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PlaceTunisia
… economy. However, the economy fell into crisis in the early 1980s, the result of an overreliance on oil revenues, … Nearly a dozen deposits were being…
ArchiveCHAPTER 5 - Armed Propaganda and Non-Colaborattion, Rationalising weakness, August 1979 - December 1980 by Howard Barell
… non-violent resistance which had opened up since the early 1970s. To many young black militants, clandestine forms … reconstruction and development…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… whilst in prison and went public with his status in the early 1990s - a time when HIV was stigmatised by White South …
Names of Slaves and Free Blacks
… is taken from Frank R. Bradlow and Margaret Cairns, The Early Cape Muslims, appendix II. A note by the authors says …
PlaceBotshabelo
… South African Republic in 1860. There were unsuccessful early attempts to evangelise the Swazi and in Sekhukhuneland. …
PlaceAlgoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
… Bay in his book ' Sailing Alone Around the World ': “ The early Portuguese navigators, endowed with patience, were more …
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… be exact 0:00 - 00:54 - Personal details 00:54 - 01:19 - Early interest in art and needlework 01:19 - 01:47 - Lack of …
PlaceOld Stables, Oatlands, Simonstown
… It is likely that these tracks followed earlier tracks of early khoikhoi herdsman who herded their cattle at times …
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… Archive & Collection; and a Print Studio due to open in early 2016. Visitors and residents are offered a seasonal …
PlaceCoornhoop Dovecot, Dixton Road, Mowbray
… benefit, known as Fort Coornhoop. This was abandoned as early as 1661, and on 2 March 1664 the farm was granted to M …
PlaceIrma Stern Museum
… receives her formative education in Germany where in her early career her work is exhibited to great success. She …
PlaceRaadsaal Building, Church Square, Pretoria
… part of the Historical Architectural character of early Pretoria. On 1 May 1860, Pretoria became the seat of …
PlaceComoros
… South Africa! The Comoros Nation became Islamic in the early 16th Century. The Arabs first used these islands as a …
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… was united under communist rule. This lasted until the early 1990s when the union broke apart in a protracted civil …
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… after his drink was poisoned, Qabula’s mother wilted away early in his Life, leaving him to look after his brothers. …
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… the country and the canal became too great. By the early 1950's, however, it sought to consolidate its position …
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… liberation struggle. Biko was introduced to politics at an early age, when one of his older brothers, Khaya, a student …
EventThami Mazwai, former journalist and anti-apartheid activist, is jailed for two years
… the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the early 1980s the Nationalist Party government was determined …
EventZeph Mothopeng, President of the PAC dies
… PAC in 1986. In November 1988, Mr. Mothopeng was released early from his 15-year prison sentence and settled in Soweto …
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… quick action was taken to apprehend the perpetrators. In early November 2002 the extreme rightwing Boeremag claimed …
EventHouse of Representatives impeaches American President Bill Clinton
… a state employee, accused Clinton of sexual harassment. In early 1998, Lewinsky was allegedly persuaded by Clinton to …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church rejoins the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
… the WARC in Ottawa in 1982. Calls to expel the DRC came as early as in the 1960s when the Anglican Archbishop of Cape …
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… protests with an estimated 2000 people taking part. In early August crowds besieged the royal palace of King Lestie, …
EventWorld War I begins
… was united under communist rule. This lasted until the early 1990s when the union broke apart in a protracted civil …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of conflict …
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… accompanied by Lord Kitchener, arrived in South Africa early in 1900. With greatly increased troop numbers, Roberts …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… increased. In October, Banda agreed to hold a referendum early in 1993 on whether Malawi should remain a one-party …
PlaceOliewenhuis Art Museum
… by South African artists. It has a solid foundation of early South African artists. It is the only museum of its …
PlaceCompensation, Settlement near Durban
… opener’.Land was bought by the Apartheid State during the early 1960s and first used at the beginning of 1969 for the …
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… was in plumbing and sheet metal working. In the early 1970s the Apartheid state established Bantu … Mashishi served on the T&GWU Transvaal BEC and NEC in the…