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EventPresidents of Mozambique and South Africa meet
… in Kenya with a clear message that Renamo was tired of war and committed to peace. …
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… Her popularity stemmed from her activities during World War 2, when, travelling with her husband King George VI, they …
EventThe Second General Election is held in the Union of SA
… whether South Africa should continue to support Britain's war effort and the results was a clear indication of the …
EventFormer Chief of the South African Defence Force (SADF), General Jannie Geldenhuys is born in Kroonstad
… were there”, a documentation of his time in South Africa’s war on the Namibian/Angola border. …
EventThe use of Dutch is ratified in the Cape parliament
… Wars reinforced the position of Afrikaans for after the war culminated; a new upsurge emerged to establish Afrikaans …
EventPortuguese explorer Bartholomew Dias anchors at Walvis Bay
… the region was a German colony. During the First World War South African Forces led by General Louis Botha …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 10
… property values soared beyond even the levels caused by war inflation. Kajee's problem at this time was twofold. … at the time which made it extremely…
ArticleGrade 7 - Term 1: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… spoken to the king, or of ambassadors. This king makes war only upon neighboring enemies and upon those who do not … economic influence in North Africa. In…
South African and World leaders
… For a little while, around the time of the Second World War, Ethiopia was occupied by Italy. But during the War the Italians were defeated by their enemies,…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
… regarding participation and neutrality in the Second World War and Hertzog resigned from his position as Prime Minister, … 1939 to 1948 South Africa…
EventSouth Sudan votes in Referendum on Independence
… After a 22-year civil war in which 2. 5 million southerners died, South Sudanese …
EventNigeria gained independence from the United Kingdom
… drive had started to gain traction after World War Two, and they steered the country – then the Colony and …
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… Corporations (SABC) broadcasts such as the Brittens War Requiem and on concert platforms as a soloist with major …
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
… who may have been killed in the so-called nine-day war near the end of South Africa's occupation of Namibia, …
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… allegations that the former government had waged a dirty war against its opponents. Judge Jan Hugo concluded his …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… is impeccable. He was an indisputable revolutionary war leader who endured arrest, trial and incarceration on …
EventPixley Seme, lawyer, journalist and co-founder of SANNC is born
… Act of 1909, their treatment after the South African War and the numerous laws being passed that controlled and …
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… British claims over his territory. By March 1878 drums of war were beating again in Sekhukhuneland. Captain Clarke who …
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… 1876, the Volksraad of the South African Republic declared war on Sekhukhune and his followers. A Boer commando under …
EventThe Birkenhead runs aground with 638 passengers
… The ship was carrying reinforcements for the 8th Frontier War . It is believed that the captain wished to disembark the …
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… colony dating from 1915 at the time of the First World War. The occupation of the country by South Africa started in …
EventRuth Perry is elected to lead Liberia, thus becoming Africa's first female head of state
… of leading her country from a devastating seven-year civil war, to peace under a sub-regional plan of the Economic …
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army’ (ZIPRA) during the war for the liberation of South Africa and Zimbabwe. The …
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… 19, Gandhi accuses Transvaal Government of waging war on Indian women and children by demanding they carry … states that amendment of TIRA should uphold…
PlaceBennebroek Wreck, Hamburg
… to 1,500 tons and more; often they were larger than Men-of-war vessel's. The Man-O-War is a naval ship that was designed for combat and not for … to 1,500…
PlaceHarrismith, Free State
… oldest in South Africa) and links with the South African War , with close by Battle Sites, Blockhouses and a Military … Highlands National Park , Basotho…
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement Abroad 1906 - 1990
… sends another delegation to the UK in the wake of World War I. 1921 The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) … destabilize the country. 1977 Mozambique…
ArchiveHow history will judge FW de Klerk by RW Johnson, politicsweb (28 November 2021)
… And in general Canada took steps to live up fully to its Anglo-French culture and history. All this happened because … As a result he was able to prevent the…
Whither Palestine? by Ronnie Kasrils, 19 May 2015, London
… without leadership at a crucial turning point after World War Two. The embodiment of Palestinian resistance was … of arms and equipment; many had served in…
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
… materially helped to accelerate the termination of the war; and now that the war is over they feel it is time that they should raise the … there has come the…