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Former State President P.W. Botha appears in court in George because of his refusal to testify before the Truth and Reconciliat
… court in George because of his refusal to testify before the Truth and Reconciliat …
Tony Blair, British premier, announces in Pretoria that Britain is going to increase the grant for development by 40% during th
… announces in Pretoria that Britain is going to increase the grant for development by 40% during th …
News 24 reports that the Irish deputy premier, Mary Harney, from Dublin, has quietly been holidaying with family and friends in
… News 24 reports that the Irish deputy premier, Mary Harney, from Dublin, has …
The forty-five mercenaries alleged to have commandeered an Air India Boeing and forced it to fly to Durban, after attempting a
… The forty-five mercenaries alleged to have commandeered an …
Wilhelmina ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them.
… ten Damme, wife of Governor Hendrik Swellengrebel, dies at the age of forty. Swellendam was named in honour of them. …
In a New Year message, Prime Minister Verwoerd emphasises that South African policy is one of non-interference in the issues be
… that South African policy is one of non-interference in the issues be …
The poll tax of £1 per head on all adult male inhabitants of Natal, except indentured Indians and married Blacks, imposed by t
… The poll tax of £1 per head on all adult male inhabitants of …
The Public Service employs 1 042 392 people – a decrease of 23 607 from December 1999. Seventy-one per cent of employees are
… The Public Service employs 1 042 392 people – a decrease of …
President Daniel Torotich arap Moi wins the first multi-party elections held in Kenya for twenty-six years. All foreign observe
… President Daniel Torotich arap Moi wins the first multi-party elections held in Kenya for twenty-six …
Rev Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa since 1975 and SA minister of sport and recrea
… Rev Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of South Africa since 1975 and SA …
EventRoger Joyce Bushell, Auxiliary Air Force pilot famous for his escape from the German prisoner of war camp, is born in Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng)
… in academia. He loved to ski and was made captain of the Cambridge ski team. His other interest was flying and in 1932, he joined the 601 Squadron Auxiliary…
ArchiveLetter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, to His Excellency Mr Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary-General of the United Nations, New York
… A letter from the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the United Nataions Secretary-General to report the cross border insurgence by SWAPO from Angola into…
Letter from D. V. Naidoo and Steve Biko to Fort Hare re Conference in December at Mariannhill, Oct. 14, 1968, with enclosed statement, Background to the conference,
… training colleges to attend a conference to be held from the 1st to the 3rd of December 1968.The conference is intended to be an extension of dialogue … Oct…
ArchiveBiography of Mariama Bâ by Lauren Daugherty
… Context In the 1960s, Senegal was a new, independent nation. It had … attended a Koranic school. These are religious schools common throughout Muslim…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939
… 1930 White women get the vote. This means in effect that the weight of the black … between the Governments of India and South Africa opens in Cape Town. The…
ArticleIndian South Africans: 1924-1948 Legislation and Segregation
… Contents Introduction The concept of segregation Discriminatory legislation up to … Herzog introduced Bills that sought to remove the Cape and Natal black…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… Ellen Kate was the name given to her by her biological mother and father. … advocated women’s programs, starting with young girls in schools and encouraging…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… The term “poor whites” was coined during the 19th century, as … a water settlement close to the Orange River (Northern Cape). They started discussing their…
NANNA’S LIFE STORY
… in Paarl was not good for his health so we moved to Cape Town where he worked as a gravedigger in the Observatory … beginning, because at first I didn't…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… ABSTRACT: Bessie Emery was the first black South African woman to publish a collection … interesting. One historian wrote that Head, “returned to Cape Town…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving and Honorary Doctorate from Harvard University Boston, 18 September 1998
… Mister President Members of the Convocation Members of the University Distinguished … this degree at a specially convened Convocation. To join George…
PlaceKatlehong
… other townships — Thokoza and Vosloorus, and is next to the N3 highway in the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality. These three … were organically mentored…
Liberation organisations
… UDF The United Democratic Front (UDF) was a non-racial alliance … regional and local organisations. It was launched in Cape Town in 1983, and based its…
PlaceZambia
… gained independence from Britain with Kenneth Kaunda as the country’s first president, and proclaimed one-party rule. Their independence came four years…
Doing Oral History
… is a product of an Oral History workshop organised by the Department of Education and the facilitator was Dr … History project according that could be…
Robert Sobukwe: What a sense of mission! By Sibonginkosi Mazibuko, 19 February 2015, South Africa
… cc SABC February 27 marks 37 years since the passing away in the hands of the apartheid regime of the … and Langa townships of present-day Gauteng and…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… of President Nelson Mandela to parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the challenges we face. The manner …
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… a remarkable transition to reclaim their humanity. We, the people of South Africa, have made a decisive and irreversible break with the past. We have, in…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
… years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's … Defence Force on a war…
Education for Service
… We, the duly authorised representatives of political parties, political organisations, administrations and the South African Government, coming together at…