History Matters
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This Week in History: 27 July – 2 August …
Continue reading...21. July 2008
20 July 1969: South African invention lands on the moon! 21 July 1999: South African athlete, Motsoeneng, admits to cheating in Comrades Marathon. 22 July 1988: Senior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday Celebrations Committee 23 July 1986: The obligatory carrying of passbooks by Blacks in SA is lifted. [...]
Continue reading...14. July 2008
This Week in History 13 – 19 July
Continue reading...1. July 2008
29 June 1938: Artist, Wolf Kibel, dies. 30 June 1921: The South African Reserve Bank is established. 1 July 1938: 70 years ago the South African Press Association was established. 2 July 1839: African slaves aboard Amistad revolt. 3 July 1992: SA’s Fifa membership reinstated after 31 years. 4 July 1879: The Anglo-Zulu battle of [...]
Continue reading...13. June 2008
8 June 1860: Street post boxes are introduced in the Cape. 9 June 1967: Bill passed making military service compulsory for White men. 10 June 1906: Chief Bambatha is killed and his men are defeated at a battle at Mome Gorge during the Bambatha Rebellion 11 June 1988: the British Anti-Apartheid Movement holds rock concert [...]
Continue reading...1. June 2008
For cricket fans, this is an important week. In 1935, South Africa beat England for the first time on English soil. The Broederbond was founded this week in 1918; Pixley Seme, journalist and one of the founders of the African National Congress died this week in 1951; and this week in 1980, Umkhonto weSizwe attacked [...]
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25. July 2008
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