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EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… of the Congress of the People Campaign. In 1956, he was one of the accused in the Treason Trial but was released when …
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… to Parliament in Cape Town, President Nelson Mandela read one of Ingrid Jonker's poems. …
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… of his home village. At independence, Ivory Coast was one of the most prosperous countries in French West Africa, …
EventNotorious role of Ferdi Barnard is disclosed
… of all intelligence functions of the SADF, including MI. One of Steyn's tasks was to investigate covert operations and …
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… and support arrived from Johannesburg and Krugersdorp. One source gives the date as 10 January, the numbers killed …
EventJacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist and his daughter Augusta leave on an exploration of the interior
… be left behind, and continued the journey, with her bed in one of the wagons. They passed via Beaufort West, Prince …
EventMuziwendoda Mdluli, National Intelligence Agency (NIA) security chief is found dead
… Mdluli’s own family, alleged that he was murdered. Later, one of NIA directors was overheard saying that they believed …
EventThe Dutch Reformed Church decides that Afrikaans may be used alongside Dutch during services
… its official recognition in 1925. Afrikaans is currently one of South Africa's eleven official languages, and is …
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
… British failure at the Battle of the Somme proved to be one of the major factors in propelling the South Africans …
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… were placed in concentration camps. This was considered one of the most horrific strategies of the war as …
PlaceCurry's Post
… reef. The Curry’s Post of today is considered one of the hidden treasures of the Natal Midlands, for its …
EventANC sacks its chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, after finding him guilty of sexual harassment
… that Goniwe had made sexual advances toward a twenty-one year old administrative assistant in the ANC's …
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… appears to be a very important traditional question and one that goes to the very heart of the Basotho society and …
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… the Union of South Africa, as Cape property-ownership was one of the qualifications for Black franchise. Sharecropping …
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… Basutoland (now Lesotho), that Poqo and the PAC are one and the same organisation. Leballo went further to say …
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… the equestrian statue of General Christiaan De Wet. At one time the Raadsaal housed almost all of the city's …
EventMass funeral for those killed at Sharpeville commemoration
… masses and the heavy police presence, it was clear that no one was prepared for a large-scale confrontation, and …
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… Claremont housing was diverse, but many were of the one-room cottage variety, constructed with poorly fabricated … talk of religious tolerance and occasional…
PlaceNamaqualand
… River . The topography is not favourable and there is only one fairly large irrigation scheme, that at Vioolsdrif . … winter evenings. There's a very…
Address to the Congress of the People - Libya Tripoli, 19 March 1999
… for once more opening your arms to receive us. This is one of the last few visits that I shall be undertaking before … amongst those who will help make the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the SA-Mali Project Fundraising Dinner, Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town: 8 April 2005.
… and peoples of Mali and South Africa. This dinner is one of many efforts to raise funds for the preservation and … of astronomy, weather and other invaluable…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 4 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… I went down to Port Elizabeth several times recently. The one time it was to launch the women's organization that had … days, and they called all those…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… and the Muizenberg '. "This view of Table Mountain is the one that greets a visitor to Cape Town arriving by road from … that ran between walls of alien …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… We have to help our menfolk," declared Dr Goonam, who was one of the of the meeting which was held at the Gandhi … General Smuts would not be having his own…
Memorial lecture on the 26th Anniversary of the Lowveld Massacre presented by Comrade Jackson Mthembu ANC National Spokesperson, 15 March 2012
… drove their vehicles into the crowd of mourners killing one mourner, Connie Sibiya. It goes without say that during … as the Lowveld Massacre. Like other…
XII - Unanswered Questions
… self. 'Freedom is the ability to define oneself with one's own possibilities held back not by the power of other people over one but only by one's…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Cultural Activities
… Already he had distinguished himself as a lawyer, and as one who was prepared to serve his people. He said that … Orchestra played for the dance. A Marathon…
ArchiveState of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, Cape Town City Hall, 8 February 2024
… we stood in the long, winding queues to vote, we turned to one another and spoke of our joy. We embraced friends and … would have been far worse if we had…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… man`s court. He said; "In a political trial such as this one, which involves a clash of the aspirations of the African … prisoner (the lowest classification)…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… which happened in this street that you still remember? LD: One of the biggest moments was when Dr Nelson Mandela walked … the tragedy faced by the street,…