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EventSADF replace police on South West Africa's northern border
In a dramatic move, Minister of Defence P. W. Botha announced the replacement of South African police by the South African Defence Force on the northern…
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
1. Introduction - The Launch of the Manifesto 1.1 It is with great pleasure that I stand before you today during this important phase in the democratisation…
EventThe Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria
Victoria West is a small town in the Western Cape. In 1844 the Dutch Reformed Church bought a farm in the area and named it Victoria, after Queen Victoria. It…
West Africa and trans-Saharan trade: salt, gold, slaves and ancient trade routes, centres of learning, historical reporting - ninth to sixteenth centuries (under construction)
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
Vanessa Brereton worked as a human rights lawyer in South Africa, taking on high profile cases under the Apartheid regime. When the African National Congress …
EventNelson Mandela was issued with his first passport after being released from prison
Nelson Mandela was issued with his first South African passport on 19 February 1990, 8 days after he was released from prison. It was this passport (with his…
BiographyHargreaves Nkosana Mbodla
Between 1959 and 1962, eight people were banished from various districts of Mpondoland, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape]. They included some of those who…
66. G. M. Naicker: we will not collaborate
In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act (referred to as the 'Ghetto' Act in the next document). The Natal Indian…
Nicolaas Claassen Rautenbach, Boer soldier who was executed in 1901 by the British
Nicolaas Claassen Rautenbach, Boer soldier who was executed in 1901 by the British because he had stolen fourteen donkeys and some ammunition from them, is…
Would you be more careful if it was you that got pregnant?
Black and white artwork of a pregnant man.Words 'Nothing is impossible' and initials JAC.
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
Joshua Andries Nell, S.A artist, is born in Keetmanshoop, South West Africa.
The first legislative assembly of South-West Africa is held in Windhoek.
Dolf van der Merwe, Springbok water skier, is born in Somerset West.
Sam Nujoma, Swapo leader, is deported from South West Africa to Zambia.
Wentzel C. du Plessis, administrator of South West Africa, is born in Pretoria.
Sharpeville massacre was turning point in anti apartheid movement, 21 March 1960
Soweto Students Representative Council: It was said that our country is democratic
A circular issued by the Soweto Students Representative Council rejecting the formation of Community Councils
Address at The University of West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, 30 June 2003
A group of junior officers overthrows civilian government of Ghana in West Africa.
Minutes of a Meeting between Officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, the West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board, Representatives of the Urban Bantu Councils on the West Rand ...
Minutes of a Meeting between Officials of the Department of Bantu Administration and Development, the West Rand Bantu Affairs Administration Board,…
Cecil John Rhodes, warts and all by Tim Crowe (Politics Web), 22 December 2015
Cecil John Rhodes was the sickly, poorly educated and otherwise unremarkable son of an English parson of meagre means. He knew from an early age that he was…
South Africa's freedom struggle by E.S. Reddy
Dr. Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to…
We won`t forget the golden years ...
We should face these two facts
Someday we will all be free
A2 poster full colour, photo Archbishop Tutu
Speak: we are dying, my child
A2 litho poster green, black, on white; photo women crying; text: SPEAK: we are dying, my child. Women from Pietermaritzburg talk about the war; Siyafa…