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ArticleIndian Indentured Labour in Natal 1860-1911
… of gold bullion, now exported as much in revenue to Britain. Evasion of dues on trade and the extraction of …
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 …
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…
PlaceRobben Island Museum
… in South Africa and Namibia from 1948 until 1990. In 1959. A maximum-security prison started to operate on Robben …
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… non-European affairs , initiated the naming of Soweto in 1959. He called for a competition to give a collective name …
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…
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…
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…
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 …
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 …
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…
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… than comply with the South African apartheid policies. In 1959 Fifa issued an ultimatum that the South African football …
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…
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 …
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… of life, and there were many clashes between them. In 1806 Britain took over the Cape from the Dutch East India Company. …
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 …