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EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
… 1977. Before then the first removals of people from Fietas under racial legislation was to Ormando East in the late …
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… merger of the De Beers Mining Company and Kimberley mines under the Kimberley Central Diamond Mining Company - managed …
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… He was 48. His young widow was left with an estate of under £300. …
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. This former …
PlaceMariammen Temple, Pretoria
… diseases. The Temple was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 10 September 1982. This is the … diseases. The Temple was declared a…
ArticleJohannesburg the Segregated city
… up on ground closest to the gold mines. Unfortunately, under the ZAR’s Gold Laws, this proximity was not permitted, … for example, was a mining camp in 1886,…
Statement by Oliver Tambo accepting the Simon Bolivar award on behalf of Nelson Mandela, 24 July 1983, Caracas, Venezuela
… condition of our own people who have, through struggle and under the leadership of the African National Congress, … and the peoples of southern Africa are…
"What I would do if I were Prime Minister" by Albert Luthuli, 5 February 1962, Chicago
… link us in any way with Parliament, but leaves us directly under the government to follow an unwanted course - … commerce and industry. These enterprises…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… in 1919 opposed the placing of South West Africa under South African administration in terms of a mandate … marching and courting imprisonment in the United…
III - Black Consciousness
… trial. It was the longest trial that had yet been heard under the Terrorism Act. The Rand Daily Mail described it as … of SASO and BPC, had been kept in…
Oliver Tambo, 1 October 1987 - Reproduced in Oliver Tambo and the Struggle against Apartheid, edited by E. S. Reddy
… oppressed people, as well as democratically-minded whites, under African leadership. The Government of India, led by … of the Nation), a multi-racial…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… to the growing suffering and misery they have long endured under White rule. The patience and trust of the people is … as a result of desperation at the…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… in a world he did not understand. In his last years he was under the control of the "Official Hostess", Cecilia … her and he never supported their child. He…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… oppressed people, as well as democratically-minded whites, under African leadership. The Government of India, led by … of the Nation), a multi-racial…
ArchiveEulogy at funeral of Dr Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, by Jacob Zuma, 22 December 2009, The Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Pretoria
… free the country from bondage was won in 1994. Together, under the leadership of the ANC government, we then … Mandela, Mbeki and Motlanthe. Comrade Manto…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the summit on rural Safety and Security Midrand, 10 October 1998
… in memory of those who have lost their innocent lives under very tragic and traumatic circumstances. Beyond the … and workers, land-owners and tenants alike…
Address by President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the World Economic Forum, Southern Africa summit Cape Town, 9 June 1994
… Now we can together address the legacy of colonial under-development and imbalances within and among countries … us by our colonial past has resulted in the…
The first martyrs of Satyagraha by E. S. Reddy
… India - had been removed by the Johannesburg municipality, under United Party management, during the era of apartheid. I … he came near, struck him with a…
PlaceBuntingville, Eastern Cape
… HIV/AIDS Centre has already been started at Buntingville under the supervision of the District Health Task Team …
PlaceMamre, Cape Town
… KhoiKhoi people. In 1808, when the Cape Colony was again under British control, the region was transferred to the …
PlaceZoute River Cottage, Hopefield
… prior arrangement. There’s also a small private garden under the Mimosa trees, with outdoor tables, chairs and braai …
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) banner. The BCM …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… their South African citizenship and did not wish to fall under the jurisdiction of Ciskei. The western portion of …
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
… the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union Airways Company (Pty). On this date …
PlaceMaputaland, Northern Part of KZN
… 'protected marine environment'. Much of the Area falls under the Greater St Lucia National Park which is …
Thirty years ago by Raymond Suttner (extract from 'Inside Apartheid's Prison')
… this day. After my release in September 1988 I was placed under house arrest, though I defied it to attend the meeting … waved to two or three others to come…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… trials, of detention without trial, of torture and death under interrogation. The maximum-security gaols filled up … letter and my name was duly placed on…
ArticleThe African Mine workers strike of 1946
… policies of the segregationist state of Jan Smuts. Working under gruelling conditions, paid a pittance for death-defying … was made union president. The…
ArticleDifferences between Capitalism & Communism and why did it start in Russia?
… backward countries in Europe. It was still ruled by a Tsar under the Old Order and the majority of the population lived … Old Order Before the Revolution,…
Document 51 - Leon Trotsky, Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935
… as a programme for the Workers Party of South Africa. Under no circumstances do I bring forward these remarks in … a heightened personal consciousness, a…