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ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… . 1930 Municipal officials ask Xuma to become a part-time Medical Officer of Health for Alexandra, a position he …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1700s
… approximately 400 freehold farms had been granted by the time that this system was changed. The owners of these farms …
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 7 - Participatory Democracy for South Africa
… position. They seem to believe at one and the same time "at those blacks who are enfranchised will act as … is false. Most black workers who have spent a…
ArchiveElizabeth van der Heyden by Allison Drew
… became less safe and more expensive. At that time nursing and teaching were the only professions open to … she said. They remained at Kroonstad for perhaps a…
PlaceMitchell Park Zoo, Durban
… on the ground,” said McCracken. A newspaper report at the time details how the elephant knelt on the mahout “rolling …
PlaceWellington, Western Cape
… contemplate a pass through Wellington’s mountains. At the time there was only a bridle path through the mountains. He …
PlaceBobbejaan Mountain, Elands Bay
… pass (and the sounds of any traffic). This is a good time to pause and soak in the mountainous slopes that enclose …
ArchiveMandela's release - what a day this was in our history
… to get to the front to be close to Mandela. For the first time we had to deal with gangsters who also turned out in …
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… the events leading to Biko’s death. Koloane said at the time: The Biko event, more than any other occurrence, touched …
Statement at the 25th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 24 – 26 July 1989
… now left the People's Republic of Angola. For the second time within a dozen years, and on the Angolan battlefield, … powers propose and have embarked upon,…
Apartheid - a Threat to Africa's Survival - Address under the Auspices of the Nigerian National Committee on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Lagos, 18 March 1971
… investment was only 3.2 per cent. Over a period of time, however, the influx of capital from abroad adds up to … Today this demand stands higher than at any…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
… 180 Asiatics included also those who failed to apply in time on grounds of three years' pre-war residence in the … matter of Imperial importance. May 26,…
Speech on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
… terror and war. That kind of peace ceased to exist for all time in our countries when the first stones were hurled and …
The First South African side to play in the sub-continent: Boer Prisoners of War in 1901 (Part 1 of 2) by Arunabha Sengupta (Cricket Country), 12 October 2015
… Yet, strange as it may sound, that was not the first time a team from South Africa had played in the …
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… Wells might have invented where people live in different time frames and they don't see each other and they perceive …
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… organisers will grow into a mass party in a very short time and will even be able to lead the native movement of the …
Statement by Denis Goldberg, ANC at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners
… I shall not read the full list of names. In prison at this time are some hundreds of political and military activists …
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
… United Nations never lost focus on the imperatives of our time. We thank him for never losing sight of the fact that …
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… and I had full realisation of this antagonism even at the time of the advent of satyagraha . We will not stop here to …
Chapter X - Final word
… The Indian people had a parliamentary vote for the first time and the coloured people voted again after many years. …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… threatened and antagonized the Xhosa whilst at the same time effectively creating an arm of dependence on the colony. … and even those suspected of…
ArticleTuberculosis
Tuberculosis, also known as TB, occurs all over the world and is one of the most infectious diseases, causing more deaths than HIV/AIDS and Malaria [1] [2]…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… took place in the ANC in the 1940s: for the first time women were admitted as full members of the ANC in 1943, …
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… of her daughter-in-law and her grandchildren during the time they spent in the ashram. July-October, M.K. Gandhi …
Anti-Indian Legislation 1800s - 1959
… who have entered the country illegally (mostly at the time of the Anglo-Boer War) condoned and issued with …
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… who have entered the country illegally (mostly at the time of the Anglo-Boer War) will be condoned and issued with …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 104th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… for post-school education. Government cannot tackle the challenge of the high cost of post school education on its …
‘African Gandhi’: The South African War and the Limits of Imperial Identity by Goolam Vahed
… that ‘though in Natal, yet we are British subjects, in time of danger the enchanting phrase has not after all lost … our dignity as a nation to look on with…
PlaceWestern Sahara
The flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which was adopted in February 1976, is composed of three horizontal stripes in black, white and green colours…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… need for more soldiers to maintain the frontier. At that time, unemployment in Britain was a major concern, following …