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ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… an important role in setting up civics in the 1980s and as one of the few organisations that existed at the time, they …
ArticleDutch Reformed Church (DRC)
… for all members of all racial groups to pray under, one umbrella, thus making South African history by welcoming …
ArticleTransition and negotiation, 1990-1994
… cent of the Constitutional Assembly. This Constitution is one of the most advanced in the world, establishing a …
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… Year break, which had already begun; families would visit one another and visit markets (this is the largest short-term … Communist Party cadres and military…
ArticleThe History of Education: 1658 to present
… ignore this and some slaves even hide in mountain caves on one occasion to avoid going to school. 1685 A separate school … abandoned. The only successful…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… are situated in Umgeni Road, and are now an integral part of the city centre. The first formal European settlement … their lives during the siege of 1842 are…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… the boiler and blower house of a blast furnace and formed part of the iron works established by Cornelis Delfos, better … ore mines as well as its heavy…
Introduction
… Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to the legacy bequeathed by the Smuts-Gandhi … the Indian Relief Act (both of 1914),…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… are some of the Giants, upon whose shoulders we stand one hundred and three years after the ANC was founded. The … remote voices are heard. The NDP calls on…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Among several brilliant and scholarly speeches, there was one by Mr. A. M. Lembede, B.A., LL.B., on "Africanism," … by means of kindness, to unite the Basuto…
PlaceChintsa
… restaurants. Chintsa in the Eastern Cape is recognised as one of South Africa’s prime coastal destinations. It’s the … learning the different clicks in the…
PlaceLaaiplek, Velddrif, West Coast of Cape Town
… sea, its name derived from its function : 'A place where one can offload the catch of the day on the pier.' The heart … merged and Laaiplek's Grocery Store,…
PlaceVilliersdorp
… R43 in the Cape Overberg Region, in a valley accessed by one of four spectacular mountain passes. The quaint little … and an appealing option for a weekend…
PlaceKoelfontein Wine Farm
… their families. This is the legacy of Koelfontein farm, one which continues to sustain the lives of all who toil here … venue. Wine grapes and brandy…
EventEmily Chinea is the first woman to be officially executed in SA
… White man. They were both found to have taken an active part in the murder and both were executed on 28 November 1904. The murder was a particularly brutal…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… must be theirs. Non-Europeans and Europeans in every part of South Africa must join in this struggle of the people …
Coloured by History, Shaped by Place - New perspectives on Coloured Identities in Cape Town
… Africa. It argues that coloured identities are a valid part of black and African experiences, while refusing to …
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women’s League, is born
… Congress (ANC) and soon afterwards left teaching as part of a campaign to boycott Bantu Education. In 1966 the …
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… leaders of the African National Congress and took a little part in political discussions. In 1947 Nkomo returned to …
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
South African Indian Congress (SAIC) Executive met in Cape Town and pledged full support to the Passive Resistance launched by the Passive Resistance Councils …
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… of Newclare, the Western Native Township and the Southern part of Claremont to 'Coloured' townships, and the removal of …
EventSouth Africa signs a multilateral treaty prohibiting the development of biological weapons
… in Moscow, London and Washington. South Africa formed part of this convention, and signed this multilateral treaty, …
EventAmanzimtoti blast kills five
… Defence Force (SADF) raid in Lesotho . The bomb attack was part of Operation Butterfly, conducted by MK, mainly from …
EventTogolese football player, Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is born
… in his first world cup in Germany. The same year, he took part The Africa Cup of Nations. In 2010, Adebayor briefly …
EventGeneral Christiaan de Wet attacks Rooiwal railway station during the South African War
… At this point he was the commando-in-chief of the greater part of the Free State commandos. A day before the assault De …
EventANC member and UDF-leader Christmas Tinto, is born in Mqanduli in the Transkei
… 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei , now part of Eastern Cape Province . His involvement in political …
Archive"Racism, Apartheid and a New World Order": Speech in Acceptance of the Third World Prize on Behalf of Nelson and Winnie Mandela by O. R. Tambo, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia, 5 May 1986
… with them or with the millions of people of whom they are part, but rather, to salute and pay tribute to them for their … oppression, domination and…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… order and therefore represent the failure of democracy. As part of our own rejection of this grandiose myth, we must not … that everything we wish for should…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… at least strong bases in many townships. But, as one such activist reflected later: "What was disquieting in … an uncontested Congress stronghold, the ANC …
Freedom In Our Life Time - Religion and Churches
… danger looming large on the far-off horizon. A hundred and one political parties are springing up like mushrooms. Some … after the analogy of chemical…