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BiographyOscar Hollander
… of its rocks and "sparsely scattered little bushes, for all the world like the hair on a Bushman's head ... " (The …
BiographyLesley Hastings Ndlovu
… of Afrikaans as a language of school instruction. Of all the youth shot by police on June 16, the most famous is …
BiographyEric Magamana Lubisi
… and Lucas Sithole , in various group exhibitions in South Africa. In 1979, Lubisi was one of the first black artists … display his artwork. He was the…
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
… of the first domestic worker labour organisations in South Africa, the Domestic Workers’ Association (DWA). With the … the Department of Education to open…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… four colonies that would later make up the Union of South Africa , but when Henry Bartle Frere was made governor of the … the recommendations of the…
BiographySedick Isaacs
… and attending meetings of the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) and the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM). … made five attempts to escape from the…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… Sufi order, an unorthodox Islamic cult, arrives in South Africa as an indentured labourer. 1861 March, The town … the Congresses was in conformity with one…
BiographyLeigh Davids
… born on 25 March 1979 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. She was a transgender woman, and a prominent … which is the largest transgender women’s…
BiographyMakhosi “Tholi” Nyoka
… to perpetrate large scale acts of terror in South Africa to coincide with the so called Soweto day … for the group were well prepared and within seconds it…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… makes them cling together In one society. How strange that all The terrors, pains and early miseries, Regrets, … enabling them to survive and emerge still…
Chapter 11
… the people is actually a corpse deliberately propped up by all the agents of the Government in our midst. An … spontaneously created a new organisation, the…
William Nomodi Tshwane
… is made available it is impossible to ascertain from all the police stations and border posts in the Republic …
BiographyDaniel Francois Malan
… and retired from office in 1954 after achieving nearly all of the objectives that had originally drawn him away from … Potgieter, D. J. (1972). Standard…
BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
… was at this time that his nickname, "Sofasonke" ("we shall all die") was acquired. By dramatizing the plight of the …
Chapter 8
… December Conference- 1943 When the All African Convention held its Conference in Bloemfontein, on the 16th … discussion on the present political situation in…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
… 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last legal conference in Johannesburg … Party of South Africa convene the…
Mme Makwena Matlala
… not labour on”¦ and I will not leave my own house. Above all I do not intend to move from my home, as I have never … in due course, warning that forcible…
BiographyPiet Retief
… Dingane. As a result, Dingane conceived a plot to kill all of them. Piet Retief and his men were invited to a party … to the king's kraal. On 6 February 1838…
BiographyNikisi Feni
… in some cases, and active antagonism in others, to all rehabilitation schemes and administrative measures’ had been observed to be ‘prevalent and growing in…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… of the Suppression of Communism Act, a Defend Free Speech Convention held in Johannesburg where Dr James Moroka … home protest on 26 June 20 June, Communist…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1990-1999
… trip abroad as a result of increased unrest within South Africa 31 March, The ANC decides not to hold talks with the … Committee to "serve notice on the…
ArticleBasotho Wars 1858 - 1868
… a period of widespread chaos and disturbance in southern Africa during the period between 1815 and about 1840. In … to the Boers through the signing of the…
ArchiveAgreement on non-agression and good neighbourliness between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique
… between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the People's Republic of …
ArchiveReview: Industrialisation and trade union organisation in South Africa, 1924-55; the rise and fall of the South African Trades and Labour Council: Jon Lewis
… Industrialisation and trade union organisation in South Africa, 1924-55; the rise and fall of the South African …
’Victory is within our grasp’, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa, Unesco House Paris, 16 June 1986
… at the World Conference on Sanctions Against Racist South Africa, Unesco House Paris, 16 June 1986 …
‘In the belly of the beast’, Speech at Conference of the International Committee against apartheid, racism and colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA), Stockholm, 1 April 1980
… against apartheid, racism and colonialism in Southern Africa (ICSA), Stockholm, 1 April 1980 …
”Forced Withdrawal Of South Africa From The Commonwealth - Historic Step Forward In Struggle Against Apartheid”: Message From London To The South African People, March 1961
… ”Forced Withdrawal Of South Africa From The Commonwealth - Historic Step Forward In …
Speech by Prsident Nelson Mandela at the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Idustries of Southern Africa man of the year awards Johannesburg, 19 November 1994
… at the Greek Chamber of Commerce and Idustries of Southern Africa man of the year awards Johannesburg, 19 November 1994 …
UDF Poster ‘NO apartheid war: GUGULETHU LANGA TROOPS OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS’ by End Conscription Campaign (ECC), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa
… Campaign (ECC), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa …
UDF Poster ‘We demand: End to High Prices SUPPORT THE CONSUMER BOYCOTT’ by Community Arts Project (CAP), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa
… Arts Project (CAP), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa …