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ArticleEvents leading to the Bambatha Rebellion
… farms and sugar plantations. After the South African War there was a shortage of agricultural labour. Rather than …
ArticleThe Mendi Decoration of Bravery
… way to France to assist the British during the First World War. 2. The blue crane - the flight of the blue crane in the …
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… were Stationed in the Vicinity during the South African War (1899-1902).The Dam was Built to; hold water for their … old Stone Wall marks a British Patrol…
Address at the Opening of the 24th General Assembly of the World Veterans Federation, 1 December 2003
… country and continent have not been spared the trauma of war. Even as we speak there are a number of African countries … leave behind a haunting legacy not…
ArticleThe Conflict between the AZAPO and the UDF - popular violence in the 1980s and 1990s
… and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) characterised as “war between AZAPO and the UDF in Soweto”, local tensions were … but the conflict was overshadowed by…
ArticleEarly African Civilisations: Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Swahili
… craftsmen and an army of peasant, slave and prisoners of war built these pyramids during the flood period in summer. … practised in Egypt. For example, they…
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… ordinary people did not have the vote, France was still at war and the economic problems continued. During the 1790s a … to make laws, appoint government…
PlaceAngola
… was followed by the 27 year long Angolan Civil War . Early Inhabitants of Angola Because of a reliance on … also home to the Counts of Soyo. In 1593 there…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
… following his announcement that Egypt was declaring war on the Axis powers. The incident happened in the Egyptian … parliament while he was presenting the…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… stand on “independence”, and in the climate of the Cold War , he was considered by many western leaders the most … state. He became, inescapably, part of…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… the Great House of Ngqika. During the Seventh Frontier War (1846-47) Sandile was defeated and his territory was put … to rule the territory led to the Eighth…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… for example, Benoni's location superintend announced 'a war' with Benoni's skokiaan queens (ibid., 6.8.1938) in … in the characters migration may have…
Say It out Loud - The 1907 Presidential Address, Outdshoorn, Cape, 7 January, 1907
… justice and fair play. Upon the successful issue of the war, they were taught, the adjustment of their grievances … of today would treat them with more…
Chapter 3. The Poor White Problem - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… standard of living, but not their incomes. Then came the Boer War, and this brought further economic and social ruin. … in prices of wool and farm produce…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… peoples. When it was confronted with this question of the war, it had, in accordance with its avowed policy and … people could be expected to participate in…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 3 Contextual Overview
… German general, von Trotha, called the genocide a ‘race war’. Dr Eugen Fischer from Germany Eugenics carried out … Bastards’ – children of Rehoboth women and…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… charged with sedition under the Riotous Assemblies Act and War Measure 145. The latter piece of legislation which was … that if the accused pleaded guilty…
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… the younger leaders to join him in what he regarded as a 'war of liberation'. On a cold and drizzling day on 19 May … in the rain with damp powder. The First…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… Africa and Cuban-backed Angolan forces, and a 22-year-old war between the Angolan-based guerrillas of the and South African forces. During the First World…
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… German Reichstag (Parliament), condemned the "suppression war" against the Ovaherero in German South West Africa. He demanded the termination of the war and…
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… to the rise in tensions and eventual outbreak of war between the settlers and the Khoikhoi was the exclusion … up tensions led to the outbreak of the first…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… in The Fort for his stance against participation in World War I . In 1931 Hertzog and others formed Afrikaanse Pers … celebration of the Voortrekker movement…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… in the course of struggle in South Africa in the pre-war period, would have required years of concenÂtrated work … and many other parts of the world after…
Historical ships and shipwrecks along the South African coast
… and mail shipping services, and First and Second World War shipping. Coastal vessels connected to fishing, whaling, …
The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa, 1924 - 1946 by Essop Pahad
… of the Radicals in the Transvaal Formation of the NIA War Issue Convulsions in Natal - The Resuscitation of the NIC …
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… victory against Israel during the Ramadan or Yom Kippur War. The war was a political success for Sadat, bolstering his … Islamists. Four years (1977) after…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1940-1949
… Africa and other militants, the conference discusses the war and how African people could render support for the war effort of the British and the Union…
EventAssassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
… rule. He was correct, and his actions resulted in a global war between the major powers of the European continent. These … deadliest conflicts in history,…
EventGerman Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, famous German commander of German forces in North Africa, dies on this day
… military exploits in north Africa during the Second World War. He was born in Heidenheim, Wurttemberg, on Nov. 15, … years later was commissioned a 2d…
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… Van Den Bergh claimed that those were all part of the Cold War and had been carefully planned. This claim was made on … that it was being used by Moscow to…