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PlaceCuylerville
… Settlers on their locations. While camped here at the same time Sir Rufane Donkin chose the site for the administrative …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… people were imprisoned for political offences at one time or another during his rule. By 1992, Banda's grip had …
The Lusaka Years: The ANC in Exile in Zambia, 1963 to 1994
… facilities: see below) Date: 1 April 2014 Time: 12H15 for 12h30 – 13H30 Hugh Macmillan will discuss …
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… abandoning the field. We are merely withdrawing for the time being to change our tactics for a final blow." It is …
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
… petitioners have most of them resided for a considerable time in Mauritius and they cannot do better than bring to …
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… on Versailles to demand women's suffrage. Born at a time of great social turbulence and crisis, International …
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… the chairman, to oppose the S.A.I.C elections. At the same time, similar bodies were formed in the Cape and by the NIC …
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… India. They put foot on South African soil for the first time on 8 November at present-day St. Helena Bay on the west … to annex the Cape on behalf of…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… way back to Portugal saw the Cape peninsular for the first time and named it the 'Cape of Storms' because of the bad … he discovered Newfoundland and Nova…
ArticleIndenture: A new system of slavery?
… be the only solution for the unfortunate victim? By the time the twentieth century came, absconding or desertion, … Protector to protect the weak and seek…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… regarding the effect it had on historical events. At the time of their rule, colonial forces were at work fragmenting … visitors who had seen him: “ Gaika…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… was the wide-scale use of spies by the mine owners. Time and again provisional shaft and compound union … per annum for permanent workers; and overtime wages…
Re-Emergence of Congress Activity 1980s
… of COSATU, the trade union federation, in 1986, and by the time the UDF was banned, along with 16 other organisations in … when she became free of all…
Biography of Bessie Emery by Elizabeth Venditti
… [xvi] showing her quick interest in the PAC. At this time Head was a court reporter, so she saw the political … Party, was due to the friends she made and…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… and discrimination, the year 1948 stands out as the time of a qualitative shift from the ad hoc art of control to … to make just such a contribution; it is…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… by fellow political prisoners. This happened at a time when Piet Pelser, the Minister of Justice and Prisons, … members in exile. Johnson entered Robben…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1600s
… European's settle in South Africa for the first time and begin to further colonize and trade with the … the Khoi-Khoi, is produced in the colony for the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1910-1919
… attempts to impose passes on women. It is the first time passes are burnt in protest. (Morris: 2004) 1914 After … Britain to protest against the Land Act for…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… Vierkleur (four-colour flag) is raised for the first time ever – in Rustenburg. 1858 2 February, A new … Federasie (Women’s federation) convenes for the…
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
… owner initially allowed Frederik to visit his family from time to time; a journey that involved a 12-hour ride on horseback. … his wealth. He made efforts to…
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… Cape experiencing their first breath of freedom. At this time there were two distinct groups of people settled at … [vii] This activity was absorbed by the…
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… old Cape Colony, are fast crumbling, and that which at one time held out illimitable possibilities for progressive … In fact, the position of the Coloured…
ArchiveA story of a memorable photograph, and why it matters by J Brooks Spector, (Daily Maverick), 18 May 2018
… is also the sense that they have captured a moment in time not easily forgotten. Photography, of course, has … editor gave him a chance as a freelancer and…
Zweli Mkhize denies Redi Tlhabi’s book allegations, says he hasn’t read it, 18 - September - 2017
… equality. I also elected not to deal with the media at the time of the trial as I understood that the matter was … this was purely President Zuma’s version…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… sphere, the Durban District has revealed this tendency time and time again.) The international, class character of the Party … separate groups. The problem…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… and the state. This is indeed one of the lessons of our time. That being said we do share much and we must build on … heads, each holding office for no more…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
… of our development plans. Clearly, this is not the first time Africans have come together for the renewal of this … (Statement by an African leader at Lusaka…
59. The South African Federation challenges Congress over the settlement
… under serious disabilities for a considerable length of time. Even before the absorption of the four self-governing … rights. Such has been the prospect held…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1960 - 1969 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… and Abdul Qayyum Sayed , all detained without trial at one time or another for writing against the Government or … Arabic classes from March 1963 to June…
1. The Way to Fox Street
… as a clerk at New Modderfontein mine in Benoni. At this time the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) was … a salary of two shillings and sixpence…