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PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, in many instances, been relegated to mere footnote status in our mining history. While…
Class Struggle
… All of history, said Marx, is the history of class struggle. All societies are divided into …
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… Anon, Conflicting Missions, Secret Cuban Documents on History of African Involvement, from the National Security … N. Stearns, (2001, 6th Ed), The…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… after his death. With the help of the National Cultural History Museum, and later the Ditsong Museum, the house was … looking for things to do in Gauteng…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… fixed a milestone beside the road of South African history, and marked the way for a new democratic order. The … it reflects the soul of the nation. A…
PlaceChad
… area which is now known as Chad has a long and complicated history. It was a central part of some of Africa's greatest … and about 110 languages [ix] . This…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
… Tambo. [vi] Endnotes [i] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A Newspaper History of South Africa. Wynberg: Don Nelson Publishers, p. 131. ↵ [ii] Cameron-Dow, J. 2007. A…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their struggle is a challenge to the … can be kept in a state of slavery and…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… education. Various churches and missionaries had a long history of providing education for Africans. The Government … leading part in opposing the Government…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10. "History of South African soccer" [online] Available at: … 4 May 2009] "2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa, the…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… African country to gain independence. References: Ghana - History, from Mongaybay.com,[online], Available at: … [Accessed: 31 July 2013] Tuesday, August 3…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Schoeman is the author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and … for African TV dramas 1990; the Stals Prize…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King George V…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… that abounds with a troubled but immensely rich history. The wheel of history has turned full cycle in the life of this university, … personality who left an…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the … too well how close they had come to the…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… we were also street wise," he said. Now to capture the history, work is underway on a book being penned by siblings … typical research. Much has already been…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as … succeeded Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Second quarter, 1994
… South African fellowship of reconcilliation and its history …
ArchiveSACP reading list
… Paper containing reading list on the history of the SACP …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… 1993 Saunders, C., (ed.) The Readers Digest Illustrated History of South Africa. The Real History. Cape Town: The Readers digest Association Limited, ……
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… many tiny churches in the world, each rooted in personal history. The Bremilham Church on the outskirts of Malmesbury, … capacity to accommodate 12 people…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… of human habitation in the South Africa , we explore the History of oldest known Caves to man, the Mpumalanga Sudwala … and Historic relics that tell a…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… guns in one of the bloodiest clashes in South Africa's history. More than 3 000 worshippers refused government … of the church dispute the 163 death toll as…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… of Steinaecker's Horse’from The South African Military History Society, June 1996 [online] Available at … Delagoa Bay railway line is completed’from South…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to … the last fifteen years. References: Erasmus, F. (2004) The History of South African…
EventThe Republic of South Africa is established
… 1. Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed, Pretoria: Academica, p. … of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU. 3…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… Saunders, C. (ed)(1989). Reader's Digest Illustrated History of South Africa-The Real Story, Cape Town: Reader's Digest. Cameron, T. (ed)(1986). An…
EventThe first family at the Cape moves into the fort
… p. 25; Muller, C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, … (date unknown), The Dutch seaborne…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Former South African Defence Force … Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A…