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A newspaper reports that the South African government told the World Court in a letter that it is prepared to hold a plebiscite
… A newspaper reports that the South African government told the World Court in a letter that it …
The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in Bloemfontein. The name of the organisation was changed in 1925
… The South African Native National Congress (SANNC) is formed in …
SA’s first national news Agency, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established from what was the Reuters South Afr
… SA’s first national news Agency, the South African Press Association (Sapa), is established from what …
The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation of R700 000 to the International Red Cross.
… The South African Tsunami Relief Fund hands over a first bulk donation …
Walter Whall Battiss, South African educationist, painter and specialist on the San art, is born in Somerset East, Eastern Cape
… & Rousseau | Kruger, D.W. (ed)(1972). Dictionary of South African Biography, Cape Town: Human Sciences Research … Walter Whall Battiss, South African…
Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at Lanseria airport on board a rescue flight from Bangkok
… Six injured South African survivors of the tsunami in Thailand arrive at …
The first private broadcasting station in South Africa is put up by the South African Railways in Johannesburg. The Scientific
… station in South Africa is put up by the South African Railways in Johannesburg. The Scientific …
Ex-Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, CAR, is sentenced to death while in exile in France.
… Ex-Emperor Jean-Bédel Bokassa of the Central African Republic, CAR, is sentenced to death while in exile …
BiographyGodfrey Sekhukhune
… of the Sekhukhune revolt leaders. He ‘was from the royal family at Mohlaletse and in the 1940s worked as a male nurse …
ArticleThe Market Photo Workshop
… political angles were at the core of documenting the South African landscape. The institution has since been able to … but as well as in other communities…
BiographyWinston Ntshona
… and 1972. The two plays were widely performed in South African and internationally. In 1974 the two plays went on … the Edison Theatre on Broadway. On their…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… World War II. Consequently, throughout the 1950s unrest in African, Coloured and Indian communities escalated, becoming … different campaigns. Other…
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
… won their quarter final, they would have become the first African nation to progress to the semi-finals of the world … Ghana’s Black Stars, the only African…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… changes that took place in black protest politics and African nationalist thinking during the 1940s, particularly … perimeters of the cities, and people…
Matthews Mabelane
… At the inquest Mr L Liebowitz representing the Mabelane family,asked twice for a postponement until witnesses could be found to testify for the family.He was…
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
… contributions to understanding the chemistry of South African plant toxins, particularly the bufadlenolides, with … the Royal Society of Chemistry and a…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… During the South African War the British military authorities imported a large … were housed here. White Location was the first economic housing scheme that…
Conflict among civic organisations
… 21 civic organisation affiliated to CAHC were coloured areas. However, the formation of CAHAC stimulated growth of … of civic and residents’ organisations…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… of the most significant mass movements in modern South African history. It is only in the very recent past that the … industries and was preparing to work in…
EventSouth African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf for making history by becoming Africa’s first elected woman president in post-war elections
… South African President Thabo Mbeki hails Liberian President Ellen … Mbeki said Sirleaf's election signalled a "new dawn for African women". Sirleaf, a 67…
BiographyBheki Mvulane
… never gained consciousness." Bheki was hospitalised - the family became aware that something was amiss only when he …
The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… a Nyanga shopkeeper, and come and live with her and her family in Gugulethu, where she could care for him. Maria was … 2 750 single men, by far the highest…
IFP 2019 Election Manifesto
… and reopening agricultural training colleges. A high-rise housing approach where land is limited. Administration of … Additional capacity for the training of…
Pretoria Socialist Society
… in its history, I consider it my duty as leader of the African National Congress , a Union-wide premier political … shown itself in the dire poverty of the…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 9 - Postscript - South Africa: The Present as History
… police surveillance. The initial conquest left the African tribes with about 13 percent of the total land area. … urban areas, which of course places…
Oprah Winfrey
… have been true, but at the time, Bunny -- that's what the family calls Vernon as the father, because he was the last of … grade she was then skipped to third…
'Presidential Address' by the Rev. J. A. Calata, ANC (Cape), July 1948
… annual session of the Provincial conference of the African National Congress (Cape). I know what personal … served with deeds more than with words. CONGRESS…
BiographyJoseph Mathunjwa
… that management does not only deliver the deceased to the family, but they (management) accompany the deceased person … led to the killing of 34 mineworkers…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… of the abuse and discrimination she experienced from her family, who refused to accept her gender identity. She took … she faced. She spoke about how coming…
Mitchell's Plain, Cape Flats
… Parts of it quickly deteriorated into little more than ‘urban ghetto's’ - a description so often applied to these … just West of Langa . Mitchell's Plain is…