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… compatriot Vasco da Gama gave the name Terra do Natal to the coast around the Kei River. The name was later extended to cover the coast up to Durban. To read more about Da Gama's voyage of 'discovery' …

… communities who experienced forced removals are welcome to join & to bring banners with their communities' names on them. The … performances and music. The aim of this occasion is to create large scale awareness of the impact of apartheid …

… Johannesburg . It is on the Railway Line from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth , 51 km North-East of Mossel Bay and 72 km … the junction for the 68 km branch line along the Coast to Knysna and can be found on World renowned, Garden Route!  … declared a separate District on 23 April 1811, the first to be proclaimed at the Cape; after the British occupation in …

… the individual territories, including Niger. In addition to conferring French citizenship on the inhabitants of the … by the French Parliament early in 1957. In addition to removing voting inequalities, these laws provided for … on 3 August 1960, however, membership was allowed to lapse. Single-Party Rule : For its first 14 years as an …

… country, Senegal. It is a long narrow strip of land, 25 to 50 km wide, that surrounds the Gambia River . The … when Britain took over, they maintained that name. A year to the attainment of independence in 1964, the then Prime … Permanent Committee on geographical names based in the UK to keep the official title of ‘The Gambia.’ The land is flat …

… state was one of the many weapons that the government used to quell resistance. As detention was a legal weapon that … From Solwandle Looksmart Ngudle on 3 September 1963 to Alfred Mabake Makaleng on 26 August 1988 there were 67 …

… Second Anglo-Boer War was in sight. Plans were being made to reorganize the educational facilities in the Transvaal . These had virtually ceased to exist on the outbreak of war in October 1899. Now that … Transvaal into provinces and districts. Each province was to have a provincial school and these schools were to be the …

… August 1984, the French contractor turned Koeberg-1 over to South Africa's Electricity Supply Commission (Eskom) and … the Atlantic coast. The power station provides electricity to the Western Cape and supplies 6,5% of South Africa's total … safely for more than seventeen years and is expected to operate for another twenty to thirty years. …

… The construction of the original structure probably dates to 1683, but it was rebuilt to its present form, as a double-storey home with French … Natale Labia, grandson of JB Robinson, donated Hawthornden to the Cape Provincial Administration with the provison that …

… of its objectives which included a political "reform" plan to give South Africa's Black majority a role in national as … spheres. However, the government did not succeed to persuade any prominent Black leaders to negotiate on the "reform" initiative. The African National …

… public lecture will go ahead. The Weekly Mail invited him to give a public lecture on censorship. Many Islamic … blasphemy against Islam. As a result, his invitation to South Africa by the Weekly Mail was considered to be insensitive to the feelings of Muslims in the country. …

… held an 11-hour rock concert at Wembley Stadium in London to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela on his 70th birthday on 18 July. Peter … and Dire Straits also performed. 72,000  people went to the concert and it was broadcast live on BBC-2 to sixty …

… place before they exploded, causing structural damage to the building. It was later revealed that Mohammed Iqbal … had placed the mines. After giving careful consideration to all the operations, the Amnesty Committee of the Truth and … the opinion that none of the attacks were disproportionate to the political objectives sought to be achieved.     …

… was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Transvaal Ndebele people. It was … homeland had about 300 000 residents, but most of them had to migrate for employment to urban centres like Johannesburg . Its capital was …

… was declared schizophrenic three months before he knifed to death Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. After killing … that he had a giant tapeworm inside him, which spoke to him. He was declared unfit to stand trial and was sent to Pretoria Central Prison, where …

… I join today as an honorary member, will play its role to help to transform our country into a winning nation". Click here to read South African History Online's chronology of …

… of Commerce released a statement of ‘no work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The … and National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) gathered to issue a call for a one day work stay-away on June 16, in … Chamber of Industries (FCI) had almost the same approach to their employees. They stated that it would be difficult …

… resulted in the death of one person and severe injuries to more than twenty others, including Ms Clasina Vogel. Ms Vogel was severely injured with burn wounds to her body, hands, legs, face and head, shrapnel wounds to her legs and burst eardrums. It later emerged that …

… Paul Kruger House on Helen Joseph Street in Pretoria used to be the official residence of then president of the Zuid … Afrikaanse Republik (ZAR), Paul Kruger. The house is said to have been built with milk and cement instead of the usual … because the cement available at the time was considered to be of poor quality. The house, which Kruger shared with …

… House of Commons that the British government has decided to impose an embargo on the export of arms to South Africa. Outstanding commitments by the Ministry of … but no new contracts will be accepted. The contract to supply sixteen Buccaneer aircraft was under review. The …

… the defeat Sultan Abd ar-Rahman of Morocco was forced to accept French presence in Morocco. He also had to agree to remain neutral and not assist any enemy of France in any …

… Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the first archaeology course and head the department …

… Goodwin was born in Natal (now Kwazulu Natal). He went to study at St. John’s College in Johannesburg and became the first professionally trained archaeologist to be appointed in 1923. He went on to teach the first archaeology course and head the department …

… protection of God, had defied orders by the government to leave the Bulhoek commonage outside Queenstown. This had lead to the Bulhoek Massacre in 1921. In the conflict with police, … Mgijima was arrested with two other leaders and sentenced to six years' imprisonment for sedition, but was released in …

… of struggle in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Bill, … electoral divisions and the Coloureds received the right to elect one White representative for each of these … six years, the government had achieved its aim. Click here to read about opposition to the Act. …

… all South African citizens. The Liberal Party was forced to disband under the Prohibition of Political Interference Act of 1968 and this lead to the title change to Reality: a journal of liberal and radical opinion …

… Tunisia , Niger , Mali , and Morocco . Algeria has access to the Mediterranean Sea as well as the Sahara Desert . … centre of the country. It was chosen by the French to be the capital, after they colonized it in 1830. The city … and literally means "the islands". This in reference to four islands formerly off the coast but joined to the …

… "Mr Matthews was appointed to this position because of his credentials to steer the SABC towards a commendable direction. It is unfortunate that Mr Matthews decided to turn his resignation into a social media issue‚ without …

… retired from Formula One powerboat racing 18 months prior to his planned retirement after he was involved in a nearly … December 2002). ↵ [ii]H. Du Plessis: Lindenberg’s driven to be the best, … http://www.iol.co.za/motoring/motorsport/lindenbergs-driven-to-be-the-best-1731300 (6 August 2014). ↵ [iii]Peter …

… however much of the praise missed one critical group to the anti-apartheid movement: the women. The history of … separate, black nation. The white government was committed to keeping blacks and whites separate, segregating not only … of torture and mental warfare, Matshoba was transferred back to the Fort, where she met up with her previous friends. …