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ArchiveAfrican Women`s Resistance to the Pass Laws in South Africa 1950-1960, by Elizabeth S. Schmidt
… In its report to the Annual Conference of December 17-18, 1955, the ANC National Executive Committee remarked that … for 30 minutes, their hands raised in…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… when magistrate C Moll sentenced Alexander Anderson to 12 months hard labour. There was no building, and they … from deaths of their high-profile opponents…
Why General Smuts won on 4 September 1939
… pre-Coalition following of 74 dropped firstly to 55 when 18 members of the party accompanied Dr Malan into the … to the National Party's 46 229 spread over…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… questions about the present and the future. The first 18 years have been characterised as the first transition of … society. Having scored many achievements…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… to three months’ hard labour, and the rest were fined £12. Two white miners were also charged with incitement to … into Xhosa and Sotho. They resolved to…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
… Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18 July 1986 which has now reached me, and greatly appreciate …
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… Sir Geoffrey, I am most grateful for your kind letter of 18 July 1986 which has now reached me, and greatly appreciate …
PlaceAlabama, Klerksdorp
Township 6 km West of Klerksdorp in the North West. It is said to take its name indirectly from the State in South-East America. Named after, the Confederate…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… a Super Rugby team, when he led the Stormers in Round 18 of the 2015 Super Rugby season.[ix] Nizaam was selected to …
PlaceTanzania
The Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama explored the East African coast in 1498 on his voyage to India. By 1506, the Portuguese claimed control over the entire…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… dated 13/7/36 were read. A letter from Com Goodlatte dated 18/7/36 with enclosed cutting was read; and further a letter …
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
The French Huguenots were refugees in the Netherlands fleeing religious persecution brought about by the ascendancy of Catholicism in France. The Edict of…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
… On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his …
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
… In 1929 the government passed the Townships Ordinance 18 which empowered the Divisional Council to prevent the … of Technology). The final clearing of…
Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… The cell measured about 7 x 10 feet, with a ceiling about 12 feet high. The walls were of brick about 22" thick, … then a cream colour above. There was a…
PlaceThe Company Gardens, Cape Town.
… of the present Parade. By 1660, its area occupied some 18 hectares of land and it extended from Tuyn Street, now …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Social Transformation, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… in the attached recommendation on a possible resolution. 12. The key action, however, that needs to be undertaken is … more participatory measures to deal…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years` imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 …
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years` imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 …
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
… (Online), 17 December. ↵https://artthrob.co.za/2016/12/17/a-letter-to-iziko-sang-and-the-new-church-museum/ ↵ …
PlaceThe Owl House
… Blake and the poetry of Omar Khayyam . In a period of 12 Years Martins and Malgas produced the hundreds of … Accessed: 12 July 2017| The Owl House; URL:…
David Goldblatt,The Transported of KwaNdebele by L'oeil De La Photographie, 26 September 2016
For over 60 years, David Goldblatt has documented the social and political developments of his native South Africa with a critical yet compassionate eye. Drawn…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 12 May 1989. Normal Opening times are between Monday and …
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
As adopted by the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress - 25 November 1992. The strategic perspective of the ANC is the transfer of…
PlaceEllis Park
… team, the Springboks, defeated New Zealand’s All Blacks 15-12 in the Rugby World Cup at this stadium. The event became …
PlacePaardekraal Monument, Market Street, Krugersdorp
It was declared a National Monument underold legislation on 6 April 1936. The monument was designed by Sytze Wierda who was the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek…
PlaceFlagstaff
In 1877 Zachariah Bowles and his partner, a Mr Owen, established a trading store on the site of present-day Flagstaff. The Town owes its name to their practice…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… the Church Site. Daniël Hofmeyer sold the Farm on 12 July 1986 to the State, with the lease agreement included, …
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… figures are available for the division: 1865 census: 12,077 residents, of whom 3,583 were literate 1875 census: …