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ArchiveTrafalgar High School, Cape Town, marks 100 years
… but it also taught its students survival skills. "We were one of the three schools who in 1985 decided to sacrifice … Various other celebratory activities…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… In May 1972, a local clergyman, Rev David Russell, led one of the most effective apartheid era protests when he … not easily obtainable elsewhere. Access…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… lead to tensions between the white settlers on the one hand and their servants and labourers and some … AmaXhosa Shaka assumes supreme power over the AmaZulu…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… from all-white South African bodies has been a difficult one. International sporting involvement in apartheid Before … for a tournament in Lourenco Marques…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2002
… on January 8th, 1912. This glorious future was foretold by one of the founders of the African National Congress, Pixley … which is everywhere manifest,…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 76th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1988
… that our country has polarised into two opposing camps, one representing liberation, democracy and peace and the … pride that we can say, on this historic…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1987
… alike very close to the moment of decision. Each and every one of us, South Africans all, has to decide whether we act … say--we shall, as equals,…
IX - The Doctors
… Yes, it was. Kentridge It may have been that Biko would one day have said he had a cut, bruised, swollen lip and he … mention it. Biko was still lying on the…
Document 119 - Non-European United Front of South Africa, Minutes of Conference held in City Hall, Cape Town, 8 to 10 April 1939
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Conference was formally … and not a horizontal colour bar, so…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 2 Essay Questions
… [10] This phase is known as the Second New Deal. One of the more prominent acts implemented was the “Social … of the programs and acts implemented by the…
EventWendy Botha, South Africa’s world champion surfer is born
… Tour as being ranked seventh in the world.[iii] Botha is one of the world’s best and most successful surfers, the …
PlaceGreatmore Studios
… with studios and exhibition space in Woodstock , and is one of the few active non-commercial spaces in Cape Town . …
EventBeverly Palesa Ditsie is the first out lesbian woman to address the United Nations about LGBT rights
… was an anti-Apartheid and LGBT rights activist. She was one of the founding members of GLOW, South Africa’s first …
Oliver Tambo call for the observance of the 70th birthday of Nelson Mandela, 18 June 1988
… to themselves - all keep alive the flame of freedom. And one person has come to embody the aspirations of all the …
Message by Oliver Tambo on South Africa`s year of the women, a call to the peoples of the world, 01 November 1983
… and anti-colonial democratic movement of South Africa. One of the fundamental tasks that this process of national …
Call for the Observance of the 70th Birthday of Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo, June 1988
… to themselves - all keep alive the flame of freedom. And one person has come to embody the aspirations of all the …
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… condolences to the Choabi family. Your personal loss is one felt by the entire nation. Hamba Kahle, Comrade Seretse …
ANC statement on Zimbabwe, 26 May 2000
… that the route to follow in the Zimbabwean situation is one of `quiet diplomacy` instead of a fan fare approach. The …
Apartheid’s Twisted Dream: David Goldblatt’s South Africa by Joseph Lelyveld, 2 July 2010
… described as his country’s Walker Evans. Though Evans was one of Goldblatt’s models when he was starting out more than …
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… Dube made an eloquent speech and he was an African whom one should know. He kept in contact with Dube,” he said. He …
EventDulcie September's 's life commemorated at Athlone High School
… seconded to work in the ANC Head office in Lusaka, Zambia. One of her tasks was to assist with fund-raising. This was …
EventJoyce Mashamba passed away
… and the South African Communist Party. [iii] Mashamba was one of the longest serving MEC’s and at the time of her death …
PlaceJoubertina
… suffered little notoriety and languished as something of a one-horse town in much the same vein as its Neighbour's. Now …
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… ambassador for the province in 2005. In 2010, ProVerb was one of the celebrity contestants on the reality show, …
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… African Film and Television Award for Best Actor.[v] His one-man comedy shows are “Strictly Halaal” and “For the …
PlaceXanadu Nature Estate, Hartebeespoort
… security is paramount at Xanadu and this Estate was one of the first in South Africa to install thermal cameras …
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South …
PlaceSalt River
… Junction; and in 1883 it was joined with Woodstock in one Municipality. The Railway Line from Cape Town, reached …
PlaceMowbray
… Mowbray its reputation as a transitory neighbourhood; one through which people tend to pass, not least due to Main …
PlaceRailway Station, Muizenberg
… Sir Herbert Baker, the station was opened in 1913, it is one of Cape Town's most well known historical buildings. Now …