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Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the Gqunukwebe and his brother Kobe, sign a new treaty with Col. J
… Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences … Phatho, chief of the mixed XhosaHottentot (Khoi-Khoi) people the…
Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok
… Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at Lanseria airport on …
A new award scheme for miners is implemented. The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C
… The Inspectorate administers the scheme on behalf of the Mine Health and Safety C …
The SA cricket team beats the West Indies with nine wickets in Durban to lead 3-0 in the series of five.
… with nine wickets in Durban to lead 3-0 in the series of five. …
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Helvetia near Machadodorp takes place, with the British under Major Cotton surrendering to Gene
… Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Helvetia near Machadodorp takes place, with the British …
The Rand Revolt begins with a strike by miners after announcements of wage reductions on the coaland gold-mines necessitated by
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 9, p. 245. … Revolt begins with a strike by miners after…
Albert Kimmerling, a visiting Frenchman, is the first person to fly in SA. He reaches a height of 6m at East London.
… is the first person to fly in SA. He reaches a height of 6m at East London. …
In the Battle of the White Umfolozi, the Voortrekker commando is ambushed and nearly overpowered by a Zulu impi. Alexander Harv
… Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 167 | Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of…
The Bondelswarts, a small tribe of Nama origin who settled at Warmbad, South West Africa about 1905, capitulates to the German
… The Bondelswarts, a small tribe of Nama origin who settled at Warmbad, South West Africa …
Sir Henry George Elliot, chief landdros of the Transkei after whom the town Elliot was named, is born in Canada.
… Sir Henry George Elliot, chief landdros of the Transkei after whom the town Elliot was named, is born …
Ex-Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, CAR, is sentenced to death while in exile in France.
… Ex-Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, CAR, is sentenced to death …
In Sharpeville sixty-nine Blacks are shot and 152 wounded by police during a demonstration. (The official report of the Commi
… Human & Rousseau | Joyce, P. (1990). The Rise and Fall of Apartheid , Cape Town: Struik; Suid-Afrika, Unie Van. … by police during a demonstration. (The…
ArticleANC Origins and Background
… National Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912 as a result of many grievances. This included black dissatisfaction with the South Africa Act of 1910 that…
General Factory Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF)
… (GFWBF) in 1972. They worked closely with Harriet Bolton of TUCSA. The aim of the GFWBF was, through worker organisations, to make … the GFWBF was charged…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… Causes of the French Revolution Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC … two estates. The third estate fought against this unequal representation and began to…
Indian passive resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948 by E. S. Reddy
… Nelson Mandela inaugurated a year-long observance of the 1946 Indian passive resistance in South Africa. … decision to introduce the Asiatic Land Tenure and…
EventRocklands Community Hall declared a heritage site
… On 20 August 2019, the 36th anniversary of the founding of the United Democratic Front (UDF) , the Rocklands … Tricameral Parliament allowed for limited…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
… Town. This extraordinary event which pushed the boundaries of science into the dawn of a new medical epoch took place inside Charles Saint … theatres and…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… South Africa's Strategy of Creating Client States The strategic objective of the South African racists with regard to the African … among the independent…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 1 - State Formation in Nineteenth-century South Africa by Yonah Seleti
… the revolutionary processes that resulted in the formation of new states. State formation in nineteenth-century South … or named themselves (identity…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… It was to be expected that this year's debate on the State of the Nation Address should be especially enthusiastic. This being the last session of the first…
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
… historic moment. We have brought together under the aegis of the United Democratic Front the broadest and most significant coalition of groups and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… (And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela)…
Breyten Breytenbach writes to the editor of the Daily Maverick on vanishing UCT artworks and blank minds, South Africa, 11 April 2016
… Please allow me yet again to react to the spasms of abject annihilation of sense, meaning and self-respect being played out around the question of the…
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… Honourable Justices, Leaders and Members of all delegations present here today. We have reached the end of an era. We are at the beginning of a new era…
ArchiveSecret Histories | South African Photographer David Goldblatt Reveals the Effects of Apartheid on His Native Land by Miss Rosen, 29 September 2016
… in a conversation with Nadine Gordimer for publication of his 1973 monograph On the Mines. His family first arrived … South Africa around 1893, having fled…
Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… with no room to offer them. Having failed in the service of the gods, I shall run to my den in the sewer pipe down by … says Wong, a character in Bertolt…
Message to Archbishop Trevor Huddleston, President, Anti-Apartheid Movement, on the 25th Anniversary of its Founding by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1984
… Anti-Apartheid Movement on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its founding and wishes you ever greater successes in your … all anti-racist forces in Britain in…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… A group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted … dissidents attacked the main army camp in Umtata, capital of the Transkei . The coup was…
ArchiveRemembering Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for music of the day by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 23 January 2018
… cancelled his appearance last year at the Johannesburg Joy of Jazz Festival, taking time out to deal with his serious … were forced to return to his recorded…