
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… opening the alarming possibility of South Africa becoming a major weapons supplier to the rest of Africa. The chief executive of the Armaments … that he…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… 1996 an Africa Air Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 … Republic of Congo). The plane, allegedly…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Munro Wednesday, July 26, 2017 - On Saturday 22nd July, a Johannesburg Heritage Foundation Blue Plaque was unveiled … van den Bussche who are passionate…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… conflict, poor whiteism, and mass poverty-played a prominent part in the life and activities of the union. The … passions and violent conflicts of the people…
PlaceGardens Shul in Cape Town
… Yisrael) in 1841. This Shul should be viewed as part of a relatively recent expansion of Jewry under the aegis of the … and British Empires. In the case of…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… In sharp contrast to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's first wife was a demure country girl who kept well away from politics. Like ……
PlaceGallery 101
… Haenggi (b. 1934, Dijon, France) and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art. The original location … in…
Statement by the ANC on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops by O. R. Tambo, 31 October 1975
… Then, as now, the forces of imperialism intervened to try to turn back the moment for Africa's liberation and … new and surprising allies. The South African…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… the South African Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, a few months earlier. It was agreed that SA will curb the … the LLA was operating from its soil…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… The quote comes from a press conference held by the British Prime Minister at the … and at the summit in general help cement her reputation as a supporter of…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… The First Battle of Aboukir was a decisive victory for the French and secured France's … of Eqypt. In June 1798 Napoleon's army departed France to conquer…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… actors and musicians in Johannesburg . The objective was to work with artists in their various forms as well as to … of ownership and distribution. The…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… It started off with a small Jetty, built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for the…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… Sugar farming grew rapidly in the late 1800s in Natal as a result of very cheap “indentured labour” sourced from … 1860 aboard the ship “Truro”. British…
EventThe soccer match between Lourenco Marques club Desportive and Durban City Football Club is called off because a rule against Coloured players
… Durban City Football Club (South Africa) was called off. A Lourenco Marques newspaper reported that this was because no Coloured players would be allowed to…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… On 5 October 1960 a referendum of White voters was held to decide whether South Africa should become a republic. The … would remain within the British…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… the sovereignty of its neighbouring countries in order to prop up the Apartheid system, resulted in strong … system. In January 1981, South African forces…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… Authority, Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, called for a National Convention of all races in South Africa to make a decision on the country's future…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… into the multi-racial Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) at a special conference in Ulundi. The party set the following aims to itself: To establish an open, free,…
EventJameson Raid starts
… Leander Starr Jameson led a group of about six hundred men of the Mashonaland Mounted … The group was under the command of Lt-Col. Henry F. White and bearing…
EventBritain imposes an embargo on Rhodesian trade
… During his announcement Smith said; “Now I would like to say a few words to you. Today, now that the final stalemate in … to play us along with no real…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… Ibn Abdullah Al Lawati Al Tanji Ibn Battuta was born into a Muslim family in Tangier, Morocco. At the age of 21 Battuta set out on a pilgrimage to Mecca. The…
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… Joyce Bushell was born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng) to British parents. He lived in South Africa until he was 14, … his father sent him to study in…
EventThe Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland collapses
… On 1 February 1963, a statement announcing the collapse of the Federation of … and the resultant disturbances forced the authorities to declare a state of…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… taught us through their orations the undesirability of a social system based on capitalism, that is inqubo … careless of other people’s hardships, and…
PlaceRwanda
… Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa . … of several smaller Kingdoms in the 1100s; and by the 1500s a larger and more…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… saved 338,000 Allied troops from capture by the Nazis. A month before the Dunkirk evacuation, the Germans had … and highly mobile armed forces, the Allied…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… Roodepoort is actually a City of its own, although it has now merged with the Suburbs of Johannesburg to such a degree, there is barely a discernible line…