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Africa Timeline
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May 20, 2015

Africa Timeline

100 000 BC Humans begin to migrate from Africa to other parts of the world 8500 BC – 6500 BC In the Sahar...

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A decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
Article
May 07, 2015

A decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa

1905 Charlotte Maxeke, formerly a Kimberley schoolteacher, becomes the first South African Black woman to receive a B...

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Cosatu timeline
Article
Apr 30, 2015

Cosatu timeline

2010 19 January: (Congress of South African Trade Unions) COSATU affiliate The Food and Allied Workers' Union (FAWU) ...

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Timeline on the defacing of statues
Article
Apr 24, 2015

Timeline on the defacing of statues

1997 September, The statue of Steve Biko is defaced twice within a space of three weeks after it was unveiled by Presi...

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Xenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
Article
Apr 17, 2015

Xenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline

1994 to 1995 In December 1994 and January 1995, armed youth gangs in Alexandra Township outside of Johannesburg, Gaut...

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Sharpeville Timeline
Article
Mar 20, 2015

Sharpeville Timeline

16 December 1959 - At the annual African National Congress (ANC) conference, Chief Albert Luthuli&nb...

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Namibian Timeline
Article
Feb 04, 2015

Namibian Timeline

Late Pleistocene (Early and Middle Stone Age)                    800...

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Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events
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Feb 04, 2015

Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Timeline of Events

1961 FNLA and MPLA begin a guerrilla campaign to overthrow Portuguese colonial rule. 25 April 1974 Portuguese col...

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Article
Dec 23, 2014

Dumile Feni biography by Sophia Reuss

Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in the small town of Withuis in Worc...

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The Group Areas Act of 1950
Article
Dec 19, 2014

The Group Areas Act of 1950

The National Party was elected in 1948 on the policy of Apartheid ('separateness'). This 'separateness' put South Africa...

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Sophiatown Timeline
Article
Dec 17, 2014

Sophiatown Timeline

Pre-1860s South Africa is still a predominantly agrarian 1860s-1880s This period marks a turning point in South Af...

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Timeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
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Dec 17, 2014

Timeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation

1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians....

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List of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations
Article
Dec 08, 2014

List of uMkhonto weSizwe Operations

ANC-2nd Submission to TRC - APPENDIX FOUR Please note: Information in this list was drawn from press reports and t...

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1970’s: Poetry Timeline
Article
Dec 02, 2014

1970’s: Poetry Timeline

1971 Closure of The Classic, by Nat Nakasa, editor. Publication of ‘Sounds of a Cowhide Drum’, Oswald Mtshali’s firs...

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2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
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Oct 24, 2014

2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa

 

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