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Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 34th independence celebrations of the Republic of Uganda Kampala, 9 October 1996
… released from prison, and as an opponent of South Africa's apartheid government. Today I come as the … am very pleased to be able to say that Uganda's…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - … Judge. Song: "The Spark" ( 1st Verse) Scene 2 At the Mission School, we…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… 1602 20 March, The Dutch East India Company (VOC) comes into … west of America. 1809 The expansion of the Cape Colony?s borders to the Orange River comes up…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
… character however changed in the mid-1980s with the people?s insurrection, and some organisations identifying with the … they still needed time to organise…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… - the government had now insisted on." The government's aim was to break the power of the Congress Alliance once … running until December 13, 1956), but the…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… Chapman’s Peak is named after John Chapman , the Captain’s mate of an … no better and the project appeared to be expensive and a ‘mission impossible’. De…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the International Conference in solidarity with the frontline states and Lesotho, Lisbon, 25 March 1983
… first time, racist South African troops invaded the People`s Republic of Mozambique, on a mission of murder and destruction which came to be known as ……
PlaceConcordia
… Mining Company. The 1875 census indicated that Concordia mission station had a population of 961. The railway line … When news of this debacle eventually…
EventHenri Edouard Prosper Breuil (84), French archaeologist who did research with Dr Robert Broom in SA, dies in Paris
… as a part of a six year trip across Southern Africa with a mission to examine rock shelters and rock art. Most of his … An ordained priest and a great…
EventOliver Tambo returns from exile
… and Walter Sisulu, and was elected as the organisation's Secretary. He was appointed as the Secretary General of the … in 1961 Tambo was given the mandate to…
PlaceClarkson, Eastern Cape
… A Moravian Mission Village in the former Humansdorp District, 26 km … he studied at the local grammar school and then St John's College, Cambridge. From 1786…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - The linguistic classification of Kora
… are now extinct. ?Khomani, which Westphal identified as N|huki, appears to have been closely related to if not … made the choice to settle permanently in the…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - 1. The linguistic classification of Kora
… are now extinct. ?Khomani, which Westphal identified as N|huki, appears to have been closely related to if not … made the choice to settle permanently in the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… from October 1976. The previous chapter showed how the ANC’s strategic emphasis on armed activity attracted to it … generation of young black exiles joined…
PlaceDurban Natural Science Museum
… emphasis on Biodiversity Conservation, and Ecology. The mission of the Durban Natural Science Museum is to acquire … life on Earth, both past and present…
EventUN spokesman comments on Mugabe’s eviction campaign
… said most of those displaced by President Robert Mugabe's May 2005 eviction campaign remained homeless, in … homes or businesses. It was reported recently…
EventHendrik Witbooi, Chief of the Nama, dies
… Nama family in 1830. He was educated at a Lutheran Mission and was fluent in a number of European languages, as well as his own Nama. Witbooi's grandfather…
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… October 1881, Pixley ka Isaka Seme was born at the Inanda mission station in Natal (now kwaZulu Natal). Seme was a …
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… of ANC, to the United Nations opposing South Africa`s proposal for incorporation of South West Africa 22 January … Only 40 per cent African Children…
BiographyDr. Neville Edward Alexander
… in East Africa, former slave Bisho Jarsa (Neville’s maternal grandmother) had been freed off the coasts of … often mumbled to herself in a language …
The Pioneers
… young children model in clay, the greatest amount of Ntuli's labour directed at the white tourist market. What is … at that time reported the outcome thus:…
PlaceBitterfontein, Western Cape
… the quartz gravel stone - a distinct feature of the region’s arid terrain. Located on the periphery of the Western Cape, … and Namibia , Bitterfontein has a…
EventBevil Rudd, the Olympic gold, silver and bronze medalist
… mining company.[ii] Bevil was educated at Saint Andrew’s College in Grahamstown.[iii] He became the first South … Notes [i] Bevil Rudd, https://www.olympic…
ArchiveLetter to Petros Sipho Mkhize from his father in Macambini, KwaZulu-Natal
… Secondary School, Nyoni (Macambini), with "Bethel Mission" struck through and a "P.O. Box 104" correction. The family identifies the writer as Petros Mkhize…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… students banned together and filled the Vice Chancellor’s office to demand accountability by University management, … barely garner any media attention, and…
PlaceZithulele Hospital, Mqanduli
… serves a population of 130,000 people. Originally a Mission hospital, known as Zithulele Mission Hospital. It is situated in a deeply rural part of … serves…
ArticleDefiance Campaign timeline 1948-1952
… branch of the virtually non-existent African People's Organisation, convene for the Defend Free Speech convention … broad anti-nationalist front to oppose…
Farewell Speech On Eve Of Imprisonment, February 29, 1948
… Movement. The following is the report on Dr. Dadoo's speech at a meeting in Johannesburg on February 29, 1948 on … met with any tangible success." Smuts…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
… tells the story of the African National Congress' (ANC's) first armed military operation and its Luthuli Detachment. … latter joined forces with the…
EventGerard Bhengu SA artist, is born in Natal
… Gerard Bhengu was born at an outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station at Centecow, Bulwer district in Southern Natal. Bhengu's remarkable skill attracted…