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PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… which some believe to be Minerva, the Roman Goddess of war, or a statue representing freedom and liberty, or even …
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… too. Following the end of the second South African War , only in 1914, prospectors began to excavate the many …
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… against the capitalist offensive, against fascism and war and for the repeal of all repressive law, such as the …
Address by Nelson R. Mandela to the plenary session of the Multi-Party negotiations process World Trade Centre, Kempton Park, 17 November 1993
… democracy offers. Democracy has no place for talk of civil war. Those who persist with such threats do not care for …
PlacePeddie
… was erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1834-35 for the protection of amaMfengu refugees …
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… as the role of intellectuals, the impending Second World War and, most critically, the question of ‘race’ in South …
Devout domesticity? A century of African women's Christianity in South Africa by Deborah Gaitskell
… a constant refrain from many rural churches. By the inter-war years Transkei Anglican missionaries were increasingly … were indigenous ideas of manliness…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Congress Youth League Activities
… of the Pass Office Trustees wanted. In this very war South Africa is fighting against oppression and for Freedom; a war in which she has committed herself to…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… By this time, as a gesture to India's valiant part in the war against the Nazis, the Smuts Ministry had raised the … Kajee's. The Mahatma was persuaded of…
ArticleKey sites
… to her son the Prince Imperial who was killed in the Zulu War of 1879. They are a replica of the stations found in … in Paris. The High Altar was a donation…
ArticleTransport on land
… played a very important role during the First World War. It is estimated that over 100 000 pigeons were used to … award from the French army for his services…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
… was both strategic and economic. During the Cold War, South Africa was of strategic importance in the fight … apartheid was introduced in South Africa in a…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
… in their relationship to the Völkerschlacht-Denkmal (War-Memorial Monument) in Leipzig, Germany, in its … yaseNcome. None of the direct protagonists in that…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 29 July 1990
… Disraeli of England was forced to wage a full-scale war against the Zulus which he did not do with the others. We … they will do it in terms of politics to…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… do with can influence our economy. It is not we who waged war in the Middle East, it is not we who blockaded the Suez, … made under the leadership of…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 1 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… wanted to, not like now. It was about the beginning of the war, 1939 or thereabouts when I got to Port Elizabeth, and … There was a lot of work around that…
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANC CANDIDATE PREMIERS, 23 April 1999
… in 1979, working at, John Weinberg Hardware in Germiston, Anglo Alpha Cement in Roodepoort and PSG Services in … the trade union movement in 1981, became a…
PlaceComrades Marathon, Durban-Pietermaritzburg
… Covid-19 pandemic . This was the first time since World War 2 that the race had not taken place! Three years on, the …
PlaceSchoenstatt Retreat and Conference Centre, Cape Town
… was to have far-reaching consequences. The First World War had already begun and some of the young men were later …
PlacePietermaritzburg, Umgungundlovu District Municipality
Pietermaritzburg is the Capital and second-largest City, in the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and named after two leaders of…
Sita - Memoirs of Sita Gandhi by Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie
… So we travelled by car again, but then the 2nd World War started and there was petrol rationing so Arun and I … days at St. Anthony’s School. I was in Std…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1960-1969
… 16 June, The ANC issues a pamphlet entitled ‘ We are at War! ’ 18 June, Oliver Tambo delivers a speech, entitled ‘ … reforms had to be adopted in order to…
ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… In 1851, following the outbreak of the 1850-53 frontier war, the convict camp was removed to the safety of Port … and a bridge over the Baakens River. By…
The French Revolution
… privileges 20 April 1792 - Legislative Assembly declares war on Austria 21-22 September 1792 - The monarchy is done … unlike their government, the Committee…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the anti-racist day meeting of the Greater London Council, 21 March 1984, London
… the racist ideology of the Nazis plunged the world into war, and decades after resolutions have been passed calling … and to ensure its survival, it finds it…
Address to the Anti-Racist Day Meeting of the Greater London Council by O. R. Tambo, London, 21 March 1984
… the racist ideology of the Nazis plunged the world into war, and decades after resolutions have been passed calling … and to ensure its survival, it finds it…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… wary that events there might escalate into a new Cold War conflict fought along racial lines. Secretary of State … with Smith and the urgency of avoiding a…
”Apartheid Over Our Dead Bodies:” Speech, July 1948
… the Soviet Union which had to bear the major brunt in the war against fascism which wanted to dominate the world, and … in this country. The Soviet Union ha…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… occurred relatively rapidly and without the racial civil war that most commentators in the 1980s believed was … community, or the impact of the winding-down…
ArticleXhosa
… 19th century South African History. The first frontier war broke out in 1780 and marked the beginning of the Xhosa …