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EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
… on 16 June 1999. In 2005 Mbeki removed Jacob Zuma from his post as Deputy President of the country after he was …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… on the basis of his ethnicity, Outarra resigned from his post. On 17 December 1993, Daniel Kaplan Duncan became the …
EventWWI: battalion consisting of ‘Cape Coloured men’, called the Cape Corps, is established
… battle of Square Hill, the Turkish troops had taken up a post on the hill, making it impossible for British soldiers … 2009]|Samilitaryhistory , 'South…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… provincial president in the Cape. In 1966 he accepted the post of Botswana ambassador to the United States and he died …
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… held several positions, the most recent of which was the post of African National Congress (ANC) chief whip. In 2006, …
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… M. Carter, From Protest to Challenge – A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882-1964, … Source: T.R.H. Davenport, South Africa: A…
Address at the Launch of the Millenium Labour Council, 7 July 2000
… to be a chimera in our context, but the experiences of post war Europe, the US New Deal, amongst others, demonstrate … new ways to address the urgent demands…
Document 134 - The Impending Strike of African Miners: A statement by the African Mineworkers’ Union, 7 August 1946
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Rosenberg … grave and far-reaching. On the contrary,…
South African Constitution 1996
… on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in this country. The …
ArticleThe Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM)
… country around the world. This feature deals with the history of the international anti-Apartheid movement. …
ArticlePassive Resistance in South Africa
… included similarly influenced campaigns in South African history. Non violent mass campaigns forged a new form of …
EventSA's Fifa membership reinstated
… of international recognition, the new SAFA organised a post isolation match with the Cameroonian national team. On … Pietermaritzburg: University of Kwazulu…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… appointing a Market Master, at the time an official state post. From mid-June 1858 every resident possessing a stand or … three Dutch Reformed churches…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… and peasants represent merely certain aspects of our colonial national struggle which is one, single and … however, connive at or conceal some painful facts…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… Oppressed people in South Africa have always associated the history of the United States with the great name of Abraham … bitter struggles against the white…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… South Africa. 9 March, Percy Qoboza , editor of Sunday Post in Johannesburg, launches a campaign for the release of … Africa and internationally. A petition…
The Heritage Museum at Villa Zain by Joline Young
… is. They say they actually feel the vibration of the rich history that fills these walls. I have given 19 years of my … Museum in Simon’s Town is a treasure…
ArticlePrehistory of the Pretoria area
… Moor Park type first developed in KwaZulu-Natal ( see pre history of Durban ). Using this pattern, Ndebele specifically … near the hill Ntsuanatsatsi in the…
44th National Conference: Report of the National Executive Committee, 18 December 1955
… which less than one decade ago were the subjects of colonial powers have thrown off their bonds and asserted … own areas. It may well be recognised that the…
PlaceGriqualand East
… of the Mfecane Wars of 1822-1836. Consequently during the Colonial Era it was also commonly referred to as "no man's … the British found it difficult to…
The Military Defeat of the South Africans in Angola by Horace Campbell (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… served for five years as Deputy Minister of Defense in the post-apartheid South African government—in regular contact … in southeastern Angola became…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation in Rwanda Kigali 19 October 2000
… unity in the context of deep divisions stemming from the colonial past, divisions driven in good measure by a struggle … free they must come to terms with…
Address at the National Summit of Unity and Reconciliation Kigali, Rwanda, 18 October 2000
… unity in the context of deep divisions stemming from the colonial past, divisions driven in good measure by a struggle … free they must come to terms with…
83. South African Indian Council elections, November 1981: To vote or not to vote
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … or nothing and then changed tactics to fight from within…
Document 52 - LA. Jordaan, “A Critique of Mr. W. P. van Schoor’s.The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa” Discussion, 1, 3, June 1951
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 52 … who has boldly undertaken the task of…
ArticleOral tradition and indigenous knowledge
… Written documents are very important sources of history. Letters, diaries, and even old shopping lists can … people thought that something could only be…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
… to oversee the turnaround of Eskom, the South African Post Office and SAA. Ramaphosa led “the war room”. Neither SAA not the Post Office have survived the…
PlacePiquetberg
… Dutch "piket" or the French "piquet", meaning a military post, and may have its roots in the conflict between Dutch …
EventForces of the White Rhodesian regime (UDI) attack a nationalist guerrilla base in Mozambique
… In 1980, Robert Mugabe took leadership of Zimbabwe, a post which he currently holds in a power-sharing agreement …
EventThe first Cape to Rio yacht race takes place
… African challenge. Unfortunately she sheared a main rudder post early in the race. The 3 600 nautical mile race has been …