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ArticleCradle of Humankind
… of the fossils began. They found many hominids, but World War II stopped the work until 1946. Professors Broom and Dart …
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… 256pp. *Dabengwa, D., `Zipra and Zipa in the Zimbabwe War of National Liberation', paper presented to the Conference on the Guerilla War in Zimbabwe,…
Chapter 20. Malan’s Road to a New South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… official church organ, Kerkbode , and at meetings. When war broke out in September 1939, General Hertzog, who was … support of Hitler Germany and opposed the…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… However, the new nation was soon embroiled in a civil war that resulted in the assassination of Lumumba. The conflict was exacerbated by the Cold War and by…
EventTanzania gains independence
… was briefly re-established until the outbreak of World War One. Following Germany's defeat, Britain administered the … as the 'Tanganyika' region. Following…
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
… The Berlin Airlift provided tons of supplies to war ravaged Berlin. Under the aid program known as the … on 12 May 1949, and the first great standoff of…
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… Black nationalist political organizations. A civil war broke out between the military wings of ZANU and ZAPA and … struggle, commonly referred to as the…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… international scorn and sanctions. Following a bitter bush war with black nationalists, his government gave way to a new … of Zimbabwe. Defiant to the end,…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… 1923. However, during the run up to the Second World War, Benito Mussolini, Italy's fascist dictator, dreamed … Still, like many after the bloodletting of…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… had no vote, nor were white women enfranchised. The Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902 (also called the South African War) had decimated the South African economy…
PlaceAngola
… was followed by the 27 year long Angolan Civil War . Early Inhabitants of Angola Because of a reliance on … also home to the Counts of Soyo. In 1593 there…
Document 130 - Communists in Conference: The 1943/44 National Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa
… warns, at this time too much emphasis is laid on the post-war period. "In spite of all the talk of our Government and … will not be able to find the solution…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… blacks in 1923. Economic effects of the World War In the period we are examining, a world event was having … on the economy of the Rand. In 1914, Britain…
Document 89 “People’s Front and the Cry for Unity in South Africa”, The Spark, 2, 4, April 1936
… of a broad "People's Front" to stop fascism and war, proclaimed by the Seventh Congress of the Communist … Peasants' Republic. A "broad" League against…
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… the Orange River . Baines recorded the Eighth Frontier War and became South Africa's first official war artist. Some years later, he returned to England,…
Statement by Reverend Gabriel Seteloane at the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in Atlanta to pay tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979
… knew and what we knew was that is where the Third World War is likely to be fought. Furthermore this Third World War being fought on South African ground is…
PlaceCentral African Republic
… Century were needed to crush their opposition. The Congo-War, a rebellion (1928–31) , was a widespread, though … former commanders of the anti-Balaka militia…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… to look into the forces responsible for the rise of the war-like chiefs of the people later known as the maZulu. But … effected the first breach in the Xhosa…
ArchiveThe End Conscription Campaign supports Philip Wilkinson
… white poster. Photograph of Philip Wilkinson - apartheid war resistor. ECC poster. …
EventThe Flag of the Union of South Africa is hoisted on Prince Edward Island
… Island covering an area of 47 square km. After World War II, Britain moved to incorporate both Prince Edward and … they realised that Islands could also…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… Later it was also used as a liner by the Ministry of War for transporting troops. Towards the end of October 1942 … submarine the U-178 built for service…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… during a period of economic depression following World War I. After the war, mining companies were faced with rising costs and a fall …
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a leader in the Afrikaner rebellion … (1914). The breach was widened with…
EventHundreds of thousands of Hutus flee to Zaire
… the Arusha Peace Accords that had ended the civil war. The immediate consequence was a dispute over who would … Hutu leaders. While the genocide was ongoing,…
ArchiveEritrea never kneel down
… War on Want poster. Title in black letters. Coloured …
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… the "defiantly African" IWA was absorbed into the ICU. The war had ended in November 1918 and returning soldiers, disillusioned by the war itself, found…
ArchiveNUSAS focus on Angola: Dont mess with our fu
… NUSAS poster giving information and questioning the war in Angola. …
Russian poster
… a white dove. Words in English 'disarmament', peace, no to war'. …
ArchiveOther customers dont get free gifts
… Black, white and red poster. War on Want (W.O.W.) Campaign poster. Outline of map of South …
ArchiveChe Maestro de la Guerra
… Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra. Artwork of Che. Artwork of war scenes. Poster number 2. …