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EventThe African National Congress (ANC) calls a meeting to chart a way forward for the Defiance Campaign
… thousands into political activity. Sources: South African History Online timelines. 1950s. Website: sahistory.org.za …
EventANC adopts the Programme of Action
… marked one of the most important turning points in the history of the Organisation's existence up to that time. The … Reader's Digest. (1988). Illustrated…
EventBhekisani Manyoni, artist, is born in Greytown
… 2010] Rankin, E.D (1989) Images of Wood: aspects of the history of sculpture in 20th-century South Africa, …
EventTreason Trial of 16 UDF members resumes
… [Accessed: 23 June 2011] South African History Online, ‘The Pietermaritzburg Treason Trial, 1984’ …
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… we Sizwe - The campaign abroad,’from South African History Online, [online] Available at …
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999) Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
… the Zambian economy. Click here to read the economic history of Zambia. Click here to read Zambia's economic …
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Odile Harrington, a South African …
PlaceReitz
… annual rainfall of about 686mm. In its earliest recorded history, the site on which the town of Reitz developed was on …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… some of the harshest experiences of modern colonial history - first at the hands of the Germany then from South … History World, "History of Namibia" , …
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… New Zealand 10s 6d). References: iscpc.org(2000)‘Narrative History of Submarine Cables’ [online] Available …
EventZuid-Afrikaansche Republiek decides that December 16 will be a public holiday called Dingaan’s Day
… in 1994, December 16 continued to form part of the history of post apartheid South Africa. On 16 December 1995 … South African History Online December 16,…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
… countries historiography - the study of the writing of history and of written histories impi - a Zulu fighting …
PlaceMaynardville Open Air Theatre
… 1950), by an Athlone School Committee. This earlier history has mostly been ignored in subsequent decades, in … founded its famous Shakespeare seasons. The…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye Centre The Turning Points in History project has invited four leading academics to locate … The 1973 strikes marked a decisive…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria Museums
… OF PLACES WITH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE (SAHO) UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA MUSEUMS (UP … treasure of South Africa. To honour our…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… moved to "The Residency" in 1982. The building has a long history, having been used as a hospital, post office, school, … court. The Museum collects and…
ArticleThe caring nature of Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu
… about through defining moments in South Africa’s Apartheid history while still being able to remain hopeful and loving. … '' Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu ''…
Speech delivered on the condolence motion in honour of the late Ebrahim "Cas" Saloojee in the national assembly – 5 February 2009
… of the most successful election boycott campaigns in the history of South Africa. Under the banner of the revived …
ArticleThe Berlin Conference
… Republic of Congo. To add to this, Portugal, had a long history in the are through its trade and treaties with the …
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… in the North West Province were a tragic stain on the history of post Apartheid South Africa. This timeline …
ArticleThe Cordoned Heart
… Heart (PDF) South Africa: The Cordoned Heart: A short history of the photography project of the Second Carnegie …
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… after the longest Treason Trial in South African history, the remaining accused were all acquitted of treason. …
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… future may look black and the problems insurmountable, but history has many examples which teach us that no power on earth could stop a determined and…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… excited. Documenting a place that has now lapsed into history and invisibility, the portraits evoke the humanity … work. The disgraces and dilemmas that mark…
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… town on the Atlantic Coast in Namibia . It boasts German history, art-deco architecture and excursions to the ghost … encourages rich marine and birdlife…
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
… dating back to the 17th Century which is steeped in history and legend. Several hundred years ago, the Dutch East … focus is on the Royal Thai cuisine which…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Banquet help in honour of President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi Cape Town, 2 June 1998
… across the whole of Southern Africa, also linked the history of our peoples. In the annals of South Africa's … Africa's destiny. Trade between our countries…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… Bgoya (Guest of the Book Fair) will present a paper on the History of Libraries in Africa; 'African History, Folktales and Memory.' 25 – 26 October Jozi Book…
Address on Receiving the Freedom of the City of Kingston Jamaica, 30 June 2003
… of freedom to share with a people their rights, culture, history and residence, with all the glory that goes with … the Atlantic Ocean, are anchored in a…