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ArticleStalinism and how Stalin used his power to change Marxism-Leninism
… to influence his propagandistic theories at schools he had history books rewritten to put him in favourable light and to …
ArticleElections in post Apartheid South Africa
… in April 1994. There is little doubt that coming from a history of a racially divided society, people voted for their …
ArticleMapungubwe
… the academic value of the site and contacted the head history department at the University of Pretoria, Professor …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… for this topic Ancient : Belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. Bureaucracy : … Online South African History Online (2014),…
ArticleInternational Rugby World Cup Timeline 1983-2011
… its name to the South African Rugby Union (SARU). The history of the Rugby World Cup dates back to the 1980s with …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… north eastern end of the vast complex. (Bailey's African History Archives) A number of student leaders at the …
ArticleAfrapix
… Afrapix – Comrades with Cameras A history of a South African anti apartheid Documentary …
ArticleThe Homelands
… White South Africa. Segregation took place throughout the history of South Africa during the Apartheid era. Segregation … Kwa-Zulu. Berkeley: University of…
ArticlePretoria (Tshwane): The Naming of a City
… should be changed to ‘Tshwane’. Because of South Africa’s history of Apartheid and the racism embedded in the country’s …
PlaceCabo Verde
… and African fishermen has only been related through oral history, and remains a part of the mythological stories of … Verdean Americans, 1870-1940’ in…
EventThe longest state of emergency in Kenya ends
… had lasted from 1952-1959, probably the longest in the history of Kenya, came to an end. The state of emergency was … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African…
Message to the Seventh Congress of the South African Communist Party by O. R. Tambo, April 1989
… a proud record of firmness and resolution in struggle. Its history is replete with stirring examples of commitment to … deservedly stand tall. Your Congress,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
… left its unmistakable imprint on our country's troubled history - a history whose scars still show. Tonight you are receiving me … reminds us also of a…
ArticleMafika Gwala School Debate Contest 2020
… Topic One: Government should make South African History compulsory for all students in high school. Winner …
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… legend was another unifying moment in South African history, as it focused on the unity sport can bring to the …
EventKaren Muir
… the youngest world record holder in any sport in the history of organised sport.[i] Karen Muir broke the 110 yards …
ArchiveBlack consciousness and white liberals in South Africa: paradoxical anti-apartheid politics
… of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject of History at the University of South Africa. This thesis …
ArchiveAfricans in Cape Town: state policy and popular resistance, 1936-73
… the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of History in the University of Cape Town. The study focusses on …
ArchiveRenewed fighting in April
… Namibia . For nine days the most intense fighting in the history of the border war raged along the 300 km frontier . …
PlacePioneer's Memorial Synagogue, Raleigh Street, Port Elizabeth
… in a former synagogue featuring exhibits on Jewish life & History in Port Elizabeth. The Jewish Pioneers’ Memorial …
EventUN committee is barred to enter SA
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest …
EventOmar Badsha, South African photographer, is born
… by state agents. Badsha founded the NGO, South African History Online (SAHO) in 1999 and is currently the … South African History Online . website: www…
EventCommittee of Ten wants election of a new community board
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… since the Durban Strike of 1973. Source: South African History Online …
EventTwelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
… South African History Online …
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… for inspection. South Africa became the first nation in history to ever rollback its nuclear capability. Nuclear …
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… Van Riebeeck remains a prominent figure in the early history of colonial South Africa, and he was commander of the … [Accessed: 16 April 2014]|Giliomee et…
EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… around the Cape of Good Hope, see our This Week in History entry for 4 November 1497. … C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa ;…