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EventSheik Yusuf arrives at the Cape of Good Hope
… Sheik Yusuf, Islamic leader and brother of the sultan of Macassar, was banished to the Cape by the Dutch East India … his memory lives on and Zandvliet is a…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
… City Hall's original foundations were laid at the turn of the 20th Century. The mayor of Cape Town , Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City Hall on…
ArchiveBirth of a reggae superstar 3 August 1964 by Sam Mathe
… phenomenon swept through the shebeens and music festivals of South Africa. Based on the artist's name and song title, … After all, these coloured communities…
EventBlacks are making bonfires of their “passes” in Johannesburg
… On 28 March 1960, Natives began making bonfires of their reference books in Johannesburg. Their action was the latest gesture of defiance against the pass…
EventThe S. A government seizes the passport of Bishop Desmond Tutu
… Between 1976 and 1978 Desmond Tutu served as Bishop of the Anglican Church in Lesotho and as Secretary-General of the South African Council of Churches. On…
The road to democracy: celebrating 20 years of diversity
… Making 20 years of democracy, Iziko Museums of South Africa's Education and Public Programmes department is proudly celebrating the first generation of our…
EventBeginning of the Waterberg Battle in the Herero Revolt
… The German colonisation of Namibia, then German South West Africa, took place in … taken from local groups such as the Herero. A system of forced labour was…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Pachai The Vagrant Law prevented Muslims in the borough of…
EventUDF organises boycott of Coloured and Indian parliamentry elections
… 1984 the United Democratic Front, an internal coalition of anti-apartheid groups, organised highly successful boycotts of the Coloured and Indian elections…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… that led to the repealing and ultimate dismantling of the Apartheid structure was similar to those that led to … apartheid laws and was met with ridicule by…
Directive of the Central Committee of the SACP to all member, units and other structures on security measures to be taken
… Confidential directive from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on security measures to be observed in time of counter…
ArchiveDirective of the Central Committee of the SACP to all member, units and other structures on security measures to be taken
… Confidential directive from the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP) on security measures to be observed in time of counter…
ArchiveMeeting between the Honourable R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 20 March 1984
… Minutes of a meeting between South African Foreign Affairs Minister, … to discuss the conditions surrounding the wirhdrawal of troops from Angola. … Meeting…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… following a false beacon. Machel was a prominent leader of the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and he led the Mozambican people in … was…
ArchiveThe call of Islam : We stand by the Palestinians
… Notice of a meeting at Hanover Park Civic, on Friday 22nd January 1988. Issued by Call of Islam. Image of scales. Image of a woman with a scarf over her head…
ArchivePan Africanist Congress of Azania: July 31 Heroes Day
… Offset litho; black, with pictures of fallen members; Pan Africanist Congress of Azania: July 31 Heroes Day : In memory of Azanian heroes heroines there…
ArchiveTo dismantle apartheid is a question of barrel to barrel
… with title in dark blue lettering. Blue and red artwork of outline of map of South Africa with man holding a machine gun and crowd of … To dismantle…
EventSAFCA distances itself from boycott of South African goods
… The South African Federation of Consumer Associations (SAFCA) issued a statement … which, according to reports, was supporting the boycott of South African…
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 11: workers in the community
… on workers in the community. Produced for the Department of Labour by the Mayibuye Centre, UWC. Photographs of workers and artwork of workers. Artwork of new…
ArchiveBe in contact with the changing world of youth
… lettering. Subscription to magazine Youth Contact. Artwork of angels. List of contents of magazine. Photographs of scenes in South Africa. Poster … Be in…
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… the Transvaal under Shepstone. Following this was a period of passive resistance and repeated attempts by Boer leaders to have the annexation of the…
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.
… A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope, who is…
EventRand Daily Mail publishes exposé of conditions in Homelands
… article dealing with the appalling conditions in one of the government’s Bantu Homelands. In addition to the … the homelands, the article reflected the…
EventKenneth Kaunda accuses British Foreign Secretary of “kissing” apartheid
… Geoffrey Howe, accusing him and President Reagan of supporting South Africa’s apartheid government. The attack by Kaunda on Howe and Reagan came at the…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… The South African government presented a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill which proposed an advisory … a voice in government. This occurred at…
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… delivered by Alan Paton at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the South African Institute of Race Relations on July 3, 1979 in which the author … emphasised…
EventChris Hani succeeds Joe Slovo as Chief of MK
… political activist and at the time Deputy Commander of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in Zambia, was appointed as new chief-of-staff of MK to succeed Joe Slovo, who…
EventFormer Minister of Public Works, Thoko Didiza, is born
… Didiza was born in Durban in 1965. Didiza became Minister of Agriculture and Land Affairs in 1999 and in 2006 she became Minister of Public works under…
Isitwalandwe / Seaparankoe the Highest Award of Honour, 1955 - 2014
… literally translated, means "the one who wears the plumes of the rare bird" and was traditionally bestowed only on the bravest warriors of the people, on…
EventSir Alfred Milner arrives as Governor of the Cape
… The British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamberlain, appointed Sir Alfred Milner as Governor of the Cape Colony in 1897. Milner arrived in…