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Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… cause a confrontation, they decided to break away, and on 6 April 1959 the PAC was formed. They elected Robert … wing, Poqo . Poqo was not against the taking…
Executive summary of the statement of the National Executive Committee of the ANC delivered by President Jacob Zuma at the 100th anniversary of the ANC, Mangaung 8 January 2012
… Bantu Women`s League in 1931 to the ANC Women`s League in 1948. We also recall the Federation of South African Women … Ensemble, the MK cultural group and…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1930 - 1939
… Asiatics Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill imposes segregation on Indians in the Transvaal. The South African Indian … Mixed Marriages and Murray Commissions May…
ArticleRock art as an expression of hunter-gatherer society and world-view
… Paintings and engravings on rocks in the open air and on cave walls are called rock art. There is rock art on about … a link to the past because they tell…
Passive resistance in South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 2 June 1966
… heart in the rulers. The African National Congress (ANC), on the other hand, expressly rejected any concepts and … Malan`s Nationalist Party seized political…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… to learn from your high level of discipline, your clarity on matters of the organisation and its policies as well as … and internationally, you represented…
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… militancy' and because it was so ‘costly to the personal lives of participants' (Wells 1993:3). It also set the tone … decade) and the CYL began to set the…
ArchiveJordan Ngubane – forgotten founding member of the Congress Youth League by Sbonelo Radebe (Mail and Guardian), 10 January 2023
… born near Ladysmith, in a small village called Nkwebebe, on 15 November 1917. In 1933, he attended Adams College and … place of bitterness given his…
ArticleTimeline of the Bulhoek Massacre
… Mgijima predicts that the end of the world will take place on Christmas Day. As a result the Israelites stop working and … the distance. “The thunder…
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… but equal, development of Afrikaans-speaking Whites on one the hand, and English-speaking Whites on the other. The NP and Labour Party (LP) joined forces to…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… institution of learning that has honoured me with a degree;on what is almost certainly the last State visit that I shall … to ensure that it brings real…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening ceremony of Telecom 95, the 7th World Telecommunications Forum and Exhibition Geneva, 3 October 1995
… which our struggle for freedom received from the ITU. On behalf of the people of South Africa, we thank you for … our own experience may be of value to…
EventThe Reburial of Mapungubwe Human Remains
… to be the bona fide descendants of the human remains. On 29 October 2007, the symbolic handover ceremony took place … activities took place such as burning…
PlaceBuffalo River, East London
… Visitors flying into the city will cross the Buffalo River on their trip into the city from the East London Airport. … and entertainment for those who visit…
PlaceBloukrans Bridge Rest Camp, Southern Region
… of South Africa . The bridge is one of three commissioned on the so called ‘ Garden Route ’ to improve the transport … The mere mention of ‘Bloukrans’ puts a…
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… to the next. It is also an important way to pass heritage on from parents to children. Some people feel that oral … stay the same. It is possible that as the…
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
… aggravating the other bystanders. The angry crowd turned on Ramoloyi, beating and stoning him to death. His brother managed to escape on foot as they burned…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… was a Xhosa warrior and prophet who led an 1819 attack on Grahamstown during the Cape Frontier Wars. Population … be disposed of without the consent of the…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… industrially and educationally he should be placed on equality with Europeans. This declaration of policy was … person, who associates with Coloureds or…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… The African National Congress condemns the attack on Syria by the Israeli government. We view this as … is a precondition for the evasive attempt to save…
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… a batten, or a ring beam IBODA - The drum wall of a cone on cylinder dwelling IFESDIRI - A window. The term has … also meaning a window opening IKHUPHU - The…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… in terms of which eight fellow-prisoners were freed on 15 October 1989, and for advising me of the fact in … the idea of reconciliation, in which you pleaded…
Our Souls dwelt in the House of Tomorrow: The student Committee of 81 by Nicky van Driel
… Twenty-five years ago, on 19 April 1980, high school and tertiary students in the … definitively answer, is the question: What influenced the spirit of…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He lost both his parents at an early age … first teaching post was in…
BiographyPierre Jacy Fourie
… Pierre Jacy Fourie was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first … of amateur fights joined the professional boxing ranks on 2 May 1966…
Address by President Mandela at the 53rd United Nations General Assembly New York, 21 September 1998
… Movement to extend to you our sincere congratulations on your election to the high post of President of the General … human rights instruments that have been…
BiographyVuyani “The Beast” Bungu
… Vuyani Bungu was born on 26 February 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa. … 108 fights and suffered 20 losses. He turned professional on 26 April…
BiographyHerbert Henry Curson
… Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 September 1892 in Upper Umzimkulu, KwaZulu Natal. His … Department of the Western Cape,…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… route to India. 1497 Vasco da Gama is mandated to expand on Dias' discoveries. Da Gama departs from Targus on 8 July … the Dutch establishing a refreshment…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
… Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on 29 June 1952. She attended Magog and Fairview Schools. … of KwaZulu-Natal). While at CSDS, she…