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ArticleGrade 5 - Term 3: An ancient African society: Egypt
… a system of numbers, using symbols for the numbers 1 and 10. Little is known about Egypt’s mathematical achievements. … Egypt discovered thus far is the…
Congress of the People - I was there
… June 25 and 26 1955 are dates indelibly impressed on the minds and hearts of every … Congress member who was active at the time. They are the dates of the…
EventClive Derby-Lewis dies
… II Correctional Centre in June 2015, after having served 22 years in prison. . Derby-Lewis was convicted for his role …
EventGandhi leads a march from Newcastle into the Transvaal to defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913
… defy the Immigrants Regulation Act of 1913 (Act no. 22). Gandhi was followed by two parties led by Thambi Naidoo … , [online], Available at www.sahistory.org…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… Andries Johannes Botha was born on 22 September 1952 in Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the …
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… in 1991 and announced as the winner of the Booker Prize on 22 October 1991. The book addresses the co-existence of the …
Online directory - archives and media sources
National Archives The government archives service in South Africa houses and preserves the state records and other documents that have been collected since…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)
… white women were enfranchised) this percentage dropped to 10, 9% (Walker 1991, 23). …
ArticleTimeline of the 2014 general elections
… 2013 9 and 10 November 2013, South Africa’s first registration weekend …
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… removed soon after the state expropriated their land on 22 November 1966. The Inkosi at this time, Didumndeni Kunene … elections when the Restitution of Land…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… Village in Africa, with Church buildings and a School that dates back to 1738. The original Moravian Mission Church …
Biographical Introduction
… are both simply known by these names. Full birth and death dates and places are given where known. Collections are …
PlaceUmlazi
… History of Umlazi The history of Umlazi (or Mlazi) dates back to 1845 when British settlers forcibly occupied … [Accessed: 31 May 2013]|Dlamini Sibusisiwe…
Telegram to Gamal Abdel Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic by Oliver Tambo, 27 May 1967
… powers. From: Spotlight on South Africa, Volume 5, No. 22, June 2, 1967 ES Reddy …
EventBishop Zulu refused passport by the state
… On 22 June 1966 South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is …
EventPrince Eugene Napoleon is killed during Anglo-Zulu War
… The 22-year-old Prince Imperial of France, Eugene Louis Jean …
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… of African Unity (OAU) and its first president. On 22 March 1961, Nkrumah called on world leaders to impose …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on 16 June 1984
… The month of June, like no other month, carries a galaxy of dates each of which records and bears witness to the heroic …
Statement on June 16 by O. R. Tambo, 1984
… The month of June, like no other month, carries a galaxy of dates each of which records and bears witness to the heroic …
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 August 1969. Wynberg Military Base is, with the exception …
EventMandela discharged from Pretoria hospital
… where he received 24 -hour intensive care from 22 doctors. Three months after Mandela’s discharge from …
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… On 22 February 2007, a category 4 cyclone named Favio struck the …
EventThe UDF launches the Million Signatures Campaign and by October collect just under 400 000 signatures.
… On 22 January 1984, amidst the Apartheid government’s …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… worked together during the Defiance Campaign. 10 The Passive Resistance Campaign was not the only channel … Act and the Suppression of Communism Act among…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
… on Wednesday 14th instant (12) and Thursday 22nd instant (10) meeting again some on Monday night (26th). I am very …
PlaceNamaqualand
… by Pieter van Meerhoff in 1661 at Meerhof Kasteel, about 10 km West of Nuwerus . The Hamlet of Nuwerus, lies at the … well and in a few places, such as Pella…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… politics, Labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s. 22-24 February, 2013 Rhodes University Grahamstown, South … : …
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… Academic system, five new Faculties were established in 2005-6. …
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… Irons, and Roman Polanski's version of Oliver Twist (2005) with Ben Kingsley. He won an Academy Award for the …
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… stating the urgency and importance of this by noting “4 in 10 children die before they are one year old because of white … My Life, 1985 Nigerian Transition,…