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EventThe British successfully thwart the Zulu attack at Rorke’s Drift
… low wall between the buildings. Soon after the warning, at 16:30, the 4 500 men strong Zulu impi under Prince …
ArchiveThe Freedom run
… poster. Notice of a 10km and 3km fun run on Sunday, 11th June, 1989, at Brockwell Park, London. Prizes to be won. …
ArchiveBiography of Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi
… Herbert Vilakazi. Bavumile Herbert Vilakazi was born on 12 June 1955 in Evaton, the fifth son of a family of five boys, …
EventWalter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”
… On 26 June 1954 Walter Sisulu addressed a meeting of the African …
PlaceCuthbert’s Building, Eloff Street, Johannesburg
… a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 June 1986. …
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… would leave to travel back to Cape Town, Johannesburg, Soweto, Gaborone, Harare, Lusaka, Mazimbu, Ohio, Rio de … first group 'from inside' was a feast: the…
EventGwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… Act and was sentenced to 15 years in prison on 26 June 1979. Even after their release, both men remained … on 23 October 1990 and Gwala died of a heart…
EventPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivers the State of the Nation address
… On 16 February 2019, Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his first State …
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
… Eastern Cape is involved in community outreach and youth development. Initially known as the Dakawa Development …
Apartheid’s Twisted Dream: David Goldblatt’s South Africa by Joseph Lelyveld, 2 July 2010
… to his infant brother’s head (slide 1); a seated black youth displays casts on both his arms, results of a security …
Ubuntu Awards 2018
… has positioned South Africa favourably. 5. Nominees in the Youth Category cannot be older than 35 as of 1 January 2018. …
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… Act. However, the IFP concession was not accepted by its Youth Brigade, which was holding out for all IFP demands to …
Event5 Children Murdered in SADF Umtata Raid on Alleged APLA Arms Storage Facility
… On 8 October 1993, five youth, including two twelve year olds, were murdered as they …
Render South Africa Ungovernable! - Message of the National Executive Committee of the ANC on the 73rd Anniversary of ANC by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1985
… an integral part of the national liberation struggle. The Youth, the Pride of our Nation The student and working youth of our country have once more…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 73th Anniversary of the ANC 8 January 1985
… an integral part of the national liberation struggle. The Youth, the Pride of our Nation The student and working youth of our country have once more…
EventColdest day in Pretoria
… The Coldest day in Pretoria in recent history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -3, 6 … , [online], Available at: www…
A Brief History of Mali by US Department of State updated 01 October 2015
… became fully independent within the French Community on 20 June 1960. The federation collapsed on 20 August 1960, when … presidential and legislative…
ArticleThe Impact of Colonialism
… in which Indian soldiers (called sepoys ) staged an armed uprising. The rebellion failed because it lacked good leaders and did not have enough support. The…
Chapter 4 - The role of the Communist Party in the ANC by Richard Monroe
… Alliance headed by the African National Congress." [16] The assumption of a mass character by the "national … searching for answers in the school of struggle…
ArchiveBiography of Moses Mabokela Chikane
… April 1985 under section 29 of the internal security act June 10 together with 22 people charged with treason …
EventWilliam Duncan Baxter, SA businessman, politician and financier is born in Dundee, Scotland.
… and financier was born in Dundee, Scotland on 14 June 1868. He was widely respected for his financial sense …
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
… the entire colony. Maria succumbed to smallpox in June 1713, shortly after she signed her own will on 8 June 1713. Her son, Jacobus, died in the epidemic two…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… persistent of all, was suicide. The Indian Opinion of 4 June 1904 called for a commission of inquiry into the matter, … 119511884, Natal Archives; and Indian…
14. Suicide among indentured
… persistent of all, was suicide. The Indian Opinion of 4 June 1904 called for a commission of inquiry into the matter, … 119511884, Natal Archives; and Indian…
EventGandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’
… Violence against the Resisters stopped only on 24 June when the Smuts government took action after wide … 5 April. Available at: www.anc.org.za/ [Accessed…
PlaceAmsterdam, Mkhondo Local Municipality
… by Alexander McCorkindale. It was proclaimed a Town in June 1881. At first called Roburnia, the name was changed on …
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… Drama Arts and Literature Institute). After 1976, the youth and student movements began to systematically …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first non-racial democratic elections of 1994. It is significant because it marks the end of…
ArticleAftermath: Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… to the safety of the public and the vote stood at 128 to 16 in favour of the banning. Only the four Native …
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
… Upon his return, he attended his trial which commenced on 16 November 1964. Fischer then went underground early in 1965 … Fischer reinstated on Roll , from…