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EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… Egypt in 1882 brought the canal and the country of Egypt under full British control, which was maintained by a lease … coup was staged, in which a republic…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Biko banning orders and as a consequence he was placed under increasing police surveillance. After the student … Movement (BCM) was banned and its leaders…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… were literate. On 14 November 1899 a Boer force of 700 men under the joint command of Chief Commandant ER Grobler and … Colesberg unopposed. On 1 January…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
… digital projects include the production of archives for under-documented artists and community arts organisations; …
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… of Black people as the most downtrodden of the exploited under-classes of Azania. It proposes Black Solidarity and … party as the vanguard of the working…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… and finally arresting him on May 28, 1969. He was detained under Section 6 of Act 83 of 1967, referred to as the … funeral. Five and half months after the…
EventSA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster reveals that SA scientists have succeeded in developing a new process for uranium enrichment
… He also mentioned that a pilot plant for this process was under construction by the South African Atomic Board (AEB). … nuclear research and development…
EventBlack People Convention is formed
… day long conference in Pietermaritzburg. Black students under the guiding principle that they identified themselves … different black consciousness groups…
EventAbolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act is adopted
… The South African parliament under President F.W. de Klerk adopted the Abolition of … environments; and for the establishment of a commission under the name…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… was killed in Denge Forest in a skirmish with the Fingos under Captain J. Lonsdale. Sandile was a son from the Great … (1846-47) Sandile was defeated and his…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… South Africa he became governor of the Cape. The cape was under British rule, as opposed to the Transvaal which was under Afrikaner rule, led by State…
EventDavid Phaswane Mogano, SA artist, is born in Pietersburg , Northern Transvaal
… fine art at the Polly Street Art Centre in 1959.He trained under great artists such as Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Khumalo. … in it. He joined the group of…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Independent Party and National Democratic Movement merged. Under the combined leadership of Zach de Beer , Denis Worrall … national level. With only 10…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… once this was removed a rapid ripening would result under Communist leadership. War danger Comrade J Gomas (Cape … involving its rejection or modification…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… rights of South Africans are enshrined in our Constitution under the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is a … This was in large part because South Africa…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… of the National Party of Hertzog and the Labour Party under Cresswell. Their concern for the protection of white … Union, the Industrial Commercial Workers’…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… increase in the number of slaves. Slaves lived and worked under harsh conditions with long working hours maintained by … hours were set for winter and summer…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… was elected its first President. However, the SAIC was under conservative leadership for many years, the SAIC … for help to the Government of India, which…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… from 1986 to 1987; and again in 1988 before being put under house arrest in 1989. In 1988, the movement went … to be outlawed by the Apartheid regime. The…
ArticleThe ANC’s MK Special Ops Unit Material - Yunus Carrim Collection - 6 November 2025
… Unit (Special Ops, as it became known) was formed in 1979 under the direct command of Oliver Tambo, ANC President, and … they took part in. So, some of these…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… antagonism of their people and undermine their prestige. Under the provisions of the Group Areas Act, the Government … of Native Affairs and to petty…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… view to placing before you a review of the many grievances under which they, as a community, labour, and to endeavour to … at British Indians has been…
PlaceCacadu District Municipality
… farming of aquatic i.e. freshwater and marine organisms under controlled conditions, which include interventions such …
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… Senior Certificate. After his release he was restricted under a banning order and kept under house arrest until 1976. In 1978 and 1979 he worked at …
EventLibya becomes independent
… independence as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris I. It was the first country to achieve … of independence Libya, a former Italian…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important … was South Africa's 14th consecutive…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… where he joined the rugby team. He was selected for the under- 15 squad in 2001 and the under-19 squad in 2004. Ralepelle made history in 2006 when …
Descom Bulletin
… the first white political prisoner to die in the detention under the custody of the security police. It was after his … without trial by the government. Due…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… which was established in 1910 by the British government under the premiership of Louis Botha, ceased to exist at … Commonwealth to become the Republic of…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… Laubster studied art in Cape Town for two months under Edward Roworth and later in London at the Slade School. She also trained under Schmidt-Rottluff, a…