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EventKing Leopold II of Belgium denies accusations of brutality in the Congo Free State
… exploiting his slaves. Leopold II was responsible for the death of possible millions of Africans. …
EventJoachim Ammena van Plettenberg is born in the Netherlands
… at the Cape. He became governor of the Cape after the death of Governor Ryk Tulbagh in 1771. …
10 YEARS PROJECT
… Domestic Service and in Public institutions or bodies. COMMERCE 1. We protest very strongly against all … we demand increased and direct representation in…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… until a new government was established. Two governmental bodies were put in place: the Provisional Committee of the … people. There were serious differences…
ArticleThe Interim South African Constitution 1993
… between National Party which ruled South Africa since 1948 to 1989 and African National Congress (ANC) which was …
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… Blacks, Indians and Coloureds after it came into power in 1948 on the strength of anti-British sentiment among …
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Union and the Nationalist Party coming into power - (1910-1948). Jan van Riebeeck and his expedition of Dutch Calvinist …
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
… Mthethwa foresaw the probability of his act causing death, and nevertheless persisted. During the court case, … the act of Mthethwa kicking and stomping…
EventPoqo members kill a White family
… Africans were later arrested and twenty-two sentenced to death for the murders. …
EventSipho Mutsi dies in police custody
… Louis le Grange, ordered an urgent probe into Mutsi's death. …
ArticleThe Khoisan
… more important. They would also rub animal fat over their bodies to show their wealth. Khoisan languages, characterised …
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… to oppose the SAIC elections. At the same time, similar bodies were formed in the Cape and by the NIC in Natal. The …
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… into apartheid structures formed a number of civic bodies to oppose the measures. Many were mobilised against …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… while Tromp van Madagascar, the leader, is sentenced to death by impalement. Van Madagascar commits suicide in goal. … by crew and passengers of a passing…
EventProminent leaders are arrested in Uganda
… and arms smuggling. Although the official cause of death was given as a car crash, it was revealed that they …
EventChoirmaster, educator and singer Mary Eveline Fincken is born
… at the South African College of Music in Cape Town. On her death in 1955 she left her collection of music to the Black …
EventFlash floods kill at least 73 people in the Marrakesh region of Morocco
… cutting out roads linking Marrakesh and other areas. The death toll was reported by the country’s Interior Ministry to …
ArchiveMy Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… '[Neither] Jail nor death must hold fear for our leaders. They must feel always …
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… they are now third and fourth generation owners. In 1948 the landowners formally formed, what now is: 'the Sabi …
The start of mass campaigns
… Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1948, the same year that I joined the ANC and the trade union …
ArticleResponses in South Africa to the outbreak of WWI: The Afrikaner Response and the 1914 Rebellion
… car failed to stop at a police roadblock. de la Rey’s death heightened emotions around the SWA campaign, especially … on 16 December, and was court…
EventSelassie becomes emperor
… Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, after the death of Empress Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie …
EventInternational Nurses Day.
… in nursing and played an important role of reducing the death rate of soldiers during the Crimean War which took …
PlaceNigel, an East Rand Mining Town
… km2 in size and comprises numerous, large, shallow water bodies dominated by tall, at times dense stands of emergent …
Banned, but never silenced by Glyn Williams (Editor - The Daily Dispatch), 6 September 2012, Eastern Cape, South Africa
… with Steve Biko was still developing. The day that Biko’s death in detention was announced on September 13 1977, was a … space, but with big headline…
Chapter 15. The African Worker-A Policeman and Pair Of Handcuffs Always Waiting - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… in the manufacturing industries during the period 1925-1948. Total number of wage earners (according to race) employed in the manufacturing industries, 1925…
Chapter 8 - The politics of Congress in the late 1950s
… making contact with the leadership of organisations and bodies, among them the African National Congress, … won the 1958 election with an increased majority…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly (1948) evolving apartheid society. Education was viewed as a … of black South Africans. Long before…
EventBenjamin Tyamzashe dies in East London
… and organist, dies in East London. Two years before his death, Tyamzashe was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts …
EventSwanepoel and Du Preez found guilty of killing soldiers
… state failed to prove that he had envisaged the soldiers' death. Leisanyane and Van Wyk were transporting ammunition in …