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ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… to remain a hundred percent objective and distanced from his or her own consciousness of the material dealt with. … male of the lineage of the family and he…
EventSouth African writer J.M. Coetzee is born in Cape Town.
… Coetzee in Cape Town to Afrikaner parents, Coetzee uses his initials as his pen name. He studied at the University of Cape Town and … his life. He writes…
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… and visited Madras, Burma and Andaman Islands developing his interest in poetry, literature and mathematics. Sir Ross began his study of malaria in 1892. He…
EventEllen Kuzwayo becomes the first Black woman to receive an honorary degree from Wits University
… desire for teaching and instead pursued a career in social work. As a social worker she led a campaign to force the Apartheid government to introduce a form…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for his offensive speech in the General Assembly. A staunch defender of apartheid, Louw was also…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… Louw. N.P. van Wyk Louw received various literary prizes. His best-known work is his epic poem Raka, recounting a black hero's desperate …
ArticleThe Freedom Charter Campaign
… as an event of major political significance. In his message to the Congress of the People, Chief Albert … the Freedom Charter. The provincial committees…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… series have concentrated on the period after the fall of apartheid, the exhibition at KZNSA contains images dating … at the KZNSA by Goldblatt begins,…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… intern at the University of Fort Hare in East London, his interests are in the study of the interaction between … in South Africa's rural reserves in the…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… and highlight African agency. With only an overview of apartheid, students undertook to read the biography of an apartheid resister. After getting acquainted…
ANC pays tribute to the late Arthur Goldreich, 26 May 2011
… course of South African history. Not only did he sacrifice his privileges as a white South African but bore the pain of fighting against apartheid. As the…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 92th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2004
… will continue to make new advances as we continue to work for its reconstruction and development and the building … characterised by both mutually beneficial…
EventNkosi Sikelel’iAfrica composer, Enoch Sontonga dies
… He wrote Nkosi Sikelel' IAfrica eight years before his death, at the age of twenty four. There were initially uncertainties around the exact year of his…
2018 - Cyril Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2018
… difficult and sensitive process. I wish to thank him for his service to the nation during his two terms as President … prospects are determined by their own…
Margaret Thatcher's role in SA's transformation by FW de Klerk, 5 December 2016
… were sent to the Crimea - and 65 000 that fought in the American War of Independence. At the beginning of the 20th … world. As Prime Minister Michael Manley…
Address at the Welcome Ceremony of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 25 August 2002
… of many races, colours, cultures and religions are hard at work to achieve peace and national reconciliation. Conscious … poverty and underdevelopment, they…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… to the peoples struggles waged in the continent against apartheid and colonialism, which left scores of people dead, … with nostalgia of the day when Nelson…
EventThe Korean War ends
… the United Nations (UN) forces (mainly South Korean and American). The war started when armed forces of North Korea …
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… of supplies during the 406 days of the airlift. Some 441 American aircraft were used in total and they carried over …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
… Star Trek is credited with he first interracial kiss on American network television in an episode entitled "Plato's … 2013]| usefultrivia,' The first…
EventThe 104mm field-gun known as ‘Long Cecil’ is test fired for the first time
… The 104mm field-gun designed by American George Labram and manufactured in the De Beers …
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
… Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional … on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout his career, Hanekom…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… a great lover of humanity. He also sent a team of six of his top men to accompany the flight he offered to bring us … airport to the music of crowds of…
Term 1:THE HUNTER GATHERERS OF SOUTHERN AFRICA
… AROUND THE WORLD Aborigine Yanomami South America Native American Indian USA Through archaeological research and … During their courtship the young man…
The Rise of Women’s Trade Unionism in South Africa by Peter LaNasa
… new practice or idea, there were many initial problems to work through. In this case, it was discrimination and a lack … victimized women to fight for rights…
Closing remarks to the 13th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government, 03 July 2009, Sirte, Libya
… and will have met the former President of the ANC, His Excellency Oliver Tambo, who always reminded his cadres … key pillars of the struggle that led to the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wellington East
… of Andrew Murray was erected at the front of the church in his honour. Ds Murray moved to various congregations over the … ended up in the Wellington church…
EventSA artist Mizream Maseko is born
… South African artist, was born on this date. He completed his schooling in the Transvaal. He began his career as a house painter and was inspired to paint by…
Afrikaner Newspapers and the newspaper industry from 1830
… company, owned by Carl Juta, who would go on to grow his company into a major book publisher in South Africa. The … Toit’s call for the recognition of…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 2: The first farmers in Southern Africa
… women, boys and girls were different. Men focused on metal work, women worked on the day to day activities and children … significant in the Stone Age…