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EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. History repeated itself when she was re-elected in November …
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… was found. The 1980s period was one of bitter times in the history of the movement in Swaziland. A number of events, … (Accessed: 24 October 2012)| South…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six learners …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in the history of the ANC as it was banned along with other … www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 12 January…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior …
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… became the scene of the most sustained uprising in the history of the country. Strike activity on the rise A strike … affiliates. May Day 1986 saw the…
Patric Tariq “de Goede” Mellet
… and the room hushed. In his hand he had an official history book which he held by one corner and he was slowly … “Be seated”, he said, “Over the year I will…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… 14 Photographs have an intimate relationship with history. Walter Benjamin wrote, “photographs become standard … 15 Photography in many ways is the first…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… were politically more advanced than their leaders. The history of the ANC, the PAC alleged, was studded with … G. (1977). From Protest to Challenge: A…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… a book about forgotten pages of South Africa's rich worker history from 1903 to 1921. It includes socio-historical … of this tax led to the Bambatha…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… The SABC could not be trusted to do this with its history of bias and propaganda and links with government. The … responsibility that rests on us at this…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… knew very little about Africa at this stage in European history but were always very curious about Africa. There were … da Vinci is one of the most famous…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… of East and West African editions of the magazine. A brief history of ‘Drum’ 'In the teeming Negro and coloured … 'We Defy', in the August 1952 issue…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… it is necessary to take a brief journey back into our history, into some of the many monumental and epoch-making … This is the spirit with which we have to…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… with the Divine. Much literature abounds of the teachings, history and practices of the Sufi sages of ancient Persia and … and holy man [6] ,who would later…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… of the profound but simple fact that, complex as history may have made our society, we are one people with one … they are opening the way to knowledge in…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… memories, http://www.sportingpost.co.za/2013/07/gold-cup-history-golden-memores/ (27 July 2013). ↵ … memories, https://www.sportingpost.co.za/2013/07/gold…
PlaceZonderwater
… Museum Curator, Emilio Coccia, to whom every piece of history in the museum was personnel because, in 1970 he left … https://www.countrylife.co.za/history-2…
Beyond the barricades: the 1985 schools boycott and the vicissitudes of the Athlone Students Action Committee(ASAC)
… of the requirements for the degree of BA Honours in History at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.4 1987
… Loba Mabena; The Lovers by Bessie Head; From Blame Me on History by Bloke Modisane; Capping It All by Lawrence Mpanya; …
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
… church, the oldest in the district, is a landmark in the history of mission work in South Africa. It is still used by …
Turning Points Books 1-6
… STE Publishers , and simultaneously published on the SA History Online website. Please be aware that because these …
EventZola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
… is regarded as one of the biggest upsets in Olympics history. …
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… Mahir, was one of the most important figures in the early history of the Wafd party in Egypt. The Wafd party came to … Boddy-Evans, A., ‘This Day in History…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… (5 - 7 June) up to that time in South African labour history and exceeded all expectations. On the first day, …
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
… leading German physics journal. These are the papers that history has come to call the Annus Mirabilis Papers. In one …
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… 1963 the Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when … (Accessed: 25 April 2013)| South…