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PlaceMuseum Africa
… the first civilisations thrived. Not only is Museum Africa one of the most beautiful buildings where it lies right next … as well as Pre-Raphaelite and…
Document 22 - Letter from Douglas Wolton to E. R. Roux, 8 May 1928
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 22 - Letter from … Bunting will probably send a copy of…
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… Biko was introduced to politics at an early age, when one of his older brothers, Khaya, a student at Lovedale High … first fully democratic elections in 1994…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… Group of gold mines and was fast establishing himself as one of the main mining magnates on the Witwatersrand. Through … an order of honour for services…
EventAnti apartheid activist Dr. Richard Turner is assassinated
… After a lengthy investigation concerning his murder, no one was held responsible for his death. Many strongly believe … on the government. Several meetings…
EventNotorious Pirate, Captain William Kidd, is reportedly sighted off the coast of Cape Town
… Perhaps one of the most notorious pirates in history, Captain William … was put on trial and charged with 5 counts of piracy and one of murder. Kidd was…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… to his/her home and could not be seen with more than one person at a time. Living under banning orders also meant that one could not be quoted, and therefore…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… outside Natal on 7 June 1990. Violence escalated. One such violent incident was the Boipotong massacre that … that the police were involved, as the ANC…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… 42 people. It was believed that Father Lapsley was one of the targets. While living in Zimbabwe, he discovered … received two pieces of mail from South…
EventNicolaas Johannes Diederichs, South Africa’s fourth state president, is born
… instance he published a number of publications including one that became the cornerstone of radical Afrikaner … of the Afrikanse Nasionale Studentebond ANS…
EventJoe Slovo dies
… the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national … the post 1994 government, Slovo was charged to…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… ‘The four just men’ in 1905, about taking the law into one’s hands. He wrote more than 150 novels, selling more than 5 million in one year. In 1911 he wrote …
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… of the ZAR on the 1st of December 1892. In 2010 it was one of the founding Museums of Ditsong Museums of South … once roamed across South Africa and…
ArchiveWe Demand Our Jobs Back
… jobs back! Metalbox workers; unity is power; an injury to one is an injury to all …
Address delivered by the Deputy President, Jacob Zuma, at the National Union of Mineworkers National Congress, 24 May 2006
… step that needs to be applauded, it shows that the NUM is one of the politically advanced unions. It shows that NUM is … in their fight fa better wage. On an…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… that is inqubo yogimhelakwesabo, that is stuffing one’s own ‘stomach’ careless of other people’s hardships, and … a treasure-trove of writings from the 1980s…
The Gambia: 50 years of independence, 20 years of terror by Fatou Diagne (Pambazuka News), 17 March 2015
… the persecutions of the past 20 years that have spared no one. Military officers, mothers, judges, lawyers, ministers, … police. INFORMATION DEFICIENCY In a…
Address of Nelson Mandela at his Investiture as Doctor of Laws Soochow University, Taiwan, 1 August 1993
… and human rights are inseparable. We cannot have the one without the other. It is not be an easy road that our … of rights being used to conceal attempts to…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… which was called dual occupancy homes/flats, consisted of one living room. There were 29 units built that had a living room bathroom into one and a kitchen…
PlaceAbbasas Mountains, Namaqualand
… The name of Khoikhoi origin and means 'to carry on one's back'; the Mountain looks as though they are carrying …
Release political prisoners
… May 1986. Black and white image of people behind bars, one with raised fist. NUSAS Action for democracy. Quote from …
ArchiveAsinamali Masihlanganeni
… Nonke Nizoniziwela! Etang Kaufela le tlo ikutlwela! Come one Come all! Sign the Petition; The Boycott Continues …
ArchiveRag 74
… figures of three medical people with initial 'W' on each one's T-shirt. …
PlaceBloemfontein Orchid House
… House. © University of the Free State The Orchard House is one of the most modern nurseries of its kind in the Southern …
ArchiveR200 pension for life!
… Forty yea old Maria Maseko was one of the first workers discovered to have the cotton dust …
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… a butcher shop at Paarl train station. The story goes that one morning someone arrived at the shop and asked if he would … after the sale he often used to…
'States of Emergence', at Warren Siebrits Modern and Contemporary Art by Sean O'Toole, November 2002
… The meaning of the standard test for colour-blindness, one Payne inserted into the block where his photograph ought … liberal response to the epoch it…
PlaceStevenson Gallery, Woodstock-Cape Town
… to find a home in South Africa, which at the time had only one serious contemporary art gallery. In 2005 and 2006, … shareholdings have been allocated to key…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… and in 1934 the obelisk was declared a national monument, one of the first to be so recognised. Today it is within the … centre of rotation of his great…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… of this Area. "Seeing the "Big Five" in the wild is one of the most memorable things one can ever experience!" The African continent is the only … is the …