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EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… On 18 August 1994, the first democratically elected President of …
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… is reported to be growing in numbers and importance," 18 suggest that the increased agitation of the organisation … by H. H. R. Eaton, p.2. Cost of Living…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… objective taking Square Hill in an attack that lasted from 18:45 on 18 September to 04:00 on 19 September 1918. They captured 181 …
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… forces the right to detain people without trial. Over 18 000 demonstrators were arrested, including many in the ANC … campaigns they conducted. For example,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Essay Questions and Answers
… (Native Land Act, Land Trust Act, Group Areas Act) [18] and forced Africans to wear passes (Natives Act). [19] In … [18] Author Unknown, “1936. Native Trust…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… not foreseen however, was Hitler's rapid rise to power in Germany. By this time, Britain and France had still hoped to … available at: www.socialistworker.co…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… by Cuba, the Soviet Union and to a lesser extent East Germany. The stakes were high for both sides and the battle …
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… UK. She was also a guest at the University of Tuebingen in Germany as a member of the Tuebingen/South Africa language …
Chapter 25. A Reichstag Fire Trial Replete With A Van Der Lubbe
… who saw these scenes, exclaimed: "This is like Nazi Germany"! After breaking up the meeting, the mob threatened … over to principal Industrial School,…
Further information on services for the late Adelaide Tambo, 07 February 2007
Please find below information on additional services for the late Adelaide Tambo. Please note that the venue for the funeral on Saturday has been changed to…
The National Women’s Memorial in Bloemfontein is celebrating its 100-year existence this year
… Programme Friday, 18 October 2013 17:00 – Opening of festival market and …
EventAuthor of the book, Born Free, Joy Adamson, is killed
… was stabbed to death by her employee, Paul Nakware Ekai, 18. This was revealed by Ekai in an extraordinary prison cell …
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
"They strongly insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be…
ArticleCensus in South Africa
From 10 to 31 October 2011, South Africa will be conducting its third census since the advent of democracy in 1994. Undertaking a census is a massive exercise…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… The Ndebele of J Kekana . Ethnological Publications No 18. Department of Native Affairs, Union of South Africa. …
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… University”. The lecture is to be held at 17:30 for 18:00 on Tuesday, 22 August, at the New Lecture Theatre. In … Upper Campus, University of Cape Town Time:…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… Cape Town. 1927 Dadoo returns to Krugersdorp at the age of 18. The Indian community hosts a reception at the … withdraws its Areas Bill in view of the…
PlaceBurundi
… Between the 1890's and 1962 Burundi was a colony of first Germany and then Belgium [ii] . The post-colonial period was … lost its independence with after…
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the point where incoming farmers…
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… other members mysteriously crashed on the night of 17-18 September at the border of Northern Rhodesia and Katanga, …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate and politician, marries Mary Westenra, pioneer aviatrix
… record for light aircraft, by reaching a height of 18, 000 ft. (m). She was also the first woman to fly across …
EventMark Thatcher arrested
Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was arrested at his Cape Town home on 25 August 2004. Thatcher was charged under…
We Shall Win - Statement at the Meeting of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid to launch the International Anti-Apartheid year by O. R. Tambo, New York, 21 March 1978
… Second World War came to an end with the defeat of Nazi Germany and her allies. In this period many of the wounds … much the same reasons as they gave…
Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… A. P.O. supported the government in going to war against Germany, and offered their assistance in recruiting Coloured … that England in the name of the…
EventZelda la Grange was born on this day
… (18 May 2017). ↵ …
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… an offence to employ a Native in a mine under the age of 18 years. This act was amended by the Natives Laws Amendment …
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… Ahmed Helmy was born on 18 November 1969 in Banha, Egypt. His career as an actor …
EventPhambili Ka Ntloko, national organiser of AZAPO, is born
… Phambili Ka Ntloko was born on 18 April 1960 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. As a high school …
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… 28 November 1952 (pdf) Article of the British Weekly, 18 September 1952 (pdf) Dr James Moroka Address at the …
The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer
… 17 by Carol Hermer The diary of Maria Tholo - October 18 - November 1 by Carol Hermer The diary of Maria Tholo - …