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Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
… have happened in the history of mankind. A devastating war, marked by ruthless barbarity and fiendish cruelty, has … by our Government on the ground that it…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… down under Union, South Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South West and East … General Smuts proceeded to London to…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , South Africa was undergoing a downturn in economic …
Establishment of Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment … 2016. https://www.sahistory.org.za/article…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , South Africa was undergoing a downturn in economic … 2016. https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/second…
EventBirth of Paul Kruger
… against the British during the South African / Second Boer War (1899-1902).The Kruger National Park as well as the …
EventNuclear Reactor At Pelindaba Goes Critical
… fuel it. South Africa's nuclear program began after World War II when uranium deposits were discovered in the country. …
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… deployed in South African townships and who fought in the war in Namibia. President F. W. de Klerk announced that it …
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… marked the beginning of the United States of America's "War on Terrorism". Afghanistan was invaded by the USA for …
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this …
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… played a major role in the peaceful solution of the civil war, attended the colourful ceremony as well as eight other …
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977 on the humanitarian conduct of war. Clause 1 of this protocol says; “The civilian population …
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… said, "is like the rain which makes the grass grow, while war is like the wind which dries it up." In 1833, the first … confiscation of property. In 1835,…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… yes, warning that a “no” vote would mean a declaration of war against the majority. The Democratic Party (DP) also … during 1993. Endnotes ↵ [i] Anthea…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… also to those whose experiences include the Second World War: in the Netherlands, in Germany, in the former Soviet … Never and Never Again! My own memories…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… first British occupation was noteworthy for a merciless war against Ndlambe, with the assistance of the missionaries. … and Smuts. The Afrikaner victims of…
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
… which faded away soon afterwards. From 1914, he was in the War on War League, which set up the revolutionary syndicalist … and then St. Aidans' Boys’ School…
PlaceSierra Leone
… of thousands, including children. The outbreak of the war in Sierra Leone caused set back to many areas in the … of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… the SADF and UNITA’s stubborn and vicious CIA-aided bandit war. For another dozen years the southern part of Angola was … A MiG-23 executed a neat victory…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… policy. They were great supporters of Hitler during the war and they opposed the war effort of the South African Government. They are … of Europe. In the…
Chapter 1: Introduction
… KwaZulu-Natal became an indication that the region was at war with itself due to political violence and vigilante … of action in defence of popular struggle…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… of the conflict in South Africa, would you call it a war, for example? Bizos: Again it’s a matter of definition. In the 50s, the book The Savage War of Peace…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… in 1660, which brought to a close the first Dutch-Khoikhoi war in the Cape. It was to be the first of many wars waged by …
ArticleThe missionaries
… to pray for peace in Eastern Pondoland where there was a war between the Xhosas and Zulus. The missionaries became …
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey. In the years after World War I, Garvey championed the cause of African independence, …
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
… . Report prepared for the General Staff, Great Britain War Office. London. MATTHEWS, Thomas . 1971. Tribal Painting …
ArticleThe Basotho
… of affairs led to increased tension and in 1880 the Gun War broke out. The result of the conflict was that Basutoland …
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… craftsmen, and an army of peasant, slave and prisoners of war labourers. This religious obsession of the upper classes …
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… built its dwelling. In 1868 it was sold to the British War Department and the building served as an officers' mess … built its dwelling. In 1868 it was sold…
PlaceDie Kraal, Brummeria, Pretoria
… in 1886 and moved to Holland at the time of the Boer War. He studied there and then returned home to South Africa, …