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PlaceSophiatown
… Clearance programmes with the aim of removing Black people from the inner City of Johannesburg. The JCC was controlled … . This Act allowed the ruling party,…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of … abscond - to leave hurriedly and secretly to escape from custody or arrest annex - add to one’s…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… trading post run by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) from the Netherlands. Sailing ships on their way to India … chose to come to the Cape to settle. They…
PlaceWaaihoek Farm
… original occupants. The 47 families were then evicted from their homes to make a way for the proposed resettlement site. About 37 extended families from…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 11 February 1977, Volume 105
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Samuel Moss from the West Rand Bantu Administration Board, to the …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 25 February 1977, Volume 119
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Z Z Mashao and others from the Joint Advisory Board of Atteridgeville and Mamelodi, …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 7 February 1977, Volume 100
… Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence from Dr Aaron Matlhare, a medical practitioner in Soweto and evidence from Aubrey Mokoena, to the…
PlaceWits Art Museum
… Wits University Cultural Precinct and is just three blocks from the Nelson Mandela Bridge . Its’ collections begun in … collection was founded through…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… slums, and named after Johannes Rudolph Albertyn who lived from 1878 to 1967. Albertyn obtained a BA degree from the Huguenot University College at…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
… Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province … business ventures. Tshombe announced Katanga's…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
… From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early … the more grateful for the tolerance that has come my way from members of the Koranna and Griqua…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Introduction
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and … It has a history, and we can learn significant lessons from this history. We need to understand the…
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… to Galeshewe township near Kimberley where he was banned from writing, teaching, speaking in public or even praying in … admitted as an attorney in 1975, ran…
![Freddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/event_pics/Freddie%20Mercury.jpg?itok=Vuq6ADKe)
EventFreddie Mercury [Bulsara], singer and songwriter, is born in Zanzibar, Africa.
… Bulsara in Zanzibar, East Africa. His parents were Parsis from Bombay (now Mumbai), India. Mercury was sent to boarding … solo. He was also a good pianist,…
A collection of articles, speeches and letter pertaining to Dr James Sebe Moroka
… - The Friend Bloemfontein, 12 September 1951 (pdf) Letter from Dr James Moroka and Walter Sisulu to Prime Minister 11 February 1952 (pdf) Letter from Dr…
PlaceAgieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
… Stopping place for the Transnet busses on the Route from Bedford to Spring Valley. The name is derived from Achaskloof. Area around the lower reaches of the…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… not a slaver but a merchant vessel. She was on a journey from the Netherlands to the Cape when she came across a … heading to Brazil. The Portuguese slaver…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 March 1977, Volume 122
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Johannes van Zyl and Mr Knoetze, both from the Bantu Administration Board of the Vaal Triangle, to …
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… Prehistory This volume outlines the sources and materials from which African history has been constructed and describes … Civilizations of Africa This volume…
PlaceBenin
… Kérékou to power in 1972. After gaining independence from the French in 1960, Benin’s first coup came in October … groups will often give political support…
Place'Abbervlaack', a Railway Station in the Northern Cape
… Railway Station some 34 km from Port Nolloth. It takes its name from the surrounding plain, known as Abbevlak. The name is derived from the Khoikhoi name of…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. A letter from Com Goodlatte dated 14/7/36 together…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … mark the beginning of a permanent movement for liberation from all oppressive laws and…
Resolution of the Executive Committee of the AAC, February 15, 1936 46
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann," 26 December…
PlaceChris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg
… , South Africa. (Soweto was a separate municipality from 1983 to 2002, when it was amalgamated to the City of … to make his fortune. The surname "Baragwanath…
PlaceQuaqua
… was a homeland created for the Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) that had been … of the homeland increased as more people…
EventYoweri Kaguta Moseveni becomes president of Uganda
… changes of government since it attained its independence from British rule in 1962. In December 1980 Apollo Milton Obote, from the Uganda People's Congress …
ArchiveUnban the ANC
… Light brown poster with black lettering. Page from Pretoria News newspaper. Short piece of information on ANC. Commemoration of 75 years of the ANC, from 8…
PlaceRosmead
… established on about 2 April 1883, when the Railway Line from Cradock was inaugurated. Due to its location at the … in honour of Sir Hercules Robinson,…
EventGeorge Pemba, artist and playwright is born in Port Elizabeth
… to paint as a child and he received rudimentary training from his brother. In later years he was the recipient of several bursaries. He exhibited his work…