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EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… generated by the Tsunami. Collective efforts by Pick ‘n Pay, the South African Red Cross and Netcare managed to … were also involved in relief and rescue…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 2: The Nuclear Age and the Cold War
… with major scientific breakthroughs during the 1930’s, countries have developed weapons that are based on nuclear … Wall, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the…
Chapter 1 - Striking a balance between Tribalism and Christianity
… individual to develop to his/ her full potential. GUMEDE’S BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD Josiah Gumede, who for much of his … Little is known about Gumede’s early…
ArticlePseudo-scientific racism and Social Darwinism
… advances in genetics and molecular biology, many of Darwin's concepts have developed into the more complete modern … Science and religion In the 19th century…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… Mzilikazi , a general who had fled from King Shaka's army, was the cause of much of the destruction of the … Pretorius, who moved into the area in about 1848…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… year, at their national conference, the activist women's organisation, the Black Sash , passed a resolution calling … direct enemy of the SADF (South African…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… them’. Gumede - Harris, 8 November 1923. INTRODUCTION The mission with which Gumede and Plaatje was entrusted on their … a major challenge, especially in…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… the ANC manifesto was created by committee.” A1. The ANC’s policies and campaign The ANC committed itself to … who appears to have swung over into Cyril…
PlaceCasper Nek Pass
… Casper’s Nek Pass looping off it through the Mountains, to join the … over this part of the Drakensberg. Way back in the 1840's, when the independent-minded…
PlaceSt. Agnes Primary School, Woodstock
… are devoted to Catholic education and are supported in our mission by a well-qualified and dedicated group of educators. …
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Party (NP) government. The African National Congress’s aim was to train cadres in newly independent African states … Armed Military Operation, July-September…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… other bodies to unite and collectively oppose the state’s constitutional reforms. 24 January, 25 selected activists … of NUSAS , Andrew Boraine- amongst…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… Robb Schultz, “Europe leading into the 17th century (1600’s)”, Sutori, (Uploaded: Unknown), (Accessed: 10 June 2020), … At first, the Portuguese established…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . Walter Sisulu 's book ' South Africa Behind Bars' is handed out among the … Bill of the Malan Government" Unlawful…
ArticleSouth Africa’s electoral history timeline 1910-2009
… general election in which the main issue was South Africa’s participation in World War I. 1920 The post WWI crisis … the government by the expression of no…
People Against Gangsterism and Drugs
… under which it launches anti-Western campaigns. PAGAD's military wing is called G-Force, for Gun Force, and … after subsequent raids on several members'…
ArticleKingdoms of southern Africa: Great Zimbabwe
… Great Zimbabwe had a population of between 10 000 and 20 000 people. Most of them lived far away from the main … on the coast of East Africa, also confirm…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… Indian Congress , the South African Coloured People’s Congress, the South African Congress of Democrats and the … in police violence, and the death of 18…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… Biography, v.1, Pretoria: HSRC Publishers . Molema, S. M. 1966. Montshioa: Chief and Patriot, Struik: Cape … Available at www.sahistory.org.za,[Accessed: 20…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… with the working class. This was central to Rick’s political philosophy. During this period it was … There was a Gandhian punch to this. Building on Gandhi’s…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… 1825 Mzilikazi's arrival in Transvaal region. 1836 Andries Potgieter's … name later changes to Nederlandsche Bank Voor Zuid Afrika N.V. The building was…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… north to found the town of Schoemansdal, while Burger’s group move south to found Lydenburg in 1947, which became a … Mountain), a fortified capital built on…
EventSir Benjamin D'Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King Shaka's Zulu army, and slowly arrived in Xhosa territory over a period of time. By the 1830's, a centre of…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… a School on the wooded Hill West of the Bay. He named his Mission, Berea, in honour of St. Paul. The land upon which the Mission Station stood subsequently…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… in 1955 to adopt the Freedom Charter and the women’s anti pass march in 1956 expressed women’s abhorrence of the … in 1956, and Indians. The government…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… in the rolling hills and tranquil Valleys of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province, Wakkerstroom is a hidden gem waiting … hiking and fishing to cozying up in…
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… 1871, Captain Skead accompanied by Captain Perry R.N. and Lieut. Taylor R.N. set out from Port Elizabeth on 21 … horses. They were able to travel by car as…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… history was made in the Transvaal, which was South Africa's economic power-house where most African trade unions that … the strikers. The police were…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 88th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2000
… what must the ANC do, this historic frontrunner of Africa’s movement for national liberation, to discharge its own … these elements, that weaken our capacity…
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… and petrol, with the intention of relieving the country’s economic decline and 70% hyperinflation, a precipitate of … https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa…