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EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 78. History of the United Nations. Website: wikipedia.org Charter …
EventPolicewomen are enlisted as full members of South African Police Force for the first time.
… On 1 January 1972, for the first time in the history of the South African Police (SAP), policewomen were …
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… 2011] SAHO, (n.d.), ‘Umkhonto we Sizwe’ from South African History Online [online] Available at www.sahistory.org.za …
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… battle at Cuito Cuanavale in 1988, a turning point in the history of southern Africa, the stalemate condition led all …
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela’s bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… On this day in history, 4 of Winnie Mandela's (now Madikizela-Mandela) …
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… in the Northern Cape. References: Laney, C.D. (2011). ‘History of the South African Astronomical Observatory’ from …
EventSimon Mann pleads guilty in a Zimbabwean Court to attempting to purchase dangerous weapons
… Location: back to this day in history search archive On 28 July 2004, Simon Mann, a British …
EventAnglo American announces switching of main listing to London
… biggest Black empowerment deals in South African corporate history in 1996 through the sale of interests in Johnnic and …
EventDe Kock is convicted of six killings
… Kalley, J. A. et al (1999). Southern African Political History: A Chronology of Key Political Events from …
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… It is said to have been the largest pipe bomb in American history- which killed 2 people and injured 111. The motive …
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from …
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… which no doubt serves as a valuable reference point for history researchers. … BBC, Historic Figures: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle , from BBC History , [online],…
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… iAfrika are songs which are both deeply rooted in the history of South Africa. Die Stem was sung on official …
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… This Day in History, African National Congress (ANC) executive member in … Africa: Jonathan Ball Publishers. pg 223|South African History Online(2011). ‘The…
EventPieter Willem Frederik Wenning, SA painter, is born in The Hague, Netherlands
… 2011. ‘Pieter Wenning - South African Artist From Art History’ [online] Available at www.the-art-world.com …
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… Aesthetics of Gardens and Buildings; the influence of the History of the School; Maintenance and Buildings that tell …
ArticleBrazil - Russia - India - China - South Africa (BRICS)
… making them influential players in the global economy. The History of BRICS The concept of BRICS was first introduced by …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: The SACP and Early Socialist Traditions. Convenor: Natasha Erlank
… Peter Limb Historians have largely neglected the history of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in the … of the party in 1921 to World War II. I trace…
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
… global economy and society. Peter Cole is Professor of History, Western Illinois University (USA) and Research … San Francisco Bay Area, winner of the Philip…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… Your words tonight carry me back to that period in our history when I was serving under you and was a … will probably remain the greatest creative epoch in…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… of the Sotho nation, and it is round him that much of the history of the north from the thirties on to the sixties … While it is convenient to divide this…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… that I was not welcome in South Africa because of my "history", and added somewhat apologetically that she was … documented. I had never expected this…
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… culturally insensitive wordplay —the colourfully chequered history of the country. The policy of apartheid across all … This match has gone down as an…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… that changed the course of South Africa's security history. David Africa, a former intelligence mastermind, will … skill, and creative disruption. A…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… we Sizwe our people were now better equipped to grasp history into their own hands. Born of the people, combatants … are a proud record of a risen people…
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… we Sizwe our people were now better equipped to grasp history into their own hands. Born of the people, … are a proud record of a risen people making…
ArticleChanges in modern forms of communication
… further development of wireless communication technology. History of the radio The Typewriter The first typewriter was … explains how Baird’s television…
The Colonial Photographic Discourse and Censorship – Challenges for Resistance Photographers
… the ideological construction of apartheid through the history of photography in South Africa, the South African … Racism and segregation have been a part of…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa: Movement towards Republic
… the country for the next eighty years. South African History Year General History South African War 1899 Accession of Edward VII 1901 … existing…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… returned to print at a critical moment in South African history, when many have turned their attention once again to …