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Document 76 - The Speakers’ Notes - A Brief Course on the Training of Organisers [Document found by the police during the Rivonia raid of 11 July 1963]
… (d) Whom are we fighting and what forces has the enemy at his disposal? Can they be defeated? 5. The aims for which the … or confidence, but because they are…
Damien Schumann
… in the Middle and South East Asia. This was followed by his first exhibition for which he hitchhiked from Cape Town … work for Advocacy, Communications and…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… the Langa or Uitenhage Massacre. Some reports register the death tally at 28. They were on their way to attend a funeral …
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… Bishop and the driver of the other car were killed. Her death stunned people from all races and her funeral was …
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
… while 31 people were arrested. However, the official death toll was given on 7 November 1984 as 23. The boycott in …
EventYouth rage follows the funeral of Victoria Mxenge
… to their call for a workers' stay away to mourn the death of Mxenge. As result, 30 percent of the workforce in …
PlaceIxopo, Kwa-Zulu Natal- Midlands
… the Umkamaas Valley . This is where Cecil John Rhodes and his brother Herbert , first farmed cotton , in 1870. The … the old Post Office buildings, and was…
2. Potchefstroom: A Fighting Location
… ' Oubaas ' Weeks was an overbearing bully, who went out of his way to insult and antagonise black people. He ran roughshod over township residents, beating…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… status, but also benefited him greatly in terms of his material assets. While the husband worked away, the wives took care of his assets by cultivating the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Essay Questions
… by 1939. Stalin came to power on the back of Lenin’s death in 1925, after which he instituted a range of … to power as the leader of the Soviet Union by…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… who was the pioneer of the conquest of Zimbabwe, with his British South African Company (BSAC), bought a written … who was a priest of the Church of England…
Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… that night are now dead having solved the great mystery of death. Perhaps it is due largely to my early association with … superiors and inferiors. The…
ArchiveThe Life of Trevor Huddleston, Makhalipile (the Dauntless One) by Victoria Vandiver, 3 May 2018
… a white man, others were more readily willing to listen to his message than if he had been black. He created … in activism to bring awareness and change. The…
Biography of Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile by Brianna T. Hogg
… Mandela, whose participation in the ANC shaped and molded his leadership skills and development, the Rivonia Trial in … the institution removed and released…
ArticleColonial history of Bloemfontein
… re-elected to office for five consecutive periods until his death in 1888. During his period in office, President Brand re-organized the …
ArticleJames Sebe Moroka Timeline 1892 - 2012
… in the Free State province. 1909 Moroka completes his primary school education, and attends the Lovedale … Moroka is tutored for two years by Mr Fairweather…
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… gain in momentum to become an avalanche that will strike a death blow to oppression in South Africa. From Treason Trial …
Indian Opinion
… edited by Sushila Gandhi (Manilal's wife) after Manilal's death. This was to promote nationhood and represent the …
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… streets of Soweto, but sadly the march culminated in the death of Hector Peterson. The Apartheid Government had, in …
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, who were shot to death by the Ciskei Defence Force troops on 7 September 1992. …
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… about South African Defence Force involvement in death squads and the ongoing violence in the rand and Natal …
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… a son and a daughter. The exact details surrounding her death are not clear. … [Accessed 3 June 2009]| "Rain Queen's death 'a mystery'" [online] Available…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… system and causes paralysis, deformation and sometimes death. This disease often affects young children, most …
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… almost a year after Mozambican President Samora Machel’s death. Three years before this attack, President Michel …
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
… woman of the Orange Free State to be condemned to death and executed, and the first woman officially executed … She became the first documented woman to be…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 78th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1990
… to address you today as he has not yet fully recovered his health. We speak to you today, January 8th, the 78th Anniversary of the ANC, on his express…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… was named by Simon van der Stel, when he was carrying out his survey of False Bay in 1687. He recommended Simon’s Bay … the "VOC". After much dithering, the…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… that they should disarm and Cetshwayo should forsake his sovereignty. The inevitable invasion of Zululand began … and Mavu-mengwana kaNdlela Ntuli. Cetshwayo…
ArticleKing Kong the Musical 1959 -1961
… creative team was led by Harry Bloom, best known for his book Episodes, Todd Matshikiza - a well known composer, … executive with an keen interest in the…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… the position of President of the ANC despite having served his two terms as President of South Africa. Attaining the … of RSA. [1] Mbeki’s main rival during…