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EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… reforms to grant some representation to sections of the Black population in parliament through a Tricameral …
EventIdi Amin, Ugandan dictator, flees after a seven year reign
… in Burma, Kenya, and Somalia. He was also one of two 'Black' Ugandan soldiers to be promoted to the rank of officer …
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… fleet, well known for their signature lavender hulls and black and red funnels. But alas, the career of Windsor …
EventSA President P.W Botha meets with leaders of independent homelands
… government was put under extreme pressure as unrest in Black townships escalated. During the year schools in …
EventSir Benjamin D’Urban accepts the Mfengu as British subjects
… Christianity, and accede to be subjects of the Crown, or Black 'settlers'. *Note: Mfengu - Although they speak a …
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… diamonds, in an unprecedented effort to weed out the 'Black market' trade in gems that has been used to fund civil …
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold that black miners extracted from the earth. Most African miners …
ArchiveBiography of Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin by Victoria Sedeno
… to the movement against the unfair treatment of black Africans in South Africa through her career as a … young people. [3] Sikhakhane-Rankin then became the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter III - Dr. Philip - 'Defendre of the Hottentots'
… They aver that he stood for "equality between White and Black" and abominate him accordingly. On the other hand there … on three planes. First and foremost…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… and military power since 1948 but made a deal with the Black majority to establish a democracy and transfer power to … power and privilege under apartheid…
The Atlantic slave trade
… saw a large furnace of copper boiling, and a multitude of black people of every description chained together, every one … deck and fainted. When I recovered…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… centre for the Boers. 1840s Boleu establishes Thaba Ntsho (Black Mountain), a fortified capital built on a hill near … from Nelspruit as a labour reserve, it…
ArticleTimeline — Land Dispossession and Restitution in South Africa - 1995-2013
… The government intended to redistribute 30% of land to black people by 2014. However, the process of land reform has … and the falling into disuse of…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… in coal dust. They are visually arresting in their deeply black and glittering surfaces, stencilled with text from … is engaging. Shot in colour it reads as…
"Our struggle is for progress": Statement by Albert Luthuli, 15 June 1962
… to all sections of the South African population - both Black and White. I want to address it to the peasants in the … beginning of the end of our struggle…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… to death. But the cause of justice will never die. For the black and democratic majority in our country the march to … alone, South Africa has witnessed an…
David Goldblatt: Intersections; Asbestos; Particulars by Sue Williamson, 1 - 25 October 2003
… new for Goldblatt, who for years worked solely in black and white. For him, images in colour were … the third body of work,'Particulars' are closeups, in…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… District Six series with the three portraits of youthful black subjects Goldblatt shot in 1972. New Recruit, Fanakalo … has not lost this sensitivity in his…
District Six: 3,000 ex-residents on land claims waiting list by Diana Mellow (GroundUp), 23 September 2016
… Street, became Keizersgracht Street. All businesses run by black people along the road were destroyed. Davids describes … now Cape Peninsula University of…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… Gwala as the “exciting re-emergence of the respected Black-consciousness era poet.” “Crap,” says the published … of poetry means to us today’, or ‘let’s talk…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… was a rudimentary Boer republic in place, the previous black inhabitants were well on their way to becoming … was a rudimentary Boer republic in place, the…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… Project: ‘Where Do Whites Fit in?’: The portrayal of Black Consciousness and its effects on white liberals in …
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1866-1909
… Convention is organised by J.T. Jabavu, editor of the Black newspaper, Imvo Zabantsundu . The convention declares …
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… (article) Race and ethnicity in South Africa (article) Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) (article) Pan-Africanism …
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… monthly spring clean. He entered the hall and found 50 black cleaners at work. Looking for somewhere else to plant …
ArchiveThe 1957 Alexandra Bus Boycott and its unsung heroes by Roseinnes Phahle, June 2019
… moving people out of Sophiatown which it had declared a “black spot” because it was located in the midst of … south, east and north. In the grand scheme of…
PlacePaarden Eiland
… of Cape Town's Southern Suburbs. It eventually joins the Black River to empty into Table Bay at Paarden Island. The …
PlaceBitterfontein, Western Cape
… one of its finest hallmarks. Its terrain is roamed by the black-backed jackal and Cape honey badgers. An arid area, …
PlaceMountain Zebra National Park, Karoo Region of Cradock
… are great, particularly if you’re trying to spot Birds, Black Rhino and Cheetah, are fantastic! Time your visit with …
PlaceLady Grey, Eastern Cape
… were no poor White people in Lady Grey. During the War, Black people were paid well in service of the British and …