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EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… The Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko's death as well as a post-mortem…
BiographyDavid Hemson
… strict Christian household sheltered from the realities of what was happening in South Africa politically and socially. He was drafted out of high school to…
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… Secretary of State Colin Powell was heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in, South … Secretary Powell was…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979)
… Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport, … An…
ArchiveAn investigation into the effect of race and politics on the development of South African sport (1970-1979
… Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Physical Education) at the University of Stellenbosch. This thesis includes chapters on sport, … An…
BiographyCheryl Carolus
… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was … was selected as head prefect in matric…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 2 - Industrialisation and the Revitalisation of Black Politics in the1940s by Mohamed Adhikari
… Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education Three documents, fundamental changes that took … of Justice in July 1941. At this time,…
Summary Minutes of a meeting between a delegation from the Republic of South Africa, an Angolan/Cuban delegation, and a delegation from the United States of America as mediator on the question of SWA/Namibia and Angola: Cairo, 24-25 June 1988
… Minutes of a meeting between delegates from South Africa, Angola and Cuba, with delegates from the United States of America as mediators, to discuss Cuban…
BiographyGerald Patrick Kearney
… some years was a brother in the Marist order and the son of a civil servant .As a young boy he heard pastoral letters … brother, a university student, who…
Archive2006 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 3 February 2006
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting … the presence in the gallery of an outstanding human being and…
ArchiveTelex from Col Sergio Vieira, Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to His Excellency, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cape Town
… Translation of a telex sent from the Minister of Agriculture, Mozambique, to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Africa, with regard to the alleged ……
Archive2007 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2007
… State of the Nation Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki: Joint Sitting … to improve quality and develop plans for those who are being…
EventBird flu outbreak is declared over, thousands of birds were killed to prevent the spreading of the disease
… Didiza, announced that South Africa had been declared free of notifiable avian influenza (bird flu). The partial ban imposed on the export of ostriches,…
EventBrett Kebble, SA millionaire and director of mining companies, linked to several cases of alleged fraud, is born
… In the 1990’s Kebble got into mining and was soon director of three mining companies. In 2005 Kebble came under … for alleged fraud involving R 2 billion…
BiographyBenjamin Ulenga
… fighting for Namibia’s independence. In 1974, because of Angola's independence, Namibia's northern border was open … time since South African mandate had…
ArchiveCelebrating and commemorating twenty-years of the Harare declaration by Kgolane Alfred Rudolph PHALA
… Introduction This year, 2009, the people of South Africa celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Harare Declaration, a significant document adopted by … war,…
EventA commemorative exhibition of the work of painter and cartoonist John Amshewitz opens in the City Hall in Johannesburg
… in 1882. He came to South Africa with the intention of only staying for six months but ended up staying for six years. Amshewitz explored most of the…
Contractions in this Directory | First edition of the Bloemfontein Bantu And Coloured People`s Directory by John Mancoe
… Contractions in this Directory | First edition of the Bloemfontein Bantu And Coloured People`s Directory by …
Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 …
Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, 23 Ocfober 1932
… Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Left Opposition to Cape Town comrades, …
ArchiveAssessment report of NUSED to the 49th Congress of NUSAS, Rhodes University, November 30 to December 3, 1972
… Report from the National Union of Students Education Department to the 49th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes…
BiographyRonald (Ronnie) Kasrils
… who had fled from the Czarist pogroms at the end of the 19th century. His father was a factory salesman and … National Congress (ANC) in 1960, serving as…
EventHealth officials launch an intensive campaign to find the origins of an outbreak of Ebola fever in Uganda.
… its name from the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it was first found. On 18 October 2000 Scientists launched a campaign to find…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… To mark the centenary of the founding of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), New … constable in Dundee and Babanango, part of his duties…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… On 24 September 1996, Heritage Day, the grave of Enoch Sontonga who composed and wrote the first verse and chorus of Nkosi, Sekelel' iAfrika, was declared a…
Chapter 12. The General Strike Of 1931 - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… unemployment followed. As there was no social insurance of any kind in the country, the unemployed workers suffered great distress. For the hundreds of…
EventThe twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela is marked by a call for his release by China
… The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) leader and first commander-in-chief of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), was…
ArchiveList of grievances sent by African pupils to the Regional Director of Bantu Education in the Western Cape
… A list of grievances sent to the Regional Director of Bantu Education, later published in the Cape Times on 2 … List of grievances sent by African pupils to…
ArchiveA brief history of student action in South Africa, plus a brief history of English/ Afrikaans /non-white student relations
… Brief history of student action in South Africa from 1916 to 1971 and brief history of relationships between English, Afrikaans and Black … A brief history…
Letter from S Bourquin, Chief Director of the Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… from Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Port Natal for…