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Over a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… where nearly 70 people were killed by security police and scores left injured. During the same month the African … National Congress (ANC), Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), and other liberation movements were banned by government …
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Guaranteeing fundamental freedoms in a new South Africa
… The 35th lecture in the Alfred and Winifred Hoernle Memorial Lecture series delivered by … interest in developing a bill of rights for South Africa; and drawing up a constitution that fully acknowledges the …
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The British attack in the battle of Colenso
… besieged town of Ladysmith. This purpose was not realised and as a result the British lost over 1,100 men, including … of Field-Marshal Lord Frederick Roberts. Eight Boers died and thirty were wounded. This third straight defeat of …
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Olivia Forsyth takes refuge in British embassy in Luanda
… Olivia Forsyth escaped from her guards and took refuge in the British embassy in Luanda. She was a … at the ANC Quatro prison camp in Angola for seven months and spent another fifteen months under ANC guard in Luanda. …
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ANC leader Wilton Mkwayi born
… Wilton Z. Mkwayi , trade unionist, treason trialist and acting leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) was born in … the eldest child in a family of thirteen. He was arrested and served life imprisonment on Robben Island for his …
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Kenyan political activist Jomo Kenyatta released from jail
… Kenyan political activist and President of Kenya Afican National Union, Jomo Kenyatta … authorities. The rebellion took the British by surprise and rendered the country ungovernable for almost eight years. …
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Pius Langa is born
… Nkonzo Langa, deputy president of the Constitutional Court and Chancellor of the University of Natal (now KwaZulu Natal) … Deputy Chief Justice of South Africa in November 2001 and assumed the position of Chief Justice of the Republic of …
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Present UN headquarters is opened
… Le Corbusier from Switzerland, Oscar Niemeyer from Brazil, and representatives of numerous other nations. While the … in Geneva, The Hague, Vienna, Montreal, Copenhagen, Bonn, and elsewhere. …
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King Dinuzulu dies
… Dinuzulu's son,Solomon Nkayishana succeeded to the throne and although the White authorities viewed this as an … of Shaka remained deeply revered as paramount in Natal and Zululand. …
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Conclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… factions of Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande, and his father's younger brother, Umbolazi also known as … More than 5000 warriors, including Mbulazi, were killed and thousands more drowned in the Tugela River. The battle, …
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British Kaffraria becomes a province with its own administration
… was overrun by violence between British colonisers and local Xhosa inhabitants from the early 1830s. Several … wars. Read more about the Berlin Missionary Society and their work among the Xhosa people. …
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Remember Khwezi beyond the Zuma rape trial, says Marianne Thamm (Cape Talk) , 10 October 2016
… is evidence of this. Kuzwayo accused Zuma of rape in 2005 and was forced to conceal her identity to avoid a witch hunt … Kuzwayo had to flee into exile after threats to her and her family's life. Thamm says that tragically, Kuzwayo … sad is that she couldn't be identified for who she is and but was known as Khwezi, Zuma's rape accuser. — Marianne …
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President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… condition of his release is that he renounces violence, and violent protest, as a means to bring about change in … , the only White found guilty at the Rivonia Trial, and 4 Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) members. Goldberg left South Africa for Israel on 28 February 1985 and the PAC members were released on 15 February. Mandela had …
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Chief George Mzimvubu Mathanzima, former Prime Minister of Transkei, dies
… George Matanzima. Six senior cabinet ministers resigned and George Matanzima officially resigned on 2 October. George fled to South Africa and then Austria, but after the South African government gave … After serving three years of his sentence he was pardoned and released. George Matanzima died on 10 November 2000 in …
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Document 59 - Letter from Ruth First to The Secretary, South African Institute of Race Relations’, 17 August 1944
… in disputes over labour contracts between farmers and labourers. 5. The prohibition of young Africans not … parents live there. The proposals are Fascist in character and reminiscent of Nazi forced labour. Should they be adopted … We hope that your Institute will take up this issue and strongly protest against the resolutions outlined above. …
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Class Struggle
… (also known as the bourgeoisie) who owned the factories, and the working class who sell their labour to the factory … the struggle was between the nobility who owned the land and the peasants who worked on it. Feudalism was replaced by … capitalism when factory owners became the strongest class and industrial production replaced feudal agriculture as the …
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A German gunboat, the Panther, reaches Morocco, increasing tensions between European powers
… that the British would side with them against the French, and possibly request some sort of alliance. This was however not the case as this act drew the British and French together and eventually culminated in an alliance between them. The … 21 June 2010] H.N Brailsford, The War of Steel and Gold , [Online],Available at: www.munseys.com [Accessed 21 …
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Nelson Mandela is buried in the Eastern Cape
… the Eastern Cape. This is where he attended Primary school and was called ‘Nelson’ by his school teacher. Although 4000 … were allowed to attend the burial service. Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham were among the celebrities who attended …
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The second elections to the Coloured Persons’ Representative Council result in the Labour Party holding the majority seats
… was full equality with Whites as well as complete economic and political freedom. On the day of the elections the … gave notice of a Bill enabling him to exercise the powers and functions of the Council in certain circumstances. …
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Pupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
… Higher Primary School, Thulasizwe Higher Primary School, and Emthonjeni Khula Ngolwazi Higher Primary School. These … uprising took place that caused uproar in South Africa and abroad, where it became the most talked about South …
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Abees, Bela-Bela
… out in 1882 on the Farms: 'Het bad; Noodshulp; Roodepoort and Tufbult'. This Area attained Municipal status in 1932. … there. The place was also known as Het Bad (the bath) and Badplaats (place of the bath). In Febuary 2002, the name …
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Twelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
… accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were acquitted on the charge, but were given … Poqo, armed wing of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) and forerunner of the Azanian People's Liberation Army …
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Robert Mugabe returns to Rhodesia after being in exile for five years
… National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in Mozambique and had managed to spearhead a guerrilla war against the … supporters there would be no more injustice based on race and colour. …
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FAVT: Future Africa Visions in Time – Group Show (until 28 April 2017)
… African Studies, Iwalewahaus (University of Bayreuth) and the Goethe-Institut Kenya, in cooperation with the … artists’ talks, lectures, concerts, film screenings, and more. Read more here . …
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Idi Amin is deposed as the President of Uganda
… he is overthrown by a military coup launched by rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces. In October 1978 Amin … Kampala in early 1979. In April 1979 Amin flees to Libya and leaves Tanzania in sole charge of the country. …
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Inn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centuries ago. In 1834, this square … Hotel Cape Town - Inn On The Square, an African art market and some town houses dating back to the late 18th century. …
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KwaMhlanga
… KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga near Pretoria and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled … into the administrative centre for the local government, and now houses the government administration for the North …
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Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… East of Dundee. Most of the population is Black , 97.89% and therefore the first language is Zulu. The women are the … South Africa, the men venture off to cities, to find work and support their family. The Population in 2011 was 5453, …
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Judgement is handed down in a landmark case
… gradual dismantling of apartheid laws regulating movement and torture, and became part of the process of chipping away of apartheid … D., Esau, F.,(2004), The links between migration, poverty and Health: Evidence from Khayelitsha and Michel’s Plain , from Centre for Social Science research …
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Mthunzi Njakazi, ANC member, is killed in shooting after returning from exile
… National Congress (ANC) member was shot in the legs and chest at Warwick Junction taxi rank near the Berea police … allegedly delayed the victim getting to the hospital and he subsequently died. Police claimed that they shot … Chapter 7: Political Violence in the Era of Negotiations and Transition, 1990-1994 ",From: O'Malley ,[Online], …
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