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EventNelson Rolihlahla Mandela passed away
… The 5th of December marks the anniversary of the death of revolutionary anti-Apartheid liberation … and legitimate political activities be allowed by the…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress … the ANC to resign over millions of rand of improper state spending on his private home…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… The Town of Boksburg was founded in 1887 as the Administrative Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the … across South Africa in 2001. …
EventBarend Strydom kills 8 People in Pretoria
… in the legislative capital. Strydom claimed to be the head of a white supremacist group called the ‘Wit Wolwe’ (White … that the organisation did not exist…
PlaceBurkina Faso
… Faso, previously known as Upper Volta, was once part of French West Africa since 1896 until 1960. The first people … Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. These kingdoms…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… in connection with the bombing that killed the driver of the car transporting the bomb and injured several ANC … Supreme Court. All three prisoners were…
A Message from Albert Luthuli to every Voter from the African National Congress, 1 April 1958
… and the biggest and most representative organization of Africans. For many years we have addressed protest, … make them. Frankly, we are by no means…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… to promote Black solidarity and foster the philosophy of Black Consciousness. Envisaged as a broad-based … was elected as the BPC's first president. The…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… In 1821, the British Government took control of the British trading forts. In 1844, Fanti chiefs on the … the Convention People's Party (CPP) to power with…
PlaceKgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
… celebrate- Africa’s Ancient History , highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ever discovered. … ancestors have inhabited and explored…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists which, if there is a demonstrable … Africa shall become a united,…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… at the SABC is wrong and I can no longer be a part of it,” he wrote. Last week, however, media reports contained … glowing affidavit on the SABC for a…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… were given the authority to arrest anyone they suspected of involvement in an act against the State, and to hold them incommunicado for 90 days at a time. ……
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in the borrowed robes of my grandmother’s wisdom corn she said cannot expect … because he had told us he was considering…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… The Rand Rebellion of 1922 was an armed uprising, also referred to as the Rand Revolt or Red Revolt, which occurred during a period of economic depression…
PlaceCote D’Ivoire or Ivory Coast
… Ivory Coast is a West African State bordering Ghana in the East, Burkina Faso, Mali in the … African traders who visited south Saharan states in search of…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… in England, as well as degree in law at the University of Amsterdam. He became increasingly disillusioned by the treatment of Afrikaners by the British…
EventMapungubwe is ‘discovered’
… The ancient city of Mapungubwe (meaning 'hill of the jackal') is an Iron Age archaeological site in the … and Egypt. Mapungubwe appears to have been a…
EventKen Saro-Wiwa, Nigerian author and environmental activist, is executed
… Born in the Ogani District of Nigeria, Ken Saro Wiwa studied English at the Government … as the Regional Commissioner for Education in the River State…
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… It took nearly two years of formal talks to remove the obstacles in the path of … do so. The ANC also argued that there was evidence of the state's…
Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… at the house. According to General George Meiring, Chief of the Defence Force at the time, " There were actually only … twenty-six projectiles were found in…
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… by Millicent Fawcett in 1901, was established as a result of an outcry against the treatment of Afrikaners in concentration camps during the South African ……
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more … People who did not cooperate were turned over to the state. The state…
Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this … without trial, for 90 days. Further, on the expiration of such…
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first revealed publicly in 1988 on the eve of the execution of Almond Nofomela. Before his…
PlaceEritrea
… Eritrea is a country in the Horn of Africa located on the Red Sea. A fact reflected in its name, which is an Italianized version of; 'Mare Erythraeum'. Which…
EventThe National Party (Transvaal) is founded
… The Union of South Africa was established in 1910. Although South … he received much support from Afrikaners in all parts of South Africa. Following the…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… Conference, and in that brief period so many great events of tragic importance to us have occurred that it will be … parentage, were flung into the vile…
Political Overview by the Gauteng ANC Chairperson, Paul Mashatile, at the Provincial General Council, 8 June 2012, St George`s Hotel, Tshwane
… National Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade Baleka Mbethe Deputy Provincial … the tasks of the NDR; focusing on building a developmental state, social and…
ArticleShipwrecks in South Africa
… Historic shipwrecks are time capsules of their time, they are often untouched for decades, … conditions. One notable storm called ‘‘The Great Gale of 1865’’,…