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ArchiveWebinar Programme: Red Lives. Convenor: Arianna Lissoni
… he is now even more hardened in his political sense than 12 years ago…I am convinced that if he is released from … open meetings, the ANC/SACP, formed…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… exhibition begins on the Day of the Covenant where, on 16 December 1963, Goldblatt photographed the dominating …
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… 1892, it preceded the railway line by two years. It took 16 more years before artificial lighting - in the form of Gas …
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… the general election, including the stay-at-home, April 14-16, 1958. From leaflet issued by the Protest Week Committee …
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… a garish, giant fibreglass replica that stands 16,7 metres. The Bathurst Agricultural Museum has a settler …
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… are: Finance and business services (36.1%); manufacturing (16.1%); community services (15.6%); trade and hospitality …
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… June 1976, almost two weeks after the Soweto Uprising on 16 June, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, the National President of the …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 11 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… up for lost time. By midnight of that second day, August 12, 29 blacks had been shot dead, 100 injured and more than … him that they were disgusted by what…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
… loss and was replaced by Major-General Lord Kitchener on 16 December 1899, although he remained in charge in Natal. …
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
… Waving the Wages Commission pamphlets, the workers quote R 16,50 as a minimum weekly income. The police were called in …
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… Ndebele (2.1%), Sepedi/Northern Sotho (9.1%), Xhosa (16%), Venda (2.4%), Tswana (8%), Southern Sotho (7.6%), Zulu …
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… among others to coordinate efforts of the boycott. On 16 July 1980, the 'Committee of 81' representing all Coloured …
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… of identification," which the police began to demand. On 12 May 1957. some 2,000 Africans attended an anti-permit … They requested an interview with the…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… the oldest liberation movement in the continent, has had 12 Presidents since 1912. They were John Langalibalele Dube …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… the building and restore it to its former glory. In 2011/12, a tender was awarded for the building’s rehabilitation – …
PlaceGreen Point
… South Africa! The Green Point Lighthouse was first lit on 12 April 1824. It was the first solid lighthouse structure on …
PlaceThe Fourth Raadsaal, Bloemfontein
… and the contract was awarded to JJ Kirkness for £12,500. The building was eventually inaugurated on 5 June …
Chief Albert Luthuli Memorial Lecture by President Jacob Zuma at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 24 November 2010, Durban
… Peace Prize to Chief Luthuli, on the 10th of December 1961. He received the award with great humility and dedicated … consolidate our hard won freedom and…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… resistance during the 1970s was the uprising that began on 16 June 1976. Police opened fire on youths protesting against … roots in the Soweto uprising. The…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
… Box B275, File V963, "MKHISE P", 1967/09/01, 1966/12/02, with the Grave No and Cemetery columns left blank. The …
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
PlaceFish Hoek, Cape Town
… an early stone age Historic site where the remains of the 12 000 year old Fish Hoek man was found. More History of the …
Book launch: Attacking the Heart of Apartheid by Yunus Carrim
… equality. Date: Saturday 18 October 2025 Time: 14:00 - 16:00 Venue: The Witness Office, 225 Hoosen Haffajee Street, …
The Lessons of the Transition Era, Inequality and the Politics of Universal Health Care: Re-visiting the Proposals of the Macro-Economic Research Group (MERG) and the Reconstruction and Development Programme by Robert Van Niekerk
… with 50 percent of health care resources consumed by a 16 percent of the mainly middle-class minority). The paper …
PlaceSteenbras Nature Reserve, near Gordons Bay
… 500 hectares in extent! Opening hours Office hours 07:30 – 16:00 Steenbras River Gorge and Crystal Pools hiking trail …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… that only 2% of whites favoured school integration, only 12% residential integration, and only one-fifth thought the … When the Republic of South Africa was…
A Chronological look (1943 to 1986) at the Life and Times of Mr George Ponnen
… Immigration Department. My eldest brother, who was about 16 years old at the time, also took part in the strike and … and I will run the factory. The factory…
PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
… The gradients are generally fairly easy and never exceed 1:12, but the road surface can vary between quite good (the …
EventBafana Bafana legend Philemon Raul Masinga dies
… On 12 January 2019,legendary Bafana Bafana striker Philemon …
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…