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Preface
… This study of "protest art" in South Africa for the period 1968 to 1976 presented me with several difficulties of research in relation to decisions regarding…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… 35 of 1906, which dealt with hawkers' licences, operated in the Cape in much the same way as the Dealers' Licenses Act in Natal. The following document…
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… his Test debut - for South Africa vs Australia at Durban in their final series before their banishment from Test cricket. Born on 17 May 1947 in Zagazig,…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… on an investigation of vigilantes and political violence in KwaZulu-Natal, it is important to give an account of what the situation in KwaZulu-Natal…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… Congress did not sufficiently represent their interests. In their view, trader interests predominated in the Congress. They were disenchanted with the limits…
PlaceBotshabelo
… Alexander Merensky and Heinrich Grützner started work in the north eastern part of the South African Republic in 1860. There were unsuccessful early attempts…
EventPetronella Nellie du Toit South African soprano singer is born
… Nellie duToit was born on 17 December 1929 in Pietersburg (now Polokwane) into a musical family. Thus, … began to sing opera. After completing her school…
PlaceEthiopia
… Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with … , to the North East. The Ethiopian Kingdom…
What are the challenges that face the South African film industry?
… foreign filmakers.) We need to grasp the fact that we're in the entertainment business, not sociology, and that film …
ArticleHarriet and the Bolton Hall Four
… committee members condemned Harriet for her involvement in the protest meeting, and her public criticism of TUCSA. As …
ArchiveHugh Lewin, 1939–2019, RIP by Jennifer Malec, 17 January 2019
… has died, aged seventy-nine. Lewin passed away at his home in Killarney, Johannesburg yesterday. Born in Lydenburg in 1939, to English missionary parents,…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… and conditions of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela in South Africa 1 by Nelson Mandela Gandhi threatened the … established the first anti-colonial political…
PlaceUtrecht
… In 1900 British troops occupied Utrecht during South African … headquarters. The British were wary of having to camp in high altitude area where their health…
PlaceLesotho
… Drakensberg, running North and South, join the main range in the North, forming a plateau from 2,700 to 3,200 metres, in elevation. This plateau is the…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo , in the district of Qunu near Umtata , Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape …
Address by H.E. Ms. Baleka Mbete, Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa, at the Africa-Indian Ocean (AFI) Region Aviation Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, 24 November 2008
… Ocean Regional Air Navigation Conference taking place in this magnificent province of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban. As … here today that includes experts and…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… of the Congo and the Gulf of Guinea. Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the … century of experimentation with Marxism…
EventWorld War II: The evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk ends as German forces capture the beach port
… port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied … defenders were a poor match for the…
PlaceRoodepoort, Johannesburg
… now entered the Valley. Roodepoort (meaning “red valley” in Afrikaans after the red soil found in this Area) is now a mix of: Residential Suburbs;…
Balfour Declaration 1926
… 6 V. ¾ RELATIONS WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES ¾ (a.) Procedure in Relation to Treaties 6 (b.) Representation at … Policy 9 ( d.) Issue of Exequaturs to Foreign…
EventMoïse-Kapenda Tshombé becomes the Prime Minister of the Congo
… of the Congo (now known as Democratic Republic of Congo). In 1951 Tshombé was elected to the advisory provisional … Belgian-supported Conakat, the strongest…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… and of Water Affairs and Forestry (1994-1999); is born in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His resistance against apartheid began in 1952 when he organized a…
EventGeneral Barry Hertzog, former South African Prime Minister, dies
… Munnick Hertzog was born into a German immigrant family in 1866. He attended school in Kimberly and Stellenbosch, and completed a Bachelor's degree in…
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… us to address this august Assembly at this critical moment in the history of our dear continent. The links between the … as a rapidly growing, active and…
PlaceNigeria
… century, seven independent Hausa city-states were founded in Northern Nigeria. They were, Biram, Daura, Gobir, Kano, Katsina , Rano, and Zaria. In the late…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Pretoria
… The Dutch Reformed Kerk, Pretoria was established in 1854, when it separated from the Rustenburg congregation. … Bosman Street where a new church building…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in the former Natal and Transvaal. The farm Kroondal, which was in existence since 1843, was…
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… arap Moi was first appointed to one of the African seats in Kenya's Legislative Council in 1955. Moi then won an elected seat on the council in 1957; he and…
PlaceGuinea
… Spanish Guinea and Portuguese Guinea gained independence in that order and subsequently named themselves after the region. French Guinea, became Guinea in 2…
PlacePosthuys
… buildings along the False Bay Coastline and was built in the late 1600's as a lookout post for enemy ships entering … on the Battle of Muizenberg. First…