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Our Vision is a Democratic Society, 1958
… and gentlemen, someone has said a man really has only one speech to make. He may clothe it in different words, but … in the freedom struggle in this country…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… It seeks the transformation of an African country into one where the children of the soil are aliens. It has … fact, extended much further afield in…
III - Black Consciousness
… regime. The concept of Black Consciousness was not a new one devised by Biko that thrust itself suddenly on the South … thesis of white racism, according to…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
… on primary commodity exports. Although this was one motivation for the establishment of the Organisation of … to prohibit member states from belonging to…
ArticlePretoria Timeline 1800-2009
… The Press printing works for the first time, printing a one penny stamp. All Transvaal Republic stamps were … 13 March, four municipal police officers are…
ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… shortage in the “Scheduled Native Areas” was recognized as one of the main causes of poverty among “Native” populations … contact with authorities until the…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… and Future of the Kaffir Races (1866), W. C. Holden was one of the early writers on South African history to publish … myth, of a Vaal region that was…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… November 1986, a landmine explosion near Nelspruit kills one woman, and injures one child. Steve Tsotetsi and Kenneth Mabuza, are were killed …
ArticleNatal Indian Association (NIA)
… V. S. C. Pather, S. R. Naidoo and S. Rustomjee on the one hand, and A. Christopher, P. R. Pather , S. L. Singh, and … a stipulation that he would serve in…
PlaceDock House, Victoria and Alfred Waterfront-Cape Town
… building, situated in the V&A Waterfront, is home to one of Cape Town’s most exclusive boutique hotels. …
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… Western Cape. The bronze statue had stood erect for eighty-one years serving as a dual representation of a figure that …
Event“Maberete” strike ends more than a decade of labour broking at the South African Post Office
… Office (SAPO) to be employed directly. This constituted one of the few major victories in the working class’s fight …
PlaceAluin Krantz West, a Farm Near Alexandria
… the dark-colored only in dyeing black or very dark colors. One species was a liquid, which was apt to be adulterated; …
PlaceAkkoordskop, a Hill in the Western Cape
… The ‘Mauritius’ was one of the sea vessels, sent from the Netherlands, to find a …
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.9 No.1 1990
… Two Poems, Deela Khan; Two Poems, Tony Ronaldson; One Must Know, Mduduzi Mthembu; Portrait, Moritso …
PlaceMauritania
… The population in 2019 was 4.526 million people, about one third of its people live in Nouakchott , the capital and …
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… in Germany in 1913-1914.[v] He also served in World War One, for which he was awarded the Iron Cross.[vi] Rudolph …
EventThe National Library of South Africa is founded
… the most eloquent of ancient writers has considered to be one of the first blessings of life, 'Home Education'." The …
EventThato Madonsela, the South African rapper is born
… was born in Alexandra, Gauteng on 30 January 1982. He is one of the few independent hip hop artists in South …
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… efforts of these women from two aspects. The first one being the practical way in which the Black Sash Advice …
EventNational Arts Festival celebrates 37 years in Grahamstown
… 37 years since its inception in 1974. This annual event is one of the most important events in the South African …
PlacePearson Conservatorium and Prince Alfred’s Guard Memorial, St Georges Park, Port Elizabeth
… orchids. The Prince Alfred Guard Memorial is probably one of the largest and heaviest architectural elements to …
PlaceSeal Point Lighthouse, Cape St. Francis
… and just 8m tall. Today it is serviced by helicopter and one wonders the difficulties that must have been experienced …
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… Concord coach is known to survive in Southern Africa, the one above at the Natural History Museum in Bulawayo and the …
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
… that the quagga was not a species in its own right, but one of the 'Plains zebra' subspecies. Following that, a team …
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… One of the most gruesome attacks on township residents was …
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… female deputy president from 2005-2008. She is admired as one of the exceptional women figures in South Africa who has …
EventSS Mendi sinks in the English Channel on the way to France
… The sinking of the SS Mendi on 21 February 1917 became one of South Africa's worst tragedies of the First World War …
EventThe Liquor Laws Amendment Bill comes into effect
… For more information about segregated legislation, visit one of the following SAHO features: …
EventDetectives testify against members of the ANC and the Congress Alliance in the infamous Treason Trial
… native Constable Herbert Fani said that 'Tshume', one of the accused, addressed a SACTU meeting in Port …