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EventSir George Gray, governor of the Cape, lays the cornerstone of the New Somerset Hospital
… Somerset Hospital. On 18 August 1859, Sir George Gray, governor of the Cape, …
EventSouth Africa joins the OAU
… session of the AU was held in Durban, South Africa on July 10, 2002. Gallagher Estate in Midrand, South Africa, …
EventTransvaal Anti-SAIC Committee decided to revive the old TIC
… establish a united democratic front to mobilize resistance on a national scale to participation by Indians and Coloureds …
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… On 11 March 1994 hundreds of Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging … online. Available at www.books.google.co.za . Accessed on 10 March 2014| SAPA. (1998). TRC told…
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… Hendrik Egnatius Botha was born on the 27 of February 1958 in Breyten, in the Eastern … Scrum , [online] Available at: www.espnscrum.com [Accessed on 18…
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… Elsa died from Babesia felis, a tick-borne blood disease, on 24 January 1961. Joy documented her experience with Elsa … , [online], Available at www…
The child who was shot dead by soldiers at Nyanga by Ingrid Jonker
… in his head The child is the shadow of the soldiers on guard with guns saracens and batons the child is present …
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… a reunion with her long time producer Thwala. She died on 9 May 2004 after spending two weeks in a coma. Her death …
EventLucas Ntuba Radebe, SA soccer hero, is born in Diepkloof, Soweto
… spotted by Kaizer Chief Scouts, who signed him up. He went on to become a successful soccer player both locally and … [Online], Available at: www.sahistory…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… This was after Cetshwayo died, supposedly from poisoning on 8 February 1884, a year after he had returned to Zululand. …
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… honorary degree from the University of the Witwatersrand on 2 April 1987. Kuzwayo was born into a privileged family in … 2006 [online] Available at: www…
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… On 25 December 1918, Anwar al-Sadat was born at Tala …
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 December 1983. The original portion of Queen’s Tavern, …
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
… in the Free State, South Africa. There are two Parks on the West of the City Centre, President Swart Park and the …
New Age
… Africa and showcased the reality of apartheid focusing on the socio-political and economic conditions with some …
Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni
… 60m km north of Kranskop in central Natal was founded on Trust land in the Nkandla district of KwaZulu as a place …
PlaceMichaelis School of Fine Art
… Art Department of the University of Cape Town , is located on Hiddingh Campus, which is a cluster of university … of South Africa , which is housed in the…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… arrested two years later and Compaoré ruled after that on his own. He was officially elected president in 1991 and … name changed to Burkina Faso. He also…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
… picket lines, caught a bullet hungry for a victim. Died. On those dusty streets. Imagine if we mourned the womxn whose … in community upliftment and activism…
African History Books
… As a way to value the continent’s history, to reflect on it’s links and historical dynamics and to promote … historical perspective. From political history…
PlaceHawston
… commissioner Charles Haw of Caledon. Samson Dyer, settled on an island near Gansbaai, where he gathered seal skins! In … by. The Blue flag Beach is tucked…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… though only a small fraction of the size. It is found on the northern banks of the Mpako River and it is an iconic. … and flipper like hands and feet. A…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… of Paul Kruger was vandalized with green paint thrown on it. The Economic Freedom Fighters initially claimed … home, in 1988. Th esix-year prison sentence…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… refuse them Trading Licenses. They deceit- fully do this ON RACIAL GROUNDS but they are not compelled to state their … Commissioners will be appointed who…
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
… as you are made to understand by your remnants here. On the contrary, the I.C.U. is making remarkable progress … to-day I shall join your Party. That is a…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… for all without regard to colour. Any solution founded on justice is unattainable until the Government of South … in the following manner: Hold meetings and…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… decisive campaign by far the main burden of fighting, on the European side, was borne by Africans. At the same time … a political community made up of…
Remembering Sol Plaatje as South Africa’s original public educator (The Conversation), 05 October 2016
… and advocated for a united, inclusive nation based on justice, equality and the rule of law. All of this during … intellectuals. It’s also a good opportunity…
An interview with Mr. A.W.G. Champion
… The reason was that the native workers and those who were on the rural farms under European farmers, as well as those … Natal was the only place where Zulus…
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far from Mthatha in the … Mvezo is a small Village on the banks of the Mbashe River, not far…