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ArticleGrade 7 - Term 4: Co-operation and conflict on the frontiers of the Cape Colony in the early 19th century
… the Dutch (Holland). The French (France) had just won a war against the Dutch and the British were worried that the …
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… during warfare. However, the events of the Second World War alerted many to the horrific consequences of war on the dignity and lives of people, including…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
… over the distribution of food during the Second World War . The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA, now SACP) … According to CPSA member Hettie September:…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Glossary
… Boyhood to Chief Murderer of the Jews." In Ending War Crimes, Chasing the War Criminals, pp. 13-18. Brill Nijhoff, 2017. [11] Grodin, …
PlaceWinterberg Mountains, Amatola
… area is steeped in a history that belongs to the Bushmen, Boer and British soldiers, and Scottish settlers. The …
EventThe Queen mother Elizabeth is born.
… school in London and passed with merit.When the World War I started, she was 14 years old and her family home, Glamis Castle, was used as the hospital for…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… December 1883, whilst additional Chinese refugees from the war in the Transvaal arrive in Port Elizabeth in October and … Port Elizabeth may temporarily…
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… nations led by Egypt and Syria were involved in a bloody war in the Sinai desert and Golan Heights. The war began on the day of Yom Kippur with a surprise…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… A pacifist, Olive campaigned against the South African War and in the course of her life would consistently … 1966) moved to Cape Town during the second…
PlaceKathu
… primarily due to activity at the Sishen Mine , operated by Anglo American’s Kumba Iron Ore. Recently built houses at … primarily due to activity at the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… and the ANC meet and pass a resolution regarding World War II. They sympathise with the British Commonwealth and … give full recognition to the Africans…
ArticleTimeline of South African photographic books and exhibitions 1958 - 2003
… Johannesburg , South Africa. 2002 Amulets & Dreams: War, Youth & Change in Africa is published by South … Suffering of War , that depicted the suffering of…
ArticleMoses Kotane Timeline
… the fight against the fascists during the Second World War. He is later released and all charges dropped when it is realised that arresting him would damage…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… demonstrations have been largely spontaneous and are an index of the people`s growing sensitivity to oppression and …
EventWW2: A German bomb fired off Algeria’s coast sinks British transport ship (HMT Rohna) carrying US soldiers.
… had already carried thousands allied of troops to various war-zone destinations during World War II. On that fateful day the Rohna carried 2388 souls on ……
Polokwane the Segregated city
… Union was interrupted by global developments when World War I broke out in August 1914. The foreign policy of the … still smarting from their defeat in the…
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… over other people. Speaking during the times of the Cold War, Sobukwe also understood perfectly the fact that what was … The US which had emerged stronger…
ArticleNguni Stick Fighting
… this sport was used as a way of training young men for war and self-defense. [ii] This was extended to the times of … men also referred to as igoso; or…
ArticleForced removals on Highveld and "black spots", 1912-1991
… However, it was only after the outbreak of World War II that mechanisation in agriculture gained momentum, … heavy engineering industry geared towards…
EventJapanese attack American Naval Forces at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
… the Japanese attempted to knock America out of a Pacific war even before it started. In hindsight, however, the attack … the Russian pacific fleet before…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… world, where commodities like oil and diamonds cause war and destruction, especially in Africa and the Middle East. …
EventWWII: SA troops to fight in Europe
… commanded by Major-General W.H. Evered Poole, entered the war in Italy in April, 1943. For the rest of the war the Sixth Division served as part of the…
Pedi
… to the Transvaal government, and the Transvaal declared war in May 1876. It became known as the Sekhukhune War, the outcome of which was that the Transvaal…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Introduction
… South Africa experienced an economic boom during World War 2 (1939- 1945). The war was a significant driving force for the restructuring of … more than…
EventArmistice day 11th Nov 1918
… and the Entente forces. This was supposed to be the war that 'ends all wars'. Yet by 1919 there were still … were 18500 military casualties from South Africa…
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… their lands was to disrupt farming, and in 1659 full-scale war broke out, which ended in a stalemate. A line of manned … attack the Castle overland from the…
ArticleSouth African Coloured Peoples Organisation (SACPO)
… after the founding of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal and the Boer Republics. The National Party (NP) , after its … 001 signatures on a petition to oppose the…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… of five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family moved to Estcourt in Natal . It is … first of thirteen schools. Two years…
EventHiroshima is targeted by a WWII atomic bomb
… use of the bombs by saying that they wanted to shorten the war. The bomb dropped on Hiroshima killed as many as 140,000 … Japan surrendered to the Allied…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 1
… Prior to CODESA Harare Declaration The End of the Cold War and Disintegration of the Soviet Union Peace Accord Early … for the OAU regarding the above. [vii]…