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ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
… if you seek to name one musician whose life embodies the South African people’s struggle for a national culture, it … across half the globe – home intact to…
EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… the early 1990s - a time when HIV was stigmatised by White South Africans as divine retribution against homosexuality and perceived among Black South…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
… cabinet, suspended the civilian constitution and refused South Africa's repeated demands for a return to civilian rule. He … Country-data.com (2011). South…
EventSA TV Producer reported killed in Air crash
… Adele Lorenzo, South African TV producer, was reported killed in a plane … in Nigeria the previous night while on assignment for Africa Report. The twin…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its … authorities. This was particularly loud in cases in which…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… in command of the Women Army Auxiliary Services during the World War II. In 1944 she was seconded to undertake welfare among … 1953 to 1954. She was also…
EventSA eldest person celebrates her birthday
… The eldest person in South Africa and allegedly eldest in the world, Granny Moloko Temo, of Mogodi Village between Dendron … Gallagher, C, (2005), Is Moloko…
Professor H. W. van der Merwe: former Director of the Centre for Intergroup Studies interview with Rupert Taylor, 23 November 1999, 6 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town
… organizations, which are very hard to define in the South African context, as you know. And for many years I … exile and that I brought, I obtained visas to…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… people and pleads for co-operation among all people in South Africa, black and while. He attempts to motivate Africans to … about their lot. He re-defines…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… is probably one of the most famous iconic landmarks of the world and dominates much of the picturesque, Cape Peninsula. … from North of Cape Town down the…
Biographical Introduction
… point for the vital task of building a new history of South African art. A great deal more research will be … Name of gallery, followed by city and country,…
EventJustin Alexander (Alex) La Guma, SA novelist, short story writer and political activist, is born in Cape Town
… La Guma was of Cuban descent, which made him mixed race in South Africa and was classified as Coloured. La Guma’s father was … SAHO, Alex la Guma , from …
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women’s Day
… against the pass laws was organised by the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW). The Federation famously … the Union Buildings to accept the…
Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
… – for some years now I have been concerned that, as South Africans, we face the very serious threat and danger … the President” which introduced the Bulletin…
PlaceMali
… Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is … by Algeria, on the east by Niger and Burkina Faso, on the…
Address by the reverend John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress
… Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress: report in Indian … the attainment of our rightful…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This was as a result of the reaction caused by the all-White…
PlaceDundee
… Boers wounded. At the nearby Ncome Museum – with its Zulu war horn formation displays and reed garden – you will hear a … the area. It is also the home to…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… structure of the school, 3. The attitude to education in Africa is a prime example of cultural neo-colonialism, of the … They did not become a meaningful…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language Chapter 3: The Sounds of Kora
… are for the most part reasonably close to those of modern South African Nama and Namibian Khoekhoe – but with a few … all Khoisan languages and indeed many…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… last State visit that I shall be making during the life of South Africa's first democratically elected government. If I may … that we share with many nations…
EventThe World Health Organisation (WHO) declares Aids a worldwide epidemic
… as far back as the 1960’s. On 13 September 1985, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the disease a worldwide epidemic. Africa has the highest rate…
Gandhi, Tamils and the Satyagraha in South Africa by E.S Reddy
… and municipalities. That was the largest strike in South African history until then. Of the four martyrs of the … during this terrible crisis that your…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… The achievement of democracy in 1994 provided South Africans with the opportunity to pursue economic … that our whole population can offer, building on South…
EventRobert Mugabe assures the SADC that the 9-10 March election in Zimbabwe would be free and fair
… Robert Mugabe assured members the 14-member Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) that the 9-10 March … after the 2002 elections prompted the…
EventThe first SARS case is suspected in South Africa
… On 9 April 2003, a 62-year-old South African man was treated at a Pretoria hospital as a … Acute Respiratory Syndrome(SARS) case. The man arrived in South…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… he spent the greater part of his life. During the Second World War Ross served as an Officer in the Third Transvaal Scottish … - 1939. It came into being as…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… a fully-fledged democracy. Within a short time democratic South Africa has been accepted among the nations of the world. We are an active member of a number…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… announced it was re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa following Pretoria’s undertaking to negotiate over … disputed land. The break of…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The story of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa epitomizes the history of South Africa itself during … the Asian people have made in recent years…