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EventBoutros Boutros Ghali, former UN Secretary General, is born
… Boutros Boutros Ghali was born in Egypt on 14 November 1922 into a prominent Coptic Christian family. He …
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… 13 The Final Prize: The Grand Coup: Rivonia - Chapter 14 The Final Prize: The Chalk Circle: Face-to-Face with the … The Final Prize: Moscow, Havana, Harare…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
On 8 February 1996 an Africa Air Antonov 32 cargo plane crashed into a market made of wood and iron shacks, killing between 250 and 350 people in Kinshasa,…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Timeline
… meeting between exiled ANC leaders and NP, Lausanne 1989 14 September, F.W. de Klerk becomes State President 1989 …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… The premises were officially opened to the public on 14 November 1853. By that time it could boast of 112 members, … afterwards Earl Russell, was appointed…
PlaceLamu, Kenya
Lamu Island is a Port, City, an Island just off the shore of Kenya in the Indian Ocean approximately, 150 miles from Mombasa. Lamu Old Town is the oldest and…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… masses of our people, was vindicated, on the 15th May 2004, when President Blatter announced that football's Golden …
Artists' Forum with Kemang Wa Lehulere
Please join us for the next Artists' Forum with Kemang Wa Lehulere, which will take place on Thursday 30 October at the Iyatsiba Lab. In this Forum, Kemang…
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… Kloof Pass , has a long and interesting History that dates back to long before the Italian Prisoners of War , …
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… 1867 in Esslingen am Neckar from a heart attack. The ZASM 14 tonner Emil Kessler 'Randtram' locomotive was taken out of …
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… 13. Policy of the "I.C.U." in reference to Politics. 14. Consideration of Agricultural Labourers. 15. Review … for year 1922. 19. Organiser-in-Chief's yearly…
EventPenny Heyns, South African swimming star, is born.
… world's greatest female breaststroker of all time breaking 14 individual world records during her career. In the year …
EventFawcett Commission into Concentration Camps in South Africa
… that only White people were kept in these camps, some 14 000 Black people died in them. By 1902 there were 27 927 …
EventMarcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black nationalist who advocated the departure of African-Americans back to Africa, is born.
… as a young man developed a love for reading. At the age of 14, Garvey went left for Kingston to work in a printing … Available at: spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… Statement of principles 14. We believe that a conjuncture of circumstances exists …
PlaceMqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape
Declared a National Heritage Site by the South African Government, Mqhekezweni is a very significant early great place of the Abathembu nation under King…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… for freedom. Although we have suggested two alternative dates, the Joint Planning Council strongly favours the … on a local, regional, provincial or national…
PlaceTranskei
… in 1818 and 1819 a highly contentious meeting was held on 14 October 1819 between the Cape Governor, Lord Charles … Idutywa, Kentani, Nqamakwe, Tsomo and…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… Party (IFP) 48 Mangosuthu Buthelezi Freedom Front (FP) 14 Constand Viljoen Democratic Party (DP) 10 Tony Leon Pan … that the Constitutional Assembly met all…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… The Immorality Act No 5 is passed. This Act forbade "extra-marital carnal intercourse ... between whites and … arrives from Moscow ordering dissolution of…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… borders and it ‘is spoken primarily in Africa’. [12] [13] [14] Afrikaans is also defined as a (southern) African creole … of instruction in Black schools…
ArchivePrison letter from Petros Sipho Mkhize to Zondi, Soweto, addressed to Miss Jumaima Mbele
A handwritten letter in isiZulu on prison notepaper, sent from "V963 Petros M. Khize, Central Prison, Private Bag 45, Pretoria." It opens with the greeting …
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… under apartheid. As Minister of Home Affairs (1994-2004) and MP since democracy in 1994, he remained a relevant …
PlaceSongimvelo Game Reserve, an Early Archaeological Site
… in the Country. Since it was proclaimed in 1983, more than 20 species of large herbivores have been re-introduced to …
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
Claire Albin Claire Albin is a sophomore at Southern Methodist University originally from Shreveport, Louisiana. She is currently studying Marketing…
ArchiveAfrican languages should be at the center of educational and cultural achievement by Abdi Latif Dahir (Quartz Africa)
… farewell speech as the chairman of the African Union in 2004, Mozambique’s then-president Joaquim Chissano surprised …
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
… differ thematically, with the east cluster consisting of 2004 engravings, 99% of which are geometric motifs, and the …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… and anti-competitive nature of the New Deal. [14] Larger companies and the Supreme Court also felt that … for the future economy of America post-World War…
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… to Whites and Coloureds only. Repealed by section 20 of the Mines and Works Amendment Act No 27 of 1956 Black … of Natives Act. The Durban Land Alienation…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 3 - It’s a Mystery. Or is it? by Amanda Esterhuysen
… wall was determined by the amount of collapsed stone - no extra stone was added. Over a period of 14 months, five stone masons rebuilt approximately 350…