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France in 1789
… For example, once industrialisation had begun in Britain and Europe, there was to be no turning back to the …
Submissions by the McGill University students 2012
… history, with a particular focus on Napoleonic-era Britain. Outside of University, I help run the History …
PlaceNigeria
… under whom the empire disintegrated. In 1807, Great Britain abandoned the slave trade; however, other countries … wars began in the Oyo Empire, they lasted…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… to maintain the frontier. At that time, unemployment in Britain was a major concern, following the end of the … seemed an ideal solution to both the problems…
PlaceGallery 101
… gallery from South Africa with a satellite space in Britain, exhibiting works of contemporary South African …
Appeal to the British People to Oppose the Visit of P.W. Botha: Open Letter to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President of the Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, 21 May 1984
… who have responded so promptly by mobilising opposition in Britain. We in the ANC have always believed that a …
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… in 1966, soon after the country gained independence from Britain. Lesotho's ruling party, the Basutoland National …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… bloc countries in Eastern Europe, Israel, China and Britain. At the end of the decade Sisulu had moderated his …
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… availability and exploitation of cheap Black labour. In 1959, the campaign was strengthened by the exciting events of … for stronger organisation amongst the…
South African and World leaders
… in their country. Before 1947, India was still under Britain's control. The British would arrest people involved … of the duties handled by the Prime…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
… in the colonies or against the USSR. The USA having become Britain's great capitalist rival, Americans are now called … General Secretary, explained his…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… than comply with the South African apartheid policies. In 1959 Fifa issued an ultimatum that the South African football …
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… ), at his home in Sophiatown. December 1958-February 1959: Xuma meets with representatives of the South African Bureau for Racial Affairs (SABRA). 1959 17…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… non-European affairs , initiated the naming of Soweto in 1959. He called for a competition to give a collective name …
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… in South Africa and Namibia from 1948 until 1990. In 1959. A maximum-security prison started to operate on Robben …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… asked for British help. Barkly took over the area in Britain's name in 1872. A few years later Waterboer was … in 1995 and shown on television for the first…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… from Australia, America, Eastern Europe and especially Britain. In Britain the tin mines in Cornwall were closing down the same … or the government. They…
General South African History Timeline: 1970s
… Games in Edinburgh, if the South African cricket tour of Britain goes on. 27 April, The Prime Minister announces that … 1 July, The question of the…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… Schadeberg in design and production at Drum magazine . 1959 Jürgen Schadeberg leaves Drum to pursue a career as a … by Jurgen Schadeberg on the San people,…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… South Africa and self-governing Territories Act No 46 of 1959. The Representation of Natives Act No 16 of 1936 The …
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… held to be the starting date of World War II in Europe. Britain and France declared war on Germany two days later. On …
PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… lies off The Isle of Wight, in the English Channel. In Britain the story of the SS Mendi is almost unknown. In South … lies off The Isle of Wight, in the…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… in Cape Town to carry troops of the Imperial Guard back to Britain at the start of the First World War. It returned to … First World War. In 1917 she carried…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… movement. Ruth went into exile in 1964, moving to Britain with her family. It is here in exile that the … imperial influences over the country of Sudan,…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… at the fifteenth session of the General Assembly. [6] In 1959, the Secretary-General of the United Nations was sent a … British firms that in 1962, of all…
ArticleSouth African Police Services (SAPS)
… was established in Pietermaritzburg in 1900, a year before Britain’s Scotland Yard followed suit, and by 1925 several …
Colonial history of Polokwane
… had met to discuss the terms of surrender offered by Britain. The Afrikaans Movement Even when Dutch was the …
ArticleThe Dutch Settlement
… between the United Provinces of Netherlands against both Britain and France; the VOC declared itself the rightful …
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… was Hitler's rapid rise to power in Germany. By this time, Britain and France had still hoped to contain Hitler. It was …
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Wolfit, one of the last great 'actor-managers' of Great-Britain. From 1953 to 1958, Harwood became the personal …