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EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… Okello. The new government only remained in place until 26 January 1986, when the NRA entered the capital city of …
EventChief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… Hospital in Queenstown. George Matanzima was born on 26 December 1918 in Qamata in the Transkei. Together with his …
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
… en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve …
EventProf. James Smith, who identified the first coelacanth found in South Africa, is born
… On 26 September 1897, Prof. James Leonard Brierly Smith was born …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August 1785 and its boundaries were proclaimed on 17 July …
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… times of the year. In the document reproduced here, dated 26 March 1877, Muslims celebrating the Prophet Mahommed's …
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… in South Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was founded in 1950 and administered by a village management board. Named …
PlaceKliptown Museum
The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
EventThe Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act commences
… groups as set out in the Population Registration Act of 1950. The four groups were White, Coloured, Indian and Black. …
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial …
EventThe University of the Orange Free State is founded in Bloemfontein
… The University of the Free State was founded on 18 March 1950. The institution began as a small college in what was …
EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
Martin Luther King, Junior, an African-American clergyman who orchestrated social change through non-violent methods was born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta,…
EventJoe Slovo is born
Joe Slovo, the former South African Communist Party (SACP) and African National Congress (ANC) leader and Minister of Housing was born in Lithuania. From 1950s…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… non-White civilians and three non-White police officers. 26 Black policemen and 365 Black civilians were injured – no …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… and the colonies there shifted attention to Australia. On 26 January 1788 a British colony was established at Botany … with a federal government. Australia…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… normative, and everything else as marginal or peripheral. 26 The attempt to marginalize Africans as primitive others is … acts with censorship implications…
ArticleChieftaincy and Kingship in South Africa
… and the Concept of Articulation: South Africa ca. 1900-1950, Beinhart states: It is widely recognized that the … and the Concept of Articulation: South…
ArticleThe development of Music in South Africa timeline 1600-2004
1600s In the Dutch colonial era, from the 17th century on, indigenous tribes people and slaves imported from the east adapted Western musical instruments…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
Jazz has had an especial role in the social and cultural politics of South Africa. This paper will trace its function in the political struggle waged by Black…
ArticleTanzania and its Support of Southern African Liberation Movements
The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
Tanzania and its Suipport of Southern African Liberation Movements
The role of Tanzania in fostering African Liberation movements The emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout Africa following the end of…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… a policy of statutory racial separation implemented after 1950, has resulted in what has become a prototypical model of … implementation of Apartheid Group…
ArticleCouncil of Non-European trade unions (CNETU)
… weakened the CNETU was the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950. Most of the leaders of the trade unions were arrested …
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
ArticleA timeline of Zuma-Gupta issues from Nenegate to the firing of Pravin Gordhan
… true. “Sahara did its own empowerment transaction. We gave 26% to black people, the transaction was funded by Nedbank. … the relevant provisions of the…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… women they depict, this book shares the life stories of 26 South African rebels, artists, troublemakers, athletes, …
EventMichael “Muis” Roberts, South Africa’s best jockey is born
… Roberts honoured, http://www.summerhill.co.za/blog/2008/11/26/michael-muis-roberts-honoured.html ↵ … honoured, https://www.summerhill.co.za/blog/2008/11/26…
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 May 1978. National Cultural History and Open Air Museum, …
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State. He …
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… South Africa. The Summit took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss …