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EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… reports of tremors experienced in the broader Cape region.[ii] Earthquakes in the area were relatively unheard of before … 26(1): p. 175-201. Pretoria:…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
… novel was “Eyes of the Sky”, which was published in 1996.[ii] The novel won the Herman Charles Bosman Prize for English … Jacobs, http://www.nb.co.za/authors…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… view of the majority of Afrikaners by joining World War II. During the war, inspired by the Native Representative … Smuts established the Fagan Commission…
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… was destroyed by a bomb in London during the World War II . During World War II, Charlton volunteered for the South African army and was …
PlaceAkasiapark, Residential Area for Civil Servants
… along with some depots from a run down World War II-era site near Goodwood-Cape Town …
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… Treaty Organisation was formed at the end of World War II. European countries needed insurance and security against …
EventBoer negotiators travelled from Vereeniging to Pretoria to present their proposals
… This happened towards the end of the Anglo-Boer War II which broke out in October 1899. It ended with the signing …
ArticleSudan’s Revolution
… government was instated. Throughout the month of Ramadan [ii] , protesters occupyied the streets by day and after the … [Accessed 22 August 2019] [ii]…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… to pose is to examine the ways in which the World War II influence the rise of African nationalism? Essentially, there were various ways that WW II…
ArticlePass Laws and Sharpeville Massacre
… in the decade and half immediately after World War II as a factor in the explanation of the Sharpeville Protest. … rapid growth in the immediate aftermath of…
EventPrincess Margaret dies
… Margaret, the younger sister of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 71 at King … Dies at 71; Sister of Queen Elizabeth…
EventZanzibar and Kenya are admitted to the United Nations.
… The organisation was founded in 1945 after World War II. Its main objective is to prevent war between countries …
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke
… I - The Missionary Movement where it came from Chapter II - Functions of the Missionary Chapter III - Dr. Philip - …
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… down the southern stretch is Griqua leader Adam Kok II’s original green-doored house. Opposite is the Emily … I walk up into Justisie Street, a neat…
ArticleA History of the Springbok Legion
… 1941 to fight for the rights of soldiers during World War II and in the post-war period. Over time the organisation … a number of White members whose premise…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… services in support of the South African Second World War II effort) has been a failure mainly due to the anti-war … made at the conference click here . 18…
EventUganda gains independence
… In 1963, Uganda became the Republic of Uganda, with Mutesa II as first (largely ceremonial) president. …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… During the Anglo-Boer War II, the fourth and last Creusot 'Long Tom' of the state …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… After World War II , the process of decolonization of the African continent …
ArticleAfrikaner Broederbond
… developed into a paramilitary strikeforce. When World War II was declared, Afrikaner nationalists campaigned against …
PlaceSouth African State Theatre
… were hired to design and construct the theatre. [ii] The concept of the theatre was to draw in state funding … . ↵ [ii] Ibid ↵ [iii] Ibid ↵ [iv] Ibid ↵ [v]…
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 29 people submitted the following complaint…
EventMswati III becomes King of Swaziland
… Swaziland when he succeeded his late father King Sobhuza II, who had died of pneumonia in 1982. Two relatives, Queen …
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… of the Xhosa. Hence, King Sarhili’s rule and his life is characterised by a turbulent political climate in the …
BiographyKobera Manual
… Ocean View, when she shared some intimate memories of her life in Simon’s Town ………………… I was born in Alfred Lane …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
… lives of people in their homes and other aspects of daily life. Mofokeng's interest is in the unconventional. A …
BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… of the SACP who was tried for treason and sentenced to life imprisonment. People who had been released from Robben …
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… after he was released on medical parole from Kgosi Mampuru II Correctional Centre in June 2015, after having served 22 …
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… The organisation ceased its operation during World War II and was replaced by the new international body, the United …
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… On 12 August 1913, Koos De La Rey, a South African War II General, was ordered to meet with Generals Jan C Smuts and …