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EventAthlete Mathews Motshwareteu enters the annals of the country’s athletics history after only five weeks of track athletics
… was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto, Johannesburg. His talent for athletics became apparent in his primary school years, which he spent at Isaacson Primary…
Oliver Tambo, October 1987
… international solidarity for a quarter century but his political life is inseparable from that of his two closest colleagues. The three men began their … of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the SA freedom day celebrations Pretoria, 27 April 1996
… world leaders, UN General-Secretary Boutros Boutros-Ghali, His majesty King Hussein bin Talal of Jordan, Presidents Jose … of struggle;those who helped break…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Freedom Day celebrations, Bisho Stadium, Eastern Cape, 27 April 2007
… world, whose solidarity made it possible for us to defeat apartheid a crime against humanity. All of them, through … from all stations in life to rededicate…
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 …
ArticleLand Restitution in South Africa since 1994
… 6.8-million hectares of land to people dispossessed under apartheid, which represents 27% of the government's target of … the willing buyer, willing seller…
EventAlbert Luthuli accepts the Nobel Peace Prize
… to racial discrimination in South Africa. Though the apartheid government restricted his movements, Luthuli was granted special permission in 1961 to attend…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma at the funeral of Mme Ruth Mompati, Vryburg, North-West Province 23 May 2015
… collective leadership, humility, honesty, discipline, hard work and mutual respect. And here lies a leader who was … as a teacher. Her first major…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… fitted, and whether he will have a chance in life to use his knowledge ”¦ What is the use of teaching the Bantu child … were increasingly becoming radical…
Growth of African Nationalism and Defiance
… Coloureds and Indians were affected by implementation of apartheid. While the laws segregated society on the one hand, … galvanised different racial groups…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
… the Elder, Roman naturalist and philosopher, wrote in his multivolume "Natural History": "Ex Africa semper aliquid … to bring peace to Liberia? Pleading, if…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from Johannesburg arrived in … West End following "Singpost to Murder" by…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of 60th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2015
… any reason, degenerate into such a shocking loss of life. Work will begin to implement the recommendations of the … African Constitution. Comrades,…
EventPretoria disputes compensation for Gaborone raid
… talks between minister of Foreign Affairs Pik Botha and his Botswana counterpart Gaositwe Chiepe. The government of … R25 million. A week earlier, during the…
UCT Summer School 2020
… century sociocultural landscape of South Africa. Today his descendants, a hybrid community of some 300 individuals … War II Prof Howard Phillips 2. …
Event”Ghetto Act” or The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act No 28 of 1946 is passed
… Indian Congress and the Natal Indian Congress, to work together for an end to the denial of rights by the Apartheid state. …
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… the attack on the army headquarters was in response to the apartheid government deploying troops in the townships to … a time when most children would be at…
Article1946 African Mineworkers Strike
… With the formal establishment of the Union, organisational work began in earnest in the face of increased harassment, … that is, to the worker's supposed…
Document 51 - W. P. van Schoor, “The Origin and Development of Segregation in South Africa A. J. Abrahamse Memorial Lecture, Cathedral Hall, Cape Town, 5 October 1950
… of the farmers in this colony”¦ consider it a shame to work with their own hands," and, that the European workers at … and rapine, the frontier Boer took…
6. Tonight, have your door open
… ago the young master ... came to the estate and I made his food for him and about 1 month afterwards Mr. Ramart came … my house and used very bad language…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official opening of the National House of Traditional Leaders, 23 February 2010, Old Assembly, Parliament, Cape Town
… to our country, it is important to reflect an aspect of his life that is often not mentioned. We sometimes forget … Mandela was actually a royal prince…
ArchiveKumkani Sabata
… on yellow, photo Kumkani Sabata; text: Kumkani Sabata; His fight against apartheid and bantustans continues …
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… implemented, stevedores in Cape Town and Durban stopped work and demanded a minimum wage equal to the PDL. 1973 Early … pamphlets warning workers that…
Chapter 7 - CONCLUSION
… he was however not in a position to effectively execute his responsibilities as the general secretary between at … to new heights, but the Party was soon to…
ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… 1893 April, M.K. Gandhi leaves for South Africa to work on a lawsuit, invited by Seth Dada Abdullah. After … the Indian Natal Congress. 1896 June, M.K…
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… necessary for deep level, therefore the division of the work force had been between white miners and white management. The custom that skilled work was done…
Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa
… Jacob van der Heiden, a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle … "murderer and incendiary". This…
ArchiveChapter 7 Arrest at Liliesleaf by Denis Goldberg
… to us by the Communist Party . Arthur Goldreich , with his wife Hazel and two young children Nicholas and Paul, were … possibilities of support for an armed…
EventBheki Mlangeni, ANC human rights lawyer of Soweto, is killed by a walkman bomb meant for Dirk Coetzee.
… at Vlakplaas . The unit carried out assassinations of anti-apartheid activists. Coetzee himself was the first commander … exposed the existence of the unit…
EventDennis Brutus is born
… Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to South African parents. His parents moved back to South Africa and settled in Port … and French ancestry, was classified as…