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The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… socialist resistance 1900-1959 1900-1959 1960-1994 Related References  … pre 1900 1902-1910 1910-1924 1924…
ArticleThe Namibian struggle for independence – 1966 – 1990 – a historical background
During the 1960s most of Africa’s countries had gained independence except for Namibia. Geographically, Namibia is made up of savannah, dry scrub land, as well…
ArticleNobel Prizes and South African Laureates
… in Peace . South African laureates: Albert Luthuli , 1960 1960 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate: President of the African …
ArticleFootball in South Africa
On 15 May 2004 in Zurich, Switzerland, Joseph (Sepp) Blatter, president of FIFA, world soccer's governing body, made an historic announcement: South Africa…
ArticleBlack South African literature
… change direction - with the banning of the ANC and PAC in 1960. Alex la Guma , Dennis Brutus , Cosmo Pieterse, Themba, …
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
ArticleGrade 12 - Topic 3 - Civil Society protests 1950s to 1990s
GRADE 12 Topic 3: Civil society protests 1950s to 1970s Online Resource: http://learn.mindset.co.za/resources/history/grade-12/civil-society-protests-1950s…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.2 No.1 March 1979
… Abia Ramalebo Diudoileng , Matime Papane, Thamsanqa Zondo (Sharpeville),Poems : Richard Rive (Cape Town),Riva, A story …
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… text. Nelson Mandela signed the Constitution into law in Sharpeville, in Vereeniging, on 10 December 1996, which is …
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… in Katanga. During the Brussels-Congo Conference held in 1960, Tshombe pressed for a loose federation of independent … states in Congo. Following the general…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - List of Passive Resistors
… Ram Samuel, R. Samuel, Ram Samuel, Simpson Satchell, Rev. W.H. Scott, Rev. G. Michael Seeboo, S. Seebran, R. Seedat, Ahmed Seedat, …
Indian Community
… for which the purchaser had ten years to pay. Planned in 1960 the largest designated Indian area, Chatsworth, opened … was opened. A government grant was…
ArticleA Brief History of Pageview
… particularly during its heyday between 1945 and 1960. To read more about the people, politics, legislation …
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… climaxed by a tour of the Western Cape. Six days after the Sharpeville emergency in 1960, Luthuli sought to rally Africans to resistance by …
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… Church used it as a School for freed slaves. The Rev. G. W. Stegmann of the Dutch Reformed Church supported …
PlaceGriquatown
… June 1813 Klaarwater was renamed Griquatown by the Rev John Campbell who wasvisiting the region at the time: …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… secretaries are colonial born Indians, M.K. Moodley and Rev B.L.E. Sigamoney. 16 February, A.H. West and others … Botha to discuss the issue of Passes for…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 78.) 1779 - 1881 The … Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa;…
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
… [Accessed 16 February 2015] Comparative case studies (1960 to 1980) as examples to illustrate the political, … cultural successes and challenges in…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
Volkskas was one of the four largest banking conglomerates in South Africa, and one of the three biggest Afrikaner monopolies. It was established to harness…
Speech by Oliver Tambo on behalf of the Liberation Movements, at the twenty-third session of the assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity, 27 July 1987, Addis Ababa
… People`s Republic of Mozambique, experienced a terrible massacre, carried out by people who have no right to be … conspired to kill Samora Machel and planned…
PlaceBurkina Faso
… was once part of French West Africa since 1896 until 1960. The first people to settle in the area are the Mossi … a Mossi dominated party. Upper Volta became…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… of South Kasai to declare independence on 8 August 1960, calling itself the Federal State of South Kasai, with … the country gained independence from Belgium…
PlaceMcGregor, Western Cape
… in Voortrekker Street after their much-loved pastor, the Rev. Andrew McGregor, who had just retired after 40 years of …
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… death of King Cetshwayo. In the aftermath of the 'Ongoye massacre' lectures and impending university examinations were …
EventTutu is outraged by De Klerk’s denial of responsibility for apartheid’s atrocities
… allegations of security force involvement in the Boipatong massacre, after visiting survivors and hearing their stories. …
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… years, cultural clubs operated as informal schools, but by 1960 they had closed down. The Extension of University … recounted... read on The NUSAS Issue…
Hunter-Gatherers in Southern Africa
For more than 95% of the last 100 000 years, most people all over the world followed a hunting and gathering way of life. Until recently, people living by…
ArticleTruth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… investigated human rights abuses that took place between 1960 and 1994. Reparation and Rehabilitation (R&R) Committee …
EventMemorandum on housing conditions in Fietas, Johannesburg
… of Paul Kruger in 1893. In its heyday between 1945 and 1960, Fietas was an integrated community not unlike District …