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Antony Kaminju
… Multimedia Institute of East Africa (PMI-EA), which is a new photo resource centre to promote and enhance photography …
ArticleDavid Goldblatt Timeline
… in a confrontational way. If a man came in and needed new clothes or shoes, it was absolutely verboten to ask him … to do with public relations. Leyland…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1980-1989
… public by the United Nations Centre Against Apartheid in New York. 8 August, Lieutenant-General Johann Coetzee, Head … Police, announces that Ernest Dipale,…
ArticleThe Tricameral Parliament, 1983-1984
… many characterised as farcical. It was dissolved when a new interim constitution came into effect which abolished … It did however help build up the UDF and…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… the Afrikaner communities in South Africa. He called the new town Pretoria, in honour of his father. The city of … African history After the 1994 elections…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… for reinforcements from Britain and on 10 January 1900 the new soldiers arrived in Cape Town with Major-General Lord … for black people would only be…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… seats in Parliament. Soon after this the PP merged with a new breakaway group from the United Party, called the Reform … and under the leadership of Tony…
ArticleTutu and his role in the Truth & Reconciliation Commission
… from the nightmare of apartheid, the country launched a new struggle to deal with a history of pervasive human rights … investigation of past wrongs would…
ArchiveThe end of an era - A tribute to Cde Govan Mbeki, by Jacob Zuma, 8 September 2001, Port Elizabeth
… he served as the Eastern Cape editor of Advance, New Age and the Spark, weekly newspapers that were successively … In this way, he assisted with the…
EventWinnie Madikizela Mandela, a stalwart in the fight against apartheid, passes away
… also known as the mother of the nation, passed away at the age of 81, at Milpark hospital in Johannesburg. She passed … Mandela. Winnie grew an interest in…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… the weakened and exiled liberation movements received new recruits fleeing political persecution at home giving … Because of the government's 'homelands'…
ArticleEOAN Group
… as well as Joseph Gabriel - who went on to sing at the New York Met - and May Abrahams, who was a member of the … who donated R100,000 towards the building…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… the cause of countless arguments. A number of gay men in New York and California suddenly began to develop rare … January 2000 (San Francisco, California)…
ArchiveCHAPTER ONE: A Conceptual Overview by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
ArticleNapoleon Bonaparte
… Napoleon Bonaparte. Source: www.historywiz.com A new absolute ruler After the fall of Robespierre in 1794, a new group of people took over the government…
ArticleAnti-South African Indian Council (SAIC) Campaign
… elected in polls. In 1974 the body was reconvened with a new system whereby half the members were elected by Indian … still without legislative powers and…
Document 29 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 5 December 1928
… always dogged by crowds of detectives (eg at Evaton, a new branch) nothing has happened beyond Chinese crackers … shout to each other "kill him." Of course,…
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
… items were provided, to celebrate the building of their new factory in Plein Street; 2 the social evenings and the … The establishment of local trade unions…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… the Natal Indian Congress's first Secretary. 1896 At the age of 16, Mahomed Momoojee Dadoo arrives in South Africa. A …
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… Beach is fascinating, it was the time of the early Iron Age, about 300 – 1000 AD . "A place of human culture, … fields, an un-spoilt lagoon and pristine…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
… He also separately applies for the job of laying out a new mining village. September, Captain Carl von Brandis is … Commissioner Von Brandis announces that…
ArticleSouth African Film
… blockbuster, India – the Bollywood musical melodrama, New Zealand – intense art-house films, Europe – the Dogme 95 … cinema-goers are more used to seeing Los…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… of behaviour. Division of labour was subject to gender and age, but the extent of this division is unknown. [11] Men … and iron. [45] As trade developed with…
Archive”Presidential Address” by Dr. A. B. Xuma
… the intellectuals, so-called, have been more loyal to this new leadership. We are better trained than the founders of … reserves is no accident. Generations…
Presidential Address, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, 14 December 1941
… the intellectuals, so-called, have been more loyal to this new leadership. We are better trained than the founders of … reserves is no accident. Generations…
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled by Arunabha Sengupta, 3 April 2013
… but there were too many political pitfalls along the way. New Zealand was invited to play in South Africa, but the Kiwi … “Springboks walk off in colour row…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence with family
… numerous ways of keeping me hitched to you. But this is a new one. I've not heard from you for more than a month now. … All these help to iron out the…
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… 1955, Smith passed away due to a heart attack at the age of 51.[viii] End Notes [i] Willie Smith, …
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the …
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… prizes. Cussons died on 25 November 2004 in Cape Town at age 82. …