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Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… days it was much easier because I didn't have a pass. Women didn't have passes yet then, and so I could go and work … workers in the factories. And they…
Document 45 - Ray Alexander, “Trade Unionism in South Africa”, Discussion, 1, 6, 1952
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 45 … despite this, the most serious dispute…
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
… Native, will ever be remembered as a great landmark in our history. To ensure peace, one must prepare for war. Hence, … disregard by Europeans of the lessons…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… people that formed the Liberal Party, who have a checkered history, I would not have called myself a liberal in the … be covered. I spent over a year in…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.2 1985
… Kirkwood The litemaster story by Richard Ntuli Working women Esiqithini by Jeff Peires Noma Award acceptance speech …
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… chief Makapan (Makapane) massacred 23 Voortrekkers, men, women, and children, who were on a hunting expedition under …
EventThe Simelela Rape Survivors Centre in Cape Town reports on rape in Khayelitsha
… a response to the high degree of sexual violence against women and children in South African townships. Simelela …
EventA two-day All-in African Conference starts in Pietermaritzburg, Natal
… convention of elected representatives of all adult men and women, regardless of race, colour or creed. The Republic, it … during the Sharpeville Massacre’ ,…
Black consciousness and the land question by Pandelani Nefolovhodwe, 17 March 2015, South Africa
… of their land by whites in Azania and Africa under colonial rule, as well as during apartheid, is indeed an … the years consistently maintained that when…
”The African Mine Workers’ Strike-A National Struggle.”flyer issued by the ANC Youth League, August 1946
… callous and inhuman exploitation of man by man in the history of mankind. Their struggle is a challenge to the … can be kept in a state of slavery and…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… education. Various churches and missionaries had a long history of providing education for Africans. The Government … leading part in opposing the Government…
EventProfessional soccer is introduced in SA when the National Football League is founded
… of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 10. "History of South African soccer" [online] Available at: … 4 May 2009] "2010 FIFA World Cup, South Africa, the…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Schoeman is the author of 18 novels and numerous works of history, he is one of South Africa's most awarded and … for African TV dramas 1990; the Stals Prize…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King George V…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… in dreams of the Coloured man for the first time in the history of South Africa being recognised as part of the … it has succeeded. Here hundreds of semi…
Archaeology - A way of discovering the past
… ask different questions about the past. Knowledge of history grows and broadens as more archaeologists find … school students in South Africa only learnt…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Introduction
… Hani The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the … too well how close they had come to the…
ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… we were also street wise," he said. Now to capture the history, work is underway on a book being penned by siblings … typical research. Much has already been…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… History of the farm Boschhoek Farm, (known locally as … succeeded Inkosi Sigweje the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Bibliography
… 1993 Saunders, C., (ed.) The Readers Digest Illustrated History of South Africa. The Real History. Cape Town: The Readers digest Association Limited, ……
ArchiveThe world's only privately owned Catholic Church
… many tiny churches in the world, each rooted in personal history. The Bremilham Church on the outskirts of Malmesbury, … capacity to accommodate 12 people…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… of human habitation in the South Africa , we explore the History of oldest known Caves to man, the Mpumalanga Sudwala … and Historic relics that tell a…
ArchiveNon-Violence News, Second quarter, 1994
… South African fellowship of reconcilliation and its history …
ArchiveSACP reading list
… Paper containing reading list on the history of the SACP …
EventFormer South African Prime Minister JG Strijdom dies
… endorsed. A year later, on 9 August 1956, twenty thousand women, of all races, marched on the Strijdom government at … [Accessed on 16 August 2013| The…
PlaceUmzinto, South Coast
… however, Umzinto remains a busy Town with a mixture of Colonial and Indian Architecture. Umzinto is a Town that has … however, Umzinto remains a busy Town…
PlaceSomerset West, Cape Helderberg
Somerset West It is situated in the Hottentots Holland, mountians area, which is right in the heart of the Cape Winelands. Somerset West is situated in the…
PlaceHopefield, Heritage Town in the Western Cape
Hopefield is a town in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, north of Cape Town. The town was laid out in 1852 and was named for the two Cape Colony…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Olehile Bada Pharasi
… observer. The moving targets of your ire alternated from colonial era statues, through the prohibitive cost of …
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… the real causes of the expatriation of himself and the colonial farmers. Numerous reports having been circulated …