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EventKenyan independence hero Bildad Kaggia dies after a long illness
… army when the Second World War broke out and was deployed in London as a company quarter-sergeant at a war office meant … became a member of parliament and…
Descom Bulletin
… In 1982, Neil Aggett, a Trade Unionist and Medical Doctor became the first white political prisoner to die in the detention under the custody of the security…
PlaceBloemfontein City Hall
… The Bloemfontein City Hall was built in 1935 and has a beautiful Italian style interior with an … either side of it which is the same as the Viceroy's House…
PlaceAlbertskroon, Suburb of Johannesburg
… runs through the Alberts Farm, the only artesian Spring in Gauteng is tucked away under Northcliff ridge on this Farm. It is the second biggest 'green lung'…
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… forget that there are still many of our people who live in conditions of poverty and deprivation. We still have many … amounts of food they require. Others…
PlaceDarling, West Coast
… family friendly Hilda’s Kitchen. A San Centre (link in FURTHER READING) is near by and the beach at Yzerfontein, is just a short drive away. Back in Darling…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Radio Freedom on Visits of Multi-National Corporations to the ANC, before February 1986
… They assess the apartheid system in terms of the profits or the losses it yields. It has … the apartheid system? What would be their position in the new…
EventSmallpox Epidemic Strikes at the Cape
… reached pandemic proportions. The dead could not be buried in coffins, as there was a shortage of wood at the Cape. By … So the Khoi fled the Peninsula with…
ArticleHow to undertake research?
… South African History Online (SAHO) believes in empowering learners, educators, researchers, and … meaningful question. For example: What role did women play…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… and his son discovered the fossils at the Malapa Cave site in August 2008. The find may tell us about the where and how … the two hominid fossils, the…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… edition. Paris, UNESCO, 1992. Huffman, Thomas N. Symbols in Stone. Unravelling the Mystery of Great Zimbabwe . … Press, 1989. Van der Merwe, Nikolaas J. The…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by Shamim Meer
… the past! by Frida Bapela Discovering the taste of lime in the midst of lemons by Lawrentia Lukhele A visit to the … a leader by Keitumetse Self Love by…
PlaceConcordia
… The village of Concordia was established in 1863 as a station of the Rhenish Missionary Society. It … obligingly laid down their weapons. The Boers remained…
EventMac Maharaj, Laloo Chiba, Raymond Nyanda and Andrew Masondo arrive on Robben Island prison
… to house political prisoners and common law prisoners in the 1960s. Over the course of time, several hundred … from Robben Island. Maharaj and Masondo were…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of Zanzibar. Following the … winning the August 1960 elections by…
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… government by Mahatma Gandhi made at a prayer meeting in New Delhi, India, the previous day. He had asked the … by warning the Resisters to vacate their…
EventOAU Council of Ministers decide to reject dialogue with South Africa
… and to gain acceptance of the status quo. However, in a declaration issued at its 17th ordinary session in June 1971, the OAU Council of Ministers concluded…
EventThe father of Rosalind Ballingall joins the search for his missing daughter
… University of Cape Town (UCT) who reportedly disappeared in the Knysna Forest. The daughter of a Rand Mine's … the Sugarhouse. She was thought to have been…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… In 1990, at the opening of parliament, former state president … from Victor Vorster Prison after spending 27 years in the gaol. After his release he toured…
EventMandela visits Zambia
… release from prison on 11 February 1990, after 27 years in jail, he had been following a gruelling schedule of … the headquarters of the African National…
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… and unlawful acts of the security forces, were laid out in a Government Gazette. The commission's terms of reference … not be linked to the murder of Anton…
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
… her 100th birthday with thousands of people lining up in the streets of London to cheer her. The Queen Mother is … full of presents and cards at Clarence…
EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… yielding production. This event ended a pioneering episode in South African engineering history. The history of the Kimberly mine began with the discovery of…
EventBhambatha becomes chief
… as a popular chief and earned the respect of the elders in the Amazondi traditional council. Related: References: … impi yamakhanda (1906 uprising) as…
EventGerhardus Cornelis Oosthuizen buys a section of land, which is later declared part of the Witwatersrand gold reef
… on the property. When the main gold reef was discovered in the Roodepoort area of Johannesburg in 1886, Langlaagte was incorporated into a group of nine ……
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… here. The 'Meliskerk' was wrecked off the Coast there in 1943. Agate Terrace is halfway between the river mouth and where the beach ends abruptly in a very…
Minutes: Vergadering van die AG-Werkgroep op 22 Augustus 1986, Kantoor van die Administrateur-Generaal, Windhoek
… Minutes, written in Afrikaans, of a meeting of the AG-Workgroup held in Windhoek. …
ArchiveThe bus boycott, Johannesburg: The explosive penny
… Incomplete article by I B Tabata about a bus boycott in Johannesburg following an increase in fares. …
Minutes: Vergadering van die AG-Werkgroep op 19 en 20 Maart, 1987, Kaapstad
… Minutes, written in Afrikaans, of a meeting of the AG-Workgroup held in Cape Town. …
ArchiveMeet the chief
… Ribebe is the traditional leader of the Sambiyu people in the Kavango in Namibia …