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ArchiveCourt Transcript of statement from the Dock of Nelson Mandela, Pretoria Supreme Court, 20 April 1964
… of my experience in South Africa and my own proudly felt African background, and not because of what any outsider … this person, and consequently I had to…
South Africa: Writer Mafika Gwala Passes Away (allAfrica), 9 September 2014
… Minister Nathi Mthethwa has sent his condolences to the family and friends of legendary poet and short story writer, … that championed the principle of…
ArticleHighlights for 2013
… South African History Online believes that history is made every … SANDF soldiers. South Africa April 2 2013 Jacob Zuma South African troops to pool out of…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
… 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval … naval officer, by offering his services to…
Archive2008 - President Mbeki, State of the Nation Address, 8 February 2008
… Deputy President of the Republic and President of the African National Congress; Our esteemed Chief Justice and … and geyser load management in households,…
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… are in the Free State camps and 55 969 in the ZAR (South African Republic/Transvaal). 523 deaths are recorded for the …
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
… at the home of Mr Berkin, the growing village was named D’Urban, after Sir Benjamin D’Urban, then Governor of the Cape, … sailed into the bay. West appointed…
EventPresident Barack Obama visits South Africa
… On 29 June 2013 President Barack Obama, accompanied by his family, made his first visit to South Africa since he was … President of the United States of…
PlaceVictorian dwellings, 135-137 Hatfield Street, Gardens
… to have been erected in 1881 as part of a speculative Housing Development scheme. The land was originally part of …
BiographyRichard S. Canca
… 1924 in Transkei . Canca was a leading figure in the All African Convention (AAC). Born about 1924, he obtained an … an AAC delegate to the joint…
BiographyPiet Makgofe
… Born in 1914 Makgofe was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress in 1938 and was active in the 1946 African miners' strike. …
PlaceChatsworth, Suburb of Durban
… to Durban’s identity, and a direct result of the Group Areas Act . View Larger Map Chatsworth comprises an area that … Minister of the Interior. Due to an…
ArchiveProgramme of action for the ANC
… campaigns: Violence, Constituent Assembly, Land and Housing, Building organs of people's power, Gangsterism, …
Address at the Paris City Hall, 18 November 2003
… and social development. Driven by the twin imperatives of urban renewal and rural development, South Africa has in the … between Paris and Johannesburg,…
PlaceDurban, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Africa’s third-largest City and one of the fastest-growing urban Areas in the World. It's Port is the busiest in South Africa … of Economics, University of…
PlaceSecunda
… air quality issues, but also benefiting from Sasol housing. It faces service delivery challenges, including … a variety of restaurants; mini-golf (Rocky…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… Methodist University partnership project Abstract The African National Congress was created in 1912 and a year … the league has been very active in the…
ArticleBlack Consciousness: Cultural Expression and Representation
… the disillusionment of educated Africans, the poverty of African life, crime and a host of other things ’ (Ndebele … and literary pieces which projected a…
The Freedom struggle: Political mobilisation in Port Elizabeth
… which put the Eastern Cape at the forefront of pioneering African political organisations. The first was the emergence a class of black African farmers who…
ArticleNegotiations and the transition
… and convince the ANC to accept reforms introduced by South African president P W Botha. Other secret meetings between … What freedom am I being offered to…
Hettie Du Preez
… the first national conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. She also joined the first … She also played a prominent role in the…
ArticleThe Padavatan Six and the 1917 Natal Floods
… in 1898. His mother worked as a cook for the Stainbank family. When he was twelve, his mother passed away and the two young brothers were adopted by a seine…
BiographyWilliam George Ballinger
… to the Non-European Conferences, and in 1943 he aided the African National Congress (ANC) in preparing evidence for a …
BiographyMichael Davis
… Davis served his compulsory one-year call-up in the South African Air Force as a medical orderly. Thereafter he studied … South African photographer and…
BiographyAnton van Wouw
… on 20 November 1862. He is regarded as the father of South African sculpture. He decided to move to the developing city …
BiographyDavid Lurie
… & Arts Council of Great Britain awards. Exhibitions 'South African Photographs': 1990 [toured UK] 'Working the Surface …
BiographyKim Ludbrook
… in one day. He has also gained awards at the Fuji South African Press Photographer of the year and had his Biker …
BiographyThys Dullaart
… document the state of negligence by the families of South African elderly people and has sustained a solid personal …
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… In 1935 he launched his own newspaper, the short-lived African Liberator. In 1946 he was among 52 people charged …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 November 1976, Volume 51
… of the Education Department; Dan Meletsi, Chairman of the Urban Bantu Council in Bloemfontein; Stephen Tsatsinyana, … member of a school Board; Koko Matsumi,…