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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 …
EventNotorious ‘SOWETO’ policeman dies
… 1998 described him as a policeman "who already had a long history of human rights violations as chief interrogator of …
EventDynamite explosion in Braamfontein
… One of the worst explosions in the history of South Africa occurred at Braamfontein station, …
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… nuclear weapons by the South Africa government. The history of nuclear energy in the country can be traced to …
EventEllen Johnson-Sirleaf, becomes the first woman to be Head of State in Africa
… Liberian Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen. History repeated itself when she was re-elected in November …
EventUp to 100 ANC members are reported to have been detained in Swaziland
… was found. The 1980s period was one of bitter times in the history of the movement in Swaziland. A number of events, … (Accessed: 24 October 2012)| South…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a double decker school bus with seventy-six learners …
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… and Nokwe was conducted at a very difficult time in the history of the ANC as it was banned along with other … www.nelsonmandela.org [Accessed: 12 January…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… "This first volume in the series, Turning Points in History, highlights two important events that occurred prior …
PlaceNtabankulu Municipality
… between the Khoisan , Xhosa , and European settlers . Its history is intertwined with the broader history of the region, including its Xhosa heritage and its…
EventThe first issue of the weekly periodical 'TIME' appeared on news stands
… On this day in history, the first issue of the weekly periodical TIME … languages. It is one of the most popular magazines in history, with readership…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… The SABC could not be trusted to do this with its history of bias and propaganda and links with government. The … responsibility that rests on us at this…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
… knew very little about Africa at this stage in European history but were always very curious about Africa. There were … da Vinci is one of the most famous…
ArticleDrum Magazine
… of East and West African editions of the magazine. A brief history of ‘Drum’ 'In the teeming Negro and coloured … 'We Defy', in the August 1952 issue…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… were politically more advanced than their leaders. The history of the ANC, the PAC alleged, was studded with … G. (1977). From Protest to Challenge: A…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
… a book about forgotten pages of South Africa's rich worker history from 1903 to 1921. It includes socio-historical … of this tax led to the Bambatha…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… 14 Photographs have an intimate relationship with history. Walter Benjamin wrote, “photographs become standard … 15 Photography in many ways is the first…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
… it is necessary to take a brief journey back into our history, into some of the many monumental and epoch-making … This is the spirit with which we have to…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… with the Divine. Much literature abounds of the teachings, history and practices of the Sufi sages of ancient Persia and … and holy man [6] ,who would later…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… of the profound but simple fact that, complex as history may have made our society, we are one people with one … they are opening the way to knowledge in…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… memories, http://www.sportingpost.co.za/2013/07/gold-cup-history-golden-memores/ (27 July 2013). ↵ … memories, https://www.sportingpost.co.za/2013/07/gold…
PlaceZonderwater
… Museum Curator, Emilio Coccia, to whom every piece of history in the museum was personnel because, in 1970 he left … https://www.countrylife.co.za/history-2…
Beyond the barricades: the 1985 schools boycott and the vicissitudes of the Athlone Students Action Committee(ASAC)
… of the requirements for the degree of BA Honours in History at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.4 1987
… Loba Mabena; The Lovers by Bessie Head; From Blame Me on History by Bloke Modisane; Capping It All by Lawrence Mpanya; …