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EventDefence minister Mosioua Lekota born
… field. Lekota joined anti-apartheid movements in the early 1970s. He served six years on Robben Island after being …
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… in Durban in November of that year. It is one of his early ,political speeches and was delivered in Zulu. This … other groups because this country is our…
PlaceElliot, Thembuland
… The Village of Slang Rivier was founded early in 1885, and in April 1894 its name was changed to …
PlaceMill House and Water Mill, farm Naauwpoort, District of Marico
… image to enlarge The mill was probably erected during the early 20th century. Its water wheel and cast-iron machinery …
Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions
… Bloukrans and Bushmans Rivers in Natal are attacked in the early morning hours of the 17th and 41 men, 56 women, 185 …
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… about the violence that swept through the country in the early 90s, and read the Goldstone Commission's report here. …
PlaceCoerney, Port Elizabeth
… and is nearby the Addo Elephant National! Recorded as early as 1752 in the journal of A F Beutler. The name is …
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… group of Africans that played an influential role in the early history of black South African sport. In 1914 Luthuli … but also promoted an ethos of loyalty…
ArticleBlack Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA)
… students organise the Bloemfontein Students League (BSL). Early in November, barely a month after the mass efflux of … loitered in Maseru for a while, and…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… The Rustenburg Power Station began producing power in the early 1920s, and while 264000 units were sold in 1929, by … for the seat, but eventually scuttled…
ArchiveThe failure of the Coloured Persons Represen
… in the inauguration of the Tricameral Parliament in early 1985. …
EventKip Keino of Kenya wins the Olympic gold medal for 1,500 metres in 3 mins 34.9 secs
… Keino began his international running career in 1962. From early on he trained under very high altitudes to prepare his …
PlaceSettler Houses, 10-12 Castle Hill, Port Elizabeth
… adjacent house at 7 Castle Hill, are typical examples of early English Settler Architecture of their time. This was …
EventBishop Zulu is born
… Zulu and was a member of the Zulu Royal Dynasty. In the early 1960s he was elected president of the World Council of …
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… its moderation, expressed in the Freedom Charter in 1955. Early in 1960 both the ANC and PAC embarked on a feverish … Town Council's role in the events of 21…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
… A myth and legacy around Shaka Zulu emerged in the early 19th Century in South Africa. It was initially believed … l who portrayed Shaka as a nation builder…
PlaceWandel and Barnet Streets, Gardens
… probably dates from the 1730s. It was rebuilt during the early 19th Century by D Krynauw, who acquired the property in …
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain …
EventJan Volschenk, a well-known South African painter, dies
… in watercolour. He also produced some wood engravings. His early works were ancient in effect, but this changed as he …
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… in South Africa. [He moved to the United States in the early 1960s(?)] 1920s As a child I heard Mrs. Sarojini Naidu … of the Communist Party. He visited Cape…
PlaceCape Town, Western Province
… it stayed for the next Century and a bit. Finally, in the early 1900's, South Africa was granted independence , but it … facilitate the expansion northwards…
PlaceLong Cottage, Newlands Avenue, Newlands
… on 27 December 1985. Now offered is a taste of the early Cape – this home is, a historical monument in a unique …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I’Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… candidates at the tail end of apartheid, as opposed to early in the twentieth century. The main parties in the …
ArticleMapungubwe
… was class-based. The gold findings are also evidence of early gold smelting. A large amount of artifacts from the …
ArticleThe history of labour movements in Namibia
… hospitable coasts in Africa, was an important centre for early trade union activity, although the workers knew very …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… the legal apparatus of apartheid was abolished in the early 1990s South Africa was readmitted into international …
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… work and demanded a minimum wage equal to the PDL. 1973 Early January – 1,200 night watchmen go on strike, demanding …
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… who had lived in the east of Pretoria in the late 1700s or early 1800s. [vi] A second theory argues that the name stems …
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Japanese planes struck just before 8AM on a Sunday morning. Within a short time five of eight battleships at Pearl Harbor were sunk or sinking, with the rest…