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Herbert Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, is born in Somer
… Hayton Castens, first SA rugby captain and also captain of the first SA cricket team to tour overseas, is born in Somer …
Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis Bay, and calls it Golfo de Santa Maria da Conceiçao. He was
… (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 313 … Bartholomew Dias anchors for a few days at the present day Walvis…
Sifiso Mahlangu (10), who was sent back from England to his parents in SA in January, returns to Salome Stopforth, the lady who
… his parents in SA in January, returns to Salome Stopforth, the lady who …
BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died while in
… BBC reports SA security police are cleared of any blame in the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko who died …
Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, is born on Robben Island, where her fath
… Joan Hoskyn Davies, archivist and the first woman to become head of an archives depot, is born …
Egypt’s first Aswan Dam is unveiled 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Cairo. The 40 meter (130ft) high Aswan Dam, designed to
… Dam is unveiled 950 kilometres (590 miles) south of Cairo. The 40 meter (130ft) high Aswan Dam, designed to …
Days after the murder of professor Brian Hahn, another UCT academic Dr Lisbe Smuts-Smith, 47, is murdered in cold blood at her
… Days after the murder of professor Brian Hahn, another UCT academic Dr …
Anglo-Boer War 2: A cannon, known as ‘Long Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer force
… Cloete, P.G. ( 2000). The Anglo-Boer War: a chronology, Pretoria: Lapa. | … Cecil’, and named after Cecil John Rhodes, is fired for the first time at Boer…
Sithembele Zokwe, detained in terms of the Transkei Public Security Act of 1977, is shot dead at his home in Nqamakwe by police
… Sithembele Zokwe, detained in terms of the Transkei Public Security Act of 1977, is shot dead at his …
Transkei police kill three men, one of who is Mr Zolile Sangoni, when they fire on the occupants of a car outside Umtata, while
… men, one of who is Mr Zolile Sangoni, when they fire on the occupants of a car outside Umtata, while …
President Thabo Mbeki has a narrow escape in Abuja when he is nearly hit by a car shortly after the African Union heads-of-stat
… in Abuja when he is nearly hit by a car shortly after the African Union heads-of-stat …
Sokhaya Charles Nkosi, SA graphic artist, is born in Durban. He was employed by the SABC (1982-1986) and is since then senior
… Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art … SA graphic artist, is born in Durban. He was employed by the SABC (1982-1986)…
The Star reports that a SARWHU shop steward, who went on a thirty-three-day hunger strike to back his demand either to be charg
… The Star reports that a SARWHU shop steward, who went on a …
Media 24 reports that about 75 people have died in Kenya of a hemorrhagic fever called Rift Valley Fever for the past three wee
… Kenya of a hemorrhagic fever called Rift Valley Fever for the past three wee …
On its 80th birthday the ANC declares that an interim government of national unity must be set in place and a general election
… On its 80th birthday the ANC declares that an interim government of national unity …
Eight British tourists, five men and three women, are killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swer
… five men and three women, are killed on their way to the Royal Natal National Park when their bus swer …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… Dr Monty Naicker called for strength in resistance, citing the example of Patrice Lumumba of the Congo who, he told a … explained the turn to armed struggle…
ArticleFederation of South African Women by Skylar Jayes
… This article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership … The ANC Women’s League encouraged many of…
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… The apartheid era was characterised by different resistances … mine workers had families in provinces such as Eastern Cape. This in turn had an impact on…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a light on the ugly truths of apartheid government. She utilised her … a backup vocalist in 1954. In 1959 she…
Chapter 11
… National Congress Now it is not so difficult to recognise the first two obstacles to progress because the link between … the effect that Convention shall not…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
… Luthuli arrived in 1920, Adams had become one the best schools in southern and central Africa. Having qualified as a … elusive. For unknown reasons, the…
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
… The most senior leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa have been in prison for … now. They, who would have contributed so enormously to the…
Biography of Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana by Nick Mencia
… Elizabeth. Due to rising political oppression imposed by the Apartheid regime, Pukwana was forced to flee to Europe. … towards playing the alto saxophone. In…
PlaceCabo Verde
… Cape Verde (or Cabo Verde as the nation now prefers to be called) is located on an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, just off the West coast of Guinea…
ArticleCulture and Resistance Conference, Botswana, 1982
… and activists from South Africa living in exile and within the country, as well as foreign nationals, were hosted by the … Community Arts Project (CAP)…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 3 Essay Questions
… Causes of the French Revolution Based on the 2012 Grade 10 NSC Exemplar Paper: Grade 10 Past Exam … and unwise foreign policies. People were starting to…
Article1910-1924: African nationalism and working-class and popular protests
… Introduction General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with … in the Transvaal and Orange Free State areas, and in…
ArticleAfrican nationalism and working-class & popular protests, 1910-1924
… General Louis Botha headed the first government of the new Union of South Africa, with … in the Transvaal and Orange Free State areas, and in the Cape…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist,…