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EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… officially replaced the Malawian pound with the Kwacha on 28 August 1970. The country had circulated the Pound … Kwacha [online]. Available at: www.oanda.com…
EventLimpet mine explodes and damages substation in Durban
… period a number of explosions happened in South Africa. On 7 January, a grenade was thrown at a Railwaypoliceman in …
ArchiveWomen in the ANC-led underground by Raymond Suttner
… and national liberation, in particular whether there is on feminism or whether we are speaking of feminism and …
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… literacy are planned and carried out all over the world on this day. According to UNESCO, “a literate person is one …
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 August 1984. …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… and 17th centuries. This topic also includes a discussion on the European societal structures during the above …
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… Africa was readmitted into international rugby in 1992. On 23 March 1992, the South African Rugby Football Union was …
ArticlePrehistory of the Port Elizabeth area
… for habitation. It follows that people congregated on the coastal plain. Marine resources there include …
Message by Albert Luthuli to the National Conference of the African National Congress Women`s League, 1 August 1959
… in, in the Lower Tugela District, by the oppressor`s ban on me. The confinement resulting from this ban is a painful … troubles and miseries that are…
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… this the fact that the indigenous Cape Ostrich population on the reserve is the only recognized pure flock to be found … The camp if sully serviced and…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… the Homecoming Centre at District Six for two performances on the 25th and 26th of September. For those of you who … (South Africa). They may also contribute…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her arrival in the country she … in struggle against apartheid. Ray…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… and, as a reward, were allowed by the British to settle on land east of Queenstown. This territory was then separated … created a labour tax to force Xhosa…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… socially, educationally, economically and politically, on a national-wide basis. (Mover: Cape Indian Congress; … of local Anti-C.A.D. Committees throughout…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… The third chapter - “It’s a Mystery. Or is it?” - focuses on three of the key archaeological sites mentioned in Chapter … can identify. The final chapter - …
58. Congress has sold our rights
… wealthy 'Mohammedans and banias', and no mandate to speak on behalf of the community. He supported Aiyar's stand, which … doing any harm to anyone; we are…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… petitioners to terminate their tenure due to pressure put on landlords. 7.The landlords explained that the reason for … with the constitution and principles…
PlaceMohodi
… accredited antiretroviral (ARV) treatment initiation and on-going treatment site. We refer patients to Helene Franz … We are open from 07:00 to 18:00, Monday…
Increase Assistance to Liberation Movements - Statement at the International Conference of Experts for the Support of Victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa by O. R. Tambo, Oslo, 11 April 1973
… need to increase what assistance has been given so far. On the contrary, the trends are in the opposite direction; … of the African Liberation Committee, who…
PlaceAogutoas, Village near Port Nolloth
… the old man'. Its location was marked by Bartolomeu Dias on his epic voyage around the Cape, in 1487. It was the last …
ArchiveResponses by black women to race and gender dynamics under South Africa apartheid with special reference to the Black Consciousness Movement
… Black women's oppression under apartheid was based on four interacting forces: race, class, gender and …
PlaceGrydo Pass
… is situated in the Western Cape, province of South Africa on the Regional road R303 between Ceres and Citrusdal. The …
EventBastille Day is celebrated across the world and in Franchhoek, South Africa
… is a medieval fortress used as a prison by French kings. On 14 July 1789, troops stormed the Bastille and ended its … [online] Available at: https://french…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… government was faced with a march by twenty thousand women on August 9th, 1956 to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to …
EventThe Population Registration Bill is read for the first time
… Population Registration Act (No. 30 of 1950) , promulgated on 7 July 1950, made the Group Areas, Immorality and Mixed …
EventOscar Dumisani Dhlomo, politician and businessman, is born
… elected Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Secretary-General On 1 June 1990 Dhlomo resigned as Inkatha Secretary-General, …
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… On becoming prime minister after the resignation of B.J. …
EventJames Ranisi Jolobe, Xhosa author and poet, and Presbyterian clergyman, dies in Tsolo, Transkei
… On 16 May 1976, South Africa lost a poet, author and a …
EventBritish labour conditions in South Africa condemned
… The British Parliamentary Report on Black Labour Conditions indicated that 63 of the 141 …
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… black man to win the US championship in 1968. He died on the 6th of February 1993 from an AIDS- related illness. …