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ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… centralization and doctrinaire socialism (Richman, 1981) [17] . The NEP replaced war communism as the official … R.C.P.(B.), 12 January 1922. Published in…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
PlaceBram Fischer International Airport, Bloemfontein
… that caters for more than 300 000 passengers and 17 000 air traffic movements per Annum. This International …
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… labour legislationthe Industrial Legislation Commission (1950) enforced apartheid in the trade unions; under the … was attacked by two police baton charges…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… Party but could not make any meaningful impact. He died on 17 September 1985. A true son of Africa without political …
Article1960's Diaries of Nelson Mandela on his trip through Africa
… the banning of the South African Communist Party(SACP) in 1950, the Sharpeville massacre in 1961 and the subsequent …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the song composed to mark this historic occasion. By the middle of 1956…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
Polokwane the Segregated city
… for 30 years, he was appointed to Malan’s cabinet in 1950, given the portfolio for Post and Telegraphs. His … Indians and Whites still played cricket…
The Battle of Square Hill
… Armardale Castle. Following their arrival in Mombasa on 17 February 1916 they were assigned to a variety of tasks … took place during the day and also at…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
In the late 1950s Ottilie Schimming Abrahams was among the first generation of Namibian students who pursued post-secondary education in Cape Town. Ottilie…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… strain and to prepare for a public health emergency. On 17 January, the NHC sent seven inspection teams to China’s …
Place'Aguada de Sao Bras', Mossel Bay
Bartholomew Dias and his crew landed with his men on 3rd of February 1488, but Mossel Bay's History can be traced back, with the help of Archaeological…
PlaceMontagu Pass
… the Mountain Pass still in use in South Africa and covers 17,1 kms of magnificently scenic narrow, gravel road driving, …
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… At a public sale in 1822, the property fetched only 17,500 guilders and it was bought a Year later for 11,600 …
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… Three years later, the 60-year-old Van der Kemp married a 17-year-old former slave from Madagascar. Both missionaries …
PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, … 17 August 1960, Gabon gains independence from France …
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
INVITATION TO PANEL DISCUSSION Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa What does King Goodwill Zwelithini’s new…
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the Chapman on 17 March 1820. From the Cape colony, the settlers were sent …
EventTatamkhulu Afrika South African poet, writer and struggle activist dies
… was their adopted son and he was not white. At the age of 17, John Charlton completed and published his novel Broken …
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an anticoagulant. Initially, blood…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… the following grievances: 1.That Gyapershad aged about 17 years my son who has been sailed per S.S. Pongola on the …
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… first church service in the church building was held on 17 September 1853. Land was allocated to it for missionary …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 April 1936. It should also be remembered that this is not …
EventPope John Paul II celebrates a papal mass in South Africa
… On 17 September 1995, the Roman Catholic’s Pope John Paul …
EventPeter “Terror” Mathebula dies
… his career, Mathebula won 36 matches, inflicting 17 KOs on his opponents, and lost 9 matches, suffering 5 KOs. …
PlaceMooi River, a Town of the Midlands Meander- Natal
… - which also houses British Military Artefacts . On 17 August 1914, the Weston Agricultural and Allied Trades … the 2016/2017 financial year, at a total…
ArticleTransition to Armed Struggle by Norman Levy
… by sawing off two outside legs of the steel structure.17 Fortunately operations were to become more sophisticated … was wholly different from the measured…
PlaceMtubatuba
… swamp began and Mtubatuba became an official Village in 1950. Responsible for much of the Town's battle with water is … swamp began and Mtubatuba became an…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…