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EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… township scenes and addressing political and social issues in a cartoon-like style. Msimang exhibited widely and …
EventThe last sitting of an all-white Parliament
… of the Republic. Intense debate over legislative issues in the 1980s led to the adoption of a new constitution …
EventSA signs multilateral treaty on the civil liability for oil pollution damage
… operation. In light of current concern over environmental issues, this treaty served as an important piece of …
PlaceMjanyana Hospital
… Assessments and referrals for people with mental health issues, is done, medical male circumcisions(MMC) and …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
… its leaders, closed. 1983 Harold Farmer’s 1983 poem “Lost City” was published in Meanjin, an Australian literary … 1986 Ndeutala Hishongwa published her…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… Mosque of Cape Town lies right in the heart of one of the City's former 'grey areas' of the Apartheid era - District Six. Al Azhar Mosque, in Aspeling ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Opening Session of the South Centre’s Council of Representatives New York, 21 September 1998
… corners of the world. As the premier source of research on issues affecting the South, and growing out of the work and … Non-Aligned Movement to the…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… the Nobel Peace Prize for their work towards abolishing apartheid. Negotiations between black and white South … was also a serious need to address the…
EventThe body of the former president Nelson Mandela is taken to the Union buildings in Pretoria.
… out of the hearse. Mandela’s body travelled through the city from Thaba Tswane to the Union Building up until Friday. …
EventAnna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo died
… soon became an institution recognised by the Cape Town City Council and police. In 1937 Sister Nannie was honoured …
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… and railway worker, clerks and interpreters. Today The City of Durban in Kwazulu-Natal has the highest population …
PlacePolokwane Bird and Reptile Park
… Park. It is still however, a great attraction in the City is the now known as:' Polokwane Bird and Reptile Park.' …
EventRamaphosa and Motlatsi are arrested
… arrested when they staged an 'illegal' march through the city centre during a strike, which turned out to be the …
EventExplorer Karl Gottlieb Mauch dies
… in Hartley Hills in 1867 and the ruins of the ancient city of Zimbabwe. On his return to Potchefstroom, South …
EventDavid Frost wins the South African Open golf championship in Stellenbosch
… his victories were at the Gary Player Country Club at Sun City. In 1999 Frost won his second South African Open …
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… a close so Rorke's Drift was established. Polly Street was urban, Rorke's Drift rural. If Polly Street attempted a … to understand the Art and Craft Centre…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… Africa in 1967. She acted as a defence attorney for anti-apartheid activists, exposing torture and helping establish … rights for prisoners on Robben Island…
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… the tradition of the South African struggle against apartheid. The tombstone also serves as an inspiration to … reminder of what happened to South African…
PlaceStation Building, Point Road, Durban
… Not only did it play a key role in the Establishment of a City and its various Industries, but it also facilitated the … and good prices. It should be noted…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… to the League of Nations. As from 1952 the application of apartheid and the practice of racial discrimination was … the treatment of Indians in South Africa…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… advancements. In our view, we should address the following issues. The first is to act together to negotiate a … would of course go beyond trade and…
Conclusion: A Land Dispossession History 1600s-1990s
… willing consent of those who benefited from colonial and apartheid plunder. The mechanism for this is the market and … has proved correct and the result is…
ArticleThe Order of the Companions of O.R. Tambo
… international movement of solidarity against racism and apartheid. He established the first missions of the … Africa and against the evils of racism,…
ArticleThe Langa March, 30 March 1960
… themselves. The Minister of Native Affairs declared that apartheid was a model for the world. The Minister of Justice … and the banning of the ANC and PAC…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… Army (APLA) to launch the armed struggle against the apartheid government. Despite organisational problems in … history of the PAC’s contribution to the…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Project: Paul Simon’s Graceland and the Anti-Apartheid Cultural Boycott Kayla Buckley Kayla Buckley is a … into his research for SAHO. Project: The Irish…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of 1956 Women’s March: Union Buildings, Tshwane, 9 August 2006
… further impetus to the struggle for our liberation from apartheid. We have also gathered here to salute the millions … ourselves to the pledge we made as we…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… a loose alliance of those parties, which had held an anti-apartheid position. It also included some black political … Front members attending such an all…
PlacePolokwane Museum
… here you can learn about the History of this marvelous city and neighbouring areas. Iron Age artifacts and Stone Age …
EventDr D.F. Malan unveils the statue of Paul Kruger on Church Square, Pretoria
… used as a market place and sports field. In 1855, the city’s first church was built on the site. Today the square …