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ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… Stalin's regime is recorded as one of the bloodiest in history. Millions were killed through the purges, through …
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… Arthur Goldreich will go down in history as one of the rare breeds of revolutionaries that changed the course of South African history. Not only did he…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Cover Acknowledgements Title and Dedication - A People's History of South Africa Contents Epigraph - Questions of a Worker Reading History Introduction Part…
EventPretoria is proposed as the new capital of ZAR
… flourished. Pretoria is more famous for its political history which has overshadowed its rich art and cultural history, beautiful scenery and architecture as…
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… Chief and Patriot, Struik: Cape Town.|South African History Onile, Seetsele Modiri (Silas Moliri) Molema,medical … 20 August 2013]|South African History…
EventInkatha becomes a political party
… president of the IFP. Sources: http://www.ifp.org.za/History/history.htm …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… publications." It is notable that this day in history marks both the birth and death of this important figure in South African journalism and its history. …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… independence on 27 April 1961. Sources: "August 22nd in History". Website: tnl.net Sierra Leone - History. Website: nationsencyclopedia.com …
Foreword
… the AAM's role and impact, about the significance of its history and about how to ensure that its oral and written … also to all those who helped compile the…
Interview with Harry Gwala conducted by Tony Karonat, January 1989, Dambuza Pietermaritzburg
… TK: So com, could you tell us about your history and how you came into the struggle? Harry Gwala: … Youth. There was the Young Communist League, but the…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… LUTULI: That makes me laugh. How are they going to alter history? In some South African history books it states that … then the electorate were to choose,…
PlaceTolstoy Farm, near Johannesburg
… ago, received a further boost with contributions from the Indian government on his 152nd birthday on Saturday." (an …
Women delegates to the inaugural conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… N. Kuse – ANCWL. Durban : 1. Fatima Meer – (South African Indian Congress) SAIC . 2. Bertha Mkize – ANCWL. 3. Henrietta …
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… movement, or its course. The people who migrated used oral history to continue their beliefs, traditions and history. When a group was destroyed or scattered…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… of participants. As spectators, the African, Coloured and Indian people are subjected to rigid racial segregation. The … persons of a different colour. That…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… dependent on Tourism for their survival. Their immediate History goes something like this- Zoar was the first of the … funding from a Baroness Amalie von…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was appointed the first full-time archivist of … and the Great Trek). Dreyer published…
EventEquatorial Guinea gains Independence from Spain
… The colonial history of Equatorial Guinea dates back to 1471 when … Guinea Gains Independence from Spain’ from African History [online] Available at www…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… ‘foreign capital and foreign monopolies’, agitated against Indian traders who it presented as ‘aliens’, and put pressure … concluded. Post-apartheid de…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
… the enigmatic histories of these institutions of Afrikaner history and to piece together their origins and links with … were not enough to uncover what was…
Chapter 2 - From Crisis to Stability to Crisis
… designated for Africans and 1,133 Coloured and Indian students attended 16 teacher-training colleges (Union … the ‘races' could be accomplished by locating…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… sun-kissed beaches; Robben Island’s allure lies rich in History. South Africa’s first democratically elected … and fortifications. While the Island has a…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… adults, and displays concentrating on Tswana culture and history tell interesting stories of the heritage and history of the region’s people. One of the most…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… al Qalam; The Jo'burg Book: a guide to the city's history, people and places; Inleiding Tot Die Reg En …
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… is entirely the wrong conclusion. This volume adds to the history of Jewish settlement in South Africa and throws light on Cape Town social history in the…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… this venue. Collecting, documenting, counting, archiving, history and texts produce works such as the 121 cut-out … seems inappropriate with such content…
PlaceAlgoa Bay, East Coast of Cape of Good Hope
… point the way to India was easy with the help of Arab and Indian fishermen. …
PlaceComoros
… Archipelago African Islands are situated in the Western Indian Ocean . It is 3572.4 km from the 'Mother City", Cape …
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… As the easiest link to both the Mediterranean and the Indian Oceans, the canal was of great strategic importance. … [Accessed on 19 October 2012]| Suez Canal…
EventViolence erupts during Defiance Campaign
… the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC). From this date planned acts of … pp. 379-381. Reader's Digest. |(1988)…