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EventThe HMS Cornwall and HMS Dorsetshire sink near Colombo
… men from both ships. Among the survivors were 86 South Africans. The HMS's cruiser badge is still displayed on the …
EventWell-known political activist and academic, Dr. Neville Alexander is born
… Front (NLF). The aim of the NLF was to unite South Africans for the common goal of overthrowing the apartheid …
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… of African ancestry, the congress reiterated the rights of Africans to land, suffrage, and education, and also put …
EventMinister of Defence, P.W. Botha, reports to the Senate on the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of South Africa’s defence policy.
… State regarding a potential uprising by Black South Africans, supported by the Soviet Union and the reluctance of …
Freedom Part to Host Ken Oosterbroek Legacy Exhibition
… Many South Africans have heard of the ‘Bang Bang Club,’ a nickname given …
EventScientists find the virus that may cause Aids.
… the HIV& Aids epidemic estimated that 5.7 million of South Africans were infected with the disease, including 3000 000 …
EventSophiatown residents are forcefully moved to Soweto
… (1955), the Freedom Charter was adopted at Kliptown, where Africans, Indians, Coloured and Whites came together in a …
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education
… provided the base on which many of the identities of South Africans have been founded. The century witnessed an …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… in which he sought to educate his fellow Romans about the Africans of the day. Here is what Pliny wrote: "Of the … child to scurry to bed whenever their…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
… silos in politics and little progress in uniting South Africans across the concept of ‘race’, and the resurgence of …
BiographyTheophilus Shepstone
… but it was impossible to extract enough from the Transvaal Africans. Hearing that Shepstone intended to tax them too, …
BiographySir. Theophilus Shepstone
… but it was impossible to extract enough from the Transvaal Africans. Hearing that Shepstone intended to tax them too, …
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
… resulted from the increasing urbanisation of black South Africans into mining centres such as the Witwatersrand. The … Blue and The Dynamics, kept rebellious…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… from southern Africa. [iv] Works by well known South Africans were featured alongside previously unpublished … some authors wrote superficially about the…
ArticleDecember 16 and the Construction of Afrikaner Nationalism
… to British imperialism, on the one hand, and Black Africans living in southern Africa, on the other hand. These … co-operation between Afrikaner and English…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… guns were confiscated under new laws that forced Boers and Africans to disarm, although the Boers could apply to have … Hobhouse, who drew attention to the…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… into government housing. Treatment towards Black South Africans from the government during this time is described … in 1994. During this period of time anti…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… Distinguished guests, comrades and friends; Fellow South Africans, Dumelang, Avuxeni, Molweni, On the 22nd of April, millions of South Africans went out to…
ArticleA Culture of Survival
… were automatically criminals - it was against the law for Africans to brew or drink beer. Police constantly raided the … - once the nine or ten o'clock…
ArticleWhy protect children’s rights?
… a child born in South Africa by people who were not South Africans, was held to be unconstitutional by the Cape High … of a child born in South Africa to be…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… this demonstration police had to be called in and fourteen Africans were killed and more than a hundred were wounded. … the establishment of separate…
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… delegate to the 1966 NUSAS conference. Black students – Africans, Indians and Coloureds – made up only a quarter of … the SCA was divided into four chapters,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the official opening of the Bram Fischer library at the legal resources centre Johannesburg, 27 September 1996
… That helped initiate an institution through which South Africans can pay fitting homage to a great South African by … Constitution will become real in the…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished guests, Fellow South Africans: It gives me great pleasure to be with you here … are the Khoi and the San people - the…
ArticleThe ‘four nation’ thesis
… and Coloureds) are minorities, and three of which (the Africans, Coloureds and Indians) suffer national oppression.” …
ArticleThe African Students Association (ASA)
… higher education students, but membership was only open to Africans. Thabo Mbeki was elected as its first National …
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… Tax (Head Tax) and other regulations designed to force Africans to work for wages on white farms. The Zulu people, … the battle of Isandlwana, inspired…
Chapter 7
… policy had failed and they promised a new deal for the Africans. That was a time of great promises by the Rulers and … the few Whites representing the six…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… organisation more accessible to greater numbers of South Africans." The ANC central number is 086 717 7077. The …
ANC Election victory party, 19 May 2010
… will use his speech to thank the millions of South Africans - the huge majority of whom voted for the ANC - who …