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EventMau Mau political prisoners escape from Mageta Island, Lake Victoria
… (seven years later), the country gained independence from Britain. Jomo Kenyatta, became the first President. One of …
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… of the era of colonialism in world history. The empires of Britain, France, Portugal, Holland, Belgium, Spain, Russia … bitter struggles has been in South…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… from Western Powers including, in particular, France and Britain. In the matter of supply of arms to the murderous … behind France's arrogant sale of arms to…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
… these factions, say: "All the factions refused to fight in Britain 's war, set their hearts on a German victory, and … differently. They extolled the virtues…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… Verwoerd's Grim Plot By NELSON MANDELA No.36, May 1959 South Africa belongs to all who live in if, black and … and Development. (Article in "Optima", March…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… of the world. These were mostly in European countries like Britain and European colonies like South Africa. These … of the world. These were mostly in…
Contact, conflict and dispossession on the Cape eastern or northern frontiers in the nineteenth century
… area from the Cape. The British settlers, who arrived from Britain in 1820. Each group needed land for their families … frontier against the Xhosa. In 1820,…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… to the Volksraad, who pass it by 16 November. 1877 Britain, represented by Theophilus Shepstone, annexes the … with proclamation of Nelspruit Extension 2 and…
EventKing George V visits the SANLC
… Labour Contingent were recruited and employed to assist Britain in the First World War with labour duties. Black …
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… the renowned guest to receive ANC delegation to talk about Britain's attitude on apartheid. Macmillan wrote in his …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… nearly the entire continent was divided among France, Britain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, and Italy. The sparsely …
EventSouth African Indian Congress opposes "Ghetto Act"
… for several months. Delegations were also sent to India, Britain and the United States. The Indian government …
Place(The) Gambia
… thus named it ‘The Gambia.’ [In Portuguese). So when Britain took over, they maintained that name. A year to the … compromises made during the 19th Century…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… Brothers and the Manhattan Brothers and the Skylarks. In 1959 Makeba starred in the anti-apartheid documentary Come …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1930-1939
… Statute of Westminster which removes the last traces of Britain’s legal authority over its dominions, including South … invades Poland and the Second World…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… an enemy of South Africa, while they still remembered that Britain had invaded the Republics during the Second …
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… On 11 October 1899 war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the …
PlaceuMnambithi was called Ladysmith
… Boers saw this as a strategic move that could topple Great Britain. The Qedusizi dam , established in 1997, for water …
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… known! Thus gave the Country a little independence from Britain . …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
INTRODUCTION: 1. The year 1950 was a turning point in the political history of the African people in this country. It was marked by a number of events which…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… campaigns. The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) is formed in Britain with the re-naming of the Boycott Movement. The AAM … of the formation of the MK. << ANC…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… 1881. From 1877 to 1881 the town was governed by Great Britain after the annexation of the ZAR by Shepstone. … van 1840 tot 1940. Pretoria. Du Toit, S. et al…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… South Africa and self-governing Territories Act No 46 of 1959. The Representation of Natives Act No 16 of 1936 The … No 38 of 1958 The Act provided that as…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
… Spanish Armada in 1588. Elizabeth was Queen at the time Britain was said to be experiencing the “English …
EventFirst air flight from London to South Africa
… considerably, partly due to the outbreak of World War One. Britain, having emerged victorious from this war also …
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… formed in 1910 after the South Africa Act was passed in Britain granting dominion to the White minority over Native …
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… can be traced back to the Lancaster agreements in which Britain, as the former colonial power, agreed to pay for the …
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… Following a five month trial, he was imprisoned until 1959 and detained until 1961. Kenyatta became Prime Minister …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 2 - Imperialism and the Union in South Africa by Timothy Keegan
… the Cape’s disarmament policy, known as the Gun War , Britain took control of it again as a British colony, after which it was ruled directly from Britain…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… to placate the "Boers" and other white interests, Great Britain made the non-whites a subject people under white rule … with the Union becoming completely…