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EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van … setting up of a refreshment station to supply Dutch ships on their way to the East. Sailing…
ArchiveVote to build NUMSA
… red lettering. Notice of NUMSA Shop Stewards elections, Jan/Feb 1996. Black and white photograph of two NUMSA members …
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… and killed six alleged Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) members on the Breslau Road near Alldays. It emerged later during the … an injection to stabilise his condition…
Dr William Fehr (1892-1968), collector of art as history
… was the direct result of some twenty years’ efforts on Fehr’s part as an active and vocal member of the … his death in April, 1968. His foresight and…
ArticleYouth and the National Liberation Struggle
… Rand Daily Mail This feature will trace the history of the lives of some of the leaders over a century of struggle and … February, students at the Kilnerton…
Afrikaner
… is descended mainly from Western Europeans who settled on the southern tip of Africa during the middle of the 17th … with much pomp and circumstance such as…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… event as a proud accomplishment of the apartheid regime (1948-94) (Goodhew, xv-xvi). The South African government … 70). This initiative took place in full…
Copy of the treaty allegedly signed by Dingaan and Retief ceding large tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers
… tracts of the Zulu Kingdom to the Voortrekkers, created by Jan Gerritze Bantjes , late January 1838 …
EventMonty Naicker dies
… of the liberation struggle in this country. As early as 1948, he called for a united front amongst the oppressed … of the regime by several banning orders…
EventSouth African Airways is given permission to fly over the bulge of Africa as negotiations to end apartheid gain momentum
… Africa also signaled the end of sanctions and boycotts on the country by the international community. Since the establishment of apartheid in 1948, various…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… On 15 September 1910, General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South … (now Free State) - together as the Union of South Africa. On 15 September 1910, South…
Need for New Level of International Action against Apartheid. Statement at the special session of the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Stockholm by O. R. Tambo, June 18, 1968
… in many ways historic, session of the Special Committee on Apartheid. Your Committee, Mr. Chairman, Achkar Marof of … were incarcerated. We hear from them…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… Some of his early literary works were reports on various military campaigns. This led Churchill to work as … in South Africa, he accompanied a scouting…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… to Market Square. The meeting proposed a one-day stay-away on May Day (1 May) to protest the banning of communist … Moses Kotane returns home to a welcome…
ArchiveThe Black Consciousness Movement and Steve Biko By Jonathan Ansumana
… furthest south is called South Africa. It is the year 1948. A law promoting Apartheid has just been passed. A … Notes). The Whites (English and Dutch)…
ArchiveInternational Youth Year Rally Ga-Matlabe
… Drama, Poetry, Free; Amanda Kwadi, Rev Moreo, Dr Sefularo, Jan Mokgothu, Pande Sefularo …
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
… My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social … with easy access to water. She consulted Louis Botha…
Africa and Freedom, 1961
… delivered by Chief Albert Lutuli in the Oslo University, on December 11, 1961 In years gone by, some of the greatest … determined not to change its mind for…
ArticleKora
… the mid-eighteenth century. Other leaders were Piet Rooi, Jan Kupido, Klaas Lukas and Pofadder. Klaas Lukas, who had … close made it easy for Korana 'raider'…
EventAlan Paton, author of “Cry, the Beloved Country” and founder member of the Liberal Party, dies
… novel 'Cry, the Beloved Country', which was published in 1948 is still in print. Paton was a founding member of the … politics and efforts at social reform…
ArticleKingdoms of Southern Africa: Mapungubwe
… maintaining that political power. This lesson also focuses on Mapungubwe as the first state in Southern Africa in 1220- … from his companions and wants to…
Document 60 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the Communist League of South Africa, 3 March 1936
… Comrades, We have two letters from you, dated respectively Jan. 13 and Feb. 18, on the subject of unity and a united Front for our two … when minds are not…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is because … involvement in the international…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… Joyce Kew Town 15 16.9.76 Shot in front of head (ricochet) on 3rd floor balcony Adriaanse, Noel John Hanover Park 13 … Petrus King Soweto 26 26.12.76 Killed…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew
… National Unity Conference, Cape Town, 29, 30 and 31 March 1948 Document 13 - Sarah Mokone [Victor Wessels] "The … of Betrayal", Freedom , New Series, 1, 5, 1…
Ethnicity in Post-Apartheid Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman
… manufactured cause of violence. To this end, it builds on the structuralist origins of constructivist work by … people who are ... culturally superior” (2008…
ArchiveStatement fron Anant Singh on the 30th Anniversary of Nelson Mandela's Release from Prison
… forever. Madiba’s release from prison set our nation on the course of liberation and culminated in the first … for future generations of our country. …
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… that the Israelites evacuate land they were squatting on and warned that if they failed to comply, their leader … the machine guns of an 800-strong police…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… On behalf of the South African Youth Congress, whose … because we had correctly captured Solomon Mahlangu`s spirit of no surrender. Today the situation in…
A history of Volkskas and the Absa Banking group
… to put his idea in motion. Before the congress, on 12 August 1933, the Broederbond decided to appoint a … and the Apartheid state When the Nationalist Party…