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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…
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…
EventIndia complains in 1946 against racism in South Africa
… Indian government document put to the United Nations in 1948 (Document 2 - Letter dated 12 July 1948 from the representative of India to the … the treatment…
ArticleWestern Cape Youth Uprising timeline 1976
… at the Bantu administration. 27 June, Further arson occurs on Langa Post Office and Zimosa school. 2 August, UWC … with the students of Soweto and decide to…
EventThe Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was founded in South Africa
… In 1948 the Rembrandt Tobacco Corporation was established by … cigarettes were manufactured in an old flour mill in Paarl on 12 June 1948. After 1954 the…
WE HAVE THE KEY TO FREEDOM NOT THE OPPRESSOR, December 16, 1957
… generally? Yes, your doubts and fears, as you ponder on the many duties and problems internal and external … the Nationalist Party that has plagued our…
EventWoolf Joel is killed due to his refusal to kidnap President Paul Kruger
… On 14 March 1898, 34 year old Woolf Joel, Barney Barnato's … and jailed for this crime. Source: Crafford, F.S. (1943) Jan Smuts, New York: The Country Life…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the National Council of Provinces Cape Town, 7 August 1998
… State of the Nation Address at the beginning of the year on course? Are the problems identified then, and indeed in … across our land;that we do have…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… Women of the Black Sash, led by Mrs. Jean Sinclair (on extreme left), stand in against Jan Smuts, they are protesting about erosion of Civil … movement that…
Address of the President of the Republic Of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Youth Day celebrations: Absa Stadium, Buffalo City Municipality
… I would like to greet all our people who have gathered on this important day in our national calendar the National … Indeed, we have once again come together…
Grade 8 - Topic 2 - The Mineral Revolution in South Africa
… and intensified with the discovery of deep-level gold on the Witwatersrand in 1886. By the time that gold was … (2011), “White Domination and Black…
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…
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
… 9 learner. I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your recent election as the President of the Republic of … of the Republic of South Africa protects…
ArticleThe Black Sash: A History of Transformation
… Defense of The Constitution League was initially formed on the principles of the constitution that were widely … after the Nationalist Government came into…
EventSA Prime Minister speaks before the British Parliament
… been accepted by White South Africans, Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts started to redirect his energy to world … He viewed this as a threat to world…
Araminta de Clermont
… Born: Isle Of Man, United Kingdom, 1971. Lives and works in Cape Town. Studied at University College …
Padraic O’Meara
… Born: Cape Town, 1980. Lives and works in Cape Town. Has a BA (Hons) degree in …
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… Religion is an important part of millions of people's lives across the world. Thousands of African people are … religious beliefs and because their religions…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 26 April 2013, Queenstown
… Isithwalandwe Oliver Reginald Tambo, who passed away on the 24th of April 1993. Exactly two weeks before President … the first MK combatants who were willing…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… a hunter and to show that he could support his wife-to-be. On the day of the wedding, the bridegroom had to bring an … they served their community as their…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… to ‘train and fit’ Africans for their role in the newly (1948) evolving apartheid society. Education was viewed as a … day, which honors all the young…
EventBeatles unbanned
… On this day, the South African Broadcasting Corporation lifted its ban on The Beatles. [1] Endnotes [1] The …
EventHertzog and Smuts to form a coalition
… the National Party (NP) and the South African Party of Jan Smuts in 1933, and rejected the resulting 'fusion' government formed in 1934. The two leaders…
EventNicolaas Jacobus Smit, Vice-President of the ZAR, is born in Graaff-Reinet.
… the eldest child of Nicolaas Jacobus Smit, (descendent of Jan Smit and Adriana Tol) and Elizabeth Magdalena van der … born at Doornbos, Graaff-Reinet…
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… Freedom Day on 27 April is an annual celebration of South Africa's first … the Group Areas Act and many more laws that made the lives of black people…
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
… previous students: "Smuts is a great Res and it's right on Campus which is fun. You really don't have much to worry about." (Jan 18, 2017) …
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, who was subsequently a student of Professor … to the lecture, there appears some…
EventMagnus Malan’s trial ends
… trial of former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan ended on 11 October when he and other officials were cleared of all … of thirteen people in KwaMakutha in…
Biography of Mandla Langa by Carol Sale
… in Northern KwaZulu-Natal in 1950, but he was raised on the outskirts of Durban where he attended Gardner Memorial … of them, especially Ben , Langa's older…
PlaceInkamana High School, Vryheid
… aims at education learners to live as a community founded on mutual respect and responsibility. It is expected that … We believe in educating the whole…