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EventThe Esso Oil Company closes its business in South Africa
… South Africa was an affiliate of America’s Exxon. It was one of the main producers of petroleum products. Esso was one of the many companies to withdraw…
The ‘special branch’
… like this?' 'No, I just wanted to make sure you are in.’, One even said, 'Well, we can't go round the whole night … that the police didn't know where they…
Oral history interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool
… Oral history interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool [Part 1 of 10] Oral history interview with I.B. Tabata and Jane Gool [Part 2 of 10] Oral history…
ArticleLegacy: A Timeline of HIV/AIDS by Carlos Motta
… Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) was first transmitted, from one chimpanzee to one human, as early as 1908 in the southeastern corner of … and UNAIDS recommend…
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman known as One O'clock, went on strike at the Brakpan Electric Works. … and find…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Eastern Cape. He was born in Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in Xhosa literature. Charles Brownlee rated him one of the best, if not…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It … government decided to make Heritage Day one of our national days, we did so…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… and fear. A tiny fraction of people with HIV – less than one-fifth of one percent – manage to elude AIDS. Medical scientists don’t … in the early 1960s, he…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… on the passing of the late Honourable Mr Ben Skhosana, one of the longest serving and most senior members of this … who have provided leadership during…
ArticleThe Zulu kingdom and the colony of Natal
… system of indenture: Henry Polak Fortunately there emerged one journalist, Henry Polak, who was determined to expose the evils of the system of indenture. As…
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
… have gone to extreme lengths to canonise Mnyele. In one room, the central attraction is a glass box containing a … Politics and art do not always make good…
ArticleThe formation of the SANNC/ANC
… birth place of the SANNC, which became the ANC in 1923, one of the largest organizations in later years to struggle … squeezed between capitalist…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… In the haste to usher the humiliated chief to safety, one of his bodyguards shot and wounded three of the mourners. … of whitening skin lotions and hair…
ArticleA History of Abantu-Batho Newspaper 1912-1931
… at the request of Pixley Seme. Letanka went on to become one of the directors of the company that published the … . Prominent Xhosa poet Samuel Edward Krune…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… Saturday evening. We went to church in the morning but no one would say a word about all that's happening because we … to tell me that the schoolboy who was…
PlaceBurgersdorp, E.C.
… and Religion. Many Towns in South Africa are named after one person, but Burgersdorp was aptly named after many … erected in 1907, but the original - missing…
PlaceElandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
… the reserve in perpetuity. At Bartholomeus Klip is part of the Cape Floristic Region, which is one of the world’s six floral kingdoms and the smallest of ……
PlaceGrassy Park, Cape Town
… Grassy Park is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town set on the Cape … community, where Christian and Muslim live alongside one another and 'busy corner',…
EventLibya becomes independent
… to achieve autonomy through the United Nations (UN) and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to … of a representative from each of the…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… conflicting values are at stake in this matter - on the one hand, is the freedom of expression and on the other, the … about SARS because our Elections…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… murder of Abrahams. Smith was tried and sentenced for her part in Abrahams’ murder and was hanged alongside Harris and … |Laurence, Patrick, “Twenty One…
Albert Luthuli`s message to New Age on 25th anniversary of Progressive Press, 22 March 1962
… trust that in the future, too, New Age will play its part in exposing the rottenness of the society in which we …
Joint statement by ANC Commission on Religious Affairs and SACC, 18 September 2009
… Luthuli House in Johannesburg today. The meeting was part of a series of engagement between CRA and other …
PlaceVenda
… of the small Homeland's income. Venda applied to become a part of South Africa in 1991. The Homeland policy was …
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… and stressed several advantages of the move. Though it was part of the Government's plan to ease tensions that had …
EventUS Secretary of State Cyrus Vance travels to South Africa to promote transition to black rule in Namibia
… Finally in 1988, South Africa agreed to give up Namibia as part of a United States-brokered accord that also provided …
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… White men were exempt from conscription.Conscripts formed part of the SADF and their services were largely used to …
EventNelson Mandela condemns the Lockerbie bombing, the first mass killing of Americans by terrorists
… in a long standing dispute between Gaddafi and the West. Part of the compromise reached was that the United Nations …
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… National Congress (ANC). Matthews devoted the first part of his life exclusively to education. He enroll at Fort …
EventMorgan Tsvangirai becomes Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
… in as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe on 11 February 2009 as part of what was known as The Unity Government, in …