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EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
… where it stands to this day. Click here to read about the history of Black Johannesburg. … The Wanderes Club History [online] Available at: www…
EventThousands are killed after terrorists crashed hijacked airliners into the World Trade Centre in New York and the Pentagon in Washington
… at the nation's airports for the first time in U.S. history. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, the Bush …
EventSouth African Committee investigates the Jameson Raid report
… References: Davenport T.R.H,(1979) South Africa: A Modern History, London: Macmillan Press The Timaru Herald, Friday, …
PlaceVrede
… and after the South African Wars , Vrede has a very rich History seen through the . The population is mostly Afrikaans …
PlaceBethulie Bridge across the Gariep River
… a time long past, making it a fascinating destination for history enthusiasts. …
PlaceCape Maclear, Malawi
… on Lake Malawi and is in Lake Malawi National Park. History- In 1859, the missionary and explorer David …
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… Location: back to this day in history search archive Christoffel Coetzee de Villiers was …
EventFormer Springboks player, Naas Botha is born
… career and was the highest scorer in South African rugby history with a record of 312 points, until his record was …
EventZola Budd, former SA athlete and World Record holder, is born
… often run together. In 1984,at the age of 17, Budd made history when she twice broke the world 5000m record However, …
EventThe United Nations adopts a resolution establishing an eleven member United Nations Council for South West Africa
… (Accessed: 03 May 2012) South African History Online, ‘Rivonia trial sentence is delivered’, …
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo made history when she became the first Black woman to receive an …
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 15 … all of us to come together”, said Dr…
PlaceWakkerstroom
… and bustle of city life. Mpumalanga, is a town rich in History and natural beauty. Originally inhabited by the San … The Town has played a significant role…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 82nd Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1994.
… for the elections. TRIBUTE TO MARTYRS What a cruel turn of history it has been that during the very year that we took … speaks of the futility of this…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… and Kotu were arrested once for illegally trading in the Indian bazaar 29 and twice for sleeping in the location … Press, 1987, 161 - - 182. The best…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… [This extract from the appeal was published by Gandhi in Indian Opinion with the following editorial note: “The Native …
Keeping a cool head amid flying bullets: A tribute to Juda Ngwenya by Joseph Oesi (City Press), 26 October 2016
… apartheid past, its attempt to shed itself of its heinous history. It gives me immense pride to have to say that I was there with you in the trenches of…
Speech by President Mandela at the Funeral of Nokukhanya Luthuli, 22 December 1996, Groutville
… guests; Friends; comrades and fellow South Africans. In history, men and women of rare qualities make a mark that the … beings to come out and to flourish…
Speech by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Oliver Tambo Institute of Leadership, 17 July 2008, Kawaweta, Uganda
… you all. Today is a significant day in our post-apartheid history, as we have finally been able to visit this former … (MK) campsite. We are reconnecting…
Document 41 - Letter from the Communist League of America to T.W. Thibedi, 30 May 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 41 … will you give us in brief outline…
EventFirst celebration of May Day in South Africa
… elections of 1994. South Africa's mining industry's history and the development of strong Trade Unions and … ideologies has largely determined the country's…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… elections in 1994. South Africa's mining industry's history, and the development of strong Trade Unions and … ideologies, has largely determined the country…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… Although trade unions had a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to … and Canning Workers Union, one of…
The Life and Politics of Steve Biko by Yunus Momoniat, November 2014
… discontent into a political force unprecedented in the history of South Africa. Biko and his peers were responding … proximity there were between White,…
Some Observations on HIV and Mortality in South Africa: 2007, 2008 and 2013 by Thabo Mbeki, 14 March 2016
… accounting for 6,7% deaths. “For both the coloured and the Indian/Asian population groups, diabetes mellitus was the … cause of death responsible for 14,7%…
"Strategy and Tactics" - Statement adopted by the ANC at the Morogoro Conference, April-May 1969 (abridged)
… nor to internationalism. The Role of the Coloured and Indian People The African, although subjected to the most … Africa are a witness to the large-scale…
ArticleBrazil - Russia - India - China - South Africa (BRICS)
… making them influential players in the global economy. The History of BRICS The concept of BRICS was first introduced by …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Arianna Lissoni works as a researcher in the Wits History Workshop. Her research and publications focus on the history and politics of the liberation…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… of the Sotho nation, and it is round him that much of the history of the north from the thirties on to the sixties … While it is convenient to divide this…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… has incorporated refuse in his sculptural work to mine the history of colonialism by connecting consumption, waste and …