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PlaceKenya
… Kenya is a country in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the … him with the success of Kenya following independence. [xxvi] Recent…
EventMaxwell Mlilo, South African actor, dies of diabetes
… had been on South African Screens for decades. He appeared in many local productions like the soapie Generations, and … his death, Mlilo was well known for…
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
… Panel Discussion Addressing racism and tribalism in SA: Is One Nation in One Azania a Myth? Prof Saths Cooper President of the …
EventThe Ben Schoeman freeway is opened
… the then minister of transport, was opened on this date. In the forty years of its existence, traffic volume has … to such an extent that it poses a serious…
EventSibusiso Vilane tells about his conquest of Everest
… with dual South African and Swazi nationality, took part in an international team expedition, which had reached the summit on 26 May 2003. Back in South…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… that became known for his musical work while living in Southern California during South Africa’s apartheid. In … [Accessed 8 December 2016]. RogerEbert.com…
Frederik Van Zyl Slabbert: Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib, 24 March 1998, Johannesburg
… 24/3/98, Johannesburg Former Leader of the Opposition in the Whites-Only Parliament, and co-founder of Idasa … versus struggle kind of connotation to it…
Address on the occasion of the Launch of the Final Report of the World Commission on Dams 16 November 2000, in Cabot Hall, London Friends Honoured Guests Ladies and Gentlemen
… gives me great pleasure to be present at and participate in this occasion of the launch of the report of the World … intelligence equip him excellently to…
EventCommandant General Hiemstra announces the outcomes of Anglo-South African deliberations
… 1955 when it was signed by South Africa and Great Britain. In terms of this agreement, the South African Navy expanded … were handed over to South Africa on…
ArticleMandela and the South African Communist Party
… 1950s saw the first hints of an armed struggle occurring in certain parts of South Africa. Various types of armed … plans for Operation Mayibuye and…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first democratic President
… After South Africa's first national democratic elections in April 1994, Nelson Mandela was sworn in as South Africa's first … President at the Union…
EventCODESA’s starting date set
… Delegates from twenty groups agreed after preparatory talks in Johannesburg on a date for the start of substantive … a Democratic South Africa (CODESA) . Its…
PlaceMthatha Airport, Eastern Cape
… Town of Mthatha (affectionately known as Madiba Country) in the Eastern Cape Province. It is the Hometown of many … as K. D. Matanzima Airport and is one of…
EventFormer African Springbok captain, Welile Nkohla dies
… also known as ‘Bomza’, died at the age of 71 years of age in Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth, after a long battle with cancer. Nkohla … for the…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… one was arrested yesterday and promised by the detective in charge withdrawal of charges and his job back at higher … scab. He refused. The others have just…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… reign over Lesotho as he was twice dethroned, first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when … Following their two-day visit to Lesotho…
EventANC President Albert Luthuli banned
… In 1954 the Minister of Justice C.R. Swart issued African … of Lower Tugela, Natal. He was to report frequently to the SA Police in the area. After his part…
ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… Union (AMCU), particularly because of a major increase in membership since the 2012 Marikana massacre. After AMCU, the three largest affiliates are in the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… prison sentences were released and many others who were in exile were allowed to return to South Africa. Several … held the first all inclusive democratic…
EventNqwiliso cedes land to Cape Government
… eldest son of Ndamase, signed a treaty with H.G. Elliott in which he ceded sovereign rights and shipping in the Umzimvubu River mouth to the Cape government …
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… voted for the second time Player of the Year at the annual SA Rugby Awards Banquet in Sandton following the 2007 World Cup victory of the Springbok team. In…
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
… War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of agriculture, was born in the district of Amersfoort, Eastern Transvaal. He was the ……
ArticleBlack Sash
… The Women's Defence of the Constitution League In 1955 a small group of white middle-class women who were … they stood silently on pavements outside public…
ArticleA History of Lückhoff High School, 1932-1969
… Introduction Lückhoff High School was established in 1935, as the first secondary school for the town’s … the search for suitable land for the school was not…
PlaceBarnyard Theatre in Cape Town
… The Mother City's first Barnyard Theatre is situated in Willow Bridge Centre. This is a dinner theatre at its … The Barnyard started as a homely, rustic farm…
Turning Points Books 1-6
… and STE Publishers , and simultaneously published on the SA History Online website. Please be aware that because these … of Education Book 3: Migration, Land…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… The Afrikaner character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other Whites to the … mount a rebellion. The war saw the…
ArchiveThe declaration to end conscription
… Pamphlet of the SA Catholic Bishops Conference explaining its call for an end …
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… apartheid, as well as the release of political prisoners in the early 90s and the country’s transition from repressive rule to democracy in 1994, South…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… , started its first hearing at the Rand Supreme Court in Johannesburg. Machel's plane crashed in Mbuzini near Komatipoort, where the borders of Mozambique ……