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PlaceZoute River Cottage, Hopefield
… a freelancer: Painter; Photographer; Lecturer in the City; or simply a couple who’d like to get away for a few … a freelancer: Painter; Photographer;…
EventSA's first official commercial airline service is launched
Major Allister Mackintosh Miller secured a government subsidy and introduced the first official commercial air service in South Africa under the name of Union…
EventJan van Riebeeck's statue, presented by Cecil John Rhodes, is unveiled in Cape Town
… It was sculpted in bronze by John Tweed and donated to the city by Cecil John Rhodes, a politician and financier of the …
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… ANC for giving him the organisation's views on Nationalist apartheid policies. The recipient of the letter was Duma … receive ANC delegation to talk about…
EventUDF leaders are charged with treason
… and Billy Nair were charged with high treason. These anti-apartheid activists sought refuge in the British consulate in … consulate. On leaving the consulate…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… with Youth Day, was the result of increasing opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… the next day, took many people by surprise. The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of … to a civil war. This state, among others,…
EventThe “Sharpeville Six” narrowly escape executions
… general protest against corrupt councillors and the unjust apartheid system. Three months after the incident the … when negotiations between liberation…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… skills in kicking, passing and more. From 1984, during apartheid, South Africa was banned from taking part in international rugby competition. When apartheid…
EventState of emergency declared after Sharpeville Massacre
… the first such declaration of a State of Emergency by the Apartheid state. During these periods, the government had … means of passive resistance were…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
… and his colleagues. He spent much of the 1950's protesting Apartheid legislation such as the Group Areas Act although I … helped present a united Indian…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… co-ordinate system, using the equator as an axis. In urban areas the trigonometrical beacons are black vein …
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… a full liquor license in 1983. In those dark days of Apartheid, the Rainbow played an important role in the … musicians, who remained in South Africa during…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… volunteers who were charged for defying the unjust laws of apartheid. This work mushroomed with the establishment of the … sought to convict us of treason…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 4 - The Fruits of Freedom by Eddy Maloka
… example of an inspiring transition from the oppression of apartheid to the freedom of democracy. The transition, … Capitalism and Conflict) and then, from…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… people as a result of the application of the policy of apartheid within the last eighteen months as indicated by the … the Reserves. (f) Expulsion of…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… didn’t receive state funding until after the demise of the apartheid regime in the 1990’s. Due to the fact that the … ‘voice to the voiceless’ in confronting…
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… cement her reputation as a supporter of South Africa's Apartheid regime. Throughout the summit Thatcher stood alone … western nations in their official…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… (ANC), Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) and covert elements in apartheid government structures playing leading roles. The … one of a number of actions that had…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… today will mark the commencement of the transition from apartheid to democracy. Our people, from every corner of our … will set our country on the road to…
ArchiveFrom conscience politics to the battlefield
… was unsuccessful in preventing the entrenchment of the apartheid policies it so vehemently opposed. However, the … attracted increasing government…
EventKader Asmal, political activist and future Member of Parliament, is born
… in Stanger, Natal (now Kwa-Dukuza). His resistance against apartheid began in 1952 when he organized a school boycott in … exile based in Ireland, where he…
EventDr. Connie Mulder is acquitted and discharged on charges of contempt
… had planned to use defence force funds to stage an apartheid propaganda campaign. This plan included offering … the only English newspaper supportive of the…
EventSADF mounts raids on ANC targets in neighbouring states
… (1986). Following the banning of the ANC and other anti-apartheid organisations in 1960 and increasing terror from the Apartheid security forces, these…
EventAlan Paton is born
… came to power in the Union of South Africa and instituted apartheid. The publication of Cry, the Beloved Country, which … contributed. In 1953 he formed…
EventBophuthatswana is granted independence by the South African government
… that the end for the homeland government and their apartheid overlords was imminent. A group of Afrikaner … of the ANC or any of the political formations…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… Human Rights as part of its avowed policy. Twenty Years of Apartheid 1968 sees the end of two decades of apartheid in South Africa. The Nazi ideology which…
ArchiveMandela, From a Freedom Fighter to an Icon of Reconciliation
… could no longer strictly adhere to nonviolence as the apartheid government had closed all avenues for legal or … 1961 with a series of acts of sabotage…
PlaceIziko South African Maritime Centre
… Cape. The museum provides a history of shipping in the City and displays the oldest model of Table Bay harbour, …
ArticleTransvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
… a significant role in the struggle against segregation and apartheid. Among its founder members were young and vibrant … take up the post due to restrictions…