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EventUS invades Afghanistan
… marked the beginning of the United States of America's "War on Terrorism". Afghanistan was invaded by the USA for …
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 …
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…
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…
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…
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)…
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…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… liberal apologists, like Macmillan, author of "Bantu. Boer and Briton," who hail him as the "Defender of the … missionaries). While the trek oxen were…
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 …
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… which he supplied Middelburg. During the South African War Henry Nourse was closely associated with Colonel Ignatius … campaign . On the outbreak of the…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
… in 1660, which brought to a close the first Dutch-Khoikhoi war in the Cape. It was to be the first of many wars waged by …
ArticleThe missionaries
… to pray for peace in Eastern Pondoland where there was a war between the Xhosas and Zulus. The missionaries became …
ArticlePan-Africanism
… Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey. In the years after World War I, Garvey championed the cause of African independence, …