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Pres. Paul Kruger is interred in what is now the Heroes’ Acre in Pretoria.
… Pres. Paul Kruger is interred in what is now the Heroes’ Acre in Pretoria. …
A mass meeting in Cape Town requests British government to recognise British settlement in Natal.
… A mass meeting in Cape Town requests British government to recognise British settlement in Natal. …
Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban) results in the death of nine policemen.
… Rioting by Africans in Cato Manor (Durban) results in the death of nine policemen. …
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
… than 50 teenage boys died when their dormitory caught fire in a secondary school near Nairobi, Kenya. The raging fire is … got trapped inside when the roof…
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
… South Africa’s first Lesbian and Gay Pride march was held in Johannesburg . It was the first Pride March on the African … The purpose of the event was not…
EventMandela smuggled out the country and appears in Addis Ababa
… Early in 1962, Nelson Mandela was smuggled across the borders of … appearance at the Pan-African Freedom Movement Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia…
ArticleSASO Bannings
… SASO came under increasing attack from the Government. In March 1973, eight Black Consciousness leaders were banned. In 1977, nine SASO members …
ArchiveA voice that will be heard: Harry Pitman PFP in parliament
… White, red, blue and black poster. PFP election poster. Black and white photograph of Harry Pitman. … A voice that will be heard: Harry Pitman PFP in…
For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated February 23, 1934.
… For Africanisation of the Party Letter from Moses M Kotane in Cradock to Johannesburg District Party Committee dated … not blindly applicable for S Africa…
Message by President Nelson Mandela at the celebration in honour of his 80th birthday
… Message by President Nelson Mandela at the celebration in honour of his 80th birthday …
Speech by President Mandela to Toast an Official Banquet in Honour of President Flavio Cotti
… Speech by President Mandela to Toast an Official Banquet in Honour of President Flavio Cotti …
Speech BY President Nelson Mandela at the State Banquet in Honour of King Juan Carlos
… Speech BY President Nelson Mandela at the State Banquet in Honour of King Juan Carlos …
"Policy of the Congress Youth League." Article by A. M. Lembede, in Inkundia ya Bantu, May 1946
… of the Congress Youth League." Article by A. M. Lembede, in Inkundia ya Bantu, May 1946 …
A. P. Mda13, "Report of Communist Activities among the Natives in Johannesburg", Catholic Times, July 1942
… Mda13, "Report of Communist Activities among the Natives in Johannesburg", Catholic Times, July 1942 …
ArticleResponses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War
… Responses of different groups in South Africa to the outbreak of the First World War …
ArticleThe Role of the People’s Republic of China in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle and MK
… The Role of the People’s Republic of China in South Africa’s Liberation Struggle and MK …
The growth of trade unionism in Cape Town and the formation of early political organisations
… The growth of trade unionism in Cape Town and the formation of early political …
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… the renovated premises of my once favourite shop as a kid in Salt River just around the corner from where I once lived … symbol, not realising that this has…
Thomas G. Karis
… to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964, published in the 1970s. A reviewer … served in the American Embassy in…
BiographyChristopher Nceba Faku
… Christopher Nceba Faku was born on 11 February 1956 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. Faku received his education at the Cowan High School and Lovedale…
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU)
… a presence throughout the modern history of South Africa, Black trade unions never managed to establish a permanent presence until the emergence of unions in…
BiographyJürgen Schadeberg
… Jurgen Schadeberg was born in Berlin, Germany on 18 March 1931. He was raised by his … and teacher, who was open and knowledgeable about black life and…
Chapter V - South Africa belongs to all who live in it
… to become co-sponsors of the Congress of the People. In the event, however, the Congress Alliance, which had taken … and comprehensive plan to call the…
BiographyDinah Molefe
… Dinah Molefe was born in 1927. Molefe worked as a potter at Rorke's Drift between … Like Elizabeth Mbatha (q.v.) she trained as a potter in the Ceramic…
ArchiveFreedom! from below : The struggle for trade unions in South Africa
… Yellow poster with black lettering. Red block in centre. Image of fist in centre. Trade Union struggle poster. … Freedom! from below : The struggle for trade…
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), Cape parliamentarian, is born in Cape Town. He died in London in 1909 as member of the dele
… Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan), Cape parliamentarian, is born in Cape Town. He died in London in 1909 as member of the dele …
Eugene Louis Jean Joseph Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France is born in Paris, France. He was killed in Zululand in the Ang
… Joseph Napoleon, the Prince Imperial of France is born in Paris, France. He was killed in Zululand in the Ang …
Four Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa are sentenced in New York to life w
… Pretoria News, 18 October 2003. Today in History. … Four Osama bin Laden followers convicted in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa are sentenced…
Penny Heyns beats the world record the sixth time in three weeks by winning the 200 m breaststroke in the Pan-Pacific Games in
… Penny Heyns beats the world record the sixth time in three weeks by winning the 200 m breaststroke in the Pan-Pacific Games in …
Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi
… Kevin Williams, member of a gang, dies in the regional court in Stellenbosch when his throat is cut while the court is in sessi …