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EventGambia gains independence
… On this day in history Gambia became the 36th African nation to gain …
EventSA is suspended from World Meteorological Organization
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… at the time, decorated the hall. References: South African History Online http://www.cosatu.org.za/shop/ss0406-26.html …
Event17 anti-apartheid organisations are restricted in terms of Section 6 of the Public Safety Act
… On this day in history, State President P.W. Botha amended the emergency … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology…
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in Delmas, east of Pretoria. …
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… a remarkable woman with an extensive knowledge of natural history, especially botany and entomology and supplied …
EventPieter Jacobs Marais reports discovery of gold
… first person to discover gold in this area, Johannesburg history proved him wrong. Allegedly Carel Kruger, who was … HighBeam Research, History of…
EventSouth African cricketer, AB de Villiers is born
… and ODI rankings, making him only the ninth batsman in history to do so …
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… provides the reader with a very detailed background and history of the formation of the Black Consciousness Movement …
EventGovernment declares that five ‘non-White’ South African University Colleges will be entities separate from the University of South Africa
… colleges played a tremendous role in shaping the history of South Africa during the liberation struggle. … From Crisis to Stability to Crisis’ , from South…
East Cape Update
… of the Eastern Cape region. This region had a rich history of democratic opposition to the white minority …
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… Hegel's influential sentiment that "Africa has no history". European scholars have long dismissed Africa as not being an actor in the world's history. Hegel…
Address by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), 1 December 2010
… you as you mark a significant historical milestone in the history of this great trade union movement - the 25th … We must upfront congratulate COSATU for…
Document 42 - “Boycott the Dummy Elections: 2 000 Demonstrate AT Mass Rally”, The Torch , National Edition, 1 April 1958
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 42 … AT Mass Rally", The Torch , National…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinning, St. Georges Hotel, City of Tshwane, 27 September 2005
… resolution. Islamic study during this period of human history, when the intellectual evolution had stalled in the … taken. These manuscripts represent a…
ArchiveNotes on Letters from a Kindred Spirit: Ismail Mohamed by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… and its Publications, an article which is on South African History Online (www.sahistoryonline.com). We also carried on … were killed by the apartheid South…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… as the ‘Inanda Route’. If you know about Mahatma Gandhi’s history, then you will enjoy seeing where he lived and the printing press he founded. If you don’t…
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… IN FURTHER READING) Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic mountain and … Museum . " This is the best place to…
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… False Bay. They capture the village’s atmosphere and a history shaped by community and the sea. In February 1862 Mrs … and reflects a cosmopolitan heritage…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… the South African Government. For those who did not know history it might seem strange indeed that there should only … affinity of cultures and traditions,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of Steve Biko’s death East London, 12 September 1997, South Africa
… and worked with him, but by the fruits of his endeavours. History called upon Steve Biko at a time when the political … visible organisation of the people…
PlaceCaledon Museum, Eastern Cape
… into two Buildings depicting very different parts of local History. The Victorian House, houses an abundance of …
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… Africa, with reference to the social and economic history of large parts of Africa; with specific details on …
EventGeneral Gamal Abdel Nasser is officially elected President of Egypt
… one of the most significant political figures in Egyptian history. He was well-known for his Arab nationalist and … Boddy-Evans A. (2011), ‘This Day in…
PlaceMandela House
… St. The museum includes interactive exhibits on the history of the house and some interesting family photos. …
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum Bill was … pg 1.|SAHO, Pieter Willem Botha , from South…
EventBruce Fordyce is born
… in 1990. No other runner has achieved this record in the history of the Comrades Marathon race. Fordyce has completed …
EventDe Klerk announces a referendum to test his political reforms
… demand for a negotiated settlement from South African History Online available at www.sahistory.org.za Wallis, F. …
EventFive prominent anti-apartheid activists released
… of the UDF in the Western Cape. Source: South African History Online. website: www.sahistory.org.za …
EventFamine anniversary in Ethiopia
… famine. The 1984 famine was one of the worst in Ethiopian history. In 2002 humanitarian agencies announced that …