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EventBantu Women’s League protests against pass laws
… expression of discontent against the pass system. As early as 1913 protests against were launched in the the … [Accessed 19, October, 2010] Limb P, (2010)…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… a keen interest in war correspondence. Some of his early literary works were reports on various military …
Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at UCT ‘WINTER SCHOOL 2014 : Using climate information for adaptation and policy development’
… website – < http://www.csag.uct.ac.za/winterschool > and early application is encouraged as places are limited. The …
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… in the British Foreign Office in the late 19th century and early 20th century died in Canterbury, England. Milner came …
PlaceElandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, Western Cape
… The dunes on Elandsfontein are the final resting place of early humans and animals that date back to the early Stone Age. The safari includes a rest stop…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
… the new maximum-security prison was established in the early 1960s. The living conditions were, particularly in the early years, extremely bad. Prisoners had…
ArticleA list of South African Shipwrecks
… approved the scheme and on 6 April 1652 a group of 90 settlers, under the leadership of van Riebeeck, arrived at …
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… life at different points. Her mother was crucial in the early years up until she passed away while Kuzwayo was still … favourite name, and one that was…
PlaceGhana
… zone indicate that the area has been inhabited since the early Bronze Age (ca. 4000 B.C.), but these societies, based … central Ghana north of the forest…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… Young people took part in political campaigns from the early years. Many political formations established at the close of the 19th century and early in the…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
… that ultimately toppled the apartheid regime in the early 1990s. This historical significance has led to claims … Gqabi , who had been released from Robben…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Wankie was chosen as an appropriate infiltration zone. In early 1967, MK recruits were transferred from their Tanzanian … As a result, they ran out of food…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… are charged with treason in the Delmas Treason Trial . Early May, three Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation … by the UDF spread across the country’s…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 1 The Ming Dynasty
… as many as 1000 women. Writer Li Yu is an example of an early feminist, arguing that women should be equal to men. … Chinese junks were unique ships that…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… The slave trade with the Portuguese continued until the early 1700s. The Akan people supplied the Portuguese with … Abomey. Dahomey began emerging as a great…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… first editions of many of the writers' and dramatists' early works, and exhibits the work of many modern African … instituted in Kenya, whereby the…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… first editions of many of the writers' and dramatists' early works, and exhibits the work of many modern African … instituted in Kenya, whereby the…
PlaceMasorini
… In the shock waves following the rise of the Zulu kingdom early in the 19th Century, Masorini ended as a settlement. … In the shock waves following the rise…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… park in which to walk - make sure that you set off early morning to beat the heat. …
EventSouth Africa abandons the Gold Standard, sparking a period of economic expansion
… the birth of Orlando East, south of Johannesburg. In early 1933 the first group of families were removed from the …
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… to a camp south of Luanda in Gabela. By late October and early November 1976 other MK were brought from Tanzania and …
EventMilitary service becomes compulsory for White South African men.
… 8 years. Due to an increase in guerilla activity in the early 1980's, camps were once again lengthened in 1982 to 720 …
EventSouth Africa closes its borders with Lesotho
… of the South African and Lesotho in the 1970s and early 1980s was fraught with friction. This was the case …
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… power was limited and his reign was interrupted twice. Early in his reign, Leabua Jonathan became Prime Minister of …
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… on 28 May 1913. Click here to read more about the early history of and resistance to passes. Click here to read …
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… in 1900 helped turn the tide in the Anglo-Boer War. In the early stages of the war, the Boer Commandos were scoring …
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… in Pretoria. It was there that he began to search for early hominids, seeking more evidence of the specimens …
PlaceElephant House, Ridge Road, Durban
… located on Ridge road on Durban's berea, was built in the early 1850's on the highest natural point on the Berea Ridge …
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… Sacks Futeran buildings in District Six . [1] It opened in early 2010 and was named in honour of Athol Fugard , an … buildings are a combination of…