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EventThe decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the First Matabele War (Ndebele), Zimbabwe
… Africa, had ordered British Administrator Leander Jameson to set up the 1893 Campaign. The Battle: On 1 November 1893 the Matabele warriors carried out a…
PlaceCurry's Post
… Curry’s Post is a beautifully scenic area in the heart of the Midlands … Meander that lies between Mooi River and Howick . It has a quaint history that…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Born in Scotland in 1813, Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is … (now in Mozambique) and commander of an expedition to…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to the throne of … by the 1970s, Emperor Selassie’s apparent…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… I literally fell into politics at the age of fourteen, a happening that set my life on a path to prison, exile and finally return to South Africa. What …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the … National Museum. The modest building of dung floors and a thatched roof was…
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… Eighty thousand Blacks attended a mass funeral in KwaNobuhle township for the twenty-eight people killed by police during a demonstration in Langa on 21…
ArchiveTerrorism Act 1967, Act No 83 of 1967
… The Act was to prohibit terroristic activities and to amend the law relating to criminal procedure; and to provide for other incidental …
57. The Agreement does not touch the root of anti-Asiaticism
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… The Fugard, a theatre based in Cape Town, was built within one of the … South African playwright known for his contributions to South African theatre and…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the Prime Minister in March 1927. The document argued that … Union Governments. 4…
PlaceBoschendal Wine Estate, Cape Town
… Working with nature, producing real food and a simple farm lifestyle, is at the heart of Boschendal. One … 1685. "The farm has grown with the passing…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … first document, reproduced in this section, which contains a request for…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … first document, reproduced in this section, which contains a request for…
PlaceSouth African National Archive in Cape Town
… African Archive is made up of records pertaining mostly to Governance and Laws Enacted, but also includes Documents … The Free State , in Bloemfontein . The…
“Don’t Support Apartheid Sport”: Appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli and Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962
… "don't Support Apartheid Sport": appeal By Chief A. J. Luthuli And Dr G. M. Naicker, June 1962 77 FIFA - the … Olympics Association will give serious…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… This meeting extends its deep and heartfelt sympathy to the relatives of all the victims of the unhappy tragedy … recent Riots are therefore the fruits and…
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… This meeting extends its deep and heartfelt sympathy to the relatives of all the victims of the unhappy tragedy … recent Riots are therefore the fruits and…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… with their political impotence and economic backwardness. To look into these grievances, Smuts established the Fagan … appointed the Sauer Commission to…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… 1984, Members of Parliament convened in Cape Town to promulgate a new South African Constitution with a three-tier parliament which would re-enfranchise the …
EventCODESA II Talks end in deadlock
… The second Convention for a Democratic South Africa, or CODESA II, ends in a deadlock. … including the African National Congress (ANC) fail to reach…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to … taken care of by…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… repression in the 1960's, she and her family were forced to flee the country. England became her temporary home. In … Town, where she lived. She contributed…
PlaceIziko Museum's, Cape Town
… Iziko is an isiXhosa word meaning “hearth.” A hearth is the traditional centre of the home where families would get together to share their stories, just as…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck . They erected a Fort built of sods on a site in the Table Valley, near the Beach and East of what … more…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… Johannesburg . The Goodman Gallery has been instrumental to the development and professionalisation of how commercial … Affording the same space to artists…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… A site of knowledge: Driekopseiland South Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where … shapes. Archaeologists have found it…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … Among them were the Natal Indian Congress, the Anti-S.A.I.C. committees of the…
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… of the Coastal Road and vicinity of the wind, Clifton is a secluded collection of four Beaches naturally divided by Boulders and Rocks. Taking a stroll…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… now Zimbabwe) Prime Minister,Ian Douglas Smith, declared a state of emergency. This was prompted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) refusal to grant Zimbabwe…