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PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… moved to "The Residency" in 1982. The building has a long history, having been used as a hospital, post office, school, … court. The Museum collects and…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… strengthening control of South African borders, the establishment of special mobile units for the security of the …
EventCPSA is founded
… H (Bill) Andrews addressed this meeting and announced the establishment, aims and character of the new Party. The …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… encountered by the new arrivals. 16 July, The British Colonial Office announces the appointment of a Ladies … referring to the concentration camps, writes to…
PlaceBloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town
… forces invaded in order to occupy the Cape Colony. This colonial post was important to them as it was directly on … https://www.bloubergdirectory.co.za…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
… Robinson as Prime Minister, Minister of Education, and Colonial Secretary. Robinson, who is regarded as a loyal … federation conference in 1876. He also…
ArticleTswana
… nineteenth century and most belong to a church today, pre-colonial beliefs retain strength among many Tswana. … facilitated the transition to migrant wage…
ArticleSAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue
… South African History Online (SAHO) is hosting an intergenerational …
ArticleAfrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB)
… South African war, will start here again. The town has a history steeped in bloody relations between the Afrikaners …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Arianna Lissoni works as a researcher in the Wits History Workshop. Her research and publications focus on the history and politics of the liberation…
BiographyTim Bruwer
… that I was not welcome in South Africa because of my "history", and added somewhat apologetically that she was … documented. I had never expected this…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 50 … the workers that only the overthrow of…
Hundred years of resistance, E.S. Reddy, 29 January 2012
… a century ago, on January 8, 1912, was a landmark in the history of Africa, marking the beginning of the end of … attention at the time internationally or…
ArticleThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
… and South Africa After the Bolshevik Revolution and the establishment of the USSR, the Communist Party of South … to the resolutions to foster warmer…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… in July 1960 to dissolve the French West African colonial state and grant independence to the four regions … st/abstract.html?res…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… signaled an important phase in the struggle against colonial domination in the sub continent. Under his …
EventDr Abrahams to be returned to Bechuanaland
… sovereignty of the British government in respect of its colonial possessions was violated by South African security. …
EventThe Algerian War of Independence begins
… was annexed as three French departments. During the colonial period the traditional patterns of land ownership … Micro History and World timeline, Algeria…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… of expansion were not different from that of other colonial powers in Africa. The aim of invading Ethiopia was … 27 September 2013]| Toynbee, A. 1946. A…
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… career as a cook in the King's African Rifles and British Colonial Army in Uganda in 1956. He distinguished himself as …
EventMadagascar adopts its second constitution
… Madagascar came under the colonial French Protectorate in 1890. By the late 1940's, the … Available at: news.bbc.co.uk [Accessed 27 November 2013]|History…
EventRebels overrun the Somalian capital of Mogadishu
… in an attempt to regain Somali territory lost prior to the colonial period. Although the attack was suppressed the … Bobby-Evans, A., This day in African…
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… The Mfengu (or Fingo in the colonial lexicon) were defeated and left landless by King …
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… were sent to the island; first by the Dutch, then British colonial officials. It was under the Apartheid regime that …
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… on a rectangular stamp in sepia and vermillion. Related: Colonial Post and Telegraph Diary of the Cape of Good Hope …
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… `Berea Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as found, on the West Coast of North … Amalinde Heritage Trust. 2010. Durban :…
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… strongly reflected the interests of the indentured and colonial-born Indian. Together they resisted inroads, pleaded …
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
… rivalry was called the Cold War . The content of the new history curriculum is structured to help us to understand the … Union, a communist totalitarian…
ArticleContemporary South African Artists
… the month of August 2016, in honor of women, South Africa History Online (SAHO) began collaborating with Artthrob in an …
PlaceNiewoudtville
… its post office, inflicting extensive damage to its establishment. Five months later, on 25 November, Boer …