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EventCOSATU conference prohibited and organisers restricted
… president of COSATU, Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi, assistant general secretary and Donsie Khumalo, regional secretary. In …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe’s government in Liberia
… A coup attempt headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military …
EventThe League of Nations is established
… President Woodrow Wilson of the United States and General J.C. Smuts of South Africa. Smuts gave substance to …
EventThe railway line between Durban and Pietermaritzburg is completed
… had to hold its own in the advance of commerce and the general progress in South Africa. The legislative council of …
EventSA government threatens to pull out of the UN peace plan for Namibia
… South West Africa (now Namibia) started in May 1915 when General Louis Botha, first Prime Minister of the Union of …
EventBoers and the British clash in the battle of Dalmanutha
… (ZAR) or the Transvaal Republic, faced a full attack by General Sir Redvers Buller's Natal Field Army (also known as …
EventCharges against 53 of the 76 Africans detained after the Sharpeville massacre are dropped
… massacre on 21 March were dropped by the Acting Attorney-General for the Transvaal, Mr. P.S. Claasen. According to …
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… the South African government, under the leadership of General Louis Botha , put an offer to Britain to invade the …
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
… Africa. The GNU system of government lasted until the general elections in 1999. References: Wallis, F. (2000). …
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
… A coup attempt headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military …
ArticleGandhi and the Passive Resistance Campaign 1907-1914
… the history of the country but also for world history in general. Gandhi’s campaigns forged a new form of struggle … from 1 January 1907, leaving the new…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address at the National General Council 2000 meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of … and Agent for Change’. To read the…
ArticleThe Basotho
… on several occasions and the British, under the control of General Cathcart. Mzilikazi © www.btinternet.com His …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… university students AZAYO (Azanian Youth Organisation): general youth wing Imbeleko : women's wing This structure …
ArticlePan-Africanism
… where all people of the African Diaspora can live. In more general terms, Pan-Africanism is the sentiment that people of …
ArticleSS Mendi
… from the rear to the front lines. In September of 1916, General Louis Botha , the current Prime Minister of the Union …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… on Monday. In a statement issued yesterday, they said. General Smuts, by attitude, encouraged racial antagonism to … campaign against Indian traders. They…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… South Africa free of charge. After that Sir William Hoy, General Manager of South African Railways, was talked into … April 1923 by H.R.H. Prince Arthur of…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… the Great conquers Egypt. He occupies Egypt and his general, Ptolemy, becomes king and finds a dynasty. During … Fatimid in Egypt, leading to the rise of a…
EventTinashe Washington Nengomasha, Zimbabwean international football player is born in Harare, Zimbabwe
… a midfielder, a position that earned him the nickname ‘The General’. He is seen as Chiefs’ best player during the …
EventANC revolutionary propaganda leaflets exploded in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban
… During an interview with Cape Times Police Commissioner General J.P. Gous, said that “it is almost certain Whites are …
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… On 6 August 1960, the United Nations (UN) Secretary General, Mr. Dag Hammarskjöld, asked the UN Security Council …
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… the Indian people into militant passive resistance against General Smuts's racist laws. He struggled relentlessly for …
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland and Governor-General of South Africa dates back to 1931 when the posts …
EventSA joins World War II
… rejected by 80 votes to 67. After the refusal of Governor-General Sir Patrick Duncan to dissolve the parliament, …
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… as well as a post-mortem report submitted to the Attorney General of the Transvaal, signed by Professor Johan Loubser, …
EventZulu King Dingane orders the execution of Piet Retief’s men
… some of the cattle recovered from Chief Sekonyela. The general opinion is that Dingane did not wish to yield the …
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… References: http://www.sabcnews.co.za/south_africa/general/0,2172,125894,00.html …
EventWorld Refugee Day
… The General Assembly decided that 20 June would be celebrated as …
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… the security forces. Vlok recently approached the director general in the office of the presidency, the Rev Frank …