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PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… excuse for a getaway. Middelburg has plenty to offer all history lovers as it is home to a few museums and fascinating … War (ABW), 1899-1902, if you are…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… Minister. However, the new nation was soon embroiled in a civil war that resulted in the assassination of Lumumba. The … Office of the Historian. Accessed 14…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… with mass action campaigns marked by boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. On 26 June 1952 the Defiance Campaign, … (Accessed: 23 May 2012)|South…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… creation of Zimbabwe. Defiant to the end, Smith denied the civil war caused by the actions of his regime and insisted … at news.bbc.co.uk ,[Accessed: 07…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… emergency. Campaigns differed in each region, but acts of civil disobedience were generally encouraged throughout the …
The South African Human Rights Commission
… by all in South Africa. The SAHRC works with government, civil society and individuals, both nationally and abroad, to …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… of liberty, equality, fraternity, rule of law and civil liberties were secondary to those that informed the …
PlaceOhrigstad
Ohrigstad was founded in 1845 by Hendrik Potgieter, the well-known "Voortrekker" leader. He named the Town after himself and George Ohrig: Andries-Ohrigstad…
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… protect private property and guarantee pensions for white civil servants. He formed a Government of National Unity that … Cambridge University Press |…
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… dramatically in the capital, Abijan. By 1990, a strike of civil servants and students led to the establishment of a …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… public by tracing it within the country’s publication history. Publication history includes texts that were published, the presses that … but also includes…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… in all possessions of the Crown on a footing of perfect civil quality... It was no light thing to throw down the … men of that period, and faithfully pursued…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… has been made in changing the leadership of the public service to make it more racially and gender representative. … housing, welfare, the economy, the…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 1: Kingdoms of southern Africa: Mapungubwe, Thulamela and Great Zimbabwe
… This topic describes the history of the southern African kingdoms of Mapungubwe, …
ArticleProvincial histories
… The different provinces each have their own special history and each one contributes to making South Africa the …
EventProposal made to stop sending Black troops to assist in WW1
… men and natives from South Africa to Europe for any service in connection with the war or otherwise.” This motion … of Natal Press, 1987.|“World War 1”,…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of Johannesburg, Ambrose …
EventZola Skweyiya is born
… in Simonstown. Skweyiya is the former Minister of Public Service and Administration. He has worked tirelessly to …
ArticleANC January 8th Statements
… 2010 - The Year of Working Together to Speed Up Effective Service Delivery to the People January 8th, 2009 - The Year …
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
… Biosecurity Emergency” for the first time in the country’s history. No new domestic cases were reported in China. 19 … from the virus due to a blood clot in…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… the moment’ during a turbulent period of South Africa’s history that held a great potential for radical … the factories. The major part of this essay locates…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… that the imbalances and inequities bequeathed to us by the history of Africa and South Africa, are beyond our capacity … inspired by the pre-eminent warrior…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… question the methods entailed in rewriting or reclaiming history. Mnyele and the cultural collective he was allied to, … making. Art institutions are also…
PlaceHeilbron, Free State
… got all they wanted and were perfectly safe. ‘The civil medical officer does not like the trouble of going out … complained regularly about his conditions of…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Abdurahman by awarding him the Order for Meritorious Service: Class I (Gold). … 2009]|SAHO, Dr Abdullah Abdurahman , from South African History Online, …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… of America and Britain, condemned the South African police service and detention practices and laws. The two countries … E.E and Andor, L.E, (1999), …
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… who both received the Order of Luthuli for exceptional service to the country. References: …
EventDr Joosub Ebrahim is born
… Suliman Ebrahim, recipient of the Order for Meritorious Service Class 1: Gold from the state president in 1992, for …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… and psychosocial support and has integrated with other service providers to offer forensic examination and police …
Man-made women: Gender, class and the ideology of the volksmoeder by Elsabe Brink
… remained the standard source material on South African history until G. M. Theal began to publish research based … the English. 'No mention is made [of her]…