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78. The Natal Indian Congress calls for a national convention
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In his address as acting president of the Natal…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of…
Robert Sobukwe Speech at the University of Fort Hare as President of the Students’ Representative Council, 21 October 1949
Prof. Dent, Ladies and Gentlemen, I intend to follow in my opening remarks the conventional pattern. And for that reason I will give a very brief review of our…
Learning about history through objects
Investigating the Toy box: objects Sometimes we do not have written records or pictures to help us find out information about the past, only the objects that…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
Chairperson of Convenco, Ebrahim Rasool, Premier of the Western Cape, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, Your Worship, Mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo, Distinguished guests, …
Towards Simon’s Town – The life of Peter Clarke by Joline Young
Peter Clarke exudes a quiet confidence of a man who is comfortable with himself, but navigates the world around him with a probing mind. His use of words is…
Address at the Commonwealth Business Forum, Johannesburg 9 November 1999
Chairperson of the Forum, the Rt Hon the Earl Cairns, Vice Chairperson, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Your…
40. 1903 reviewed by Indian Opinion
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. K. Gandhi founded Indian Opinionin June 1903…
Why protect rights of gays and lesbians?
South Africa's Constitution is the first in the world to prohibit unfair discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation. It thereby guarantees equality…
ArticleRobert Mangaliso Sobukwe Timeline 1924 - 1978
1924 5 December, Robert Mangaliso Sobukhwe is born in Graaff-Reinet a town in the Cape Province. 1940 Sobukwe enrols at Healdtown Institute where he…
Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. At least 15 000 Blacks were used as combatants by the…
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
Nine months after the Lari Massacre of 26 March 1953, twenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen were sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the event. The…
EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
Rikhado Makhado, stage name Riky Rick, was born in the KwaMashu township of northern Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 20 July 1987.[i] He is a South African musician,…
PlaceKenya
Kenya is a country in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the largest economy of the region. The early inhabitants were mostly migrants from…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1966, the Government appointed a National…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt's landscapes of high voltage by Melvyn Minnaar, 21 November 2014
A restless sense of documentation drives David Goldblatt. Like those earliest colonial adventurer-explorer-writers of Southern Africa, wide-eyed to the…
ArchiveAppendix 5 Notes on Palestine and Israel by Denis Goldberg
I made notes in November 2002 for use in future speeches on Palestine and Israel, nearly 9 years later they are equally valid: We in SA know about racial…
ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
THE ROOM IS deeply silent, but robustly populated. All eyes are focused on the speaker, who is out of your line of sight. In this 1989 photograph of a trade…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
Memorial Complex- Shakas two half brothers; Dingane and Mhlangana and his body servant, Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 September 1828. A memorial…
Fifty Fighting Years by A. Lerumo. The Communist Party of South Africa, 1921 - 1971 - Foreword to Book, by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo,1972
We, South African communists and progressives, are very pleased that the People's Publishing House has considered it of sufficient importance to come out with…
Address at a Luncheon in Honour of Zhu Rhongji, Premier of the People’s Republic of China, 5 September 2002
Your Excellency, the Premier of the People's Republic of China, Members of the Chinese Delegation, Representatives of the South African Government, …
PlaceBlyde River Canyon, Mpumalanga
One of the largest green canyons in the world, the Blyde River Canyon is a masterpiece carved over millions of years by the Blyde River as it cut through…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
On this occasion the Prime Minister dealt with the policy of separate development in a particularly effective way. Adv. Vorster also referred to a few of the…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
Good afternoon Dumelang Hello Absheni! Hola! It is an honour to be with you this afternoon. The task at hand certainly daunts me. Yet, it is…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 11) “Bantu Education or the Street” The first half of the 1950s was the…
ArchiveMandela’s Democracy by Andrew Nash, 26 June 2013
The Tribal Model of DemocracyIn his speech from the dock, at his 1962 trial for inciting African workers to strike and leaving the country without a passport,…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
1885The Asiatic Bazaar Law was passed in the Transvaal, which authorized the creation of separate districts for Indians. Its primary justification was that of…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
Codesa's first plenary session boosted the chances of a speedy resolution to South Africa's conflict and of substantive negotiation towards democracy. By now,…
ArticleJohn Maxwell Coetzee timeline 1940-2003
1940 Born in Cape Town. 1960s Graduates from the University of Cape Town with Mathematics and English. 1972 Earns a PhD in literature from the…
ArticleWestern Cape Civic Association (WCCA)
Civic organisation also experienced problems in organising across the racial divide. Initially the emerging civic organisation in African township and coloured…