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EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… of glass beads. The diaries of Fynn (rewritten from memory 20 years after he had lost his original copy) and another …
EventFreak storms create havoc in the Eastern Cape and President Mandela narrowly escaped injury
… caravans, were damaged and most wards were flooded. A 20-year-old woman died instantly when she was struck by …
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and autonomous African chiefdoms. The death of…
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a million men and women…
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, fish, reptiles, birds and plants from…
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… around Colesberg and regrouped at Arundel Siding. On 20 February the Boers began to retreat from Colesberg, and on …
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… in the First World War. Forty years later, in 1956, some 20 000 women, protesting against Apartheid laws, undertook a …
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… Adichie would wear a very serious, manly and ugly suit. [20] The appearance of men is the standard for societal … YouTube. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 15…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter One - By Riashnee Pather
… to places such as British Guyana and the Solomon Islands. 20 The appointment of this Commission and especially the NIC … Indian Community. [Durban: Iqbal…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Vietnam Institute of International Relations on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations, Hanoi
… was 74 to one in 1997. This is up from 60 to one in 1990 and 30 to one in 1960. "The international development … brothers and sisters here in Vietnam who,…
ArticleAbram Fischer Timeline 1908-1975
… (which included Bram Fischer) calls to disband the Party. 20 June, The Communist Party of South Africa is dissolved … Brams home in Beaumont Street is raided…
Biography of Johnny ‘Mbizo’ Dyani by Brandon Norman
… a period where jazz music was used as a form of protest. [20] In 1972, Johnny moved to Denmark where Mongezi Feza and … Rasmussen, Mbizo, 18. ↵ [18] Ibid. ↵ …
‘Something like an archive - Exploring memory through zine-making’ is a one day public workshop at Iyatsiba Lab facilitated by visual artist and educator, Scott Eric Williams.
… be provided) Venue: The Iyatsiba Lab, RSVP is Essential: 20 people maximum can be accommodated, on a first-come, …
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… persuaded me to join him in the Legal Resources Centre in 1990. Arthur was a democrat. There were no secrets between … to debate the controversy that has…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… which he had selected as the site for his next camp. On 20 January Chelmsford’s men arrived and set up camp at … he encountered, to his horror, the Zulu army…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… Sol Plaaitjie wrote of the act: “”¦on Friday morning, 20 June 1913, the South African native found himself, not a … Levi Mvabaza who attended the…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… of 473 slave-owners. [iv] This amounts to an average of 20.9 slaves per owner. The distribution, as can be expected, … skewed. Only 18.6 percent of slave…
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
Please note: This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have modified it slightly to fit the new curriculum but we…
PlaceThaba Bosiu, Lesotho
Thaba Bosiu is a sandstone Plateau, at the historic and spiritual heart of the Sotho Kingdom, in Lesotho. Rising to an altitude of 1,800m only 20km East of…
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
On 5 August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test format. He made his Test debut against England in December 2004. In…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… cast to head to London. The show was set to open on the 20 February at the Prince Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue. In …
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… with 62.65 % of the vote. The National Party (NP) received 20.39 %, Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) 10.54 %, Freedom Front …
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August
… of the number of women delegates ranged from 10 000 to 20 000, with FSAW claiming that it was the biggest …
ArticleSouth African Youth Congress (SAYCO)
… in close cooperation with COSAS and AZASO , and by 1983, 20 new youth organizations were launched. By the end of 1986, …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
… Sol Plaaitjie wrote of the act: “on Friday morning, 20 June 1913, the South African native found himself, not a …
ArticleColonial history of Nelspruit
… on the Mozambican border and arrived at Nelspruit on 20 June 1892. Around the new station a small settlement took …
ArticleNew identities and the construction of heritage
Please note that there is a compulsory assessment task that must be completed in this section (part of the curriculum)New identities: Human Rights for allThe…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming apparent, security police detained Biko, the outspoken student…
ArticleThe Society of Young Africa (SOYA)
The Society of Young Africa (SOYA) held its opening conference on 20th December 1951. Led by I. B. Tabata, SOYA was closely linked to the Non European Unity…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… The consumer boycott ended in January 1961. However, by 20 April 1961, 524 alleged participants of the rebellion …