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75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The year 1960 was indeed a turning-point. This…
PlaceSophiatown
Sophiatown was originally a Farm outside Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). It was bought by Hermann Tobiansky, who named it after his wife; 'Sophia'…
Document 24 - De Klerk’s reply to Nelson Mandela
COSATU SPECIAL EXCO PRESS STATEMENT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS. The COSATU Executive Committee met in a special session today. (04.05.96) The Executive…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of Phase 1B of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Mohale Dam, Kingdomof Lesotho, 16 March 2004
Your Majesty, King Letsie III, Your Excellency, Prime Minister, Phakalitha Mosisili, Honourable Members of the Lesotho Parliament and all branches of…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 5
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin A domestic interlude should be revealing. No man's private life…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town…
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
Demonstrations against Proclamation of Republic 6 May 1961 [Drum asked several non-European leaders for answers to three questions concerning the planned…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill, establishing a framework for deliberations on the country's future constitutional, economic and…
Judaism
Judaism What do Jews believe? Many Jews wear a tallit, or prayer shawl, to remond them of God's law. Sources: www.ida.net Jews, like Christians and Muslims…
ArticleHow did it influence the rise of Nazism?
The word fascism is used to describe any form of dictatorial, right wing, anti-Communist form of government. Nazi Germany became a fascist country under…
Township Uprising, 1984-1985
On 3 September the Tricameral Parliament opened in Cape Town while protest demonstrations began in the Transvaal, marking the start of the longest and most…
Challenge to the church: A Theological Comment on the Political Crisis in South Africa | The Kairos Document, 1985
The Kairos document preface The KAIROS document is a Christian, biblical and theological comment on the political crisis in South Africa today. It is an…
PlaceEswatini (formerly Swaziland)
The Swazi nation, as we know it today, originally came from Mozambique. Their Nguni ancestors probably moved there before the sixteenth Century as part of the…
Extract from a speech made at Heilbron on 16 August 1968
Adv. Vorster once referred to this speech as his "political confession". 1 It was in his second year as Prime Minister that Adv. Vorster made this now well…
Eye of the Needle - Preface by Richard Turner
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner What is it that fascinates us so about South Africa? One thing, we would suggest, is that when…
Opening Address to the ANC National Consultative Conference by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 14 December 1990
The Chairperson, Deputy President Comrade Nelson Mandela, Members of the National Executive Committee, Regional Convenors and members of the Regional…
VI - The Inquest
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa The inquest was postponed until 14 November. At the end of October, two weeks before…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
Documents: An anonymous Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
<< back to term 1 Contents: WHO ARE THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA? LIFE OF THE SAN CHANGES FOREVER: The arrival of the Europeans WHO…
Grade 12 - Topic 4 - The end of the Cold War and a new global world order 1989 to present
There were many reasons why apartheid collapsed. You can read about the crisis of Apartheid in the 1980s in section 5 of the grade 12 material. The collapse of…
The First Slaves at the Cape
On March 28 1658 the Dutch merchant ship the Amersfoort anchored at Table Bay with 174 Angolan slaves in her hold. These slaves constituted the first shipment…
ArticleSouth African Students Movement (SASM)
The South African Students Movement (SASM) an organisation of mainly high school students was formed to represent students, articulate grievances and foster…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
1700 The first "placaat" (ordinance or statute) restricting the importation of Asian slaves is promulgated. Dlamini chiefdoms move south from Delagoa Bay…
Biography of Barry Gilder by Sofia Pullen
Barry Gilder – The ANC Musician, Soldier, and Spy Abstract Barry Gilder is one of South Africa’s most important revolutionaries that fought against the…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
The Transvaal University College, with branches in Johannesburg and Pretoria, took the examinations of the Cape University. The Pretoria branch of the…
EventThe European Community announces that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa
On 27 January 1992, the European Community announced that it will lift economic sanctions against South Africa which imposed in September 1985. While some…
David Goldblatt: Intersections by Matt Damsker
Published 2005 by Prestel. Essays by Christoph Danelzik-Bruggemann, Michael Stevenson, and an interview with the photographer by Mark Haworth-Booth. 124 pages;…
Indian Slaves in South Africa: Notes for monograph, 26 June 1995
INTRODUCTION There has been hardly any research in India on the transport of Indians to South Africa as slaves during the Dutch settlement in the Cape of Good…
Chapter 5 - Basotho - Their Last Supper
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 Into this sketchy collage which is Lesotho,…
Message sent to Canon Collins by ALbert Luthuli, 1 March 1956
Good evening, Canon Collins. I have just been making a tape-recording of a message that I am sending to your Group. I was told by a mutual friend that you…