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Extract from a speech made in the House of Assembly on 15 September 1970 during the Prime Minister’s Vote
… - against clergymen who allow pamphlets, such as the one to which I shall refer in a moment, or pamphlets with a … only read part of that pamphlet, but here…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… of vexatious territories in Southern Africa - that one historian quipped it had acquired in ‘a fit of … and 80s the ending of white rule in South Africa…
Invitation to the TB Davie Memorial Lecture
… an authorised centre of knowledge production? In one form or another, this question has been at the centre of … the University of Cape Town (1996–99). He…
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… documented the manumission of Thomas Burley’s family from one Brice J. Worthington in 1854. She also learned that she … with archives than with dirt, screens…
PlaceLinden, Johannesburg
… Nestled in the foothills of Northcliff Hill, Linden is one of the prettiest and oldest suburbs of Johannesburg, … verandah, echoed in a number of homes in…
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
… and yet we have intruders here. Who invited them?', asked one student. Mr. Mokono again repeated his ironical 'Baas' in … African students who mainly stood…
EventHaile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, warns the League of Nations that he is going to mobilise his forces after threats of invasion by Italy
… Ethiopia had been one of the few states to survive "the scramble for Africa" by … invoke its doctrine of collective security. An attack on one member of the…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… secretly to escape from custody or arrest annex - add to one’s territory by taking without permission archipelago - an … - a personal possession chattel…
ArticleAfrikaans: the Language of Black and Coloured Dissent
… Introduction Afrikaans, one of the official languages, together with English, during … photograph of murdered 13-year-old Hector Pieterson is one of many…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… home of a mutual friend because, ironically, Chief Lutuli, one of the world`s most distinguished citizens and a leader … three of these arrest bans imposed…
Document 5 - Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa adopted at the seventh annual conference of the Party
… early 1960s, the tradition of resistance to apartheid was one of nonviolence. And [then] this idea of the armed … feelings, about this somewhat abrupt…
PlaceElsie’s River
… as Elsie's Kraal River, was probably named in honour of one Elsje van Suurwaarde, a widow who outlived two husbands … of Soli Philander (19 January 1961 - 4…
Steve Biko National Conference 2014
… Panel Discussion Addressing racism and tribalism in SA: Is One Nation in One Azania a Myth? Prof Saths Cooper President of the IUPsyS …
EventThe Opening Ceremony of 2000 Olympic Games takes place
… including South Africa, with the exception of only one member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), … was the entrance of North and South Korea,…
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… girls under fourteen, with the youngest survivor aged one and the oldest a grandmother aged seventy-six. From … to rape survivors in a single location…
EventBritish racing driver Tom Pryce dies in a freak accident during the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami
… Pryce is the only Welsh driver to have won a formula one race and the only Welsh to lead a Formula one World Championship Grand Prix. A statue of him has…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… Mali Empire - known in Arabic sources as Dawlat Mālī - was one of the largest, wealthiest, and most culturally … sources recorded as lasting between ten and…
ArticleMohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) - Timeline: 1890-1899
… Indian Festivals" between March 28 and April 25. The last one, "The Foods of India", in The Vegetarian Messenger on May … him. July 6, Introduced to…
ArticleOvercoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett Gwynn
… Africa] indicates that the world of domestic workers is one of uncertainties, insecurities, and dehumanisation, even … countered these horrible injustices in…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 22 July 1992
… POM I remember one of the main points, Archie, that you made two years ago … that they would be sincere, that all the parties were as one and would tend…
The ANC and the Women’s League
… Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner One day when I got up to go to work it was very cold, and it … and there were a lot of things we…
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… and, after being admitted as an attorney in 1975, ran a one-man practice from a small office in Galeshewe. Restricted … him from doing so as he was not…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… dispensation for South Africa, based on the principle of one person, one vote. In December 1989, de Klerk met with the imprisoned …
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
… to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female writers and journalists. The Ochre People is one of her two…
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… by the students of the Law Faculty. We hardly knew one another. An event occurred which made us lifelong … of the Legal Profession were invited. The SRC…
31. Cape traders protest against the Hawkers’ Licences Act
… That such business of your memorialists is an exclusive one, and is quite exceptional in its character when … never forgotten in the enforcement of a law…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… William Morris, one of England's foremost Socialists, poet and artist 1834-96, also had two daughters, but only one of them-May -took a keen interest in his…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… NEC meets at Thaba ‘Nchu and decides to call a national one-day stay at home protest on 26 June. This was to protest … volunteers in the Defiance Campaign…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… forcing bus companies to reduce their bus fare by one penny. William H. Andrews serves as the Chairman of the … since 1 January 1927. 1 June, The Native…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Suzman kept her seat in Parliament for the PP. This began one of the great parliamentary performances of all time, as … the leadership of Tony Leon, the DP…