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EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… had already carried thousands allied of troops to various war-zone destinations during World War II. On that fateful day the Rohna carried 2388 souls on ……
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Union was interrupted by global developments when World War I broke out in August 1914. The foreign policy of the … still smarting from their defeat in the…
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… over other people. Speaking during the times of the Cold War, Sobukwe also understood perfectly the fact that what was … The US which had emerged stronger…
ArchiveOne hundred years of an air force inspired by General Smuts, by John Kane-Berman (PoliticsWeb), 18 July 2018
… and elsewhere in the penultimate year of the First World War. This was the first time aircraft, only a recent … had graduated from anti-British foe during…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… this sport was used as a way of training young men for war and self-defense. [ii] This was extended to the times of … men also referred to as igoso; or…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… However, it was only after the outbreak of World War II that mechanisation in agriculture gained momentum, … heavy engineering industry geared towards…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… necessary to emphasise the effect of the present policy of Anglo-Boer imperialism upon the Native petty-bourgeoisie. …
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
… the Japanese attempted to knock America out of a Pacific war even before it started. In hindsight, however, the attack … the Russian pacific fleet before…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… world, where commodities like oil and diamonds cause war and destruction, especially in Africa and the Middle East. …
Pedi
… to the Transvaal government, and the Transvaal declared war in May 1876. It became known as the Sekhukhune War, the outcome of which was that the Transvaal…
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… commanded by Major-General W.H. Evered Poole, entered the war in Italy in April, 1943. For the rest of the war the Sixth Division served as part of the…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Contextual Overview
… today northern Angola. The Kongo became powerful through war and capturing and enslaving the people they defeated. The … The result of this was that the…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… South Africa experienced an economic boom during World War 2 (1939- 1945). The war was a significant driving force for the restructuring of … more than…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… their lands was to disrupt farming, and in 1659 full-scale war broke out, which ended in a stalemate. A line of manned … attack the Castle overland from the…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
… and the Entente forces. This was supposed to be the war that 'ends all wars'. Yet by 1919 there were still … were 18500 military casualties from South Africa…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… of five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family moved to Estcourt in Natal . It is … first of thirteen schools. Two years…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… confined in concentration camps during the South African War, otherwise referred to as the Anglo-Boer War. The words of Olive Schreiner must impact on our …
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… use of the bombs by saying that they wanted to shorten the war. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed as many as 140,000 … Japan surrendered to the Allied…
EventAdoption of the Orange Free State constitution
… Orange and Vaal Rivers. In the course of the Second Boer War (1988-1902) the Orange Free State and the … also known as the Transvaal Republic, were engaged…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Prior to CODESA Harare Declaration The End of the Cold War and Disintegration of the Soviet Union Peace Accord Early … for the OAU regarding the above. [vii]…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… and rural drift into the towns after the South African War had left many Afrikaners indigent and politically abject. … and the entire project was virtually…
ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… farms and sugar plantations. After the South African War there was a shortage of agricultural labour. Rather than …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… way to France to assist the British during the First World War. 2. The blue crane - the flight of the blue crane in the …
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… were Stationed in the Vicinity during the South African War (1899-1902).The Dam was Built to; hold water for their … old Stone Wall marks a British Patrol…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
… country and continent have not been spared the trauma of war. Even as we speak there are a number of African countries … leave behind a haunting legacy not…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) characterised as “war between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto”, local tensions were … but the conflict was overshadowed by…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… craftsmen and an army of peasant, slave and prisoners of war built these pyramids during the flood period in summer. … practised in Egypt. For example, they…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… ordinary people did not have the vote, France was still at war and the economic problems continued. During the 1790s a … to make laws, appoint government…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… following his announcement that Egypt was declaring war on the Axis powers. The incident happened in the Egyptian … parliament while he was presenting the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… stand on “independence”, and in the climate of the Cold War , he was considered by many western leaders the most … state. He became, inescapably, part of…