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PlacePakhuis Pass
Pakhuis Pass (R364) is a spectacular 26.4 km paved mountain pass in South Africa's Western Cape, connecting Clanwilliam with Calvinia. Built by Thomas Bain, it…
PlacePiquetberg
It is now known as Piketberg. (prior to 1910) The division of Piquetberg originally fell under the district of Tulbagh, whose drostdy was transferred to…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents, is a record of the second resistance movements waged by Indians in the country; the first was waged by…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander Jameson, the Executive Committee of the Republic, resolved on 12…
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
The Uganda Martyrs were Ugandan Christians who were murdered for their faith. Most of the 22 martyrs were killed in a single incident, on 3 June1886. In the…
EventThe Berlin Airlift comes to an end
The Berlin Airlift provided tons of supplies to war ravaged Berlin. Under the aid program known as the Marshall Plan, the USA supplied aid to the Western…
EventAbram Fischer is struck off the roll of advocates
The Johannesburg Bar Council struck Abram Fischer's name off the roll of advocates for his role in the struggle against apartheid. As an advocate Fischer…
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
Two members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
On 6 July 1987, Dr. Federik van Zyl Slabbert led a group of fifty-two mainly Afrikaans-speaking intellectuals, to meet with the then-banned African National…
EventScientists uncover possible reason for SS Waratah’s disappearance 100 years later
The SS Waratah was a luxury steamer, en route from Cape Town to Durban, South Africa, on 26 July 1909. The ship, built in Scotland, was meant to serve as a…
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
Four former cabinet ministers from the apartheid era appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The four were former Minister of Law and…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
On the 31 August 1997 Princess of Wales, Lady Diana Spencer, the former wife of Prince Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed in a car accident in…
Entering Namibia without visas
It was on 27 October 1966 that the United Nations General Assembly terminated the mandate over South West Africa and declared that henceforth the territory…
EventIan Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia
Ian Smith announced that he is ready to yield to majority rule in Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). This represented an about turn from his announcement of the…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough…
PlacePretoria, now known as Tshwane
The Administrative capital of South Africa, Pretoria, or the 'Jacaranda City' is best known for its annual display of purple flowers in October. Located in the…
Chapter 13 - The public participation process
It is therefore important that as we put our vision to the country, we should do so directly, knowing that people out there want to be part of the process and…
Post-detention weapons
From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As we have seen in Chapter 3, detention without trial,…
ArchiveThe Trotskyist Groups in South Africa - A Retrospective View by Baruch Hirson (Encyclopedia of Trotskyism On-Line: Revolutionary History: Volume 4, No. 4, 1993, South Africa)
THE HISTORY of the South African Trotskyists during the 1930s and into the next decade was never made available or discussed with new recruits. There were…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 2 - Human Models: Christianity and Capitalism
From the book: The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner Our first step in theorizing must be to examine briefly the "imperatives of human nature" and the …
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
Raymond Tucker Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg, 4.30-6.00pm Taylor: Maybe I should begin…
Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike
You are here: homehome libraryarticles & documents A Distant clap of thunder: Fortieth Anniversary of the 1946 Mine Strike A Salute by the South…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, Wednesday, August 18 What a miserable weekend. Nothing interesting. We didn't even go…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
1. WHEREAS there existed in the Provinces of the Union of South Africa several small and Independent Associations, Organisations or Vigilant Committees each…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai At the time that preparations were being made…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
The participation of young people in the liberation struggle preceded the student uprising of June 16, 1976. Before the establishment of the African National…
PlaceThe Simon's Town Mosque
the Malay Quarter of Simon’s Town.[i] The Noorul Islam Mosque looks down majestically from Thomas Street, Simon’s Town in the Western Cape. Passers-by,…
Farewell Speech On Eve Of Imprisonment, February 29, 1948
(Dr. Dadoo, Dr. G. M. Naicker, Manilal Gandhi and Sundra Pillai were each sentenced to six months' imprisonment each for their leadership of the Passive…
We are the soldiers of Sisulu by Thabo Mbeki 2003
[From 'Letter from the President', ANC Today, Vol.3, No.19, 16--22 May 2003] This week we will say our last farewells to a giant of our struggle, Xhamela,…