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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 …
ArchiveThe Final Prize - Contents and Preface
… but they know who they are. My sincerest thanks to them all, including the librarians at the William Cullen Library …
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; …
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… Stanley. [i] By 1884-5 as evidenced by the Berlin West Africa Conference , European states recognized Leopold as the …
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… to deliver this lecture. You are an inspiring example to Africa and the world as one who strives for peace where …
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… completing his studies abroad, he immigrated back to South Africa, and was appointed as a sports journalist, and by 1930 …
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , South Africa's last remaining tea estate just outside Lusikisiki … middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea…
PlaceKweneng, District of Botswana
… rarely black pied. The breed can also be found in South Africa. Animals of this breed are well adapted to hot, dry …
PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… Groote Schuur Zoo was a 2 hectare zoo in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1931 at the request of deceased Cecil …
PlaceQuaqua
… on 1 November 1974. It became a part of South Africa in 1994, along with the other nine Homelands. The …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… placed the issue of racism on the sanctions against South Africa. This is the first comprehensive record of that …
PlaceWierda Bridge, Six Mile Spruit, Pretoria
… Bridge is one the first of its kind to be Built in South Africa. It was Built in 1891 and is based on the hinge …
PlaceDjibouti
… Djibouti, on the Horn of Africa, is a country of dry shrublands, volcanic formations …
EventSouth African poet, writer and political activist, Mafika Pascal Gwala is born in Durban.
… Gwala influenced a number of contemporary poets in South Africa. … poetry 'a powerful force' With the passing of one of South Africa's finest poets, we pay…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… primary materials collected by the author from South Africa, the thesis seeks to capture the dynamics of Indian …
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
… VI became the first reigning pope to visit sub-Saharan Africa when he toured Uganda in July 1969, a visit that …
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa. White settlement led to the establishment of the … Cameron, T. (ed) (1986) An Illustrated…
EventAmy Johnson, a female aviator, lands in Cape Town in record time
… India. Johnson's final record breaking flight was to South Africa in 1936. During the Second World War, Johnson became a …
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… inequality and prejudice in the United States and South Africa. In his speech he appealed to the youth to take charge … R.F ., Robert F. Kennedy University…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… a historic ruling in October 2003, a full bench of South Africa's high court posthumously reinstated Bram Fischer to …
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… organisations such as trade unions, was to make South Africa ungovernable - thereby crippling the apartheid system. …