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EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is born
… become a leader of Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe at Graaff-Reinet, Cape … youngest of five boys and one girl. Sobukwe…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… by Ian Smith, defied the British government’s instructions to hand over power to a popularly-elected government. Realising that this would mean an end to…
EventThe second Ashanti War breaks out in Africa
… the reign of King Kofi Karikari in 1867, they attempted to re-establish Ashanti rule over the Elima and Fanti tribes. … with the British over a Dutch fort…
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… Theoretical foundation of Appreciative Inquiry were used to ask Learners, Educators and Parents of Oranje Girls School … on the Education presented there?…
PlaceLegogote Mountain Region, Mpumalanga
… eLundi and 12m North-East of White River. The name is said to be Swazi for "the large one' or 'eternal one'. Also recorded as 'Lugogodo'. The Mountain was…
PlaceAasvoelkop a Hill on which Northcliff Water Tower Stands, Johannesburg
… arouse from before the railway reached Johannesburg, up to a thousand wagons at a time were on route to cross the Vaal River, at Viljoensdrift. Draught…
Umsebenzi
… South African Communist Party, deals with issues relating to the national liberation struggle, from a Communist … with on an educational and practical level…
ArchiveThe Ethics of apartheid
… stands for a government policy that seeks by legislation, to politically, economically and socially to segregate the people of South Africa according to…
Phambili
… during 1988 and 1989. The aim of the publication was to stimulate debate and discussion by raising issues facing … but questions were posed at the end of…
EventUN Special Committee releases its report
… The committee was entrusted with the responsibilities to monitor and promote a comprehensive programme of action … against South Africa, particularly with…
EventDr Chris Barnard divorces his second wife
… whom he had been married for twelve years. He got married to Barbara in 1970, a year after divorcing his first wife. In … publicly declaring his love for…
EventNational Party adopts five year programme
… 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…
EventSA Policeman Wins 90km Comrades Marathon
… won the 90km Comrades Marathon from Pietermaritzburg to Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. Kelehe dedicated his win to his late baby daughter who died at the age of…
EventUN Tribunal on Rwanda sentences Jean Kambanda
… Kambanda cooperated with the panel and pleaded guilty to all counts of genocide pressed against him in May. Despite … Kambanda's Defence Counsel Oliver…
EventRamzi Yousef, alleged mastermind of World Trade centre bombing goes on trial
… and is of Pakistani descent. Yousef was later suspected to be one of the planners of the 1993 World Trade Centre … Diplomatic Security Service in 1995, and…
EventBafana Bafana wins against Algeria
… Bafana's second goal of the match. Bafana Bafana went on to the final to win their first major cup since their official return to international sporting…
ArchiveWomen in the ANC-led underground by Raymond Suttner
… The involvement of women in liberation struggle tends to attract controversy. This relates mainly to the extent and character of women's participation. Some …
EventInternational Literacy Day highlights the importance of literacy in areas such as health and education
… Day was first celebrated in 1966. This day is meant to raise awareness in countries all over the world about the … and carried out all over the world on this…
PlaceFunda Community College
… of the very few places for Black students who had a desire to study and engage with artistic resources. Funda was built to provide a source of arts education…
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… Partners as well as Daneel and Smit architects were hired to design and construct the theatre. [ii] The concept of the theatre was to draw in state funding…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… together South African and international participants to contextualise the praxis of Palestine as a justice issue … must be historically contextualised and…
PlacePella
… des Arts et Metiers which contained details of how to construct such a Building and, within two incredible … elegant, sandy-toned Cathedral still stands as a…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood of prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually resulted in the … 18 September 1884. This sparked off a flood…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… released from their contracts and given farms of their own to cultivate. This development was approved by the VOC, and … strict instrucÂtions that officials…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, estimated to be 2 million years while looking for fossils at the Cradle … on 17 May 2009. The juvenile, a…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Introduction
… highlights two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and … Africa has participated in the global market …
PlaceElukhanyweni
… of the Gxulu and Keiskamma Rivers. It has long been known to local inhabitants as a sheltered and fertile spot and, … Axe, when a British military outpost,…
PlaceBoulders Beach, Simons Town
… Village of: ' Simons Town ', turn left off main road to Boulders Visitor Centre to visit the famous colony of African Penguins - once called: … After you…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a briefing on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla being held … Street, Johanneburg Members of the…
ArchiveThe birth of the African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… APDUSA. The NEUM called on the leadership of the Movement to a conference in which the national situation was discussed, and how it had been a plan to gather…