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ArchiveGetting to know Omar from the inside out by Robyn Sassen, February 19, 2019
… the hearts and faces of every person in this meeting that his lens embraces. The effect is overwhelming and utterly … described by Ari Sitas as being black,…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… He states that this order is necessary to vindicate his good name and reputation and to finally settle the … general damages as a solatium for the alleged…
Chapter 6 -The making of a black Bolshevik: Gumede and the League Against Imperialism, 1927
… been recognised that Gumede’s historic visit to Russia, his active participation in the Tenth Anniversary Celebrations of the Russian Revolution and his…
ANC welcomes Cde Mac Maharaj appointment as President Zuma`s spokesperson, 7 July 2011
… minister, Cde Mac will bring wealth of experience into his new responsibility. He played a leading role in the … Zuma on the G20 infrastructure working group…
Place'Aardoringspruit', Brandfort in the Free State Province
… a Voortrekker elder; Jacobus van Zijl; built a Church on his Farm: 'Keerom' . This in Afrikaans means: 'Defend … this Town and shortly after it was named-…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
… in a cartoon-like style. Msimang exhibited widely and his work is represented in numerous corporate collections … of times at the UZ Festival of African Art…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… minister in Hermanus, and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was appointed the first … and books, and was also an avid…
EventLucas Mangope, Bophuthatswana homeland leader is deposed
… Mangope governed Bophuthatswana from 1977 until 1994. His reign was characterised by widespread corruption and … rioting broke out in Bophuthatswana and…
EventPiet Retief, Voortrekker leader, is born
… but eventually settled in Grahamstown, where he acquired his wealth through livestock farming following in his father’s foot-steps. During this period many…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… political gathering. On 11 February 1990, only hours after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela made his first public speech after his release from the…
EventFriedrich Engels, German philosopher, dies in London
… industrialist, he was sent to England to help manage his father's cotton factory. Upon his arrival in Manchester Engels was stunned by the high … entitled…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal’s first ministry as Prime Minister
… and the first editor of The Natal Mercury, together with his father, George Robinson. He became the owner of the publication in 1855. After devoting his time…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… the 'father of South African geneaology' and began writing his significant three volume genealogical register called … in 1882. De Villiers died on 4…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
… Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After completing his matric, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in … police custody, Woods denounced the…
EventFather Michael Lapsley, an Anglican priest, is injured by a letter-bomb
… Lapsley became involved in politics as he felt it was his duty to speak out against the injustices of the Apartheid … 1976, the Apartheid government exiled…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… born on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to Johannesburg, where he attended Parktown High … After marrying Diana Malkin in 1934,…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around property and land
… sentimental rather than material and this is reflected in his attitude to his Orlando home and to land at his birthplace Qunu. HOUSE With regard to the so…
ArchiveThe Arthur Chaskalson I knew by George Bizos, 5 December 2012
… before a vote was to be taken, Arthur Chaskalson put up his hand. He said that we were posing the wrong question. … issue was "what is right and what is…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… matter where a man comes from, if he has made South Africa his home, then he is a South African. We want to live in … government as the African National…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… he was always determined to make people understand) joined his father in 1936, this allowed for no further education … performance at the SA Young Wine Show…
Extract from a speech at the opening of the National Party Congress of the Orange Free State at Bloemfontein on 18 September 1973
… The Prime Minister reacted to all these events in his speech in a characteristic and unambiguous manner. The … he who writes has an even greater…
Statement by Albert Luthuli on the "Sabotage Act", 6 June 1962
… it. Some have said that the Sabotage Bill spells "civil death." But I am satisfied that it will never achieve its …
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… white male and the responsibility he carries when wielding his lens. In the documentary, South African photographer and … activist Omar Badsha accuses…
ArchiveResist AG 23 and intimidation.
… and blue border. Artwork of a black man with a gag over his mouth with letters AG 23 on it and a plaster over his eye. SWAPO Namibia election poster. …
Accuser insulted as Zuma hailed at court (IOL), 14 February 2006
… no wrong by thousands outside the Johannesburg High Court, his alleged victim and her supporters were insulted and … to accuse the former deputy president of…
ArchiveZuma rape case judge stands down (BBC News),13 February 2006
… Mr Zuma raped a family friend - a woman in her 30s - at his home in Johannesburg last November. Mr Zuma, 63, denied … separate charges of corruption. Judge…
EventShaun Thomson*, world surfing title winner, is born in Durban
… as the Mr. Price Pro), and just a year before finishing his qualification, joined the IPS tour. While on tour, … During this time he relocated to California,…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… David Maphgumzana Sibeko began his political career as a journalist for the South African … when he was ambushed and shot dead by assassins from his own…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… was leaving the NP. Another reason was the unhappiness of his constituency over issues they were experiencing. However, … was not long before he resigned…
EventAWB leader, Eugene TerreBlanche, is convicted of attempted murder and assault
… sentence was handed down for the brutal assault of one of his workers, a Mr Paul Motshabi, whom he beat over the head … before the assault on Mr Motshabi,…