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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. …
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. …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism commissioned by The Department of Education
… and that it transformed Africa to varying degrees over time. Contents Introduction Chapter 1 - The Uneven …
EventTryna du Toit, Afrikaans novelist, is born in De Aar, Karoo
… dealt with teenage pregnancy, a controversial topic at the time. Du Toit was also a qualified teacher, having trained at …
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 …
Archive2013 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 14 February 2013
… via email, twitter and Facebook. I also spent some time with Grade 12 learners who shared their own views on … sufficient revenue to pay for these services…
Concluding Remarks
… sense of the word. As it did to many commentators at the time, however, the Villa appears today as lifeless and dull. … "writer". The musician Abdullah…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 3 - What is Your Name, Age, and Whose Slave are You? by Rayda Jacobs
… of the Cape peninsula. The indigenous people at the time were Khoi pastoralists and San hunter-gatherers. A week … arrived in the ship Amersfoort in March…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 4
… Indians felt they secure in South Africa for the first time. The Government had promised to look upon those who … an Indian youth movement for national…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… I had been the chairman of our escape committee. At that time we got no further than thinking about it. We believed … sentence of up five years for the…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… aside in Durban. 12 October, Mr. Fisher is appointed full time Town Clerk at a salary of 200 pounds per annum. 6 … purchased a property in Prince Albert…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
… from the agents of the oppressive state. This was the time when the country was still reeling from the shock of the … detentions of people all over the…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… He was much better off than most trekkers; at one time he owned over 20 lots in Grahamstown as well as farm … of slavery and the process of compensation for…
How do we understand Nelson Mandela@100? by Raymond Suttner, 29 May 2018
… that may differ significantly from that experienced at the time. This means analysing forces at work in order to assess … more than one identity, some being…
African farmers in Southern Africa
… The first farmers For a period of time that is almost impossible to imagine, all the … taught that African farmers moved South around the same time as the…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… European and Indian musical compositions for some time. His cello playing and his intuitive feel for … Vivek Narayanan Poet and historian, Vivek had spent…
ArticleThe 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free State
… was already a foundation for pass system. However, over time men and women resisted the imposition of passes as it … refused to submit to oppression was…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… 1974 and 18 August 1975. Dr Naicker applied for the fourth time on 7 January 1976. This was officially declined on 3 … months of taking up the cudgels of…
ArticleLiberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
… white membership after its formation, this changed over time as more Black people joined and swelled its ranks. … LPSA relationship with other political…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Press, 16 November 1984, Addis Ababa
… to overcome the problems that had bedevilled it for some time. The importance of this was demonstrated by the serious … offensive. The OAU has reiterated…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Le Monde, Addis Ababa, 08 June 1983
… [Addis Ababa - "Each time one of us dies, thousands of others say they will have … civilian victims might damage its cause? TAMBO : Each time there is talk…
Statement to the Press by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 16 November 1984
… to overcome the problems that had bedevilled it for some time. The importance of this was demonstrated by the serious … offensive. The OAU has reiterated…