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PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… worth a trip for anyone interested in South African architecture and historical bridges. …
PlaceAndries Pretorius Monument , Graaf Reniet
… It was erected in honour of the Voortrekker leader General Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius (1798-1853), …
ArchiveBackground to the 20th anniversary of Republic Day, 31st May 1981
… significant events since 1961. These events include: the general strike, represive legislation, labour unrest, school …
PlaceRiebeek West
… Cape, Jan van Riebeeck . The village was the birthplace of General J C Smuts , Prime Minister of the Union of South …
EventKamalesh Sharma delivers a speech at the 2010 Nelson Mandela Africa Lecture
… Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General for Common Wealth made a speech during the 2010 … Sharma, K., (2010), Speech by Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh…
EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
… with the addition of two complete corps: the XIII and XXX. General Sir Alan Cunningham was given overall command of the …
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… In 1948 the Nationalist Party won the general election on a platform of separate development. In …
EventAnti-apartheid activist, Beyers Naude is born
… on 10 May 1915. He was named after C.F. Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father, Jozua Franchoise …
EventJames Sebe Moroka is born
… doctor, landowner and politician who was elected president-general of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1949 to …
ArchiveCircular from Neville Curtis, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and others
… General circular from the President of the National Union of …
ArchiveUnlawful Organizations Act, Act No 34 of 1960
… The Act was to empower the Governor-General, with a view to the safety of the public or the …
PlaceThe Randjeslaagte Beacon, Parktown Johannesburg
… Mines, and Johann Friedrich Bernhard Rissik, the Surveyor-General'. Their choice fell on Randjeslaagte. Johann Rissik drew up a General Plan of the new…
PlaceHouse Schoch, Boschdal, District of Rustenburg
… relates to Herman Eugene Schoch (1862- 1947), Surveyor General of the Transvaal, there are manuscripts pertaining to … supply interesting information on…
Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders for Closer Co-operation, February 6, 1949
… For African National Congress. Dr. A. B. Xuma, President General. A. W. G. Champion, President (Natal) C. S. … Ramahanoe, President (Transvaal) R. G. Baloyi,…
Document 46. “Statement Issued by Joint Meeting of African and Indian Leaders” [For Closer Co-operation], February 6, 1949
… For African National Congress. Dr. A. B. Xuma, President General. A. W. G. Champion, President (Natal) C. S. … Ramahanoe, President (Transvaal) R. G. Baloyi,…
EventBritish Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act
… Slave Trade. On 25 March 2007, the United Nations General Assembly marked the 200th anniversary of the end of … Boniface Chidyausiku (Zimbabwe), acting…
ArchiveStatement
… Statement by Alfred Nzo, Secretary General of the ANC National Executive Committee, on the …
ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
… Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to …
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General Walter Sisulu against a six years sentence of …
EventWalter Sisulu convicted of inciting protest
… Former secretary-general of the African National Congress (ANC), Walter … South African History Online," General South African History Timeline: 1960s ",From…
EventGandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’
… Resisters to vacate the Volksrust camp. The Attorney-General for Natal, W. J. McKenzie, appealed to the Europeans …
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… we Sizwe commander, Chris Hani, was elected as secretary-general of the South African Communist Party (SACP) at its …
EventThree IFP leaders resign
… premier of Kwazulu-Natal province, Ziba Jiyane, Secretary-General and Musi Myeni, leader in the Gauteng provincial …
EventPrime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima is born
… after a bloodless coup led by Defence Force Chief Major-General Bantu Holomisa. References: Gastrow, S. (1985). Who's …
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
… Eastern Cape Province was founded when then Commissioner-General Jacob Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to …
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… General circular from the president of the National Union of …
EventInternational Day of Families.
… Day of Families was proclaimed by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in 1993, as a day to provide an opportunity …
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… was accepted as a trainee nurse at the Johannesburg General Non-European hospital and after spending Christmas … in January. 1941 Albertina's mother died…
ArticleUnited Democratic Front timeline 1983-1990
… a commission, Chaired by Cas Saloojee , and decide on the general form of the front as a loosely constituted broad … and Imperialism. February, isolated…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… exile leaders asked her to speak at United Nations General Assembly because of her popularity and her ability to … people of South Africa. She addressed the…