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PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… Having no secure right to the land, the settlers construct homes from scrap metal and found wood; and despite …
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… Age site. This reserve was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 23 September 1988. The tree, … colossal tree covers an area with a…
”The Future of the Bill”. Editorial in August 15, 1894
… assent to a measure; but it should be borne in mind that under Letters Patent constituting the Office of Governor and … deal as he likes, and against the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… development” . This, against growing calls for unity under a democratic, South Africanist banner. But he claimed … unions grew and civil unrest took on…
Mission Stations - T-Z
… fortress. The Missionary Station is elevated, but stands under the mountain. Thaba Bossiou is not only the name of the … In consequence of these repeated…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… the African Mine Workers' Union and elected a committee under the presidency of J. B. Marks, who soon thereafter was … in South Africa. This repression…
PlaceCacadu District Municipality
… farming of aquatic i.e. freshwater and marine organisms under controlled conditions, which include interventions such …
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… Herman Charles Bosman, who wrote under the pseudonym Herman Malan, was a South African author … the weekly magazine, Forum. He also wrote several books under…
EventThe Bethal Treason Trial resumes
… seventeen others). The defendants faced two main charges under the Terrorism Act, and a number of alternative counts under other legislation. Selby Temba…
EventNamibia gains Independence
… it was called while it was a German territory was placed under the South African administration by the League of … to Robben Island. In 1988, the South…
EventThe siege of Mafeking starts
… by a British force, comprising of both Whites and Blacks under command of Col. Robert Baden-Powell. In the fight … five wounded. The first real attack on the…
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… The Voortrekkers under Commandant Andries W. Pretorius were defeated during … Battle of Boomplaats (near Bloemfontein) by the British under Cape Governor…
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… by UNO Trusteeship Council. Mandate over territory was under Article 22 Covenant League of Nations. Africans South … in mission schools. 95 per cent Africans…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… welfare and pensions. At that time the country was still under the pall of Sharpeville massacre where dozens of … left injured by security police fire on 21…
ArticleBiography of Mongane Wally Serote by Matthew Williams
… in these groups came to a halt when he was arrested under the 1967 Terrorism Act [1] . In 1967, the South African … in these anti-apartheid organizations…
Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss
… others were artists-in-residence at the British Council under the supervision of Ngatane. At the university, Dumile … the work reflects the social context of…
Abdullah Ibrahim and the Politics of Jazz in South Africa
… had become entrenched in African society, most obviously under the Afrikaner government’s policy of “forcing Africans … of Black Americans and Africans, of …
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… African government thus instituted the Margo Commission under the chairmanship of Justice Cecil Margo to conduct … an instrument let-down approach, but…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… the traditional way of life of the Zulu people came under renewed pressure, as the colonial administration … of the Cape Colony, indicated he would never…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… black labour. The National Party and Labour Party Pact, under the leadership of General J. B. M. Hertzog , provided … for help to the Government of India,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… the decision was made to form the MK, the ANC was banned under the Unlawful Organisations Bill of 1960 therefore, if … should be a separate and independent…
The Legal Veneer
… States of Emergency were given legal force and standing under the Public Safety Act, No. 3 of 19 S3 (PSA). The … KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa and QwaQwa,…
The Centenary Celebration of the February Revolution 8-12 March 2017
… historical records of the revolution are all documented under the Julian Calendar. The Julian calendar was replaced … in relation to the months in which they…
Why protect worker’s rights?
… had sought to strike to force Bader to grant it rights under section 14 of the Labour Relations Act. This section … prohibits forced labour and the…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… half. 1870 King Moshoeshoe I dies. 1871 Basutoland comes under the rule of the Cape colony, against the will of the … after a revolt against the Cape Colony…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
… Zuid Afrikaansche Boeren Beschermings Vereeniging (BBV) under the leadership of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr. Most of the … called on the eastern vereenigingen to…
Discovery of the Gold in 1884
… months later, on 8 December. The original miners' camp, under the informal leadership of Col Ignatius Ferreira, had … which he described as being "virile and…
Beerhalls in Soweto from Soweto Heritage Survey Final Report compiled by Steven Lebelo and Elsabe Brink for the National Monuments Council, Northern Region
… gave the JCC the opportunity to bring illicit beer brewing under control though not to eradicate it completely. In this … movements as well as their right to…
35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony
… or occupation of immovable property in this Colony under provisions of chapter 34 of the Law is disqualified … of that Colony, which is, after all,…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British Commonwealth. The Union brought together … into the British Colony encompassing…