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BiographyPravin Jamnadas Gordhan
… Commissioner of SARS. These alleged charges related to the establishment of a so-called ‘Rogue Unit’ when he was SARS …
PlaceHermannsburg School and Mission Museum, (Greytown)
… is said that General Louis Botha , co-responsible for the establishment of the Union of South Africa in 1910, is an … House, was officially inaugurated as a…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Simultaneous to the resumption of economic activity is the establishment of the Department of Native Refugees (DNR) … in the concentration camps, writes to…
BiographyGraeme Craig Smith
… as well as becoming the most successful test captain in history. Both of these accomplishments came against … opening batsman. Youngest cricket captain in…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… who know as intimately what it means to suffer under colonial domination and imperialist plunder. It is fortunate … compromise nor peaceful coexistence. The…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… crew member, Leendert Janszen, convinced the DEIC that the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape was … of Jan van Riebeeck, set out for the Cape…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… signed an agreement with the British that led to the colonial status for the coastal area. In 1902, the British … African country to gain independence. …
PlaceSomerset Hospital, Cape Town
… Cape in 1859 is a great visit if you are interested in the History of medicine, particularly as it emphasises both …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1900-1909
… licences and the registration of voters, with the Cape Colonial Government. He is told that the Government is unable … London municipality, but that he is…
BiographyGraça Simbine Machel
… Armed Conflict on Children, the first of its kind in the history on the United Nations, demonstrated to the world …
BiographyGeorge Sewpersadh
… is the solution but you have to go through stages in history. I am impressed by Karl Marx's statement when he …
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… administration became one of the most popular in the history of Brazil. According to the Washington Post, “Under …
BiographyPatrick Vuyo Matshikiza
… role in the birth and evolution of our kind of jazz. History will also remember him as the creator of a township …
BiographySakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
… home, with his father often relating the political history of Port Elizabeth during the turbulent 1950s and …
BiographyPaul Alberts
… of the War Museum. Paul Alberts wrote a chapter on the history of combat photography. Alberts compiled and edited an …
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… She was detained for five months in 1976. Carolus became a History and English teacher and was involved in the 1981 …
BiographyDavid Hemson
… years in Britain, Hemson moved to Tanzania where he taught history. Hemson was part of a group of activists, along with …
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… Background The establishment of the Teachers’ League of South Africa (TLSA) … Cape. While segregation had been established early in the history of the Cape,…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
… centuries played a strangely ambiguous role in the history and affairs of the region. On the one hand they were … nearly half a century and paved the way for…
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
Joseph Mathunjwa was born in Amatikulu in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 26 May 1965. He is the son of David Mathunjwa, who was a Christian preacher. He…
BiographyTraci Mackie
… her work as a journalist that enabled her to assist in the establishment of Kwam eMakana Homestays, a …
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
Mahomed Dawood Barmania was the son of Dawood Barmania, owner of commercial and farming properties in both Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Surat in the West…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… with about 15 women and 20 children. This resulted in the establishment of a permanent community which grew steadily … but lost many men in the conflicts…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… W. C. Holden was one of the early writers on South African history to publish a book that used the theory of empty land … Much of the idea of the 'vacant…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on International Relations, 27-30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… for infrastructure development. The proposal of both the establishment of the pan African Fund together with the … of the goals that inspired the African…
PlaceHaartbeespoort
… LINKS IN FURTHER READING) The greatest single event in the history of the area was the building of the Hartbeespoort Dam … local Afrikaans popoulation as a-…
PlaceHeritage Route of Transvaal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga
… the Republic of South Africa in 1961 . The Transvaal’s History in the rest of the 20th Century was primarily … NATIONAL PARK . An extraordinary and very…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… it had on historical events. At the time of their rule, colonial forces were at work fragmenting Xhosa society for … of leadership juxtapositioned with the…
PlaceDelmas
… weekend getaways, or want to experience similar. Delmas History By Tulani J Ngwenya Delmas is a small farming town … Nkangala under the Victor Khanye Local…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… 1884, the German State declared South-West Africa a German colonial territory. The Germans began to take more and more … weakened, the Germans became ever…