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EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
… his death was caused by the act of some unknown person or persons. His murderers, now known, are self confessed. …
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… joint attack by Egypt and Syria and was called Yom Kippur or October War. Israel, caught unawares, was stunned by the …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… order, and as such could not be quoted by any person or by the press. During his incarceration Sobukwe obtained an …
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… from which the British government provided no protection or compensation. In what is known as the Great Trek, Retief …
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… also because most Huguenots were highly trained craftsmen or experienced farmers. In 1688 the first large group of …
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
… that, under martial law, he was obliged to follow orders or face banishment. In March 1901, British military law had …
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… About 300 horses of the British force were killed or stampeded. Despite heavy losses on the Boer side the …
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… force employed as telegraphists should return to the ranks or apply for their discharges." As a result Fort Cunynghame …
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… Cape Maclear or Chembe is a town in the Mangochi District of Malawi's …
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… of Pretoria. The nickname for the university - Tuks or Tukkies is derived from the TUC acronym. The University of …
EventThe Native Affairs Commission went once more to Ntabelanga for negotiations
… a tabernacle and some huts without registering themselves or paying tax. Mgijima was adamant that the end of the world …
EventFormer Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat is born
… led Egypt into victory against Israel during the Ramadan or Yom Kippur War. The war was a political success for Sadat, …
Mzimhlophe /Qhudeni
… known as Qhudeni because it was closer to a trading store or bus stop by that name. Across the valley from Mzimhlophe …
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
… him because it cannot be considered either a court of law or a court of justice. June, The Central Committee convenes a … him from entering a factory,…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… AIDS orthodoxy; Part Four : None of Mbeki’s biographers or other political writers – Mark Gevisser included – have … likes being an Englishman but hates the…
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
… to political participation, to expression—constituted or reshaped in relation to formal and informal modes of urban … are differences—of gender, generations,…
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… position, and from 1963 to 1966, it was the Kabaka (or king) of Baganda that held it. In 1966, however, Obote … military commander, Idi Amin, would be a…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thenjiwe Mswane
… Oh Azania is not free. I wish you hadn’t died that day, or the days after, or the days before. I wish you’d have stayed to whisper words …
PlaceWild Coast
… of Cows on the Beaches. Even though beaches have no grass or drinking water, herds of Cattle still love coming down to … a Family looking for a new and…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… is also a grassy area where families can picnic, play, or simply relax as they enjoy the pure prettiness around … path of the Mpako River and it is this,…
PlaceCape Point and the Lighthouse, at the Southern Point of the Cape Peninsula
… is no "line in the ocean" where the sea changes colour or looks different in some way. There are, however, strong … naval port of Simon's Town. The bay is…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… they do so! In a few years time there will be no Coloured or Asiatic t r a d e r s unless all non-Europeans stand … effective. Do not wait till they force…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… 10, Human Rights Day: Urge your church, union, lodge, or club to observe this day as one of protest; Urge your … Africa; Don't buy South Africa's products;…
EventZulu King Cetshwayo address his warriors at the great military kraal of Nodwengu
… confusion over the issue of whether Colonel Henry Pulleine or Colonel Durnford was in charge, and about distribution of … was held by a single screw that…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… thereof prescribes that the Minister of Native Affairs, or some other Minister acting in his stead, shall cause the … is to have nothing to do with the…
PlaceThe Old Presidency Museum, Bloemfontein
… between the hours of 8am to 4pm. The Old Presidency or Ou Presidensie (Afrikaans) is a Museum, art Gallery and … during their terms in office. In 1860, the…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… used to condemn a potato when we see one that had a hole or a black mark. We used to tell the people in the public … there. It must have been about 11 o…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… argued) was not to be spent in protesting against this or that racial law, or seeking concessions from the Government. No one section …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… the central Government, the Provincial Administrations or the Municipalities. They had profited greatly by … in turn the treatment of these episodes either…
PlaceCompany Gardens in Cape Town
… the Houses of Parliament , all of which are located within or adjacent to the gardens'. While today it might be filled … alike to encounter Members of…