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Nkosi Albert Luthuli Oral History Competition 2012
… Message from the Director-General of Basic Education This guidelines book aims to … methodology across the curricula. Mr PB Soobrayan Director-General…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… photograph before and after. He recorded the inside of the general store, the owners' daughter standing demurely behind … but with a subjective attention to…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… tribal and territorial levels. The office of Governor-General was created with the aim of prescribing traditional leaders’ duties and autonomy. The Governor…
BiographyPoonoosamy Ruthnam Pather
… in South Africa and brought the matter before the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). The meeting …
PlaceThaba Bosiu, Lesotho
Thaba Bosiu is a sandstone Plateau, at the historic and spiritual heart of the Sotho Kingdom, in Lesotho. Rising to an altitude of 1,800m only 20km East of…
PlaceSwakopmund, Namibia
… down towering dunes to exploring German colonial architecture, there’s something for every Historian in this … is a beach resort and an example of German…
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
… Cemetery. (There are also Boer, Brit and sandstone Architecture to be seen.) Many Outdoor Activities can be …
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… stage British army was divided into 3 main groups under General Sir Redvers Buller, who was the British … in South Africa at the beginning of the war,…
ArticleDr G M 'Monty' Naicker - Timeline
… himself with a number of strikes. 1943 - He confronted General Smuts's Pegging Act, the first South African Act … overdue conference of the NIC. 1945 - The…
The Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… miscegenation punishable. August 22, The Indian Agent-General, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, convenes another meeting of … declares war on Germany on 3 September…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… over a long period of time. This exchange must be seen in architecture or technology, the planning of the town or city …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… come to its assistance. The South African Prime Minister, General Louis Botha declared his government’s wholehearted … A number of high profile Afrikaner…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
… Mr Amara Essy, Secretary General of the OAU The Executive Mayor of Ekurhuleni Metro, … attention at the 56th Session of the United Nations General Assembly…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… fully in union affairs. Alexander was elected as the first general secretary of the FCWU in the 1940s. In 1941, the … on top of it.” Between 1941 and 1964…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… Witwatersrand. 1921 Josiah Gumede is appointed full-time General Organiser for the SANNC. His duties include touring … to form the CPSA. William H. Andrews…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… President, second Deputy President, National Treasurer, General Secretary and Deputy General Secretary. The 2015 COSATU office bearers are: … Tyotyo Jame…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1930-1939
… and G.S. Bajpai hold informal talks with Prime Minister, General J.B.M. Hertzog . 1931 28 January, The Government of … of persons in legal/ illegal…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
… The Nationalist Party (NP) wins a majority in the general election and introduces a policy of apartheid. 1949 … Robert Sobukwe writes to the commissioner of…
ArticleNo Land, No House, No Vote Timeline
… No Vote’ campaign to coincide with the 2004 South African General Elections . [1] The campaign aimed to highlight how … No House, No Vote’ is extended to the…
ArticleProgressive Federal Party (PFP)
… He formed the Independent Movement to fight the 1987 general election. Only Wynand Malan won a seat for the party … 1989. The National Party government…
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… and the ANC. 1949 December, Moroka is elected president- general of the ANC. 1950 Moroka resigns from the NRC. 26 … Moroka is defeated by Albert Luthuli as…
ArticleEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy Timeline 1924 - 2020
… a delegation of African National Congress (ANC) President-General Dr. A. B. Xuma, 1948 Reddy obtains his M.A. from New … Council. 1983 Reddy is appointed as…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party Timeline 1870-1996
… (Bill), a pioneer of the trade union movement and first General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa … Africa (CPSA) . Andrews is elected as the…
PlaceThesen Island
It was to this island that much of the timber harvested from the Knysna Forest came and it was shipped off again to Cape Town and points East to feed the Cape…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1940-1949
… Council (SRC) at Fort Hare. After he became embroiled in general student dissatisfaction with boarding house food and … elected President, a position she…
ArticleHerero Revolt 1904-1907
… of Namibia was wiped out during the 1904 revolt. General Von Trotha, a seasoned African campaigner, had been … rebellion. This war, and the extermination…
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… Company, which had lasted from 1652 to 1795. Commissioner-General J.A. de Mist and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, Lieutenant-General J.W. Janssens,…
ArticleAfrica: Colonialism, Arts, Protest & Independence
… linguistic, and political solidarity July-August, General strike of government employees over wage demands, … writes Strike and Hunger, set against the…
ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… linguistic, and political solidarity July-August, General strike of government employees over wage demands, … writes Strike and Hunger, set against the…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… Party (LP) joined forces to defeat the SAP in the 1924 general election . In pursuit of that goal, they managed to … exemption from restrictions that…