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EventGriqua leader Andries le Fleur is born
… in Herschel, CC. He was the son of Abraham le Fleur and one of the leading figures in Griqualand East. Both he and …
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… The ‘72-hour curfew’ imposed on visiting blacks was one of the most hated apartheid laws. This curfew formed an …
EventGhanaian President Kwame Nkrumah calls on world leaders to impose “total economic and political sanctions” on South Africa
… was a leader who strived for a united Africa. Nkrumah was one of the founders of the Organisation of African Unity …
EventPaul Kibii Tergat Kenyan professional long distance runner is born
… achievements in long-distance running. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished runners of all time. …
EventA proposed amendment to the Population Registration Act is made
… the implementation of many other racially based laws. One of the apartheid laws passed in the 1950s was the Group …
EventActivist and Journalist, Robert Resha dies in exile
… Campaign as a member of the ANC Youth League. Resha was one of the Treason trialists, but was acquitted in 1961, …
EventLady Mary Bailey, the first pilot to complete the London to Cape flight and back solo, dies in Cape Town
… competitions. Bailey died in Cape Town on 29 August 1960. One of her sons, Jim Bailey founded the Magazine African …
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
… various attempts had been made to isolate the country. One area where this was evident was in aviation. For years, …
EventDie Huisgenoot, oldest still existing Afrikaans magazine, appears ten months after Die Burger
… in 1916 as the de huisgenoot, then a monthly magazine. One of the reasons the magazine was founded was to …
EventA fire breaks out on Table Mountain after a British tourist allegedly tossed a lit cigarette out of a car window
… Table Mountain is generally prone to fires, this one was caused by a cigarette butt. It is reported that a …
EventFrederick Courteney Selous, traveller, hunter, writer and naturalist dies in Beho-Beho, Tanganyika. He came to Southern Africa
… Schutztruppen. He died instantly. He is regarded as one of the greatest hunters over the region of Southern …
EventSaxophone player, Bobby Hendricks, dies in Cape Town
… revealed by the number of people who attended his funeral, one of the biggest ever held in Overberg, Western Cape …
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… the services of a more reliable detective agency than the one he is apparently relying on for his facts and information … it at the expense of my personal…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… Achkar Marof of Guinea which has been entrusted with one of the most difficult tasks by the United Nations, has … solution. and whensoever this happens, Mrs…
Say It out Loud - The 1923 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 3rd April, 1923
… as " conciliates " ; but the talking has been always on one side, and the "conciliate" has always meant, for the … in it, out of which they drank themselves…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… homeland government. The following day after a funeral of one of the marchers, who was shot and killed by the authorities, lightning struck one of the youths…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… Professor Dart believed that this skull was a fossil of one of our ancestors because the hole at the bottom of the … hominids walking close enough to each…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… Rustenburg Local Municipal Area. The area is considered as one of the fastest growing urban areas in South Africa due to … of inequality and poverty is…
VIII - The Pathologists
… by a period of unconsciousness of between 10 minutes and one hour. The evidence that follows concerns the post-mortem … that appeared on the surface of Mr…
ArchiveThe 16th of December in South Africa by Wolfram Kistner
… Boer-republics or with their subjection to British rule. One could ask: Was the emphasis placed on the celebration of … together of people of different…
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… levels of violence. All this can be traced back to one source - the policies of apartheid. Yet, despite this … been forced to concede free and fair elections…
We Shall Win. Joint Statement by Leaders of Liberation Movements at the fifth Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Algiers, 13 – 16 September 1968
… oppressed Africans that they represent are at war. On the one side are the armies of white supremacy united in the … The struggle is going to be a grim and…
ArchivePetrus Mashishi
… Cosatu and failed. He witnessed SAMWU splintering as one group expelled any leader of principle who demanded … but the caucus was unanimous. The intention…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… These impacts are important to understand as it gives one an insight of how some economic, social and political … of gold in the Witwatersrand in 1886 was…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
… In the words of Professor Ari Sitas, “Badsha could do in one picture what a dozen history workshop papers couldn’t in …
ArchiveTrade unions, politics and the working class struggle: the Food and Canning Workers Union, 1975 to 1986
… Canning Workers Union, since the two always operated as one. The division being necessitated by legislation which did …
PlaceOfficers’ Club, Military Base, Wynberg
… remain scattered in between the more modern architecture. One building of note is the Victorian style Garrison …
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
… will find Fort Klapperkop. Completed in January 1898, it’s one of Pretoria’s four forts build to protect the then …
PlaceConstitution Street House 14, Port Elizabeth
… in Donkin Street, facing on to the Donkin Reserve, one at 14 Constitution Street and two at 8 and 10 Whitlock …
PlacePolokwane Art Museum
… of industrial art, and the Industrial Art Park is the only one of its kind in Africa. The museum also includes works by …