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PlaceNigeria
… claim that little is known about the earliest history of Nigeria. By 2000 B.C. most of Nigeria was thinly occupied … by the British governor, and the African…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 1: Hunter-gatherers and herders in Southern Africa
… Who are the hunter gatherers of Southern Africa? You may be under the impression that … still find people living as hunter gatherers. This way of living is…
PlaceAir Force Museum, Port Elizabeth
… This museum depicts the history of the South African Air Force and houses a collection of old aircraft, missiles, uniforms, aeronautical displays … will be…
EventJody Scheckter
… Europe.[iii] Jody Scheckter is also infamously known for being the cause of one of the biggest accidents in the history of Formula One.[iv] … https://www…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… The Deputy Mayor of Sharpeville, Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The riots were in … of Dlamini, and…
Mayibuye...mayibuye...mayibuye
… This is a circular about black people being murdered for refusing to carry passes and for fighting …
ArchiveMayibuye...mayibuye...mayibuye
… This is a circular about black people being murdered for refusing to carry passes and for fighting …
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
ArchiveAddress at 46664 Concert, by Nelson Mandela, 27 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is … freedom for all ... We say tonight, after…
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… Nkabinde was expelled on the 7 April 1997 for allegedly being a spy for the Apartheid regime and for fomenting … the ANC to disband self-defence units. He…
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
… where they were standing. When the confrontation got out of hand, Ramoloyi, who was travelling with his brother, … Diepsloot area. Often, innocent people…
PlaceGuinea
… Guinea is the traditional name of coastal Western Africa . The historical colonies of French Guinea, Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained … in the…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front statement on management committees
… for the Management Committee elections as people are being flooded with pamphlets regarding the elections. …
PlaceGroutville
… Groutville is situated approximately ten kilometers south of KwaDukuza and about 69 kilometers north of Durban. The name Groutville was acquired from its…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Association] Bulletin, 1, 2. (July 1944). On the 9TH of April the inaugural meeting of the African Youth League … as a beast of Prey ”” Nazism ”” are false."…
PlacePollsmoor Prison
… only 3900 inmates but now has 8 900! Today the majority of inmates come from Mitchell's Plain, but the facility has … was transferred to Pollsmoor from…
EventCrime statistics released
… that 10 161 people were murdered in the first seven months of 1995, an average of one in every 29 minutes. This marks a 7% reduction, a big … on Black…
PlaceIndigo Vats, Pinetown
… and Mr von Preen went into partnership with Mr Murray, of Pinetown . Locally grown indigo plants were gathered in … and covered with water to encourage…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is formed
… to fill the vacuum in Black politics caused by the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist … the precursor to the Inkatha Freedom…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… The ANC attempted to unravel this paradox in the course of a formal review of strategy. ANC operational strategy … ‘militarist illusions among the people: of…
Azikhwelwa on Monday. Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council calling for a stay-away from 13 September 1976
… calling for a stay-away from September 13, 1976 The people of South Africa are going into the third phase of their struggle against the oppressors, namely:…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… coastal pass on the R 326 links the small Farming Town of Riviersonderend with the quaint coastal hamlet of Stanford and the coastal road to Hermanus. The…
EventSA artist Anthony Nkotsi is born
… Anthony Molebatsi Nkotsi, South African artist and the head of the Printmaking Department in 1988 at the Johannesburg Art … by Dumile Feni. His involvement…
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… Twelve years after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist … that they identified themselves firstly as black before being…
EventDr Max Theiler, first South African to receive the Nobel Prize, is born in Pretoria
… 1899 in Pretoria. He studied medicine at the University of Cape Town Medical School from 1916 to 1918. He graduated at the London School of Medicine in 1922…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… man arrived in South Africa from Hong Kong with no signs of being ill but after seven days he started to show flu-like … results came back negative, although…
PlaceCity Hall and Francis Farewell Gardens, Durban
… 1975. Diagonally opposite - in West Street, corner of Gardiner Street - lies Durban's second National Monument … some 100 years ago, but it’s still the…
ArchiveMigrant laws used against workers
… evidence that the country's migrant labour laws are being used against workers in an attempt to curb union … Federation of South African Trade Unions …
ArchiveNo to Removals
… red and black on white litho; collage with soldier, people being removed; text: No to Removals, yes to an undivided …