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ArchiveAnton Fransch and the Battle of Athlone
… his life at the age of 20, by single-handedly taking on a small army of apartheid soldiers. Anton’s story begins … his own battles, but was not prepared to…
Community histories of Rustenburg
… accepted as a date that signifies the birth of Rustenburg. On that day an important meeting of the War Council took … efforts to restore the republic’s…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… a shift in acquisition policy, which now concentrates on Contemporary South African Art. Serious attempts are made … years. A comprehensive Database contains…
PlaceCato Manor, Durban
… in the years following their release from labour contracts on the sugar plantations. Thus, the Indian market gardeners … of people to Durban, especially…
ArchiveCivil disobedience
… Memorandum on areas of legislation which impact on the lives of people. Includes areassuch as influx control, …
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… (CPSA) was declared an illegal organisation, was approved on 26 June in parliament and came into force on 17 July 1950. Dates concerning the approval vary…
The Black Face of Apartheid
… liberation. Many times they have manifested a fighting spirit characterising true courage and determination.” … to Black. The second phase of the struggle…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… itself. The nationalist regime that came into power in 1948 offered a hard solution to this crisis. Instead of … were growing numbers of tractors, harvesters…
EventFormer Minister of Defence and others are charged with murder
… the African National Congress (ANC). After being released on bail, Malan declared: "What happened here today is the … F.W. de Klerk, who claimed that it…
ArticleMusic and culture as forms of resistance
… life of the people living in the slumyards. It was centred on beer-brewing and shebeens. The marabi dance parties became … Pitch Black Follies and The Merry…
African People’s Organisation (APO)
… state was first discussed, the APO focused its attention on the franchise question and with it, the issue of education … Party in return for placing the…
ArticleTeachers League of South Africa (TLSA) conference in 1925
… education of Coloured children. The consequent discontent on the part of Coloured people on this and a number of other issues crystallised in the … early in…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… of the African National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief … the ANC planned to launch a nationwide…
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… criminal violence, which continues to claim especially the lives of many poor people. We also have many irresponsible … country who are poor and suffering,…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… 7th 1992 does not mark a happy occasion. It was day on which the political and social forces striving to give … read in part: “Each one of the people who…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… road around the Oppenheimer Gardens was originally name Jan Smuts Boulevard but has been renamed to Sol Plaatje …
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… but violent can also be relative. We did not take human lives. We were not, we were strictly warned not to injure. … cold or anything, right, because it was…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
… same time was also responsible for the destruction of many lives and cultures. In many cases the changes were enforced …
EventWorld Food Program warns the UN that a record 38 million people are at risk of starvation in Africa
… The WFP have five objectives, three of which are to save lives in emergencies, to prepare for emergencies, and to rebuild lives after emergencies. In an…
EventThe South African War: The lifting of the siege of Mafeking
… Robert Baden-Powel, had set up. A turning point occurred on 17 May 1900, when British forces, led by Colonel Mahon and … the Afrikaner soldiers, the battle…
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 2000-2014
… Mandela addresses the United Nations Security Council on the Arusha Peace Process. 30 November, President Thabo … delivers the key note speech at a…
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… On 11 December 1963 the first of the 'Bantustans' or … via the 1913 Land Act. Later, under apartheid (after 1948) the division and control were more rigorous…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… Party victory and the imple- mentation of Apartheid in 1948, the ANC launched the Programme of Action strikes and … , with Albert Luthuli elected the…
PlaceWoodstock
… The Village of Papendorp lay some 2 km East of Cape Town , on the Main Road to Stellenbosch , later to become known as, … security for a debt of 4,000…
ArchiveSpeech at the Unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial, Mbuzini, Tuesday 19 January 1999
… democracy. Today, we redeem that pledge. We have gathered on the soil of a democratic South Africa, at the site that … vision of Samora Machel and to all…
EventEleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng
… The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident…
EventDr Albert Hertzog confirms that television would not be introduced in South Africa
… On 7 March 1964, the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Dr … Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) had a virtual monopoly on radio broadcasting. It also saw the new…
EventCharles Robberts (Blackie) Swart, first state president of South Africa, is born
… Charles Robberts Swart was born on a farm in the Winburg district of the Orange Free State (OFS) on 5 December 1894. Part of his childhood was spent in a ……
Speech at the Meeting of Representatives of the Parties and Movements Participating in the Celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Great October Socialist Revolution" by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, November 4-5, 1987
… the days of Red October seventy years ago rests precisely on the fact that the victory the working class scored in this … has no wish to see the peoples take…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1900 - 1909
… trade; and no new licences will be granted except to carry on business in bazaars set up for this purpose. Furthermore … which provides a platform to…