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Freedom In Our Life Time - Bibliography
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe … Faber and Faber, 1954. Basner, Miriam. Am I an African? The Political Mem^oirs of H. M. Basner…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… Introduction The Robben Island prisoners settled down to the mindless timetable of imprisonment, filling hours with … them from dwelling on their plight and…
EventNUSAS disbands
… The National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) elected to disband on this day. Founded in 1924, the aim of the organisation was to represent and…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
… The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. …
EventShaba War in Zaire comes to an end
… The first Shaba war (also referred to as Shaba I) broke out on 8 March 1977 in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when Angola-based guerrillas of the Front…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… For South Africa this date signaled the end of decades of international isolation . The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) recalled resolution 48…
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… his fine record as a social science student at what was the University of Natal in Durban in the late 1970s, and then at UCT. A likely career, yes, but … As…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… The NDCA of the ANC has informed Comrade Julius Malema and Comrade Floyd Shivambu that the hearing for the Appeal against the sentence handed out to them by…
Burkina Faso: Key Facts and History by Angela Thompsell updated 13 February 2016
… Key facts and history of Burkina Faso from the 2015 elections and coup attempt to independence in 1960. … outlook and lack of resources have largely kept it…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… COWURED AND AFRICAN PEOPLE SEGREGATION THREATENS US The Government proposes to drive Asiatic and Coloured people … GROUNDS but they are not compelled to…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… Town to attended religious services. However because of the distances involved, as well as the poor state of local roads, on 7 June 1829 it was resolved to…
PlaceSchanskop Fort, Pretoria
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 June 1938. After the Jameson Raid in 1896, President Paul Kruger of the "Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek" decided that…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… seafaring history, and a reminder that Durban is still the busiest port in Africa. Backed by a panoramic view of Durban Harbour, the Port Natal Maritime…
EventTanzania gains independence
… During the fourteenth century, Tanzania's location on the East African coast made it easily accessible to Arab traders and slave traders, who operated in the…
EventAir France A-300B Airbus hijacked from Athens arrives at Entebbe, Uganda
… Tel Aviv to Paris was hijacked after a stopover in Athens. The four hijackers were members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Bader…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Smith, issues a Unilateral Declaration of Independence
… Ian Smith became prime minister of the self-governing British colony of Rhodesia in 1964. In keeping with the postwar trend toward de-colonisation, British…
Steve Biko revisited by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 21 June 2016
… happening at my alma mater and employer for over 40 years, the University of Cape Town (UCT). Part of this endeavour involved exploring the history of…
17. Latief insists on his right to travel by any train
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … of Vrededorp, Johannesburg, wrote on 17 August 1906 to the Chief Traffic Manager of the…
Professor Terence Ranger: An Obituary by Trevor Grundy
… Trevor Grundy writes on the life of the historian and political activist At a dinner party in Salisbury (Harare) in the late1950s when white rule in Rhodesia…
PlaceStaats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria
… for a time it was used to House Prisoners-of-War, during the Anglo-Boer War . Single-storied red brick with ochre dressings. Similar to the lesser ZAR…
EventKenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections
… Kenneth David Kaunda wins Zambian elections and will become the first president of an independent republic on 24 October 1964. The victory of Kaunda in the…
EventViolence erupts in Paarl
… members from Mbekweni, Paarl, met and resolved to attack the White town of Paarl. Over 200 men armed with axes, … at about 02h00 and split into two groups,…
EventA South African spy is released from jail
… her arrival, she was greeted by President F.W. de Klerk. The release apparently came after a formal request by the African National Congress (ANC) and…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… The leaders of the four 'independent' homelands, namely; Bophuthatswana, … attended a five-nation summit in Pretoria , chaired by the South African State…
EventSevered human leg drops off SAA plane
… land at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York. Pam Hearne, the owner of the house on which the leg fell, said she heard something hitting the top of the …
EventGermany declares South West Africa a German protectorate
… Otjimbingwe in 1885, then at Windhuk in 1891. It covered the core of what is today Namibia. Over the next hundred years, African peoples living in Southwest…
EventBasutoland (now Lesotho) becomes British territory
… Moshoeshoe is credited as "the father of the Basotho people" as he was responsible for the creation of Lesotho (The Basotho Kingdom), and the … The History…
EventScores of people, including a Chief, are killed in Lari, Kenya, following an attack by Mau Mau freedom fighters
… region, Kenya, when Mau Mau freedom fighters attacked the area. Among the casualties was chief Luka from Lari, who was known … his own people as an…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… naval college. McKinlay is considered to have been one of the most important motivators of what has become known as the " Berea Style ". It was declared a…
EventPrime Minister Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa is killed in Nigeria’s first military coup
… Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was the first Prime Minister of Nigeria after it gained … until he died in 1966 when he was kidnapped and killed in the country’s…