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BiographyNana Sita
… active in the Indian freedom movement. He went to South Africa in 1913 and lived for some time with J.P. Vyas in … to the Transvaal Indian Congress in 1948…
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… for the Jesuits, before he began his work in southern Africa. He first arrived at Sofala (Mozambique) in 1560, and … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventFirst postage stamp in Africa is issued in the Cape Colony
… On 1 September 1853, the first adhesive postage stamp in Africa was issued in the Cape of Good Hope, a British colony … First postage stamp in Africa is…
BiographyHermanus Lethebe
… Lethebe, a member of the Communist Party of South Africa, (CPSA), was killed and Edwin Mofutsanyana and JB … Weeks was tried for murder before a visiting…
BiographyJaydew Nasib Singh
… Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law … government banning orders in the mid-1950s barred him from…
BiographyStephen Bernard Lee
… nationality as a result of his parents living in South Africa for 30 years. During 1974/75 he spent time in the UK … pamphlets for banned organisations. He…
BiographyGraeme Pollock
… displayed during the 1964-65 England’s Tour of South Africa. Pollock and his older brother Peter became known as … of the year title. In 1968 England was to…
BiographyHilda Bernstein
… 1900 from Russia to England. Bernstein relocated to South Africa in 1932 where she worked in advertising agencies, later in publishing and journalism. In…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… draw with England and two lose of three games to the All Blacks on their New Zealand tour, the Springboks improved … for the upcoming Rugby World Cup to be…
BiographyLindiwe Mazibuko
… with her own ideologies and political vision for South Africa. Mazibuko is quoted as saying: "From May 6, just after … centre of robust political debate and…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… October 5th, 1960, the "electorate" of the Union of South Africa voted in favour of a Republic by a majority of 70,000 … not have a say because the…
BiographyNimrod Boyce Tantsi
… the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during his youth, … in the efforts to regroup African…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education Beinart, William. Twentieth-century South Africa …
Document 59 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to N. J. Barclay, 21 February 1936
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … problems, the Club rapidly developed two points of view on all the South African…
BiographyTimothy Peter Jenkin
… Congress (ANC), which was a banned organisation in South Africa.[8] In February 1974, Jenkin and Lee left the country … to 15 June 1978. Upon legal advice,…
Chapter 5 - Who would deliver us from oppression? Gumede and African politics in South Africa,1921-1927
… there is no Zulu, Xhosa, Mosotho or Coloured, but all are and must be known henceforth as Africans’, JT Gumede, … ‘AFRICANS ARE NOT REGARDED WITH MUCH FAVOUR…
Lobenguela’s izinDuna by Martin Plaut (Quarterly Bulletin of the National Library of South Africa ), 2016
… he was facing white encroachment on his territory from all sides. The Ndebele were trapped between the Boers of the … 10,000 troops on parade. There were…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… them of citizenship and prohibiting their return to South Africa. Shanthie was refused the “exit permit” though she had … days and nights, while they fired…
BiographyMichael Kitso Dingake
… Primary School between 1936 and 1941.He then came to South Africa where he did his secondary schooling at St Ansgars … abroad. After Wilton Mkwayi’s arrest,…
EventSouth Africa wins the 2010 bid to host the Soccer World Cup
… (FIFA), Joseph "Sepp" Blatter, announced that South Africa would host the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The announcement was made in Zurich, where South Africa was…
EventTogo and South Africa establish diplomatic relations following a visit by Nelson Mandela
… by then President Nelson Mandela in 1996, Togo and South Africa set the platform to establish diplomatic relations. … Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, to review the…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. Later the…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … slogans are political ones, though it has also demanded all-round increases in…
BiographyMichael Guthrie Scott
… of his father’s parishioners, he boarded a ship to South Africa. After arriving in Cape Town, Scott proceeded to … in need of change, Scott transferred to…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… and his wife Fathima. Bassa's father came to South Africa with his family in 1927. Bassa was schooled in Durban … Though Bassa was involved in voluntary…
BiographyMoses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
… protesters rallied for the “Free Moses Mayekiso” and “Free All Anti-Apartheid Prisoners in South Africa” campaign. Following the formation of the National ……
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of Heritage Day, Cape Town
… behalf of the government I send our warmest greetings to all the people of South Africa. I am also delighted to welcome the Lord Mayor Provost … make the…
ArchiveSouth Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State
… South Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to … which dealt with United States policy toward South Africa, one of the provisions of the…
ArchiveUnited Nations General Assembly Resolution 1375 (XIV): Question of race conflict in South Africa resulting from the policies of apartheid of the Government of the Union of South Africa
… the 838th plenary meeting expressing opposition to South Africa's apartheid policies, calling on member states to promote human rights, and expressing regret…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… Misses the Point", the article discussed the situation in Africa. In part it said: "Overshadowed by the Iraq crisis, … offstage while the world worries about…