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EventThe Pondoland Revolts
… to the action taken by iKongo to reject tribal authorities and self-government of Transkei, initiated by the Bantu … the people to such an extent that they…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… following the death of his father, King Cyprian in 1968 and brief regency that lasted until 1971 when he ascended the Zulu throne. Relations between…
EventForces loyal to Zambian president Frederick Chiluba quash a coup by a handful of disgruntled military officers, arresting nine men including the captain who said an angel told him to overthrow the government
… soldiers broke into an arms depot, assaulted army officers and seized state broadcasting studios. Captain Stephen Lungu, calling himself Captain Solo and…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… in South Africa. The company was registered in Kimberley, and was the merger of the De Beers Mining Company and Kimberley mines under the Kimberley Central…
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… name from Mariammen, the goddess that controls smallpox and other infectious diseases. The Temple was declared a … The Tamil Society of Pretoria replaced an…
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… of Cape Town, was built in the classical revival style and together with its open spaces constitutes the original … of trees running up the hillside from…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… the Front for the National Liberation of Angola (FLNA) and National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) … out. The MPLA which seized power was…
EventThe Angolan-Namibian peace plan is accepted
… Movement for the Liberation of Angola - Party of Labour) and anti-communist UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola), and went on for 27…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa, Zaire (now The Democratic … group…
EventThree ANC members are sentenced to death
… members, Telle Simon Mogoerane, Jerry Semano Mosololi, and Marcus Thabo Motaung, were sentenced to death for separate attacks at the Moroka and Orlando…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… political calendar to extend our greetings to you all and to wish you further successes in our continuing struggle … Greater numbers of people have the…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
… of the National Executive Committee, Regional Convenors and members of the Regional Leadership, Commanders and members of our glorious army, Umkhonto we…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai This document, dated 10 July 1909, was … capacities as presidents, vice…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… Community by C. H. Calpin As a result of these enquiries and the pressure brought to bear upon the Government, the … Commission, to investigate all aspects…
PlaceKnysna, Garden Route- Western Province
… Callander (who built a home for himself at The Heads, and who drew the first map of the estuary) to the Governor of … of Dutch settlers who hacked their way…
Thabo’s pen versus perceptions by Tinyiko Maluleke (Sunday Independant), 24 January 2016
… his 1996 “I am an African” speech as a remarkable text and superbly delivered speech. A hundred and 20 years from now, young Africans across the continent – …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
… late cancellation of Friday's appointment. I do appreciate and sincerely regret the inconvenience - especially when one … that we reflect on the elusive…
Document 35 - Constitutional principles Schedule 4 of the Interim Constitution
… COSATU is in a no-win situation: We are damned if we do and we are damned if we don't ! In preparing for this … is known in English, as a case of you are…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
… South African officials for terrorism, counters the charge and make the case for Namibia's freedom. My Lord, We find … find ourselves tried by a judge who is…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… quite inevitable. Unlike the ANC who had a larger rank and file the NIC, TIC and SAIC had made no plans to counter the increasingly … As a result of this…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… oeuvre, which is highly regarded both in his own country and the rest of the world. This suite could be described as … figure does appear in it, but in a…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… the departure of the British garrison in 1881, the camp and its buildings were taken over by the Transvaalsche … a neo-renaissance style. Construction began…
57. The Agreement does not touch the root cause of anti-Asiaticism
… P. S. Aiyar, Leo R. Gopaul and 45 other Indians in Durban sent a 'manifesto' to the … in the country nor had it affected the 'burdensome and oppressive…
PlaceNaval Hill
… popular spot providing excellent views of the Town and the Franklin Game Reserve forms part of the Hill. Several types of big and small game can be seen in…
How the Ahmed Timol case was reported on at the time by South African Institute of Race Relations (Politicsweb), 28 June 2017
… About 1 200 people, mostly Muslim, but including Hindu and 'people of other racial groups, attended a prayer meeting … dash for the door, was headed off,…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1700 Number and origin of slaves at the Cape The Dutch East India Company brought slaves, political exiles and…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… substantial holdings of South African, African and Western European Art. The richness of the Foreign … designed by Clelland & Mullins (Public Works…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the SÁ¼detenland and the invasion of Czechoslovakia - culminated…
Chapter 14
… suspended animation. There had been a change of government and the new masters weren't even giving them an opportunity … ball, even to save face. What they…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… On 27 October 1808, about 340 slaves from the Swartland and Koeberg hinterland of Cape Town rose up in revolt. They … grain farms of the region, took the…