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EventDr. Albert Hertzog is attacked by Ben Schoeman
… Party (HNP) a far-right political party that emerged in 1969, Dr. Albert Hertzog was scornfully attacked by the Minister of Transport Ben Schoeman in the…
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… Siad Barre shared the fate of many post liberation leaders in Africa. Having started out as policemen in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World…
EventHundreds of political prisoners began a hunger strike at Robben Island
… on 11 February 1990 was a catalyst that sped up the change in the political dispensation in South Africa. On 4 March 1990 343 political prisoners on … Island…
EventThe League of Nations is established
… founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920, convened and met for the first time in London. The League's goals included disarmament, … and…
EventThe railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed
… line linking Durban and Pietermaritzburg was completed in 1880, the twentieth anniversary of railways in South Africa. The line was constructed as result of…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
… Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African … wage and exploitation of workers. Trade union action in the…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… to reports Kabila was shot by one of his bodyguards in front of army generals, following a dispute in which he had sacked them. It was later confirmed that…
PlaceIndigo Vats, Pinetown
… In 1854 two Dutch Indigo Planters from Java, Mr Theodorus … of Pinetown . Locally grown indigo plants were gathered in bundles by Indonesian workers . Plants…
EventDevastating Floods ravage Southern Africa
… After destructive floods in South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana and Zimbabwe, a meeting was held in Mbabane, Swaziland. An appeal was made for international…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Pan African Parliament, Gallagher Estate, Midrand, 16 September 2004
… its mandate. This we will do to the best of our ability. In this regard, I would like to take advantage of this … of the peoples of our continent to write a…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… a rock-engraving site which lies south-west of Kimberley in the Northern Cape. The site is situated on the glaciated … there is a regional pattern of…
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… great majority of the comrades and the African comrades in particular, will say they know of no reason why I should … should be, not guilty Similarly with…
Siyanqoba Bafana-Bafana Siyanqoba!!! Siyavena Bafana Bafana Siyavena!!!, 3 June 2010
… joins all soccer loving Africans, and South Africans in particular by hosting the ANC 2010 FIFA World Cup Street Bash, tomorrow, Friday, the 4th June 2010,…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… are from Europe.” Daniels found her family, the Burleys, in a record that documented the manumission of Thomas Burley’s family from one Brice J. Worthington…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… of apartheid. It is also true that the formal institutions in our country, which would normally have the responsibility … this, our museums, our monuments…
12. The pickled money-order receipt
… Pachai Indian immigrants sent money regularly to relatives in India. In the document reproduced below, dated 1895, Pethuyee Themalarajinpattanam has…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… , states that: "The historical buildings and structures in the Cape Town Harbour area, known as the New Breakwater … Wall are adjacent to the Moorings…
Letter to Ayatollah Khomeini by O. R. Tambo, Iran, 13 February 1979
… demonstrates the irresistible power of a people united in the pursuit of a just cause. Your historic victory has … dictatorship. The ANC joins all…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… source of inspiration, Richard Turner was a central figure in the white South African student movement and key in its radicalization. Turner acquired his…
EventThato Madonsela, the South African rapper is born
… Thato Madonsela, stage name L-Tido was born in Alexandra, Gauteng on 30 January 1982. He is one of the few independent hip hop artists in South Africa.[i] L…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In Cato Manor, Natal; 25,798 Indians, 2,107 Coloureds…
EventArchbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
… of Churches, first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church in South Africa, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, and chair … Nobel Peace Prize. The award…
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to Church Street in Pretoria and parked their vehicle in close vicinity of the building which housed the South ……
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… as it was preparing to land at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Pam Hearne, the owner of the house on which the … roof before bouncing into the backyard…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Enshrined in the South African Bill of rights, is the right to free access to information. In this spirit, the Independent Communications Authority of … and…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… designed by American George Labram and manufactured in the De Beers workshop in Kimberley, known as 'Long Cecil' after Cecil John Rhodes, … the Siege of…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… In a move that was long overdue, President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in KwaZulu-Natal, coinciding with a report by the South … (SAHRC) that…
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… the ANC's ultimatum sent to State President F.W. de Kerk. In the ultimatum, the ANC demanded that De Klerk stop aiding and abetting the IFP in the ongoing…
EventInitial experiments on the body of Egyptian King,Tutankhamen, conclude he is a fifteen year old boy
… Tutankhamun/Tutankhamon) was an Egyptian Pharoah who ruled in the period known as the 18th Dynasty, the years between … still born daughters who were buried…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… The event that inspired the State of Emergency took place in the township of Sharpeville, near Vereeniging in the Transvaal. On March 21st the PAC led what…