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EventThe Western Desert Force is upgraded
… During World War II, the Western Desert Force was upgraded with the … command of the newly created Eighth Army. Troops included South African, Australian,…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… The Jubilee Anniversary of the founding of the Union of South Africa will be observed some time in the current year. Its … of South Africa, declare for all…
53. The significance of the settlement for the colonial-born India
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai … Albert Christopher reflects on what settlement…
Learning about local history through pictures
… Old Slave Lodge Museum, Groote Kerk (the oldest church in South Africa) and the Company Gardens. It has also been home to … Currently the event attracts…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… for Total Independence of Angola (Unita) in the civil war in Angola and defied the security personnel of the ANC. … by shooting randomly into the air…
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… On 10 November 1991, the South African cricket team, now better known as the Proteas, … cricket against India at Calcutta, India. South Africa was suspended…
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… attended a five-nation summit in Pretoria , chaired by the South African State President P. W. Botha . At the end of the … attempts to disrupt the economic…
Memorandum To The United Nations Special Committee Against Apartheid, June 1968
… I. The South African Indian Congress has on many occasions broughtto … thecondition of the people of Indian origin in South Africa and theimpact of the…
ArchiveNothing groundbreaking in Mandela debate by Steven Friedman, 09 December 2015
… SOUTH Africa’s mainstream does not debate ideas — it debates … for decades: the choices were a compromise, or continued war and pain without any assurance of…
EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… Eastern Cape. Nothard rendered outstanding service in the South African Military Service in Western Europe during the First World War and was awarded the…
EventCastro decides to send troops to Angola to fight South Africa
… decides to send Cuban troops to Angola in response to South Africa's invasion of the country. After attaining its … Peter N. Stearns, (2001, 6th Ed), The…
“Let Me Live - Letter to a European”: June 1946
… it with sympathy and consideration. Indians have been in South Africa now for 85 years, and in the measure of their … century, they were encouraged by the…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… The "International Tribute - For a Free South Africa" is an historic and unique event. Artists from across the world are gathering in Wembley Stadium to…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … People, a section of the non-European oppressed of South Africa. We tell you…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… to serve their prison sentences. In October 1989 the South African government released Sisulu from prison. In July … Walter Sisulu retired on the eve of…
PlaceThe Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein
… africana) thought to be over 200 Years old. Early in South African History this Site was Inhabited by Iron Age, … were Stationed in the Vicinity during the…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, from Gaborone and transporting him to South Africa. Later the…
ArticleMetal and Allied Workers Union
… National Union of Motor Assembly and Rubber Workers of South Africa (NUMARWOSA) and its parallel the United Automobile, …
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… Obea. Source: From the collections of the Library of the South African Parliament. [xvii] That they also believed in … seamen, succumbing to malaria and…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… early photograph of " A.I."with C.F. Andrews The main road south from Durban is never far from railway and the sea. In … provided the means of so many…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… International suspicions pointed almost immediately to the South African government, who opposed Renee's socialist's … in destabilizing other leftist…
PlaceCredo Mutwa Cultural Village
… of his statues, from 1979, predicted the coming of HIV to Africa, while one of his paintings from the same year foretold of the planes crashing into the…
PlaceCiskei
… in the Eastern Cape was created as an enclave for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial … Ciskei along with other Bantustans…
ArchiveWhere did all the masks go? by Dewald van Rensburg (22 May 2020)
… In the first quarter of this year South Africa’s normally staid and insignificant mask industry … in March. As a baseline, back in the first quarter of 2019…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Click on image to enlarge The South End Museum Trust was started in 1999 when a group of … of the suburb of South End. The elections of 1994 in South Africa…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… the site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, in many instances, been … economically viable. Although…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… opposition to the Nationalist regime. The Federation of South African Women was included and also the Indian and … to escape from my irksome house arrest by…
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… includes the old homelands of Ciskei and Transkei. Many of South Africa's leaders were born in the Eastern Cape, like Thabo … attract the attention of…
Address during the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr Walter Sisulu 18 May 2002 Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends
… name in the history of liberation movements, not only of Africa but the entire world. For ninety years it has been fighting uncompromisingly … witnessed the…
Chapter 4
… the African Leaders Ever since the military conquest of South Africa the liberals have played a consistent role in … for him. Now it is true to say that…