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ArticleOrganization of African Unity Timeline 1884-2000
… Liberia are recognized as independent entities. Partition of West Africa and East Africa 1896 Ethiopia, under Emperor … Tutsis in an attempted coup Tanzania…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… region, they set up settlements in various locations. One of the earliest settlements, in 1836, was in the Zoutpansberg, north of Pietersburg. Two groups…
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… The Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1899 and was the result of the British annexation of the Transvaal, soon after gold … camps during the course of the Anglo…
ArticleOrganisation of African Unity (OAU)
… Context: The Emergence of a Pan-African Rhetoric The Organisation of African Unity … establishment of the African Economic Commission through a treaty signed…
ArticleState of Emergency - 1985
… The year of 1985 signaled the beginning of the end of apartheid society and governance in South … in the Eastern Cape and the Pretoria-Witwatersrand…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
… Colony on 24 May 1870. His mother taught him the elements of reading and writing in English, and he only entered school at the age of 12, when his elder…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… 1835 Migration of disaffected Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis … Zoutpansbergen' 1838 Trichardt reaches Delagoa Bay 1849 Treaty of Derdepoort…
Colonial history of Rustenburg
… Origins of colonial settlement It is thought that Andries Hendrik Potgieter was one of the first Voortrekkers to settle in the Rustenburg area. … with…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
… The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of government. Nazi Germany became a fascist country under ……
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… The series of clashes historically known as, Frontier Wars date back to … the Governor, Sir Charles Somerset, made a verbal treaty with Gaika, the supposed…
EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this organization was … Most countries from Africa…
ArticleThe History of May Day in South Africa
… The struggle for a shorter workday, a demand of major political significance for the working class dates back to the 1800s. On 7 October 1884, the Federation…
BiographyKing Faku ka Ngqungqushe
… the Mpondoland region, which is in the north eastern part of the former Transkei homeland situated in the present-day … Eastern Cape, South Africa. From the…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… Before P W Botha came to power in 1978, the government of John Vorster had begun a process for constitutional … by Erica Theron was appointed to improve the…
EventDay of the African Child
… The 16th of June is commemorated each year as the Day of the African … came into force in November 1999 is the first regional treaty on the rights of the…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries
… Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government…
ArchiveBiography of Jerry Pelamoitse Tlhopane
… Biography of Jerry Pelamoitse Tlhopane. Jerry Pelamoitse Tlhopane was born on the 4th July 1958 in Evaton location of Vereeniging. In 1978 he was charged and…
ArchiveThe Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
… Lawyers for Human Rights multicoloured poster. List of Articles numbers 1-14 of the Treaty for women's rights. Notice of a convention. Artwork of … The…
EventThe League of Nations is established
… The League of Nations, an international organisation founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919-1920, convened and met for the … which drafted…
Article1960-1966: The genesis of the armed struggle
… South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the beginning of a far more brutal and intensive…
ArticleCongress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa
… The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa is a political lobby group which represents … and strong South Africa. CONTRALESA emerged because of…
Report of the Coolie Commission of 1872
… Red Riding Hood sailed from Durban with the first group of repatriated ex-indentured workers for India, arriving in … 10 April with 382 passengers on board…
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa.
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa. …
Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa,
… Minutes of the meeting of the Workers' Party of South Africa, …
Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA)
… Background On 1 April 1997, the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) was established with a membership of around 515 000, becoming the second…
The genesis of the armed struggle, 1960-1966
… South Africa's struggle against apartheid. The aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre , in 1960, signalled the beginning of a far more brutal and intensive…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, signed between representatives of the two Boer …
ArticleStates of Emergency in South Africa: the 1960s and 1980s
… One of the key instruments used by the apartheid government to neutralise political dissent was the State of Emergency (SOE). In periods when the government…
Establishment of the Cape and its impact on Khoikhoi and Dutch
… The formation of the VOC in Netherlands in 1602 increased Dutch dominance of the in the maritime trade. Acting on behalf of the Dutch … The war continued…