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EventFirst Black US ambassador is sent to South Africa
… when he left to become the director of the US Foreign Service, a position he occupied for three years. …
ArchiveSouth African Church leaders confront the Sstate
… at Cape Town's Anglican Cathedral and after a brief service set out on the short walk to Parliament to present a …
Chapter 5 - Preparing to negotiate
… to opt out of the negotiations and raised the spectre of civil war. The effect of the exchange served to inflame … laid out side by side. This was an…
Archive2009 - President Motlanthe, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 2009 (Before National Elections)
… of Cape Town; Religious leaders and representatives of civil society; Comrades and friends; Distinguished guests: I … we have changed the demographic…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the ANC National Conference on Reconstruction and Strategy NASREC, Johannesburg, 21 January 1994
… which we shall be called upon to respond to the call of history which summons us to achieve our own freedom from … plan for every eventuality, to learn the…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… are no longer legally bound by racial restrictions; but history, language, economics and ethnic politics still … politics: The Cape Flats is home to a…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1930-1939
… legitimacy of their domicile in the country. The Native Service Contracts Act of 1932 The Act drew all Africans … Act served to secure the provisions in the…
PlaceBonnievale, Langeberg Municipality-Cape Town
… wine and river scenery all in one! Bonnievale has a lovely History of how one man, Christopher Forrest Rigg - against … date on the cornerstone is 1921, but…
EventNiger's Independence Day
… especially the Tuareg-controlled desert areas.Following civil action, a decision was taken by the French government … st/abstract.html?res…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… conscience functions entrusted to me as an international civil servant of the United Nations, discharge these …
EventInaugural Women’s Legacy Dialogue
… of women leaders from government, the corporate sector and civil society. Wendy Luhabe, social entrepreneur, chair, …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… were so great that in certain regions it was compared to a civil war. This state, among others, forced the Apartheid …
EventThe peace talks between the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) are called off
… accused the ANC of putting the country on the brink of civil war and of aiming to wreck the negotiation process, …
Document 19 - The D. F. Malan Accord
… translated into legislation that seriously restricted the civil liberties of the Indians. The documents in this section …
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… these periods, the government had free reign to suspend civil liberties. Police could detain anyone for reasons of … Massacre: The Aftermath." Website:…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… Fossil evidence in East Africa has also cast light on our history as human beings. Before we look at the Hominid … different ways of finding out what…
Zulu Community
… focus on the Zulu communities in Durban. However, the history of these communities is inextricably linked to the pre-colonial history, colonial history and…
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
… Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban when it crashed, killing … 2012]| SAA Museum Society ' South…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Lichthart of Batavia. Abram worked at the Cape in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) until he was …
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… East home in Soweto. He was given a rousing civic funeral service and was buried at the Doornkop Cemetery. Mpanza died … New Dictionary of South African…
PlaceCape Winelands Airport, Fisantekraal
… eventually establish the Cape Winelands Airport as a full-service hub that caters for both scheduled passenger flights … listed firms, with deep expertise in…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to parliament 6 February 1998
… parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the people. As government, we are confident of the … Academy - interestingly the very…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… parliament. I wish all of you a productive New Year in the service of the people. As government, we are confident of the … Academy - interestingly the very…
Buy the Insurrection Ensemble's music
… Tina Schouw and Malika Ndlovu. Produced by South Africa History Online (SAHO) Centre for Humanities Research and …
ArticleSouth African Council of Churches (SACC)
… Brief political context on the formation and history of the SACC ... read on 5 July 1995 statement to a …
Provincial government and symbols
… national symbols. Activity Get map picture from hands on history ‘map.htm’ 1. Fill in the …
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… all these forms of repression and briefly to outline their history and current status (as at December 1989). The … election boycotts, as well as work…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… disqualified voters. 1888 Funamalungelo (“Demand Civil Rights”) is formed in Natal and lasts until 1908. The …
EventRamzi Yousef, alleged mastermind of World Trade centre bombing goes on trial
… Intelligence and the U.S Diplomatic Security Service in 1995, and was extradited to the United States. On …
Biography of Abdullah Ibrahim by Chance Overby
… are the historians. We record our experiences and our history within our music. Some of the pieces we play are very … travelled to the United States where…