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BiographyMosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota
… Patrick "Terror" Lekota was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He was the eldest…
Anglo-Boer War 2: Col. Lawson reports that the De Beer and Van Rooyen’s commando, raiding the upper Tugela from the Free State,
… Rooyen’s commando, raiding the upper Tugela from the Free State, …
The State President commutes the death sentences on three Black men, for their part in the attack on the Soekmekaar Police Stat
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … The State President commutes the death sentences…
Archbishop Tutu confers with State President P.W. Botha in an attempt to move him to commute the death sentences imposed on the
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 717 ……
Anglo-Boer War 2: The war between the British Empire and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, breaks ou
… and the two Boer republics, the Transvaal and Orange Free State, breaks ou …
B.J. Vorster, former SA prime minister and state president is buried in the so-called Heroes’ Acre at the Dutch Reformed Church
… Verwey, E.J. (ed) (1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC, p. 259. … B.J. Vorster, former SA prime minister and state…
The British consul presents a White Paper on the atrocities being carried out by Belgium in the Congo Free State to the Belgian
… atrocities being carried out by Belgium in the Congo Free State to the Belgian …
ArticleTimeline 20 years of Democracy 1994 to 2014
… elections and shifted the country towards the construction of a new political, social and economic order. 27 April, The national flag was designed by a…
Vasco da Gama’s Voyage of ‘Discovery’ 1497
… being used by the inhabitants. The reason why groups often state their arrival on some foreign land as a "discovery" is … any claim they make to "owning" the…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… The outbreak of Bubonic Plague in Cape Town appears to have given a measure of warning to other coastal cities in the Cape, and a number of preventative and…
ArticleA history of Kwaito music
… This genre of music started emerging in the 1990s. It is a mixture of a number of different rhythms from marabi of the 1920s, kwela of the … This genre of…
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Apartheid's Truimph Over Non-Racialism The destruction of Sophiatown is widely documented, considered as the … However, there are still glaring gaps in…
ArticleWhat has been the impact of the democratic transformation on the position of women within South African society? by Lucy Doyle
… Abstract Through the efforts of a dominant women’s movement in apartheid, the democratic … constitutions for women in the world; the democratic state…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… Hayden Proud, Curator of Historical Collections of Painting and Sculpture, Iziko … premier art organisation. The realisation of an official, state-funded,…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… Fietas was known as the 'Malay location' because most of the people who lived there were 'coloured', 'cape … location' was struck by bubonic plague in 1904,…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. … Ikhamanga (Strelitzia) plant…
The Origin of People
… are the most complex creatures on earth. Many aspects of human behaviour demonstrates a great difference with other … told weird and wonderful stories about…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
… The triangular flint stone represents a basic tool of survival used by prehistoric ancestors to produce … to make clothing, among others. It symbolizes the…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. … Ikhamanga (Strelitzia) plant…
Biography of Caiphus Semenya
… a cultural figure such as Mr. Semenya, an understanding of the social environment in South Africa is essential. The White minority rule of South Africa and…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… 16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign … from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10…
BiographyJames Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo
… as Mountain View in English), in the Vryheid district of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), where his parents – Andreas and … (ATASA), which took place in…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… 1984 the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups, organised highly successful … mass action had rendered SA ungovernable…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… operated on the understanding that prisons were places of punishment which was mainly executed through forced prison labour. By the late 1800s, the idea of…
BiographyKenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa
… he won a scholarship to read English at the University of Ibadan. He taught briefly at the University of Lagos after … supported the government’s goal of…
ArticleThe People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN)
… A Brief Overview The People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was an armed wing of the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO), the … Marxist…
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… The people of South Africa, particularly the youth of our country, are … tyranny. In spite of fierce repression under the state of emergency, torture,…
Writer’s of The Constitution
… President Thabo Mbeki addresses the nation at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town Constitutional Assembly After the … Negotiating Process (MPNP) had…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… The African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) was launched in Duncan Village … under Portuguese colonial rule, warning that the apartheid…
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada
… Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada …