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EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… to the National Executive Committee and at the same time he became a member of the Native Representative Council, …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… He received the local rank of general around the same time. Kitchener was frustrated with the state of affairs and …
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… in 1871 after being found guilty of incitement, this time without his wife. Opinions on Maqoma vary. According to …
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… He continued crossed continent during three different time periods: 1852-56, 1858-64, and 1866-73, becoming the …
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… territorial segregation into legislation for the first time since Union in 1910. The law created reserves for Blacks …
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… an uprising to be launched in South Africa in 1963. At the time of his claims, the PAC, African National Congress (ANC), …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… the equestrian statue of General Christiaan De Wet. At one time the Raadsaal housed almost all of the city's original …
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… and company argue with the bride instead of wasting their time with the Agent, I fail to understand. They had more … wrote, "that the marriage dispute should…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… Reformed Church members were declining. At the same time traditions in the piety of the families, such as the … the day in 1867, again on the battlefield. …
Document 77 - Yu Chi Chan Club , Pamphlet No. II: The Conquest of Power in South Africa [1963]
… exploited classes of South African society are at the same time racially or nationally oppressed. These classes … scene of revolution would shift to the army…
Chapter Four - The Years with the CPSA: 1925 - 1935
… no viable alternative to the CPSA was present at the time. But Gomas was in one respect fundamentally different … the neck the Germiston location. This…
ArticleThe death of Samora Machel
… Events leading to the plane crash The crash happened at a time when Mocambique government was in the midst of an armed … The investigation failed to…
ArticleDesmond Mpilo Tutu Timeline
… option, and mercifully, the Bishop of Johannesburg at that time accepted me for training for the priesthood. So I came … Bauer (culture as resistance)…
ArticleThe Union of South Africa 1910
… how the native land act impacted on Black families at the time. – Secondly, search the SAHO website for Sol Plaatje. Who was he, and what role did he play…
State policies and social protest, 1924-1939
… of severe labour unrest that had been simmering for some time. The economic depression after the war and … the franchise on the simple ground of colour.”…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… for us to die than submit to these conditions’ . By the time the article was written, about 2,000 people, mostly … by society and especially in history…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… contrary to the 'multi-racial' policies of the ANC (at the time the ANC was made up of different race groups) and that … also active in exile although for…
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… that defies defeat, but also the capacity to rise to the challenge of the hour and move on to the offensive, a people … with Highveld Steel. Again, in…
Dr Mamphela Ramphele interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 16 April 1998, Cape Town
… go back to the beginning of black consciousness, at that time, the majority of people who were politically active were … from that of, for example, the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… that defies defeat, but also the capacity to rise to the challenge of the hour and move on to the offensive, a people … with Highveld Steel. Again, in…
ArchiveAfrican languages should be at the center of educational and cultural achievement by Abdi Latif Dahir (Quartz Africa)
… leaders by delivering his remarks in Swahili. At the time, the AU was only using English, Portuguese, Arabic, and … Chissano’s historic speech constituted…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… came to my house to tell me such thing. It is the second time I’m hearing about this. SD: Who broke the news to you … graced our beautiful land. SD: Thank…
PlaceThe Durban Centre for Photography
… Durban, with an exhibition, Meeting Grounds , at the same time it was also the first public auction of photographic … Bremer. Clive Hardwick was co…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the twentieth anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union, 01 July 1974
… the legacy of colonialism within the shortest possible time. Of significant importance in this direction is the … been consolidating and strengthening with…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… the legacy of colonialism within the shortest possible time. Of significant importance in this direction is the … been consolidating and strengthening with…
ArchiveAppendix 4 Manifesto of Umkhonto we Sizwe by Denis Goldberg
… civil war. But the people's patience is not endless. The time comes in the life of any nation when there remain only two choices: submit or fight. That time…
PlacePosthuys
… buildings seem to have been destroyed at the same time. The site remained in military use during the First … until 1929. Some of the alterations carried out…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… and without adequate counselling and support. At the same time, both the government as well as organs of civil society, … system to deal sensitively with the…
Constitution, Rules and Bye-Laws, I.C.U. Yase Natal, 1929 [Extracts]
… for maintaining these objects or some of the benefits from time to time authorised in pursuance of these Rules and for the …
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… line, to the propaganda of which much valuable time and man power has been sacrificed, with the result that … bit in the great war for African emancipation -…