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Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… heavy in mourning as we lay a wreath on the grave of one so special to that generation and to ourselves as … the passing away of a close personal friend, a…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… Dans even found itself in soccer lore as the nickname of one of the deadliest strikers of the era - Basil Steenkamp, a … He was a temporary deviation before…
Chapter 1 - Introduction
… cent of the Constitutional Assembly. This Constitution is one of the most advanced in the world, establishing a … a system of government that allows South…
Document 3 - Peace Treaty of Vereeniging
… parliament will go down in the history of our country as one of the most sober analyses of the challenges we face. The … at every turn. It is remarkable that…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… rich in humanity, imagination and creativity. I am one of you and I would therefore like to believe that I could … it is their duty, to rise against an…
ArticleStudent protests in democratic South Africa
… called the South African Students’ Congress (SASCO). One development is that as protests have increased so too has …
The Court’s position in the justice system
… an important source of law. A decision of a High Court in one division is not binding on another, but in practice has …
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… onslaught caused the Pedi to flee northwards with Sekwati, one of Thulare's surviving sons. Sekwati later returned with …
ArticleBantu education and the racist compartmentalizing of education
… at secondary schools increased from 12,656 to 34,656. One in five Soweto children were attending secondary school. …
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… of SA 1995 25 February,The city of Pietersburg becomes one of the first places in South Africa to change its name …
ArticleThe Transkei
… the early British forces who first occupied Pondoland. On one occasion in 1895, when it seemed that a clash was …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… to 1819 the British were involved in a second conflict, one of many with local peoples, with Xhosa forces for the …
Learning about local history through pictures
… Source: Adderley Street in 1910 1 Adderley Street is one of the most historically significant streets in Cape …
PlaceBelmond Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town
… Gardens albeit separated by a road these days. In 1890 a part of the Van Oudtshoorn Garden, was purchased by the Cape … sides were preparing for war. The new…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… or No 7 Castle Hill. The Georgian house, now a museum is one of the oldest houses in the city and is a fine example of … National Monuments now provincial…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… legislation on 15 July 1983. Newington Road is found in one of the most historic suburbs in central Port Elizabeth, … decor style shop and upmarket…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… condemned as slums in the 1920s and early 1930s. One of the slum yards known to have been very active in … clearance was Rooiyardin Doornfontein, currently…
Document 67 - Letter from the African Metal Trades Union, Johannesburg, to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 21 February 1937
… Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 67 - Letter from … Scaw Works, (Steel Ceilings &…
EventFatima Meer is banned for a second time
… re-emergence of FEDSAW. Through her organisation, Meer was one of the initiators of the Free Mandela Campaign launched … people and their families. In 1981,…
EventThe Constitution of the Republic of South Africa is approved by Parliament
… of the Republic of South Africa is regarded as one of the most progressive constitutions in the world. The process that led to its approval was not an easy…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… a tributary of the Zambezi, and discovered Lake Nyasa, one of his many great discoveries of the African interior. Today it may seem strange to credit one…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… Umzimkulu Estate Ltd. My wife Chinnama, and child - a girl one month old ”” arrived with me, but she was detained at the … and night untold agony in thinking…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… improvements of the security features of the homestead. No one was deceived by these attempts to evade the public … upgrades to his home and, in the process,…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… health, with my family, my friends and also with myself. One of the things that made me long to be back in prison was … that now really need my urgent…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Annual Gold Award ceremony of the President’t award Pretoria, 25 November 1994
… Annual Gold Award ceremony is unlike any previous one. It is the first year that the programme under which the … representatives of the future, is a rare and…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… be taken against them under the closed shop provision. Not one member resigned. Strange as it may seem, the employers, … Fourteen days later, the Chief…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris Private enterprise is one of the million illegitimate children of historical … "too political", "too long" and so on. In…
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… range and the glittering Atlantic Ocean, Camps Bay is one of Cape Town’s most breath-taking Suburbs. As well as … many roads in the Cape region, was…
Chapter Five - The Fighter for Black Unity: 1935 - 1945
… close to the SALP, a party which he publicly exposed as one which "Hates the Native People Most." In the climate of … Trotskyists declared their intention of…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt Revisits "On the Mines" by Jeffrey Ladd, 5 December 2012
… experience and understandings begun in childhood. JL: One of your earliest images, from 1947, is linked to mining. … the mills. But we did play on the sand…