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EventSpringboks lose to the Lions
… Springboks on their tour to Britain in 1906. Since those early years, teams from abroad repeatedly toured South Africa …
EventPrime Minister opens SA’s first atomic reactor
… secret project was begun by the Atomic Energy Board in the early 1970s to develop a unique uranium enrichment …
EventCongo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo
… industry, led to an international protest movement in the early 1900s. As a possession of Belgium, the Congo Free State …
EventThe railway line between Cape Town and George is opened.
… and is now a tourist attraction that still operates as an early 20th century steam locomotive. Further reading: 'The …
EventCecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos
… 1901. He was already ill on his return to Cape Town in the early months of 1902 and died soon afterwards at his seaside …
EventThe Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha
… Mandela’s birth place offers visitors a glimpse into his early childhood. The Qunu Youth Centre, situated in the place …
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
… the other is Drawn in Colour (1960). Both were written early in her literary career and have been hailed by critics …
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… about the suppression of political and cultural renewal. Early in 1990, a group of ex-uMkhonto weSizwe(MK) cadres …
ArticlePaper abstracts and biographies of speakers
… with the past state regimes rather than assuming that the early 1990s represent the end of the era of armed struggle. … Both movements bequeathed for…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… prison road-camp and ordered to break stone from early morning in the bitter cold. He contracted double … observed the jail rules and did the task entrusted…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… Cape Colony, descended from the Khoikhoin and the Dutch settlers. In other words, this unification of peoples was … director of the London Missionary Society…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… It also deals with the development of prehistoric art and early agricultural techniques in the different regions of the … marked by the end of the great…
PlaceGuinea
… Relative to Men and Boys in Guinea”. The report focuses on early family formation, a common phenomenon in the country … in economic activities and exercise…
Work In Progress
… guerilla and sabotage activities of the late 1970s and early 1980s. The impetus for the publication came from a … small, and struggling to establish itself…
PlaceConcordia
… down their weapons. The Boers remained in occupation until early in May. When news of this debacle eventually reached …
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… he was invested by Pope Paul VI in St Peter's Basilica. Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop, the South …
EventDavid Kitson released
… was sentenced in December 1964 for his part in the early sabotage campaigns; for furthering the aims of …
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… In the early 1800s, there was only one hospital for army men in the …
The life, times, and memories of Joe Rassool
… takes us back to the late 19th century Cape Colony to the early 1950s covering the family history or the Gools, …
EventJudith Mason, SA artist, is born in Pretoria.
… country, only to return at the dawn of democracy in the early 1990’s. Mason’s work is represented in all major South …
ArticleWomen, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920s
… 50% of women who were employed outside the reserves in the early 1920s were in domestic service, but other avenues of … taking the lead and thus empowering…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… (Baldwin, 1975: 218). Rural immigration to cities began as early as the middle of the 19th century, though the amount of … for at least three months (Wilson,…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… and grievances that affected South Africa during the early 20th century, John L. Dube, Pixley ka Isaka Seme, and … as fueling the wave of women empowerment…
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… and variety concerts in the Free State capital. From early on, visiting artists, singers, musicians, dramatic … pleasure trips on bicycles on Sundays and at…
ArticleBlack Community Programmes (BCP)
… In the late 1960s and early 1970s, after the banning of the ANC and PAC, the Black … 43) The launch of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) early in 1973…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… Colin Collins. Ructions among Christian Students In the early years of apartheid, the majority of Christian … the organisation and bequeathed its assets to…
PlaceKnysna Forest
… The Knysna Forests was then over harvested from the early 1800's until 1939, when the government put a stop to … "ferns," and Hessequa, meaning "Men of the…
EventJohn Langalibalele Dube is born
… Dube’s uncle Mqawe was a Zulu chief. Dube spent his early years at Adams School where his father served as a …
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… died, South Sudanese calls for independence from as early as 1954 were brought to a regional referendum. The …
Madiba The African Opera
… grew up with family tales and anecdotes about Nelson’s early life in Mqhekezweni. In his libretto, Mtirara seeks to …