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PlaceVenda
… or homeland , was in the North East of South Africa close to the Zimbabwe border. Its North Eastern border was the … all the Homelands. The Homelands were…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… born in Johannesburg in 1908. Her father had immigrated to South Africa from Germany in 1894. She studied Social … of Witwatersrand. For her Master’s degree…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… by apartheid government. Under the ban, he was restricted to his hometown King William’s Town and could not speak to the public or talk with media…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to uncover human rights abuses during the Apartheid era, … Apartheid government and the forces aligned…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… 1631. In 1859, a war was waged against Spain in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war, the French … The northern part of Morocco, the Rif area…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) President and the first person to be banned under the 1976 Internal Security Act, Fatima … a further five years. Her first ban…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… Durban strikes of 1973 and the Soweto uprisings of 1976 to look at industrial relations system in South Africa. Two … recommendations that the Labour…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… attempt by African National Congress (ANC) members to smuggle weapons and literature into the country. Mahlangu … had joined the ANC in September 1976, and…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… constitutions in the world. The process that led to its approval was not an easy one. It began in 1990 with … of CODESA II a Multi-Party Negotiation Process…
EventMohandas K. Gandhi is arrested as he leads a march of Indian miners in South Africa
… On his journey to South Africa in 1893, Mohandas Gandhi had first -hand … the discrimination faced by people of colour. His response to this was the…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that binds’, and referred to the reconciliation after a rift between his father and grandfather. In 1925 Khama succeeded his…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… are one and the same organisation. Leballo went further to say that the organisation’s revolutionary council was planning the timing and manner of an…
PlaceNamaqualand
… the North-Western Cape . This region is sometimes referred to as Little Namaqualand, so as to distinguish it from Great Namaqualand in South-West … Hottentot…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… and gentlemen: It is a proud day indeed for Cape Town to join the global community with a world-class international convention centre. I am delighted to be…
New Book | Apartheid Israel: The Politics of an Analogy edited by Jon Soske and Sean Jacobs
… South Africa and contemporary Israel, with an eye to strengthening and broadening today’s movement for justice … of the last half-century. And since all they…
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… Good Hope nor the Castle were in good strategic positions to guard the bay. As a result a number of fortifications, … in a semicircle from the mouth of the…
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… sporting activities are the basis of the schools mission to nurture and lead every primary school learner to develop to his or her full potential. Mr W J…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. Sir Rufane Donkin … the Cape at the time, and he changed the name…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… day, later, in Jan's hut. The Father and Mother submit to staying on at the farm as servants, but the two young people, Lukosi and Anna, make up their minds…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
… age; (b) that the overwhelming majority of those who went to prison are workers; (c) that 279 women suffered … Cape Basutoland 117 27 3 1 1 386 289 27 8 Age…
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… the various anti-apartheid movements and was sent overseas to mobilise resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the … Foreign Office Minister, for the…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… non-White indigenous New Zealand population, was contrary to South Africa's policies of racial segregation in sports. John Vorster allowed the Maoris to play…
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… Terrorism". Afghanistan was invaded by the USA for failing to comply with a United Nations Resolution to hand over Osama Bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda ; an…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… and people of South Africa, I convey the warmest greetings to the government and people of the People's Republic of … and Business Dialogue give all of us…
PlaceMapungubwe
… Zimbabwe and Botswana , 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet . One thousand years ago, Mapungubwe appears…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on 1 December 1879. Its economic base … during the summer months, but…
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… was in financial difficulties and as one of its measures to effect economies, the Company leased this property to a Resident at Simon’s Bay, Christoffel…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… 5th Jozi Book Fair Khanya College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October … Education (ABF) and the Transport Union. Although…
Biographical Introduction
… was nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in the effort to compile a reasonably accurate and complete set of … important group has been attempted before…
Bible quote from Isaiah 61
… artwork. Bible quote from Isaiah 61 - 'Yahweh has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken, to proclaim liberty to …