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EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
… War arrived in Saldana Bay, on the west coast of South Africa, to resupply. During the course of the American Civil …
EventSeretse Khama is re-united with his British wife
… Bangwanto tribe. Seretse acquired his education in South Africa and he graduated from Fort Hare University College …
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… Horrell, M. (ed) (1982). Survey of Race Relations in South Africa 1981, Johannesburg: South African Bureau of Race …
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… Whites. Click here to read more about education in South Africa. …
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… of 1976 to look at industrial relations system in South Africa. Two years later the commission made recommendations …
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… Upon his release, he was given 30 days to leave South Africa. He returned to Lesotho in 1961 and continued his …
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… to the struggle for human rights and democracy in South Africa". On 24 May 1994, in his State of the Nation Address …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… was one of the most prosperous countries in French West Africa, but by the 1980s was crippled by world-wide recession …
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
… [Accessed 30 April 2010] Turkey and South Africa: Toward the Second Decade (online), available at: …
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) Moses Mayekiso.The grouping of the membership …
EventNelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid
… in 1988-1990. The unfavourable economic situation of South Africa, due to sanctions and lack of foreign investment, as …
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… a journey into the Cape of Good Hope and the interior of Africa in 1802 and 1803 by Jonkvrou Augusta Uitenhage de … et al. (eds)(1971) Standard…
EventAn international measure is adopted in Antwerp to block rebel groups from trading conflict diamonds
… of African rebel groups, which have in turn funded some of Africa's most vicious civil wars. These rebel groups include …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… was established with the view of being dispatched to East Africa in 1916 to fight on the side of the Allies in World …
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… by a large number of people, men and women, from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The meeting was … Plaatjie, S. 1996. Native Life in South…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… studies in 1938. Mancoba never returned to live in South Africa again, but visited the country after 1994 for his …
EventBattle of Vaalkrans begins
… of diamonds in Kimberley and gold on the Rand. Also, South Africa was a British colony at the time, and thus the Empire … Evans.M.M, (1999) The Boer War:…
EventThe decisive Battle of Bembesi (Bembasi) is fought in the First Matabele War (Ndebele), Zimbabwe
… on 1 November 1893. Cecil John Rhodes, Premier of South Africa, had ordered British Administrator Leander Jameson to … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… by many as a landmark for women's rights in South Africa. Goniwe on the other hand, felt that he was not given …
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… 000 world-wide. The largest Rastafari community in South Africa is situated in Knysna and comprises of 30 families. …
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… regent and guardian. In 1944 he was sent to study in South Africa, where he graduated with a BA degree from Fort Hare …
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… on a path to prison, exile and finally return to South Africa. What triggered the event was a cycle ride round the …
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… Shaka Zulu emerged in the early 19th Century in South Africa. It was initially believed that Shaka was the main … of many leaders that played a role in…
PlaceDundee
… birding and fishing”, hiking and horse trails, are all on offer. This is where the Anglo Boer War of 1899-1902 … It is also the home to the Coal Mine Museums…
Harry Hart, a South African athletics champion is born
… for pole vault. [iv] Hart was selected to represent South Africa on eight individual occasions, which included …
News SABC ‘should be hitting the panic button’ over Jimi Matthews’ resignation by Ndileka Lujabe (City Press), 27 June 2016
… thing,” said William Bird, Director of Media Monitoring Africa. “I’ve known Jimi as a man of principle and high moral …
Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… levels) never got to be free in a supposedly free South Africa. What is still sad is that she couldn't be identified …
PlaceRehoboth
… had risen to 28 843. Namibia was occupied by South Africa, in 1915 and 10 years later a second rebellion broke …
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… of about 19,000 people in the North West province of South Africa. It is located 70 kilometres North-West of Vryburg and …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.2 1992
… Offers, Phil du Plessis; Spirits, Sue Mathieson; Child of Africa, Linda Colleen Saunders; Two Poems, Robert Siwangaza; …