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ArticleSilverton Siege
… crowd of onlookers is ordered to move further away. 7.05: The first burst of gunfire is heard. It is unclear if MK …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and instituted apartheid. This lead to an increase in the number of people being…
ArticleThe Freedom struggle in Bloemfontein
… annexation of the Orange Free State by the British army in 1900, four prominent African political organizations emerged. …
Duties as Minister of the Interior, Resettlement, Township Administration, Inkatha and KwaZulu politics
… 00:84 - 02:80 - Student activities at Fort Hare 02:80 - 05:53 - Need for ANC Youth League 05:53 -06:86 - Youth League programme of action 06:86 - 08:40 … -…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
Louis Bosman Raymond was born in Pretoria on 1 January 1895.[i] Raymond won a gold medal in the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in 1920, hosted in Antwerp,…
EventUmkhonto we Sizwe bombs Church Street, Pretoria
One of South Africa’s deadliest terror attacks took place in Church Street, Pretoria, in 1983, when Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African…
Constitution of the ANC Youth League, 1944
NAME: The name of the Organisation shall be "African National Congress Youth League" hereinafter styled: C.Y.L. II AIMS: (a) To arouse and encourage national…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… and Guardian, 24 May 2012, https://mg.co.za/article/2012-05-23-the-soweto-theatre-making-theatre-matter-again . ↵ [ii] … and Guardian, 24 May 2012, https:/…
BiographyDr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham…
ArticleLiberation Struggle in South Africa
… Nationalism and Working-Class and Popular Resistance 1900-1950s , and The Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance …
Lobenguela’s izinDuna by Martin Plaut (Quarterly Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa ), 2016
… A History of Rhodesia, William Blackwood and Sons, London, 1900, p. 100,0104. available online at: …
EventJuan de Jongh, the South African rugby player is born
… the Stormers, https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/rugby/2017-05-30-juan-de-jongh-quits-the-stormers/ (30 May 2017). ↵ [ix] … the Stormers, https://www…
ArchiveBlack Art and Artists in South Africa
… carving 04:20 - 04:62 - Works with Michael Zondi 04:62 - 05:18 - Marriage prevents any participation in art 05:18 - 07:21 - 1975 - Recommences woodcarving…
ArchiveWar is not compulsory: Lets choose a just pe
… Conscription Campaign, Rhodes University. Expiry Date 1987-05-31. …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… forces under Lord Roberts captured Pretoria in June 1900, the government of the ZAR did not surrender but … down the line to Nelspruit, which for several…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… for the fourth time over unresolved legal aid issues. 05 August, 13 of the 22 treason accused entered a special … running criminal trials in South African…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
… at: http://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sowetan/archive/2007/10/05/lefifi-tladi-poet-extraordinaire-an-inspiration. [Accessed … href="http://www.sowetanlive.co.za…
EventJacob Zuma found not guilty of rape
… [1] Zuma found not guilty, https://mg.co.za/article/2006-05-08-zuma-found-not-guilty (8 April 2017). ↵ … Zuma found not guilty, https://mg.co.za/article/2006…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 73 Musgrave Road, Berea, Durban
… House designed by Architect P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of the Natal Verandah House, …
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
The study of armed forces in Africa tend focus on the contemporary peculiarities with little understanding of or regarding for the history of the nations,…
ArticleThe 1992 Whites only referendum ‘For’ or ‘Against’ a negotiated constitution
On 17 March 1992, President Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to participate. The aim of…
EventGabon gains independence from France
On 17 August 1960 Gabon, the last of the four territories, which had formed French Equatorial Africa, achieved independence. Gabriel LÁƒÂƒ©on M'Ba become the…
PlaceMusgrove road, Berea
… house designed by architect P Piekes. Erected in 1904-05, it is an excellent example of the Natal verandah house …
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
Tatamkhulu Africa was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to…
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
In 1801, William Anderson and Cornelius Kramer, of the London Missionary Society, established a Missionary Station, among the Griqua at Leeuwenkuil. The site…
EventSouth Africa is said to resume its membership of the Commonwealth
… , [Last accessed: 05 May 2011] O'Malley, P.(1994), ‘1994,’ from Nelson Mandela …
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
On 17 September 1995, the Roman Catholic’s Pope John Paul II celebrated a papal mass in South Africa as he began his six day tour of Africa. His visit to the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… [24] Terms 1 and 2 Grade 11 Topic 2 “Capitalism in the US 1900 to 1940” – Study Notes. This can be found at … 2021] Terms 1 and 2 Grade 11 Topic 2 …
Afrikaans community 1820-1899
… in Bloemfontein, were all Afrikaners. Between 1854 and 1900, the government of the Orange Free State was therefore … sport scene. Cricket was extremely…