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EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… was jailed for 27 years in 1964 and include photographs of his family. Some show a youthful Mandela in his law practice and outside the courthouse where he…
Gertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… Therefore, segregation would protect the Whites. His collaborator, D. F. Malan , suggested segregation would … Apartheid oppression started before birth and…
EventPW Botha refuses to testify before the TRC
… Africa in 1978 and later its President from 1984-89, made his comments in a written statement issued after a private … that Botha had personally ordered…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… IFP leader Chief Gatsha Mangosutho Buthelezi felt that his party was left with no choice after the African National … much power given to KwaZulu-Natal. He…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… of the Orange Free State (OFS) on 5 December 1894. Part of his childhood was spent in a concentration camp during the … he was also involved in the 1914…
GANDHI THE PRISONER
… phoenix-like, to lead us to undreamed heights. During his twenty-one years in South Africa, Gandhi was sentenced to … negotiation. On all four occasions,…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - “Defender of the Hottentots”
… allies, the Dutch and the British, chiefly because of his liberal attitude towards the Non-Whites. They aver that … the Mission headquarters in London. At a…
ArticleRuth First timeline 1925-2012
… to questions submitted to him by Ruth First about his background and activities in the RCC. 1973 First begins … in Maputo for First’s funeral. 20 August, As…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… York, just less than 25 years later he was homeless and his entire archive was believed lost forever - including the negatives for the photo-essays collected…
EventJailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela sends message to Mangosuthu Buthelezi
… On 2 June, Nelson Mandela sent a message through his attorney after he had read media reports that Chief … that the best time for them to meet was after he…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… in 1963. Bella‘s popularity began to decline after his presidency, following his eccentric and arrogant behavior coupled with his increasingly autocratic…
EventCelebrated South African photographer, David Goldblatt, receives Hasselblad honours
… African photographer, David Goldblatt was honoured for his portrayal of social and political life in the country of his birth. David Goldblatt received the…
EventTransvaal Republic tries Chief Malebogo
… council of war, tried Chief Malebogo for refusing to allow his people to pay hut taxes and waging war against the Transvaal Boers in defence of his autonomy…
EventChief Mqikela dies
… near Palmerton, Pondoland. Chief Mqikela took over from his father as paramount chief of the Pondos in 1868, but … in their revolt against the Cape…
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… Rapport. He was later fired from the newspaper because of his political activism. Kerkorrel’s music was overtly … critical of the apartheid government and,…
EventJustice Sfiso Ka-Mkame, SA artist, is born in Durban
… art in the 80’s and gained fame in 1988 when he sold his ‘Letters to God’ series of drawings to the South African National Gallery in cape Town. In 1996 he…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… of the person, while often interfering severely with his or her ability to earn a living, engage in study or … been executed by hanging and currently there…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… have borne witness since the late 1940's to life in his native South Africa. More than 150 of his pictures are in a retrospective of the years 1948 to 1999 ……
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… perceived traitors and sidelined opponents to shore up his position, people who worked with him say. Decades later, as South Africa's President, he hasn't…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… and novitiated to become a priest, but was released from his vows. He returned to Bloemfontein where he obtained an … and highly-regarded authors. He is…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a teacher and his art career only began in earnest when he moved to … Johannesburg in 1939. Life in Sophiatown…
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… that ideas were not dormant in libraries. Because of his banning, Turner remained in the background and Webster, … chanting " filumuntu ufesidikiza" (Man is…
ArticleA decade by decade events account of the women’s struggle in South Africa
… National Congress (ANC), uses the votes of women to ensure his re-election as president of the organisation. 1934 Sarah … and voter educators and accompanies…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… that time “the husband would come to the house and tell his wife , “I’m going to jail now.” And then the wife says, … it was confining the man, inherent to…
Stuart Commission Report
… camps. Recently a trainee tried to commit suicide because his girl-friend had been taken from him. Women lovers of … 1983, December and is the first doctor…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki leads a government delegation to the funeral of former state president, P.W. Botha
… He is commonly referred to as "Die Groot Krokodil" for his strong advocacy of the apartheid system. Botha's … Israel, resulting in the creation of six…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… exhibition at the galería elba benítez the artist presents his “In the time of AIDS” suite, which features medium sized … photographer’s oeuvre, which is…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… The other things that categorised a person as White were his habits, speech, education, deportment and demeanour. … used as political weapon to create chaos…
Chapter 8 - Negotiating an end to the deadlock
… question of MK arms caches and ANC underground units. In his report to the UN Secretary-General, Vance was critical of most institutions of state, but his…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… is on the site of one of Sir Robert Stanford's Farms. His story is both sad and interesting. Sir Robert was a … innovative as a farmer. Indeed, instead of…