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Albert Luthuli`s foreword to pamphlet published by the South African Congress of Democrats, 8 August 1960
… is there to compromise with in apartheid? Compromise with death! This would be a voluntary acceptance of oppression. …
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1974
… demands of political and military strategy, and masks his true intentions about the so-called independence of the … in South Africa - Chief A.J. Luthuli,…
Document 123 - Statement of Dr Y. M. Dadoo, Secretary, Non-European United Front (Transvaal), before the Court, 6 September 1940
… 9 p.m., (d) Poll Tax Receipt. If he has three passes on his person and one in his room, he is arrested and convicted for breaking the law. … their considered…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-business summit 30 March 1994
… saying is that it is highly irrational to make a life-and-death issue of the interim constitution. This interim … leader of the Freedom Front General…
Address by ANC President Nelson Mandela to ANC-Business Summit 30 March 1994
… saying is that it is highly irrational to make a life-and-death issue of the interim constitution. This interim … leader of the Freedom Front General…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Bantu and the Gospel
… the entrancing beauties of the celestial mansions to his servants. The latter accidentally asked, him whether he … on information now rapidly disappearing…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… fame? They called him Mr Knock-Out, I suspect because his songs were chart-busters. He was the most famous coloured … Steenkamp, a coloured player from…
PlaceLookout, Uitenhage
… into lush green irrigated fields with fruit trees. His vision also included farm produce being delivered via … to Kimberly. Everyone was investing in diamond…
EventJohn Thomas Baines, South African painter, traveller and writer, is born
… work as a storekeeper and artist. This expedition included his exploration of north-west South Africa to determine its … suitability for colonial settlement…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… J.R.R. Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but … a bank in South Africa. He was a sickly…
ArticleNational and Provincial Elections - 2024 - South Africa
… on 19 June 2024. President Cyril Ramaphosa expanded his national cabinet with 32 Ministers and 43 Deputy … 16 new cabinet ministers, 10 of which are from…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… in England, without the permission of the tribal elders. His uncle and regent, Tshekedi Khama, wanted Khama to return … a divorce. When Seretse Khama…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… and rapine, the frontier Boer took fright and fled from his protector and defender, the British Government, and its … self-destruction of the natives helped…
EventJohn Fairbairn (70), journalist and outspoken critic, dies in Cape Town
… left England and arrived in the Cape in1823. Soon after his arrival he founded a school which he ran for a short … the authorities for a free press…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in … West End following "Singpost to Murder" by…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the magistrate's … after the African National Congress …
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… harshly sentenced to three years in prison. At the end of his sentence, Parliament enacted a General Law Amendment Act, … was being released from detention…
EventBishop Tutu receives Martin Luther King Award
… the Martin Luther King Jr Award for Non-Violence for his commitment and role during the struggle against apartheid … courage in its service. At least twice…
EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… Company (DEIC). He arrived on board De Voetboog and with his family and retinue; they were forty-nine people in total. In order to minimise his influence on…
EventFirst aeroplane flight in Kimberley breaks the non-stop flight record
… John Weston, a civil engineer, began the construction of his own aeroplane in 1907 at Brandfort, in the Free State. … it to France. It is possible that John…
EventChairman of the IEC resigns
… Commission (IEC), Judge Johann Kriegler, resigned from his position two years after the Commission's establishment. Kriegler cited his protracted dispute…
Oration by the ANC Gauteng Chairperson Paul Mashatile at the funeral service of the late Ephraim Motlalepula Nkoe, 11 May 2013, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto
… has left a huge void that we will find difficult to fill. His towering intellectual presence will be missed by all. The … society. He was an intellectual par…
#JimiMatthews decision praised by Chelsea Geach (News), 28 Jun 2016
… of the state of management at the SABC. Matthews posted his resignation letter on Twitter on Monday morning. “What is … supported chief operations officer…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… Magerman Arthur Magerman was brought up in Alexandra by his single mother, a fiercely independent Zulu woman. She saw Arthur through his schooling at Holy…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… that should be continued,” he said. Eloquent During his lecture at the university, Nauriya said Gandhi wrote about John Langalibalele Dube in his journal in…
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… on the eve of the execution of Almond Nofomela. Before his execution, Nofomela confessed to being part of the … in Britain in 1990 to investigate these…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister and State President John Vorster is born
… in the Eastern Cape on 13 December 1915. Vorster began his political career as a lawyer after completing his studies at the University of Stellenbosch…
EventPower Struggle in Zulu hierarchy
… of Home Affairs and leader of Inkatha Freedom Party, and his nephew King Goodwill Zwelithini, escalated during Shaka … to Nongoma, to protect the king amid…
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… to people,” said Barney Pityana (Biko’s friend). Biko and his colleagues felt Blacks needed to learn to speak for … became part of a shared frame of…
EventJohn “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on this day
… most successful players to have ever played the game and his nickname was derived from his his dribbling skills. He represented clubs such as Kaizer …