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EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… to impose arms embargo on South Africa came at bad time as the country was under huge international pressure …
King Kong a venture in the theatre
… in the world of entertainment. In ten weeks of playing time this jazz opera was seen by 120,000 people of all races …
Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the 1940s
… developments, in a very real sense the 1940s was a time of regeneration for African politics. It was a watershed … servility toward whites in authority. The…
Nelson Mandela Memorial Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki: University of Witwatersrand, 29 July 2006.
… this regard, we would not be an exception in terms both of time and space. To illustrate what I am trying to say, I will … Thus, everyday, and during every…
Article50 Facts on Africa
… readily know. J.M. Coetzee (1940- ) J.M. Coetzee is a two-time Booker prize winner, known for his political novels on … Beckett. He is best known for novels…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… small traders overlooked by larger wholesalers during war-time rationing, the AHI formed its own wholesale division in … of the majority of the white…
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… of an estimated half of the world's gold supply at the time, making him almost certainly the wealthiest individual … firmly on the mental map of medieval…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… mid-1950s that these initiatives were first taken. At that time white sporting bodies enjoyed international recognition … sports community was effectively…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… important resolution which was adopted stated that: “The time has arrived when we should have our own representatives … and they only release them from their…
PlaceKenya
… the Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama in Mombasa posed a challenge to the Arab domination of the East African coast. … the constitutional future of Kenya,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
… demanded continual expansion. Now it could leap ahead. The time had come for British Imperialism to take over proper … province to the Kimberley dry diggings…
Mission Stations - N-S
… of the Missionary. The settlement consisted, at this time, of the dwellings of the Missionary and Catechist, a … feet. Enclosures for securing their cattle…
Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
… count on the support of three million whites. At the same time the State is isolated practically from the rest of the … unlimited sacrifice for the…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the academic year at the University of Stellenbosch on 22 February 1971
… of countries which are faced with serious problems from time to time, simply because the people of that country speak … Take France as an example - a mighty…
ArticleSouthern Methodist University Partnership Project - 2020 submissions
… From Denver, Colorado, Mr. Boatman spends most of his free time enjoying the outdoors and traveling. Thomas plans on … North Carolina, and plans to attend…
ArchiveAddress at 46664 Concert, by Nelson Mandela, 27 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… ... We say tonight, after nearly 90 years of life, it is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands …
ArchiveThe Higher education of Blacks in the United States
… 1619, discussing the slavery, and the prejudices at that time and up until the 1960's. He mentions the role of race …
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
… handballed on the goal line deep into extra time, denying Ghana an almost certain winning goal. Had Ghana …
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… under old NMC legislation on 2 March 1973. At the same time, but as part of a separate Government Notice, three …
EventWinnie Mandela speaks out against Terrorism Act
… Pretoria Central Prison and allowed only one visitor at time. The only thing that kept her going was the Mandela name …
EventThe Chinese Community in South Africa is granted ‘White’ status
… areas, was granted official 'White' status for the first time, but only for sport and leisure. In 2008 years after the …
EventCOSATU intensifies campaign against apartheid
… African National Congress (ANC), both still banned at the time, decorated the hall. References: South African History …
EventDelmas Treason Trial starts
… The Delmas Treason Trial, up to that time the longest trial in the history of SA, started in …
EventThe ANC leader in the KwaZulu Natal midlands, Sifiso Nkabinde, is expelled from the ANC
… implicated in this act and are serving or have served jail time. …
EventMary Elizabeth Barber, pioneer naturalist, dies
… the stratigraphic geology of South Africa for the first time, and initiated the examination of its ethnology, …
EventUnrests break out in the Coloured townships
… students and community leaders were prevalent during that time. …
EventLillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies
… was 68 years old. Living as a restricted person at the time, she developed a heart condition and died. Born in …
ArchiveBlack consciousness: a reactionary tendency
… There is much discussion into the education system at the time and the role of the liberation movements in view of the …
EventHestrie Cloete, world champion high jumper, is born
… began participating in sports at an early age. Her long-time coach, Martin Marx, discovered her at the age of 13. …
EventRev. Robert Selby Taylor, Bishop of Grahamstown, is elected Archbishop of Cape Town and Metropolitan of the Province of South Africa.
… would serve as archbishop for the next ten years. By the time he retired, Taylor had served as a Bishop for 50 years. …