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Johanna Brandt, nurse and spy for the Boer forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 and also author of several books on the war and natur
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 2, p. 490. … the Boer forces during Anglo-Boer War 2 and…
Col. J.F. Jordaan of the SA force captures Gen. Christiaan de Wet, on his way to German South West Africa at Waterbury, near Vr
… Col. J.F. Jordaan of the SA force captures Gen. Christiaan de Wet, on his way …
The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt and his father have been found on their wine estate near
… The bodies of world-famous South African opera star Deon van der Walt …
Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) is formed to "hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr
… to "hit back by all means within our power in defence of our people, our future and our fr …
Anglo-Boer War 1: The first shots in this war are fired in Potchefstroom. The war ended with the defeat of the British in the b
… are fired in Potchefstroom. The war ended with the defeat of the British in the b …
A number of women call on the government at a press conference to permit those men who refuse to serve in the army to make thei
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 521 … A number…
Mr Sol Kerzner admits in an affidavit to the Harms Commission that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Mat
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. 82 ……
Gen. Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (67), well-known leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He was given
… Gen. Christiaan Rudolph de Wet (67), well-known leader of Boer forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2, dies on his farm. He …
Paul Emile Rossouw, the first athlete in the world to jump higher than 2.13 m at the age of 16, is born in Springs.
… athlete in the world to jump higher than 2.13 m at the age of 16, is born in Springs. …
Two serving members of the army and a third man are arrested in connection with the attack on St James’s Church in Cape Town in
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Two serving members of the army and a third man…
Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White contact with Black southern
… Vasco da Gama comes ashore at the mouth of the Limpopo River. He and his crew make the first White …
What appears to be a power failure brings down a ten-year-old Boeing 737 shortly after take-off from the Red Sea resort of Shar
… Boeing 737 shortly after take-off from the Red Sea resort of Shar …
Louis van Assenburgh (51), successor of Willem Adriaan van der Stel as governor at the Cape, dies in the Castle in Cape Town af
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 122. … Louis van Assenburgh (51), successor of…
Mohammed Anwar Al Sadat, former president of Egypt, is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt. Date is given as 24 December by several o
… Mohammed Anwar Al Sadat, former president of Egypt, is born in Mit Abu al-Kum, Egypt. Date is given as …
"We have Decided to Liberate Ourselves": Address to the Royal Commonwealth Society by O. R. Tambo, London, 23 June 1986
… eight months ago to the day, in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, Heads of State and Government of the Commonwealth countries assembled … and it worsens…
Liberation
… "We the marginalised people of South Africa, who are landless and land hungry, declare … Policy Guidelines, which envisaged a central role for the state in…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… Introduction: Background to the Strike The formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910 was a development that … the territory by hastening the development…
EventChurch Council meets PW Botha over unrest
… A delegation of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) met with President P W Botha and other … on the causes of unrest, forced removals and the…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people … their control over what came to be called the Orange Free State. The…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… On December 2 this year, thousands of workers will gather in Durban, the birth place of COSATU, … COSATU was given a baptism of fire. It was launched into a…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… as wagon drivers, etc. They suffered severely as result of the British "scorched earth policy" during which those who … Springs; Van der Merwe Station;…
ArticleSources task: The Berlin Wall
… sources. The questions do not reflect the structure of the examination paper source-based questions, but will … the questions that follow. Source A "The Cold…
The Court’s position in the justice system
… on constitutional matters. So its jurisdiction - the scope of its authority to hear cases - is restricted to … the Cape of Good Hope; Eastern Cape; Northern…
ArticleEskom Energy Crisis: Will there be a “just transition” to renewable energy? by Kyla Jade Mc Nulty
… renewable energy sector and the now highly visible effects of pollution and climate change, as seen in the recent … Worker unions like Numsa are frustrated…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, leading to the establishment of the ANC … be denied any rights and privileges at…
The War
… The flag of the Boer Republic of the Orange Free State On 9 October … in the conflict were the Transvaal and the Orange Free State. The first phase of the…
Tribute to the United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid - Statement at the Meeting of the Special Committee on its Tenth Anniversary by O. R. Tambo, New York, 2 April 1973
… representatives, Today, we, black and white, peoples of many nationalities and continents, representatives of different social systems, are met here as one…
Newspaper article taken from the City Press in 2002: Student Politics under Apartheid
… and what challenges it now faces after the first decade of democracy. Two notable student political organizations … and imprisonment of its leaders, SASO was…
Bantu Women’s League
… in South Africa. It was started in 1918 by one of our earliest women activists, Dr Charlotte Maxeke . One of … signed by some 5 000 Black and Coloured women…
Personal notes of the conversations with his Excellency President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos on 23 September 1988 to be conveyed directly to His Excellency President Pieter W Botha
… A translation of the personal notes of President Dos Santos answering questions presented by President P W Botha regarding the withdrawal of Cuban and South…