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Women at the start of the 20th century
… the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women…
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 … however, was not yet prepared to…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… the pass fell to Mrs Geesje Bergh, wife of the former Civil Commissioner of George. The pass was christened Montagu …
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… proceedings would be captured on camera in a High Court civil matter. Thatcher was to appear in court the following …
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… at Modderfontein, Springs, before he volunteered for service with the Native Military Corps of the Union Defence … later that afternoon. Masego received five…
Address of the TMF Patron, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occassion of his Installation as Chancellor of the University of South Africa: UNISA Campus, Tshwane, 27 February 2017
… today will recall that in the context of the potted history I have sought to convey, the then Vice Chancellor and … in teaching and learning, research and…
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
… of meeting Zimbabwe's Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU), civil society groups and getting first hand information …
Archive2019 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 7 February 2019
… We have worked together – as government, labour, business, civil society and communities – to remove the constraints to … National Prosecuting Authority, the…
Closing Address by President Nelson Mandela in the Debate on the State of the Nation Address Parliament, Cape Town, 10 February 1999
… change the composition and ethos of the public service. What this requires is training, development and … themselves to, positions in all sectors of the…
Gandhiji and the struggle for liberation in South Africa
… under Gandhiji`s leadership - from non-cooperation to civil disobedience and then to the "do or die" struggle in … event in the struggle and added a new…
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) of South Africa in 1652. The history of the church has been very much bound with the … to pray under, one umbrella, thus making…
EventKing Williams Town schools are closed in commemoration of Victoria Mxenge
… school premises without authorization in dedication to the civil rights lawyer, Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge, who died on … mourn Mxenge murder, Black…
EventRiots erupt in East London, Eastern Cape
… mass action, and tactics of boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. … Boddy-Evans, A. ‘This Day in African History: 9 November’ , [online], available at … …
EventFerdi Barnard is found guilty of killing Webster
… activist, Dullar Omar. Bernard was a former agent of the Civil Co-Operation Bureau. He was arrested on 25 charges …
ArticleThe Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896
… is most notable for being the shortest war in recorded history, lasting less than three-quarters of an hour. The … in 1963. Endnotes [i] Knappert, J. (1992)…
PlaceCabo Verde
… and African fishermen has only been related through oral history, and remains a part of the mythological stories of … as the “Trotskyite crisis”. Freedom of…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… their respective colonial governments to recognise the civil rights of Africans and protect and recognize the land … like the SANNC were largely modelled on…
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
… The multi-ethnic suburb has a fascinating and turbulent history. “Fordsburg was always a working class suburb,” Rich in History and bearing the scars of its…
EventThe South African Astronomical Observatory celebrates 200 years of its existence
… was to observe the southern skies and to provide a time service for ships passing Cape Town harbour. The Observatory is known for its history and its immense…
PlacePrince Mangosuthu Buthelezi or Ulundi Airport, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… and Heritage. These provide fascinating insights into the History of the Area and how, "It has shaped its Present, and …
PlaceBenin
… Benin’s political history after colonialism was characterized by an early … like the RPT in Togo, attempted to absorb all aspects of civil society under its…
Archive2003 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2003
… system; Directors-General and other leaders of the public service; Your Excellencies, Ambassadors and High … to address this issue. And in the private sector…
Statement of the ANC Veterans League Inaugural National Conference, 6 December 2009
… Veterans League shall seek to restore and capture into our history, so that all future generations may know the … League seeks to position itself as the…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Natal, he introduces the idea of supporting boycotts and civil disobedience. May 5-6, At the Natal Indian Congress … church at Groutville to attend Chief…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… poignant accounts of the township's and South Africa's history in the last sixty years. Many of them were linked to … the authors themselves. The stories…
ArticleDefinition of Natural and Cultural heritage sites
… use of technology or reflect important stages in human history. A place where humans settled and used the land in a … World Heritage Sites must show major…
Armed struggle & the advancement of the student and labour movements, 1967-1976
… Morogoro Conference (1969) ushered in a new era in the history of the liberation struggle. It opened up membership … to deal with one of the most challenging…
EventSouth Sudan is declared an independent state
… After five decades of unrest and civil war, South Sudan was granted independence on 9 July …
EventApartheid leader P. W. Botha Resigns
… was at its height. Leading scholars in the field of civil-military relations came to call South Africa a … Botha, Apartheid Era President Part 3 from About…
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…