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EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… purpose of the group. Mahlangu was then sentenced to death. In addition, Motloung was so badly beaten in …
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… was then forced to eat their oxen and walk back, or face death. They eventually returned to the Cape on 22 January …
EventGeneral De la Rey protests British mistreatment of women and children
… conditions, malnutrition, diseases and in many instances, death. The scorched earth policy had been implemented by …
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… children and 1 676 elderly men, died in these camps. The death toll in Black concentration camps, housing Africans who …
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… who ill-treated his wives and was responsible for the death of one of his children, while another tradition …
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Selassie had died on 27 August 1975, but the cause of his death remained a mystery. There were rumours of complications …
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… Tshombe was taken to Algeria where he remained until his death on 29 June 1969. …
PlaceEmgwenya, formally Waterval Boven
… For those looking to stretch their minds rather than their bodies, the Town is home to a number of National Monuments. …
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
On 5 August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test format. He made his Test debut against England in December 2004. In…
PlaceSodwana Bay National Park
… is the offspring of a merger between two conservation bodies: the former Natal Parks Board which was formed in 1947 …
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
… into the uncompromising warrior pledge - Victory or Death! Let us cast our minds back to those days, 25 years … of Umkhonto we Sizwe the uncompromising motto…
"Umkhonto we Sizwe - Born of the People": Statement of the National Executive Comittee of the ANC on the 25th Anniversary of the Formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe by O. R. Tambo, 16 December 1986
… into the uncompromising warrior pledge - Victory or Death! Let us cast our minds back to those days, 25 … of Umkhonto we Sizwe the uncompromising motto:…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… live bullets, tear gas, police dogs, detention, and death" Sunday Times Magazine UK Desmond Tutu is ordained the … saying that 'the manner of Nelson Mandela…
ArticleThe 1913 Mineworkers’ Strike
… die. Miners soon distributed a pamphlet commemorating his death: All civilisation cries Shame! Shame! Shame! On the … would be destroyed. Alarmed by the…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… I thought such things happen to people only after their death. SD: So Gogo, are you telling us that you did not know … IFP area known as Mshayazafe, which…
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… of brutal persecution: Chief Albert Luthuli - his brutal death is still unexplained. Caleb Mayekiso - who killed him … Solwandle, Lenkoe and others - they…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… of brutal persecution: Chief Albert Luthuli - his brutal death is still unexplained. Caleb Mayekiso - who killed him … Solwandle, Lenkoe and others - they…
To All Fathers and Mothers, Brothers and Sisters, Friends and Workers, in All Cities, Towns and Villages in the Republic of South Africa. Flyer in English and Sesotho by the Soweto Students’ Representative Council, 15 October 1976
… is your own son and daughter that we bury every week-end. Death has become a common thing to us all in the townships. … dealers to obey this call. We cannot…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… the fight against Hitler. For nearly fifty years until his death-in 1950. General Smuts was the dominant figure in South … world and paved the way for Malan…
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… photography. Goldblatt began his photographic career in 1948, the year the National Party first took power, and for …
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… vibrant, harmonious pirit was all but crushed when, in 1948, the National Party was Elected to Power and the …
PlaceRooigrond
… move Africans from Machaviestad, but this was not done. In 1948 the government issued the first notice of the state’s …
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… towards the realization of communism. [15] However, the death of Lenin in 1924 brought the NEP to an end. At the … led the Soviet Government from 1917 to…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… up in proximity to other discoveries and sources of small bodies of water. [19] For example, in the Eastern side of … to trial in Johannesburg. Some of…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… it was their mission to bring us our freedom. And fear of death itself would not stop them. This movement took on …
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… leaders, but still the mass action raged. By 9 April the death toll had risen to 83 non-White civilians and three …
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… Indeed, when the Nationalist Party took power in 1948, one of the many harsh laws the regime added to the … including a chieftainess, Malinoha, who was…
ArticleBrenda Fassie’s 1997 hit song Vulindlela still raises questions about South Africa as a nation
In 1997, South Africa’s most famous music star had a huge hit. Brenda Fassie’s Vulindlela became a national pop anthem, played especially at weddings and…
EventAmy Johnson, a female aviator, lands in Cape Town in record time
… body was never recovered. The events leading to Johnson's death are still a mystery. There is no doubt, however, of the …
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… out in Mozambique on 18 October 1978, resulting in the death of over 200 people. Soon after this event, however, a …