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PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… and distribution. The Centre evolved into a full-time arts school, known as the FUBA Academy of Arts and later … who was the Co-founder and director of FUBA…
Neville Alexander interviewed by Rupert Taylor and Adam Habib,25 April 1998, Cape Town
… where I actually started teaching adults for the first time in my life, before that I’d been a teacher at a high … some of the political work that I was…
ArchiveBarberton Prison by Sloane Fuller
… its kind, Barberton felt the full force of apartheid. Over time, black Africans were forced to the perimeter. Children … penal records, the identity of every…
Chapter VI - A strange kind of goal bird
… assembled in the Great Hall ”” could I get there in time to speak for five minutes before twelve o'clock? … students. I spoke for five minutes; there was no…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… on their deputation to England constituted a major challenge, especially in view of Jabavu’s warning that the … is a great hope and a bright future for…
Land mine kills 6 in South Africa by Sheila Rule (New York Times), 16 December 1985
… said the mine that exploded today was planted at the same time as all the others. Soldiers have found and defused four … bombs in South Africa, killing as…
Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… thinking and action. There is much at stake. There is no time nor room for cowardly thinking and action. Too many of … A hard way, yes. It has to be so for…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… the underground he drove Mandela around for some of this time. In 1962, arrested for sabotage, he was imprisoned on … he served as a shop steward until he…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… Boschhoek Farm in Waschbank, which was on auction at the time. Determined to help Inkosi Sigweje, the Priest came up … as their head and seven trustee…
PlaceNaval Hill
… the Lamont-Hussey Observatory on Naval Hill. At that time it was under the ownership of the University of … of King Moshoeshoe's top Steed. It is said that…
Commemorating fifty years since District Six was declared for whites only
… Start time: Thursday, February 11 at 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM in UTC+02 …
ArchiveSome aspects of the South African industrial revolution
… clearly the economic conditions in South Africa at the time and specifically makes mention of the industrial …
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.2 Jan-Mar 1961
… and Cleopatra, Patrick Keatley. Northern Rhodesia’s Time for Change, Mainza Chona. The Asian in Kenya, Sarjit S. …
EventTwenty former SA political prisoners launched a campaign against apartheid laws
… with President P.W. Botha at Tuynhuis on 5 July. At the time, Mandela was still held at the Victor Verster Prison …
EventThe 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain
… 1972. South Africa took part in the games for the first time since 1960. The country had been banned from …
EventAt least twenty people are injured in a collision between the Blue Train and the Trans Karoo at Deelfontein, near De Aar
… De Aar. The Blue Train was ahead of schedule and whiling time when the Karoo Train was diverted on to the same track …
EventFrance supplies two new combat submarines to South Africa
… Soviet naval activity in the Indian Ocean. At the time, the Soviet Union was supporting Anti-Apartheid …
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… respective 'homeland'. The homelands in question at that time were Transkei, Ciskei, Bophuthatswana, Gazankulu, …
EventJohn Harris and the Johannesburg station bomb
… A time bomb placed in the Johannesburg railway station exploded …
EventMinister reports 23 acts of sabotage in RSA
… incidences of sabotage from late September to date. At the time the government had already arrested sixty Black …
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… instructor at the centre until 1964, when he became full-time artist, receiving guidance from Edoardo Villa. In 1967 …
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance against the Apartheid regime. …
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… history in its most crucial period. He was at the same time South Africa's, and perhaps the continent's, most …
EventDe Klerk and Mandela receive UNESCO peace prize
… without shedding blood. The prize, awarded for the first time by an eleven-person jury chaired by former US Secretary …
EventSA tennis player Wesley Moodie and Australian Stephen Huss win the Wimbledon Men’s double title
… level event before this tournament. Before this, the last time a South African had won a title at Wimbledon was in …
EventRabbi Israel Abrahams is born
… years. A year after his arrival he was appointed part-time professor of Hebrew at the University of Cape Town. …
EventSouth African actor, Ken Gampu, dies in Vosloorus
… At the time of his death at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well …
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… is regarded as one of the most accomplished runners of all time. …
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… the Population Registration Act was read for the first time in Parliament. Subsequently, it became the cornerstone … ‘The Population Registration Bill is…
EventPaul Kruger's house in Church Street West is declared a national monument
… and cement mixture because the cement available at the time was considered to be of poor quality. The house, which …