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ArchiveStatement of a joint meeting of the National Executive Council and the RC of the ANC (SA) held in Luanda on 27th December 1978 to 1st January 1979
… Statement of the African National Congress National Executive Committee on a visit to Vietnam to discuss the revolutionary experience of the Vietnam people…
ArticleBattle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988
… Introduction The battle of Cuito Cuanavale and the Cuban intervention in Angola is one of the turning points … B.J. & Spies, S.B. (eds) (1993). South Africa…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… Was the system of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would depend on how the reader defines the…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global … Changing Perceptions of Nelson Mandela …
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… A Day of Prayer, called by Natal Indian Congress (NIC) , was widely … A Day of Prayer Called by the NIC …
Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves
… Read more on Slavery at the Cape After the establishment of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan … Slavery and Emancipation of Slaves …
Petros Mulaudzi of Nthabalala village
… My intention is to show aspects of village life through photographic images. These are just … fuel, food, crafts, implements, crops, livestock etc. The…
ArticleLife Timeline of Jacob Zuma
… born in Nkandla in northern KwaZulu-Natal. 1958 Zuma joins the African National Congress (ANC) and through its youth structure the ANC Youth League (ANCYL)…
ArticleExample of a local history: Pretoria
… The places we come from are a part of our heritage. Where we grew up and where we live are important because we learn from the people who live there with us,…
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… Umkhonto we Sizwe logo 16 December 1961 is seen as the date of formation because Umkhonto performed its first acts of … this date. Popularly called Dingaans…
ArticleFederation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW)
… The Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) was formed on the 8th of December 1984, bringing together close to 200 women from … Federation of Transvaal Women…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana launched … Bonani Africa Festival of photography …
ArticleHistory of ‘New Age’ Newspaper
… The Predecessor of this left-wing publication was The Guardian. The Guardian itself was founded in 1937 by … against apartheid, especially in the 1940s. As a…
ArticleBattle of Blood River 1838
… In the early hours of the morning of 16 December 1838, a battle was fought between the … Battle of Blood River 1838 …
Document 120 - Draft Programme of the Communist Party of South Africa (c. 1940)41
… Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew TREASURER'S REPORT The Treasurer's Report (annexed hereto) was accepted. The Conference was formally closed by Mrs…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… Reformed roots in South Africa How are colonial histories of planning transnational? Apartheid as planning for … theologians and “proofs” PART III) ENFORCING…
ArchiveThe first five hundred houses of the contentious Glenmore township on the Fish River
… Press cutting of a photograph of houses of Glenmore township which make up a temporary township to house to squatters from the coastal farm Klipfontein … The…
Budget Speeches of South Africa
… The annual South African budget speech is given by the Minister of Finance. The event gives a detailed break down of the … Budget Speeches of South Africa …
Death of a lion of the law, Arthur Chaskalson by Rebecca Davis, 3 December 2012
… and honourable a role in South Africa’s legal sphere. The loss of his incisive mind and steady reasoning is enormous, and … By REBECCA DAVIS. “If a life…
EventThe trial of Dr Allan Boesak on charges of theft and fraud starts
… Born in 1945 in the North West Cape, Boesak developed deep interests in religion and politics from an early age. At the age of 14 he became a sexton Dutch…
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma was born on the 12 April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), ……
EventANC becomes signatory to the Geneva Convention of 1949 and Protocol 1 of 1977
… At a ceremony at the headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva, the … nelsonmandela, ‘ANC becomes signatory to the Geneva…
EventSir Patrick Duncan, Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, is born
… on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie, Banffshire, Scotland as the second son of a crofter. He received a Master of Arts in Classics from … 1981. After writing his…
EventMinster of Justice, Pelser defends the banning orders on eight leaders of SASO
… The banning of eight prominent Black Consciousness (BC) exponents in March 1973 came as a direct result of the popularity that these leaders enjoyed among…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… The first European known to set foot on South African soil … (or Bartolomeu) Dias. In December 1487 Dias sailed down the African coast, landing in among…
ArticleThe British Anti-Apartheid Movement
… The reaction of the outside world to the development of apartheid was … 19th century. British capital controlled the diamond and gold mines discovered in the…
EventPatrice Lumumba, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is shot
… Patrice Lumumba gained the reputation of being a powerful and charismatic leader during his brief reign as Zaire's first Prime Minister (the former Belgian…
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… Rev. Robert Selby Taylor was born in the United Kingdom in 1909. His parents later sent him to New Zealand in the hope of broadening his experience. Taylor…
EventThe United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar is renamed United Republic of Tanzania
… On 29 October 1964, the United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar was renamed the United Republic of Tanzania. Tanganyika became … [Accessed: 28 October…
ArchiveWomen without men: a study of 150 families in the Nqutu district of KwaZulu
… Results of research conducted into the income, expenditure and livestock ownership of the average family settled in Bantu Homelands. The research … Women…