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PlaceMill House, Boundary Road, Newlands
… Jacob Letterstedt in the 1840's. It now forms an integral part of the historic Josephine Mill complex. It was declared …
EventF.W. de Klerk apologizes for apartheid
… his assertion that murder and torture had never been part of government policy. He apologizes 'once and for all' …
ArchiveLetter from AH Stander, Chief Director of the West Rand Administration Board, to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… in the West Rand Area, sent to the Ciskei Commission as part of a population survey of the Xhosa people residing in …
ArticleThe Natal Workers Theatre Movement Timeline
… as an organized movement. They create six new plays in one year. 4 March, South African Rubber Manufacturing Company … divisions between workers. It becomes…
ArticleAmbassador Lindiwe Mabuza and her connection with Scotland: An Appreciation by Brian Filling
… Movement, …sent me ‘The Slave’s Lament’ to present as part of the program. I was completely over-whelmed by some … love of Lindiwe. So it was most…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… dependent on the apartheid state. He became, inescapably, part of the civil war waged from 1985 , sharing the ANC as enemy with his apartheid state…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… Chamber of Mines and managers of compounds gave evidence. One compound manager working for the New Kleinfontein Mine … Moses Kotane, Secretary General of the…
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… word for ‘freedom’, also lies close to the Site of one of the more infamous battles, of the Battlefields Route. … in the subsequent Anglo-Boer War of 1899,…
PlaceBuffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and East London
… Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is one of the 8 metropolitan Municipalities in South Africa and one of the two in the Eastern Cape Province. It is…
PlaceHobeni
… and TRCs. The Municipality is located in the North Eastern part of the Amathole District Municipality's area of … Xhosa people, nine out of ten adults are…
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… SRC to his banning in 1965 by the apartheid government. One of the motions he promoted was the appointment of Chief … president of NUSAS (the Natal Union of…
PlaceTsolwana Game Reserve, Eastern Cape
… home to a wide variety of wildlife that makes game viewing one of the major draw cards to Tsolwana. The reserve is home … of hours to a two-day overnight…
PlaceFietas Museum, Johannesburg
… for its bustling main street, 14th Street, which was one of the most popular places in the city to shop for … the apartheid government began the demolition…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 5 Upper Union Street, Gardens
… when a second storey was added. It formes a significant part of the Architectural character of Union Street, and was …
Appendix I: Correspondence Between Mahatma Gandhi And Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo
… at the National Archives of India, New Delhi - a large part of which are also in the ANC Collection at the Institute …
EventRev Allan Hendrikse and 150 Supporters Swim at a Whites Only Beach in Port Elizabeth.
… disagreement with the government publicly despite being part of P W Botha's cabinet, swimed at a "Whites-only" beach …
EventThe Battle of Blaauwberg takes place
… On 8 January 1806 the Battle of Blaauwberg takes place, and part of the defending force capitulates two days later. Cape …
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
… refers to the bird and its haunting cry, which is still part of the soundscape in the coastal town of Zinkwazi. Along … the sea and temporarily settling…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents' meeting
… wanted in 1988 to consolidate the two sections as part of the Ciskei. However, resistance by the residents … offer the Peelton people land in South Africa…
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 2
… local party programmes. The Communist Party of SA, for its part, has always been an active champion, ever since its … and also in favour of labour unity and…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Session of the Parliament of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia, 30 October 2007
… era, whose form and content is different from the previous one. A evolutionary era that was defined by the struggle … democracy to our shores, have done what…
PlaceFranskraal and the Strandveld Museum
… Cape, to art and craft outlets and pristine beaches. This part of the Western Cape’s coastline is rugged and raw, with … makes for an interesting addition to…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… of the Orange Free State (OFS) on 5 December 1894. Part of his childhood was spent in a concentration camp … imprint on public life in South Africa. Although…
ArticleUniversity of Witwatersrand Student Protests 2015 Timeline
… on social media under the banner #RhodesMustFall. Exactly one month after the cataclysmic event, on 9 April 2015, the … to the SRC for assistance. 3 January…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… again in the 1960 emergency." [57] But this was only one side of the situation. In the meantime the government … or be bypassed entirely. On 23 March Lutuli…
Rick Turner: Thirty Years On by Jann Turner
… publishing or even being in a room with more than one person at a time. We knew the Minister’s agents were … in dad’s car tires, the firebomb they threw into…
ArchiveQuote from Marx
… society dining. Artwork of unemployed protesting. Maybe part of series of folders numbers 3521-3529 plus folder …
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… is adversely affecting the quality of life of citizens. Part of the problem is the slow pace with which national laws … did yesterday and the day before…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… to declare a group area for occupation or ownership by any one racial group; and provided that, after an area is defined … any “defined” property that is…
PlaceKathu
… of iron ore mining in the Kalahari Desert , which hosts one of the five largest open-cast Mines in the World. Kathu, … of Camel Thorn trees. An Engineer…