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A Dialogue in Partnership with Kaya FM - MyConstitution Exhibition
… a modern and peaceful democracy. The Constitution is based on the principle of separation of powers and articulates the values on which the new South Africa…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
… of 1929 - 1939. It came into being as a fusion between Jan Smut’s South African Party (SAP) and J.B.M. Hertzog’s …
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… who spoke truth to power, and some of whom lost their lives. There is so much heroism that deserves to be more …
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… When the Dutch first landed at the Cape on 6 April 1652, under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck . They erected a Fort built of sods on a site in the Table…
Palestine: a homeland denied
… and black poster. Artwork of a head covered in a scarf. 1948 - 1967. …
Address of the President of South Africa and the current Chairperson of the G77 and China, Thabo Mbeki at the 61st Session of United Nations General Assembly 19 September 2006, New York
… Secretary-General of the United Nations never lost focus on the imperatives of our time. We thank him for never losing … these people, whose fault is merely…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.2 1985
… Isaac Babel White lies by Christopher Charles Grand mal by Jan Esmond The hill by G.M. Mogwe Go away we're asleep by J …
EventFive power stations are blown up as tensions rise during WWII
… groups resented the government's (led by Prime Minister Jan Smuts ) decision to support the Allies, because of the …
PlaceRwanda
… a Tutsi pastoralist [xlii] . Usually the system was based on a client giving services to a wealthy patron in exchange … of History in Rwanda”, Africa Today,…
ArticleAfrica and the Atlantic slave trade - sixteenth to nineteenth centuries
… for food Status position Indigenous the first people on the land Khoikhoi Image source The word ‘Khoikhoi’ means … clan names were Gamtoos, Chainoqua and…
PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… This interactive Museum is a tribute to the spirit of defiance against the Durban System, which led to … of evictions, rebellion, riots and suppression. A…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… the early 1990s and carrying significant weight in the lives of thousands of people, the armed struggle has proved … The risk is that, as generations of…
ArchiveNora
… short CV of Nora Astorga, member of the FSLN, Nicaragua. 1948 - 1988. …
ArticlePeter Henry Abrahams timeline 1919 - 1985
… War II breaks out and Abrahams manages to bribe himself on board a freighter ship in search of a new crew. 1941 After … time his reputation as a writer as…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Deputations
… A.S. Kajee and A.A Mirza left for Mombasa at daybreak on Wednesday by seaplane or the first leg of their journey to … Council and Congress were absorbed in…
ArchiveNora: guerrillera ... embajadora de la paz y la vida
… black and white poster. Two photographs of Nora Astorga, 1948-1988. Heroina de la Patria. Obituary poster. FSLN poster. …
ArticlePlacing the film “Inxeba – The Wound” in Historical Review
… period every year. Vija is married with children. Xolani lives alone. As the complexity of their relationship plays … Film Festival. [5] However, the…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… were devised and refined by the Nationalist government on its assumption of power in 1948 in order to safeguard and perpetuate that power in the … that…
Palestine : a homeland denied
… black and white head and shoulders. Years in red numbers 1948 - 1967. …
EventAlan Paton is born
… On 11 January, 1903 Alan Steward Paton, author of Cry, the … the Beloved Country, which was published in February of 1948, during a time in which he studied…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1950s
… on 6 April 1952 during the tercentenary celebrations of Jan van Riebeeck's arrival at the Cape. 23 March, Cyprian … go to the polls in the second general…
PlaceTsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
… harmony with nature – only taking what they needed to live on from their environment. This high rainfall sustains the … harmony with nature – only taking…
EventElectrically powered units replaced Johannesburg's horse-drawn trams
… production. The first electric tram line commenced service on 14 of February 1906. Electric trams had been proven to be … with ease. The trams were to remain…
ArchiveStorm Klockan: Chile: no. 13
… of a man ringing a church bell. No.13 - Stormklockan Dec 1948 in bottom left hand corner. Albin Amelin in bottom right …
ArticleHow Lenin and Stalin are remembered today?
… and capitalism. Stalin was viewed as a despot intent on achieving world power and ideological domination. Despite … regime that wished to control the public…
EventEban Abba, Israeli statesman is born in Cape Town
… Israeli statesman was born in Cape Town South Africa, on 2 February 1915. He is the son of Abraham and Alida … career as liaison officer to the UN Special…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… Africa became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 November 1945. South Africa was one of the original 51 founding members of the UN from its…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
… but government appointed, district councils modelled on the lines of the Glen Grey Act of 1894. The 1936 … Ntabalanga. The slaughter takes 10 minutes and…
”ASINAMALI”, WE HAVE NO MONEY
… of misery. One pound a day for the builder of mansions who lives in a shack. . . . A minimum wage of one pound a day for … examples of wages (including COLA)…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
… government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of … 1930 a new factory is opened in Harrower Road…