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ArchiveWords of encouragement to workers from the Chief Minister of KwaZulu Legislative Assembly - M. Gatsha Buthelezi
… Some pages of this article may be illegible due to the quality of the original. … Words of encouragement to workers from the Chief Minister of KwaZulu…
EventFirst celebration of National Heritage Day
… Heritage Day is one of the newly created South African public holidays. It is a … celebrate their cultural traditions in the wider context of the great…
ArchiveResponse of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to combat racism
… Response of the South African Council of Churches to the WCC programme to combat racism (1969-1979). … Response of the South African Council of Churches to…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… forward as its immediate political slogan "an independent native South African Republic based on the workers' and … for all national minorities"; also that…
Minutes of the South African Council of Churches Consultation, Cartiony, Geneva, 22-23 October 1987
… Minutes of the South African Council of Churches (SACC) Consultation, 22-23 November 1987. … Minutes of the South African Council of Churches Consultation,…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in Durban. In … its Headquarters function, Warriors Gate is also a…
EventHerman Charles Bosman guilty of murder
… school holidays, his visit ended in tragedy in the house of his mother and stepfather. Bosman, who was then teaching in the Marico district of North-Western…
ArchiveAn open letter to the ‘Fakir’ of the “Leader’ and ‘Sadiq Alli’ of the “Graphic”
… Strini Moodley examines the writings of journalists in Indian weekly newspapers who show no affiliation or sensitivity to the opressed persons of South…
ArchiveSome reflections of civilisation in Africa
… and society in Africa and his belief is that, one of the marks of civilisation, is the ability of people in society to work together effectively; as social ……
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the … of May! We call on you…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… a choir, and traveled throughout Europe performing. One of the highlights was the 1897 Jubilee at the London Royal … Congress (ANC). She co-founded the Bantu…
ArchiveLetter from Terrence Tryon of SASO to Secretary of the Soweto Students Representative Council 1977
… A letter of invitation to the Soweto Student's Representative Council to attend the 9th General Students Council Meeting of the South African Students…
EventFirst celebration of International Women’s Day
… a million men and women took to the streets in a series of rallies. In addition to the right to vote and to hold … an end to discrimination on the job. Since…
20th Time of the Writer
… 20 writers from South Africa, Africa and different parts of the world will feature in this year’s week-long edition. This year’s edition will include a…
EventConclusive Battle of Ndondakusuka takes place
… The Battle of Tugela, which was also known as the Battle of Ndondakusuka, was fought between Zulu factions of Cetewayo, eldest son of the Zulu chief Mpande,…
EventTanganyika becomes a member of the UN
… On 14 December 1961, Tanganyika became a member of the United Nations(UN) and two years later, in 1963 it merged with the island of Zanzibar. Following the…
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… On 10 February 1908 a new department of the Transvaal University College (TUC), situated in … in Skinner Street, Pretoria . This department, consisting of…
ArchiveReport of NUSED Congress, July 1971
… Report of the Congress of the National Union of Students Education Department, July 1971, presented at the 47th Annual Congress of the National Union of…
PlaceDiamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance
… The site of the Battle of Diamond Hill, which took place on the 11th and 12th June … remote cemeteries were reburied at the Diamond Hill Garden of…
ArchiveThe boycott as weapon of struggle
… The most potent weapon in the armoury of a nation struggling for liberation and racial oppression are boycotts. The attitudes of the leaders' and…
EventKaunda announces nationalisation of Copper mines
… Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda announces nationalisation of copper mining companies, key to Zambia's economy contributing over 50 percent of government…
EventThe League of Nations officially dissolves
… for international cooperation and peace, the League of Nations, established by the Allied Powers at the end of World War I was officially dissolved in Geneva…
ArchivePress statement: Death of Japhta Masemola
… Press statement by Popo Molefe of the United Democratic Front regarding the death of Japhta Masemola who sacrificed twenty-six years of his life to rid our…
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… formally opened by President Nelson Mandela on the morning of 14 February 1995. The judges took oaths of office wearing their specially designed green robes…
EventAmerican Troops pull out of Somalia
… American troops a re pulled out of Somalia following a series of gun battles Somali militias under the Command of General Mohammed Farrah Aidid. American…
PlaceSmuts Hall, University of Cape Town
… This hall was erected as one of the first phases of the University of Cape Town's Groote Schuur campus. Among the famous … Smuts Hall, University of Cape…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… Honourable Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Naledi Pandor, Deputy … contribute to the EPWP are the Department of Agriculture's Land Care…
EventDeath of Maria Koopmans-De Wet
… as she established herself in the social and cultural life of Cape Town. In 1864, she married Johan Christoffel … 1879 Johan Koopmans died. Marie wore black…
EventUnion of South Africa is inaugurated
… Following delegates of the Boer Republics' agreement by 54 to 6, to accept the British proposals for peace on 31 May 1902, the Treaty of Vereeniging was…
PlaceFaculty of Health Sciences, UCT Observatory
… The oldest medical school in South Africa, offer a variety of educational, training and academic career options within the context of health care and…