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PlaceSenegal
… (Cap Vert) Peninsula is the western most point of the African continent. The Gambia consists of a narrow strip of …
Document 55 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers’ Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… of freedom of a hitherto virtually independent black African people and country, and the English working class …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… Mussolini over what they considered an unimportant African state. French and British attempts to ease the …
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… TAC has grown into a powerful independent force in South African politics. In just two years the organisation has …
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… the same way as the Native Affairs Department controls the African people. The Anti-C.A.D Movement is calling upon all …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… process of colonisation was ongoing, and was resisted by African peoples. co-opt - to divert to a role different from …
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… eventually merged with it to become a major force in South African politics. …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… could be reached, and war became inevitable. The South African War broke out in October 1899. The capitulation of …
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… are in the Free State camps and 55 969 in the ZAR (South African Republic/Transvaal). 523 deaths are recorded for the …
PlaceCape Town's Art Museum of Illusions-Kloof Street, Cape Town
… and Human Rights , in an extraordinary way! The South African Cultural Observatory and Museum Explorer SA have both … this number. They highlighted the…
The Durban Strikes of 1973 and the End of a Cycle of Struggle by Mondli Hlatshwayo
… primarily in the manufacturing sector of the South African economy. However, due to changes in the social … In 1994, 60% of the membership of the Congress of…
PlaceCarletonville
… wetland as do; 'Various cranes; Swamp hens; Herons; the African fish eagle and Korhaans'. ("There are also some lovey … for this strife and turmoil away from…
PlaceEmbassy of Azerbaijan, Pretoria
… The Azerbaijani Embassy in South Africa supports South African citizens through its consular services, if they: 1) …
EventOliver Kgadime Matsepe, Northern Sotho writer and poet dies in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district.
… the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns (South African Academy for Arts and Science). He was born in the … Verwey E.J New Dictionary of South…
PlaceSimons Town School, Cape Town
Founded in 1815, the School is the fifth oldest School in the Western Cape and the oldest in the Cape Peninsula. Located at the foot of the Simonsberg…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
… 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South African trade unions had a decisive role in the political …
EventMandela confirms Kerzner's contribution to the ANC
… Holomisa, but stated that he has told no-one else in the African National Congress (ANC) about the donation. Mandela's …
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of Britain. …
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… Minister furthermore considered it necessary to state his African policy again and pointed out that we were of Africa … about an understanding between South…
Reciprocal Bases of National Culture and the Fight for Freedom by Frantz Fanon, 1959
… Africa has a strictly contemporaneous connexion with the African consciousness. The responsibility of the African as regards national culture is also a…
ArchiveBiography of Dambisa Moyo by Alex Kamau
… ahead was tangible. The 1970s were an exciting time to be African. Many of the other African nations had just achieved independence as well. With … – Dambisa…
Opening Speech at the International Solidarity Conference, on the Theme "From Apartheid to Peace, Democracy and Development" by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 19 February 1993
… movement, Leaders and activists of the South African democratic movement, Comrades and friends, It is … an internationally acceptable solution of the South…
Address at the official opening of the ASB Congress on 28 June 1971 in the Aula, Pretoria
… made this one mistake in their judgement of the South African situation. We have never in our thinking or acting … own school, university, sports facilities…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
… ‘Sdumo’. Joe Mafela worked as a producer in the South African film industry twenty years amongst other creative … Brand South Africa. (2017). Remembering…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… the failed coup Malebane fled the country and joined the African National Congress (ANC). He successfully applied to …
EventSAA flight 295 crashes
… The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
… Soweto. When she was 29 years old she decided to join the African National Congress (ANC) and soon afterwards left …
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… of the new Government of National Unity (GNU) led by the African National Congress (ANC). Three parties, the ANC (who …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission's finding
… J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political …