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EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… a policy of reconstruction dubbed "reconstruction under arms". Click here to read about Milner's reconstruction …
EventHeroic act by boer soldier Windvogel
… acted heroically when he rushed to the aid of a burgher. Under a hail of bullets he helped him into the saddle and he …
EventZAR’s last Cruesot ‘Long Tom’ dynamited
… known as Transvaal Republic), was dynamited by its crew under Lieutenant H Du Toit before falling into British hands …
PlaceNarainsamy Temple, Newlands, Durban
… and the Nauw Graha. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 August 1984. …
PlaceGovernment Buildings, President Brand Street, Bloemfontein
… by Herbert Baker. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 April 1972. …
ArticleA Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… in its landscape and the differing contexts and conditions under which Black rural people live. The picture of Black …
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… in March 1803 when the colony was handed back to Dutch under the Treaty of Amiens and British forces left the Cape. …
ArticleGrade 10 - Topic 1: The world around 1600
… 16th centuries (around 1340 to 1591) The Songhai Empire under Sonni Ali: government and society. Travel and trade in …
ArticleANC and the early development of apartheid 1948-1950s
… of the ANC, and was banned by the government in early 1953 under the Suppression of Communism Act. In 1955 the ANC …
ArticleHistory of Africa Day - 25 May
… rule. Just over a year after its independence Ghana, under the leadership Kwame Nkrumah, convened the first …
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… who are determined to keep order. Students are also under police surveillance and 33 people are shot dead in …
ArticleThe Homelands
… removal of Blacks from the South African political system under the many laws and policies created by Apartheid. The …
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1914
… in the race to the sea. The British Expeditionary Force under the command of Field Marshall John French reinforced …
Kingdoms of southern Africa: Thulamela
… lying on her side with her palms together and her hands under her left temple. In the Venda tradition women greet men …
Disbanding, 1990-1991
… together the pieces of an organisation that had suffered under the State of Emergency . Leaders met against state …
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… African liberation movements in countries that were still under the grip of colonial occupation, white minority rule …
PlaceRooipoort Nature Reserve, Kimberley
… at Rooipoort is a beautiful, classic tented safari camp under thatch with every amenity provided for, including ceiling fans for the warmer part of the year…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma. The farm Welgelegen … of the Netherlands, and was declared a…
PlaceCarmel, George
… the last moment the wind changed and the fire was brought under control. God was watching over His property. The name … be responsible for Carmel and it’s…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… to the public on the 7 July 1904, as it was no longer under military possession. The Pretoria City Council … during the Second World War. It is believed this…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… based broadly upon the Doric order, was erected in 1891 under the direction of GW Smith, a prominent Port Elizabeth … Mayor, Mr J McIlraith. It was declared…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… Strubens on this site. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 July 1983. The Confidence … Strubens on this site. It was declared…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… the invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) by Italian forces under Benito Mussolini became popular among his peers. In … Mpindo zeTsitsa, in Xhosa was translated…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… the 'burghers'? By 1657, the market for work in the Cape, under central direction by the Vereenigde Oost-Indische … dependent on food production for their…
EventHarry Frederick Oppenheimer is born in Kimberley
… Oppenheimer joined the South African Corps and served under the Fourth South African Corps during World War 2 in … elected as a Member of Parliament for…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… inquest concluded that Timol committed suicide while under interrogation, but questions remain whether he may have … were monitored by the Security Branch…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… institutions. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 July 1980. Beachwood … groups for educational purposes, it’s a relief that…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… now stands behind his memorial) known as his throne, under a wild fig tree in Nyakamubi, when traders arrived. … of the Natal sugar industry. With his sugar…
Presidential Address to the Twenty-Third Conference of the South African Indian Congress, Durban, September 3, 1961
… body of the country and attempts to justify its practices under the false slogan of separate self-development. The … and has sought to give it a…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… been owned by Kruger. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 April 1971. … It was declared a National Monument under old NMC…