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EventLeague of Nations is formed
… The League of Nations was established after World War I, during the Treaty of Versailles. The intention of this …
EventKabila is inaugurated as president of the DRC
… played a major role in the peaceful solution of the civil war, attended the colourful ceremony as well as eight other …
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977 on the humanitarian conduct of war. Clause 1 of this protocol says; “The civilian population …
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
… have happened in the history of mankind. A devastating war, marked by ruthless barbarity and fiendish cruelty, has … by our Government on the ground that it…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… also to those whose experiences include the Second World War: in the Netherlands, in Germany, in the former Soviet … Never and Never Again! My own memories…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… Introduction Following British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the … The Union brought together the…
PlaceSedibeng District Municipality
… boasts several Heritage Sites related to the South African War of 1899-1902 and the two World Wars that followed. The …
Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 January 2012
… which faded away soon afterwards. From 1914, he was in the War on War League, which set up the revolutionary syndicalist … and then St. Aidans' Boys’ School…
PlaceSierra Leone
… of thousands, including children. The outbreak of the war in Sierra Leone caused set back to many areas in the … of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF)…
The Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA): CODESA 2
… yes, warning that a “no” vote would mean a declaration of war against the majority. The Democratic Party (DP) also … during 1993. Endnotes ↵ [i] Anthea…
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… built its dwelling. In 1868 it was sold to the British War Department and the building served as an officers' mess … built its dwelling. In 1868 it was sold…
EventThe Second Battle of El Alamein starts
… Montgomery, the new commander of the Eighth Army in World War 2, initiated a second attack at El Alamein, a town in … Cape Town: NASOU, v. 11, p. 518.|…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa …
EventDictator Siad Barre flees Somalia ending his 22 year rule
… in the Italian governed part of Somalia prior to World War Two, Barre was found to excel in the sphere of politics. …
EventVan Riebeeck establishes the first burgher commando
… (Hottentot) rising, sometimes called the 'First Hottentot War' (though it was rather a series of skirmishes), started …
EventNelson Mandela marries Graça Machel on his 80th birthday
… and headed the first United Nations study on the impact of war on children. The couple decided to tie the knot on Nelson …
EventCrime statistics released
… status as the most violent country in the world excluding war zones. The figures reveal that 10 161 people were …
Coal Miners Strike on the Rand
… By March 1922 Johannesburg had been turned into a war zone. Resistance only stopped on 14 March after heavy …
EventThe League of Nations is established
… The League's goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… Africa shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. She is well known as a painter of landscapes and still …
EventThe prolonged hearing of the dispute over the constitutional position of South West Africa is resumed
… of Namibia dates back to 1914 during the First World War. At the time of its occupation by South Africa Namibia …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… This was the last conventional battle of the South African War (1899-1902). The climax of the battle of Dalmanutha came … Pretorius F. ‘The Second Anglo-Boer…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… while the other part was used as a prison. During World War II, the Island was used mainly as a training camp. The …
Document 7 - The Freedom Charter
… a constant refrain from many rural churches. By the inter-war years Transkei Anglican missionaries were increasingly … were indigenous ideas of manliness…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… the SADF and UNITA’s stubborn and vicious CIA-aided bandit war. For another dozen years the southern part of Angola was … A MiG-23 executed a neat victory…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… policy. They were great supporters of Hitler during the war and they opposed the war effort of the South African Government. They are … of Europe. In the…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… of the conflict in South Africa, would you call it a war, for example? Bizos: Again it’s a matter of definition. In the 50s, the book The Savage War of Peace…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, at the opening of the 37th congress of the South African Jewish Board of Deputies Carlton Hotel, Saturday, 21 August 1993
… a national congress of the Jewish community. It is an index of the changes we have achieved during the first few …
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… with deep origins throughout the continent, the effects of war and economic hardship, as well as everyday challenges … its economy growing by 8% each year,…
ArticleWay of life in ancient Egypt
… craftsmen, and an army of peasant, slave and prisoners of war labourers. This religious obsession of the upper classes …