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Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… Africa. This is particularly important for black South Africans, since the one concrete advantage of separate …
PlaceSimons Town School, Cape Town
… School has, made it possible for hundreds of young South Africans to embark on successful careers in the Maritime and … School has, made it possible for…
Trade Unions in South Africa by Ari Sitas and Bianca Tame
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South African trade unions had a decisive role in the political life of…
EventMandela confirms Kerzner's contribution to the ANC
President Nelson Mandela confirmed that hotel magnate and socialite Sol Kerzner did indeed make a contribution to the ANC electoral funds as alleged by Bantu…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African…
Apartheid power in crisis
… On Wednesday 6 September 1989, the majority of South Africans will once again witness the election of a national … in the foreground during this period to…
PlaceMatroosfontein
… Population is now a full spectrum of the South Africans. Bordering on: the Township of Gugulethu, …
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car accident in Johannesburg. According to…
EventMalebane-Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
A dissatisfied faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force and some members of the National Executive Committee of the People's Progressive Party, led by Rocky…
EventSAA flight 295 crashes
The South African Airways Helderberg 747 jet aircraft crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. A fire, which started from…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
EventSouth Africa's first multiracial elections start
Four years after the unbanning of the liberation movements and release of political prisoners, SA held its first multi-racial elections. The elections resulted…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission's finding
Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil Margo. The commission was instituted to investigate into…
EventCoup attempt on S Doe's government in Liberia
A coup attempt headed by Brigadier-General Thomas Quiwonkpa, a faction of the Liberian military failed to take power from Samuel Doe. It was a third coup…
ArchiveThe romantic rewriting of Haile Selassie’s legacy must stop by Dr Yohannes Woldemariam, 4 February 2019
… they are enjoying the benefits of freedom elsewhere. The Africans who are free can also appreciate the position of … under Italy, just as other European…
PlaceBonteheuwel
Bonteheuwel is a coloured Township situated North of Cape Town. It was created in the 1960's as a "Dumping Site" for coloured people, who had been forced to…
PlaceUniversity of Pretoria Museums
COLLABORATION OF PLACES WITH MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES. SOUTH AFRICAN HISTORY ONLINE (SAHO) UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA MUSEUMS (UP MUSEUMS)"The University of…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… ethnic homelands. • Deportation or expulsion of South Africans has been practiced for the last 10 years on the …
PlaceWalter Sisulu University, Mthatha- Eastern Cape
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) was established on 1 July, 2005 in terms of the Higher Education Act No 101 of 1997, as amended. WSU, a comprehensive University…
EventNigerian Federal troops begin a major offensive in Biafra.
Nigeria's Federal Troops launched a major offensive against multiple targets in Biafra on the 19th of August 1968. Despite claims that scores of people were…
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
The South African mission stations of Buntingville and Old Bunting, founded in the Eastern Cape in the nineteenth Century, were named after Sidney Percival…
PlaceGeorge
The Town of George lies halfway between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth on South Africa’s ever-popular Garden Route. George Airport now welcomes over 800,000…
PlaceMarcus Island Marine Protected Area
Marine protected areas aim to conserve marine life and promote the conservation and effective management of biodiverse marine areas. They are an example of…
EventMahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first Black Springboks captain
Rugby player, Mahlatse Chiliboy Ralepelle was born in Tzaneen on 11 September 1986. Ralepelle moved to Pretoria and attended Pretoria Boys High School, where…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death
The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem report…
PlaceBloemhof, North West
Bloemhof is an agricultural Town of about 28,000 inhabitants situated; on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa. It was founded in…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… the re-naming of the day had any deep effect on the Africans. The interpretation of the event of December 16 as … with a very different meaning at…
ArchiveOmar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary by Niren Tolsi (Mail and Guardian), 17 September 2020
This moment’s gaping generational divide, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, with its accompanying sense of history being lost and collective memory fading,…
PlaceKaroo Hoogland Municipality in the Karoo Region, Northern Cape
The Little or Klein Karoo, which is a long valley bordered by; the Swartberg and the Langeberg Mountains, in the Western Cape. It falls under the domain of the…