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EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… the Religious Mother of Constantine the Great. Close to, or near the mouth of the Berg River, the explorers set in to …
EventFake versions of the new South African banknotes hit the streets
… gold band visible on the back when the note was tilted or colour-changing ink on the rand number value at the …
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
… solar system. Traditionally comets are seen as portents or signs that tragic events are about to occur. Halley's …
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… of the Ovaherero a "justified liberation war". The Herero or Ovaherero people lived mainly in Namibia, Botswana and …
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… from the suspicion of partiality to the system adopted or the reverse." Emily Hobhouse (April 9, 1860 - June 8, …
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… a judge in Morocco and is said to have died either in 1368 or 1369. …
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… liberation, the Frente de Libertação de Moçambique or FRELIMO. Tragically, he was denied the fruits of his …
The Hewat Teacher Training College in Athlone is set alight in solidarity with the UWC students on a boycott
… Town. Administrative buildings, beer halls, bottle stores or shops that had not yet been gutted were destroyed. The …
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… most of central Namibia, but large numbers were displaced or killed in clashes. When the first Europeans visited …
EventOlaudah Equiano, enslaved person and writer dies
… Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. The book surprised and …
EventDutch East Indian Company, pioneer in the expansion of European settlement in South Africa is formed
… The Dutch East India Company(DEIC) or Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (VOC) popularly referred …
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… whom he has written a biography. Uys, either as himself or his flamboyant alter ego, has been very vocal in his …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 3 - South Africa: Culture and Conflict
… of wealth, of access to the means for acquiring power and/or wealth, of education, and of status. This much is agreed … either because they are biologically…
The ANC’s attempt to become the sole legitimate representative of the people of South Africa by Martin Plaut
… party’s work with the emerging black trade union movement, or contacts with Helen Suzman or the Progressive Party. This was something the Labour Party … ANC,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the tenth anniversary of the Soweto uprising, 16 June 1986
… Youth Day. This means that the Botha regime has wittingly or unwittingly defined Monday June 16, 1986, as the biggest … and its structures. Let none defend…
"The Count-Down has Started": Statement on the Tenth Anniversary of the Soweto Uprising by O. R. Tambo, 16 June 1986
… Day. This means that the Botha regime has wittingly or unwittingly defined Monday June 16, 1986, as the biggest … and its structures. Let none defend…
ArchivePik Botha: sympathetic obits fail to recognise that he protected apartheid by Alet Pretorius, 23 October 2018
… by apartheid that Botha emerges as relatively liberal or, in the jargon of the era, “enlightened” by comparison. … the apartheid regime. This enabled it to…
ArchiveWomen and the Satyagraha Campaign
… conditions, also became involved in the passive resistance or Satyagraha Campaign. With Gandhi's help they formed the … forefront of the democratic movement…
Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth
… that ever had been seen in Britain either before or since. In 1922 occurred the historical "Red Revolt" or "Rand Uprising". The main facts about his episode…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… River near Port Elizabeth , there is a new deepwater port or Harbour. It is a big port through which ships bring products from overseas or take them from…
Robben Island
… include the homeless, alcoholics, people who were to sick or old to work and prostitutes with sexually transmitted …
First Matabele War
… Fewer than 10 members of Jameson's column were killed or wounded. The British continued to make their way to …
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… either become a non-governmental organisation, a platform, or a political party which contested power. On 27 July 2013, …
Turning-point elections in South Africa, 1910 - 2009
… demands of Black people for basic rights enjoyed by whites or the country will be plagued by continued unrest. Smuts in …
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970s
… prominent Indian leaders although it continued to function or some years. The Soweto riots of 1976 had prompted Vorster …
List of deaths in detention
… was a legal weapon that could see an individual, a group or even an entire community silenced it became more commonly …
The armed struggle and state repression of the 1960s
… got nervous, and opened fire on the crowd without warning or order. They continued to shoot while people ran away. On …
ArticleNational symbols such as the Coat of Arms and the National Anthem
… flag looks like? 4. Do you own a South African flag, or any objects such as am item of clothing that has the South …
ArticleAnti-Indian Legislation
… The purpose of the Bill was to stop the "threatened evil" or menace of an Asiatic invasion of Natal. The protestors …
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… refugees, accusing them of being members of the ANC or ANC sympathizers. The regime, which has arrogated to … majority of its population, which enjoys no…