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Statement by Malusi Gigaba, ANCYL President, at the funeral of Cde Wanga Sigila, late SASCO Deputy President, Cape Town 23 October 1999
… present here today. Wondering what the purpose of our lives has been; what we have tried to do and achieved, many … day has come to pass when Wanga was among…
ArticleArtist Proof Studio
… this community-based arts organisation was built in the spirit of the country’s first democratic president, Nelson Mandela’s insistence on reconciliation and…
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…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi: the Zulu nationalist who left his mark on South Africa’s history
… elected government. Prince Buthelezi (95) was born on 27 August 1928 in Mahlabatini into the Zulu royal family. … as regional-ethnic particularism can take a…
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) …
ArticleHitler’s racial state in Germany
… to enforce their anti-Semitic policies. By 1938, the lives of Jews living in Germany had become intolerable. A … that teenagers learn from watching the…
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…
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… were to promote national unity and reconciliation in a spirit of understanding which transcends the conflicts and … and related legislatives instead of…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… as you would have them do unto you." They were founded on a system of unimpeachable equity to all human beings … contented and sane Bantu population. Change…
Chapter 9
… villages which had previously been persuaded to accept, on seeing how the scheme was being applied and the way it was … decide how they should own their land…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… They granted religious freedom to the Vryezwarten. Thus on July 25, 1804 the patience and perseverance of the Cape … to the imamate of the Auwal Masjid,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… will join us in this festival of African friendship. On behalf of all South Africans, I welcome you all. We … and sisters across the continent, who will be…
EventThe four corner stones of the castle (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) at the Cape are laid
… On 2 January 1666 the four corner stones of the Castle of … replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652 upon establishing a…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… To understand what effects WW2 had on the nature of the fight against colonialism and … In all of them there was a strong belief in African spirit mediums…
Apartheid stakeholders - where are they now?
… position, while in KwaZulu/Natal the old KwaZulu homeland lives on in the somewhat modified form of the KZN provincial … attribute their good fortune either…
PlaceLake Fundudzi, Thohoyanda
… custom at the shores of the lake, but this time spitting on a small stone and throwing it into the lake through our … to the next generation. Nelson makes…
PlaceYMCA-Cape Town and later Athlone, as well
… to the Holy Scriptures, help the youth develop in spirit, mind and body, and uplift communities in the Greater … it was known as: 'Stakesby Lewis Hostels and…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African Nationalism
… Students' Association] Bulletin, 1, 2. (July 1944). On the 9TH of April the inaugural meeting of the African … soared to Himalayan heights. In his attempt to…
PlaceOld Arts Building, University of Pretoria
… June 1982. The foundation stone for this iconic landmark on Hatfield Campus was laid on 03 August 1910 and the building was officially opened by General…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… of a refreshment station at the Cape was possible. On 26 July 1649, Janszen, together with Matthijs Proot, handed in a report on the possibility of company…
ArticleSouth African major mass killings timeline 1900-2012
… the 20th and 21st century, a number of people lost their lives in South Africa amid liberation struggle. However, some … early 1990s, the political violence…
ArchiveNUSAS Press Digest, Number 1, 1969
… A compilation of press reports and comments on events at Fort Hare University College during 1968, and an historical background of the College from 1916 to…
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… of South Africa. This service has at all times been based on the vision, the principles and values that have guided the … been privileged to serve have acted…
PlaceWrensch House, 77 Lower Wrench Road, Observatory
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 26 June 1981. The House stands on a property once called Enterprise, originally part of … house…
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… On the 300 anniversary of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in … the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a meeting held on Freedom Square, Fordsburg…
EventDr Joshua Nkomo African nationalist and guerrilla leader is born.
… Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was born on 19 June 1917 at a place called Bukalanga/ Bulilima later … Amanzimtoti, south of Durban. In 1944 he enrolled at…
EventZulu assault at Holkrantz
… On 6 March 1902 in the district of Vryheid, a Zulu Chief, … Col. Bottemley. The local Boer commander, Field Cornet Jan Potgieter then sent a message to…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… had felt like human beings for the first time in their lives, White men and women saying they were proud to live in … – defined either as a set of policies…