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EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… spokesperson later claimed that it was not their intention to kill him, they wanted to hand over an Ultimatum to end the sale of drugs in Cape Town to…
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… after the end of the Second Anglo Boer War increased to over twice it's the area to what existed before the war. This increase meant that the usual means of…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… The Republic of the Orange Free State went to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in … predecessor, was elected as next president by 6877…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… I’ve been trying to understand what’s happening at my alma mater and employer … thought, what he did, and what is his legacy. Who was he? To BCM colleagues,…
Address by President Mandela on Heritage Day Robben Island, 24 September 1997
… the changes of recent years. Fewer still could bring to such sharp focus the challenges ahead. It is a great joy … can all come as free South Africans - with…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… need for change at a very early age and were determined to do something to make the change a reality. The struggles they faced were way beyond those that any…
PlaceTokai Arboretum, Tokai Forest
… and a dream for tree-huggers: this Arboretum is Home to over 150 types of Alien Trees, and a lot of them Oaks—from … and Australia. This Research Project was…
EventAdolf Hitler opens the 11th Olympic Games in Berlin
… Hitler's Olympics after he used the event for propaganda to promote his National Socialist German Workers' Party … (Nazi) and white supremacist ideology…
PlaceMohodi
… Manthatha. The Lebowa administration apparently tried to reconcile the two but failed. Their move from the reserve sat well with the government’s plans to…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1903 - 1923 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Kassiem Gamieldin as Secretary. The Association was formed to work in the interest of the Muslim community at the socioÂeconomic level and was out to…
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… process will be complete and the archive available to researchers by the spring of 2002. The earliest papers in … disorder. Understandably, it was not the…
'Native life' 100 after Sol Plaatje published it by Janet Remmington, Brian Willan, Bhekizizwe Peterson (Mail and Guardian), 30 September 2016
… published in 1916, was first and foremost a response to the landmark Natives Land Act of 1913. It arose out of the … (ANC). But the book was far more than a…
EventPresident Mandela addresses the National assembly of Mali
… 1996, President Nelson Mandela paid his first state visit to Mali. While there, he addressed the National Assembly at … of Apartheid as well as praising them…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… but also by slaves who lost their freedom and was brought to the Cape. To fix a date for the arrival of slaves at the Cape is a … slaves were ship wrecked…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… Michele proves particularly helpful in finding me a place to stay - phoning round and booking me a room in a relatively cheap hotel within fairly close…
PlaceMonterey House, Klaasens Road, Wynberg
… the South African War. Shortly thereafter it was sold to an American, Hugh Tevis, who spent approximately £237000 on converting their existing building to a…
PlaceFort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
… is a stone fort built in 1799 by the British Forces to defend the mouth of the Baakens River. Built in 1799 on a … Commander of the British Army, it was…
EventA car bomb explodes in Durban, killing five and injuring 27 people
… car bombing was known as the "Jacobs" car bomb, according to an application for amnesty from the Truth and … and a senior officer in Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… coalition group that was initially formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the most … and student organisations- with a membership of…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Congress (UPC), who had previously ruled Uganda, returned to power for the second time after multi-party elections. The … for a short time. Yoweri Moseveni…
EventSomerset concludes a treaty with Ngqika (aka Gaika)
… Somerset visited the eastern frontier and asked Gaika to stop stealing cattle. Gaika thus received British help … 1819. Ndlambe, who was defeated, had…
EventThe Slagtersnek rebels are tried in the Uithenhage landdros court
… mistreating one of his Khoikhoi laborers, he was summoned to appear in a magistrate's court. After failing to make an appearance, an attempt was made to…
EventTrojan Horse Massacre Memorial unveiled
… reflected the apartheid government's growing desperation to quell social unrest and protests in the townships of the … security police worked together with…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… submitted a letter before the commission stating that due to ill health, he would not be able to appear on the 14 th of October. The former ministers were ……
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… Meaning of Mandela the previous week. The event was meant to be part of a series of three, which the Nelson Mandela Foundation will be conducting to…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Le Monde, Addis Ababa, 08 June 1983
… one of us dies, thousands of others say they will have to ensure that the death was not in vain". A few hours after … in an interview with Le Monde the ANC`s…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… collection of sculptures that he constructed from 1974 to 1986 juxtaposes African folklore and art with an … Credo Mutwa. Mutwa was also a traditional healer…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… moving welcome which the Government of India has extended to us as representatives of the South African Government. For … there is much that our governments…
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was first appointed to one of the African seats in Kenya's Legislative Council in … members became increasingly vocal in pushing…
A Helots’ Bill of Rights
… in general, for equal rights with the other races, right to ownership of land, equality in the eyes of the law, ‘equal … of their own race in all legislative…