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The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
… actually said, speaking at the British House of Commons on 23 Jan 1948, was, “For my part, I consider that it will be found …
Doing Oral History
… history project 3: The impact of apartheid on peoples' lives - 1948-1960 Phase : General Education Certificate(GET) - Grade … practical guide . Oxford…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… world last week where security was breached in a manner, on a scale, in locations and with effects that were almost … political debate will hopefully not…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… forms the ANC Youth League (ANCYL). He marries Evelyn Mase 1948 He is elected National Secretary of the ANCYL 1951 He is … Tambo 1956 Mandela isarrested and…
State of the nation address by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela
… sun at Nyanga is everywhere the child grown to a man treks on through all Africa the child grown to a giant journeys … still make great demands on the…
Message to the Rally to Relaunch the ANC Women's League by O. R. Tambo, Durban, 9 August 1990
… I salute you all from a land far away on this great occasion, the relaunch of the African National … you, but even though I cannot be with you physically, my…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… am sure many of us here, are happy that his legacy and the spirit of an ancient San culture are fittingly displayed as a … Chairperson; Today, as we open…
Phiphidi Falls, Limpopo Province
… the waterfall. Phiphidi is located within a forested area on the Mutshindudi River and belongs to a cluster of nearby … who require offerings of grain and…
EventLand beyond the Great Berg River is annexed
… The district of Clanwilliam celebrates its second centenary on 1 February 2008. On 1 February 1808 the territory north of the Great Berg … a separate sub…
EventThe inauguration of the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) is celebrated
… College, Johannesburg was granted full university status on 1 March 1922. Prince Arthur of Connaught, governor-general … became the University's first…
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… On 12 August 1913, Koos De La Rey, a South African War II General, was ordered to meet with Generals Jan C Smuts and Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was…
PlaceRiebeek East
… On 13 April 1840 the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) acquired a … named in honour of the first Dutch Governor of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck . Its name was…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… is the most serious assault of the past 25 years on Afrikaans as a public language and the continued existence … unspecified ‘bitter end’) were addressed by…
Address during the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr Walter Sisulu 18 May 2002 Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends
… we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the … a country and a people. Actually we…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… An Invaluable Historical Source The literature on "life in Sophiatown" by a generation of prose writers, … depict the culture and history of Sophiatown,…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Less than a year following the arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, the first enslaved person arrived at the … Cape. He was Abram van Batavia. He arrived in Table…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, which was … General Laws Amendment Bill, published by the government on 12 May 1962 defining the crime of…
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
… Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath … and was employed as a “duster boy” by a silk merchant on the…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to the Twenty-second Biennial Conference of the South African Indian Congress, 19 October 1956, Gandhi Hall, Johannesburg
… A spirit that refuses to submit to Tyranny Once again another … is earnest And the grave is not its goal. We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave…
ArticleA History of the Bulhoek Massacre
… the end of 1912 Mgjima predicted that the world would end on Christmas after 30 days of rain. As a result of his … the group met but nothing was achieved…
PlaceZorgvliet Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
… cuttings were sent to the first commander of the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck, from Germany’s Rhineland in 1654, but … of the wine industry . The first wine was…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… Click on image to enlarge The South End Museum Trust was started in … Men, women, children and families lived harmonious lives in the epicentre of Cultural…
Woltemade Award
… for exceptional acts of bravery, like risking their own lives to save others. …
71.The Group Areas Act
… below. The first is an N.I.C. secretarial report on the Act in direct response to the proclamation of 6 June … has seen at first hand the havoc wrought by…
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… of Prof. Jabavu, delegates draft comprehensive resolutions on African grievances and resolve to constitute the All … Professor Davidson Don Tengo (D. D. T.)…
The French Revolution
… On 14 July 1789 hundreds of French city workers stormed the … king would allow changes and give them a say in their own lives. But by July they realized that…
The Afrikaanse Handelsinsituut
… were operating in disastrous trading conditions brought on by WWII, and to ameliorate the effects of monopolies on … it established a network of local…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… This year 1952, marks three hundred years since, under Jan van Riebeeck, the first white people came to live in … happenings, in which there was needless…
ArticleAftermath of the Bhambatha Rebellion 1906
… The Bambatha Rebellion claimed the lives of 4000 Zulu and 30 white people and cost the colonial … government £740,000. Some of the Zulu died fighting on the…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
… influenced by those of yesterday. Our future depends on our past, and by learning about our past mistakes we may lead better lives and build a better future…