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Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… as a particularly important period in this respect. South Africa experienced an economic boom during World War 2 (1939- … and labour-saving techniques. By…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… was a strong campaigner against racial oppression in South Africa, who died in a car crash the on Monday 20 April 1981. …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… location then became a naval base for German South-West Africa, modern day Namibia. The two islands off Agate Beach, …
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… for the port the designation of "the Liverpool of South Africa." The 'Apple Express', a narrow-gauge Tourist Train to …
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… after the first prime minister of the Republic of South Africa in 1971. However at the end of apartheid, the Verwoed …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.3 No.4 Dec-Jan 1980
… Players. STAFFRIDER WORKSHOP Politics and Literature in Africa by Mbulelo Mzamane MUSIC SECTION Reggae Rhythms by …
Indian Opinion
… and political lives of the Indian community in South Africa and also publicised news of the Indians in the …
PlaceMaitland
… this ultimately connected Cape Town to the rest of Africa , because the dunes of the Cape Flats prevented …
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… name has become synonymous with British imperialism in Africa. The Rhodes memorial is situated below Devil's Peak on …
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… it into one of the most important museums in South Africa. Since her fields of interest were botany, mineralogy, …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… Paul Kruger and the British High Commissioner for South Africa, Sir Alfred Milner, met at a conference in …
EventLabour Party Colonel Creswell’s move to support the war wins majority
… “War on War” in S.P. Bunting: A Political Biography. South Africa: Mayibuye Books. Available at www.sacp.org.za …
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… each of the major Provincial, vegetation belts of South Africa. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
Letter to Farzanah
… of living with dignity and integrity in Apartheid South Africa, caused the Apartheid government to ban the book …
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… training in Angola and Mozambique. He returned to South Africa in 1977 on a mission to help students commemorate the …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 78. History of the United …
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… of this operation was to march across Rhodesia to South Africa to set up underground operations to politically …
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… organisations. Sisulu told mourners that no part of South Africa should be a no-go area and this included the …
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… AK47 rifle outside his luxury home in Windhoek, South West Africa (now Namibia). The Civil Co-Operation Bureau (CCB) was …
EventMother Teresa arrives in SA to establish a missionary home for HIV/AIDS sufferers
… work. On 7 November 1988, Mother Teresa visited South Africa for the first time. She founded a mission of the order …
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… On 20 October, 1820, South Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at …
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… Agriculture Minister , Thoko Didiza, announced that South Africa had been declared free of notifiable avian influenza …
EventMangosutho Buthelezi reveals his daughter died from HIV/Aids
… Click Here and Here to read more about AIDS in South Africa. …
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… Click here. Source: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1526985,00.html …
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… stadium, Johannesburg , at a football match between South Africa's two biggest teams, Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando …
EventJ.M. Coetzee wins the Booker Prize
… caused by the injustices of the former regime in South Africa. Related: List of Coetzee's Novels …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… London, p. 550. http://edition.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/30/s.africa/index.html#3 …
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… cases of this disease occur in the rainforest areas of Africa where humans are most likely to come into contact with …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… position to the then minister of education and South Africa's last white president F.W. de Klerk after suffering a …
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… who vehemently opposed British government policy in South Africa, and visited the country after founding the South …