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EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… the Republic of Transkei was not recognised beyond South African borders. The General Assembly of the United … Bantustans . Geographically, the Transkei was…
PlaceFairview Wine and Cheese Estate, near Paarl
… booming wine export business. After starting his life in South Africa as a butcher boy in what is now the Cape Town CBD, he … on a reputation that stretches…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… government introduced the General Law Amendment Act, the South African Security Police, or Special Branch, were given … [online] Available at: news24.com …
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… wife, Marie-José Moumbaris, in July 1972 at the Botswana/South Africa border... He was sentenced in 1973 to 12 years' … Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who…
Report of the Joint Planning Council of the ANC and the South African Indian Congress, November 8, 1951
… National Congress and the President and Councillors of the South African Indian Congress: WHEREAS the African National … national organisations of the Non…
EventEugene Terre Blanche, controversial leader of the AWB ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement), is born in Ventersdorp.
… on January 31, 1941. After matriculating he joined the South African Police service and served for five years before … and threatened then President F.W. de…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… on to witness numerous memorable moments. These include South Africa's penultimate Test before being banned from … 10 hours to save the Test in 1995. In 2003…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… Introduction: I have just returned from Juba, South Sudan last night. I led an ANC delegation which … as the first president of the democratic and free South…
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
… uninterrupted views of Durban and beyond! Durban is one of South Africa’s most significant metropolises, and the proud home of … In addition to hosting a…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill, establishing a … and was promulgated as Act No 101 of the Republic of South Africa…
EventPrime Minister P.W. Botha announces Ciskei will become independent on 4 December 1981
… programme of Apartheid by excluding the majority of Black South Africans from South Africa proper. The Bantustans would then function as labour … Peires J.B …
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… Grand Prix in 1999.[iii] The Freeway played host the World Motorcycle Championship Grand Prix in the years 1999, … Freeway as one of the most demanding…
EventTricameral Parliament inaugurated
… of Parliament convened in Cape Town to promulgate a new South African Constitution with a three-tier parliament which … to vote for members of this…
EventGovernment’s final consolidation of ‘homelands’
… of apartheid separate development and a way to strip Black South Africans of their South African citizenship. The argument from the point of view of the…
ArchiveThe international situation
… the anti-colonial struggles of the oppressed around the world. The struggle for freedom took the form of anti-imperialiast struggles throughout the world…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… journey to India, where they will put the cause of the South African Indians before the Government and the people of India on behalf of the South African…
Chapter 9 - People’s Education and People’s Power: Mobilisation and Collective Action
… by which to admit students, 'academic merit' in the South African context, is not an objective criterion either. … There is no such thing as freedom of…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai … assesses the effectiveness of the system. Mr…
Chapter 8. Capitalists without Money
… hundred or more workers and could be considered modern by South African industrial standards of that period. The rest … time and energy to study and analyse…
African and Indian in Durban by Fatima Meer
… to commemorate one hundred years of Indian settlement in South Africa. The large number of Indians detained under the … question before the United Nations in…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… Former South African president Nelson Mandela's 88th birthday … of lectures on the Meaning of Mandela by three of the world's prominent Black thinkers. The…
Chapter IX - Triumph of disunity (1)
… of conquest going on simultaneously throughout Southern Africa, and directed to single and, the subjugation of us … cattle. . . . They also have an interest…
EventWorld Health Day
… On 7 April each year, the World Health Organisation (WHO) celebrates World Health Day. … recently, in anticipation of World Health Day. In South Africa,…
EventNelson Mandela announces he will not stand for re-election in 1999
… became the first democratic president of the Republic of South Africa in April 1994. His announcement would mean stepping … January 2012]| Tandfonline.com , …
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… now known as Gqeberha. The name change was approved by the South African government in 2021 and is an Xhosa name, the … ' which flows through the City. Xhosa…
PlaceFish River Canyon
… The World’s second largest Canyon with grand landscapes, … the river then flows into the Orange River , the border to South Africa. At Seeheim is a Hotel ,…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… Prime Minister John Vorster said that South Africa would welcome Maoris in New Zealand rugby teams. The … indigenous New Zealand population, was contrary to…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… is so often the case with a Goldblatt image, the outside world is rarely brought to bear in a direct way in his work. The disgraces and dilemmas that mark…
Document 51 - Leon Trotsky, Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Remarks on the Draft Theses of the Workers' Party of South Africa, 20 April 1935…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Powell was heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South Africa. The Summit took place in Johannesburg…