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The Polly Street Era
… and teach in Sophiatown. Sekoto on the other hand paid his own way to Paris but due to financial pressure was unable … had received some tuition from Judith…
Archive2005 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2005
… now done. Chief Justice Chaskalson has convinced me that his own determination to continue to contribute to the birth … considerations, dictates that he…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Second Joint Sitting of the Third Democratic Parliament Cape Town: February 11 2005
… now done. Chief Justice Chaskalson has convinced me that his own determination to continue to contribute to the birth … considerations, dictates that he…
Upcoming events at the Book Lounge
… of South African politics. He will be here to talk about his memoir. Allister will be in conversation with John … radicalisation of its critical project…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… it was purchased by John Goodrick who, with the help of his son, built a two-roomed wattle and daub cottage upon it. … The following year, it was sold to a…
PlaceEquatorial Guinea
… off from the world. In 1979, Macias was overthrown by his nephew Teodoro Obiang Nguema. By the time Macias' rule … had either fled Equatorial Guinea or been…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… Pierre Steyn. On 18 December General Steyn presented his preliminary findings to President De Klerk and senior … of Steyn's provisional findings. As De Klerk…
EventRaymond Dart completes work on Taung skull
… was the first early human fossil found in Africa. With his find, Dr. Dart upset orthodox scientific thinking, … to two million years ago. When Dr. Dart's…
EventBelgium annexes the Congo Free State
… was determined to possess a colony. He undertook this in his personal capacity by recruiting Stanley to exploit the … organization, but in reality it only…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… down to the Cape Colony. It was during this campaign that his Commando, as the Boer military formations were called, … had free reign of the surrounding…
EventDe Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. is founded to exercise control over diamond production in South Africa
… to the mine at De Beer's, which marked the beginning of his dominance of the diamond mining industry in South Africa. … Trading Company (DTC) in 2000. Harry…
PlacePhillipton
… and supporter of the rights of indigenous people, his book "Researches in South Africa", published in 1828, … first missionary was James Read who devoted…
Document 31 - The Negotiating Forum: resolution on the transition process
… C. Rossow entertained me very hospitably, sometimes at his home, but neither he nor his family could speak anything but German. They had at that …
PlaceClearwater, Now Known as Griquastad- in the Northern Cape
… erected near the Town's Hospital. Dr. Robert Moffat and his wife Mary, on their way to the Town of Kuruman , were … of the murders of Northern Cape farmer…
PlaceParow
… for the Captain. Parow died on 4 December 1910 , in his house in Cassibelle, Maitland. His wife, JW Timmerman, died ten years prior. They did not …
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… why elections in the organisation have become a 'life and death' matter to an extent that members are ready to use any … act as if we were treating a patient…
ArchiveWorld Press Photo Exhibition 84
… with red Arabic writing on it. Small photo of man on his chest. Grey poster with black lettering. …
EventRadical politician, journalist, teacher and co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC) branch in Cape Town, James Thaele passes away
… He was born in Basutoland (Lesotho) in 1888. Thaele lost his ANC Western Cape leadership position to A.V. Coto in the …
ArchiveThe South African Reality
… of Churches, to students at the University of Natal. His speech covers subjects such as foreign investments, …
ArchiveSpeech of the President of the ANC, Nelson Mandela to members of the British parliament House of Commons, London, 5 May 1993
… than through actions which are predicated on violence and death. I say these things because our own country and people … good number of our leaders and…
The diary of Maria Tholo - December 2 - 15 by Carol Hermer
… were waiting in the road to see if he was genuinely at his own house or just running from them. To get back to the … raided during the shebeen crackdown, but…
ArchiveNatal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
… of History, University of Natal, 1990. The author focusses his research with an interest in "secessionism" and the …
ArchiveImperialist conspiracy in Africa
… political events in South Africa, covering eleven years of his exile from 1963 to 1974, in keeping the flow of the …
ArchiveExcerpts from long interview given by President O R Tambo to Associated Press correspondent, Mr Nicky Hanks on 7th June 1980 in Lusaka
… 1980 in Lusaka. Discusses actions of Gatsha Buthelezi and his stance on school boycotts, malnutrition in South Africa …
EventButhelezi boycotts first session of CODESA
… leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), announced his intention not to attend the first session of CODESA. He …
EventAfrikaans linguist H J Terblanche is born
… language. He died on 23 March 1977 and shortly afterwards his autobiography, Jare van Storm en Drang , was published a …
EventLord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War
… came to nothing, resulting in Kitchener changing his military tactics and setting up barbed wire and block …
EventOscar Pistorius South African sprint runner is born
… which is a congenital absence of the fibular in both legs. His legs were amputated below the knee when he was eleven …
ArchiveDon listen to the evil talk of the troublema
… first half of title, showing man with snakes coming out of his mouth and boys listening to him. Artwork on right hand …
Address at University of KwaZulu-Natal SRC awards, 7 May 2005, Howard College, Durban
… captured the African`s quest for education succinctly in his article ?The Regeneration of Africa?, published on 5 … having learned that knowledge is power,…