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Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… In: English in Africa. Grahamstown: Rhodes University, pp. 19-29. Johnson-Castle, Patricia. "Group Areas Act of 1950 | … History Online". Sahistory.org.za. N…
PlaceWoodstock
The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town, on the Main Road to Stellenbosch, later to become known as, Albert Road. The Area was named after…
PlaceNewlands
… time. The railway line from Salt River reached Newlands on 19 December 1864. Today, however, it has become synonymous …
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… and early in 1919 in English, Zulu and Sesutu. Document 19: 'Communism in South Africa' by David Ivon Jones, …
PlaceNelspruit
… As the largest Nature Reserve in South Africa, it covers 19 480 km² and is home to a diverse population of wildlife, …
PlaceTanzania
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the entire…
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… cities in the World without a botanical garden. Then, on 19 November 1968, a report by the director of the parks and …
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
… Boddy-Evans, A., 2011. ‘This Day in African History 19 August’ from African History [online] Available at …
The Causes of the Boer War by Prof. Marius Swart
The Anglo-Boer War was an event which had a long prelude and the after effects have not completely disappeared as yet. In fact, people who were in some way…
EventMahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first Black Springboks captain
… was selected for the under- 15 squad in 2001 and the under-19 squad in 2004. Ralepelle made history in 2006 when he …
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
On 18 May 1899, a statue of the first European to settle at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, was unveiled. The statue stands on Heerengracht Street in Cape Town. It…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… for the USA. Alaska became the 49 th state of the USA in 1959. Between 1671 and 1733 the Danish started colonies on St …
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… Nelson Mandela, were tried in Pretoria from August 1959 to March 1961. Ms. Muthal Naidoo interviewed Ms. …
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… is the African Communist which he helped to launch in 1959 and which he edited continuously until a year before his …
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… of 2002. The earliest papers in the collection date from 1959 and record the activities of the AAM's predecessor, the …
4. Conclusion
… proof that he was still engaged in subversive activity. In 1959, feeling heat from the police, he decided to go into …
ArchiveHow colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war by Pankaj Mishra (The Guardian), 10 November 2018
"Today on the Western Front,” the German sociologist Max Weber wrote in September 1917, there “stands a dross of African and Asiatic savages and all the world…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… statement [6] that the university will be closed on Monday 19 October, “to allow council to report to University … Council full day meeting. Image source…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… and the Government of India with the Young Committee. 19-20 August, The South African Indian Congress (SAIC) holds … by J.H. Hofmeyr, the Minister of the…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 19 September 1980. The Original name of the Congregation was … Miss D Davey. The Shields are the…
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… kw lamp giving the light a range of 28 Sea Miles. Until 1959 the revolving light was driven by clockwork, actuated by …
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
The mill was erected in 1840 and continued to function as such until after the turn of the 20th century when its mechanism and top portion were removed and the…
PlaceMbaula Village, Phalaborwa
… 42.8% are male and 57.2% are female. The Median age is- 19 (which is the age that divides the population in two parts …
PlacePorterville
Before the arrival of Europeans, the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck established a small colony on the Cape of Good…
PlaceBurundi
… IV, demanded independence from Belgium on the 20 January 1959 [xliii] . The Belgian government denied this demand for … in Burundi: Assessing the impact” in…
ArchiveHugh Lewin obituary by Peter Hain (www.theguardian.com), 21 January 2019
… In 1959, Hugh Lewin, who has died aged 79, joined the South …
Nelson Mandela Sending Photographs
… after your Mum returned from Baragwanath maternity ward in 1959. You'd be fast asleep even as she bathed, dried, smeared …
ArchiveSonia Bunting: Continuous Compassion and Adamant Activism by Jack Lucas
… Communism Act, for which she was imprisoned until December 19, 1956. [12] She was not alone in this situation, as dozens … longitudinally lasted much longer…
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… broke away to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1959. Resistance in the 1960s a. The Sharpeville Massacre By … Uprising on 16 June 1976 . What is…
Sierra Leone’s Pre-colonial and Colonial era military and security forces
… the earliest days of all their West African missions. [19] The Nova Scotians formed the core of the new defence … a century of history. London: Macmillan,…