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EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… yards hurdles and the hammer throw events. He won South African titles in the 100 yards, 120 yards, 220 yards … ↵ [ii]David van Lill, Van Lill’s South…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU … mostly through organisations. The…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… 1914. On 25 December 1914 General Louis Botha led South African troops across Walvis Bay into German South West … the northern area of the territory. By this…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… that succeeded the TANU, addressed delegates attending the African National Congress (ANC) conference in the Tanzanian … programme based on a concept derived…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… A meeting in Johannesburg, called by the South African Native National Congress, now African National Congress (ANC), is attended by a large … delegation,…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… 15 September 1910, General Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the … granting dominion to the White…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… South African artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Boksburg, … much literature as possible on European Art and also about African Art exhibited in…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Lake Nyasa, one of his many great discoveries of the African interior. Today it may seem strange to credit one … world simply knew very little about the…
PlaceAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI), University of Cape Town
… in 2005, concerned with the lack of engagement by South African artists, Art Historians and Curators with their peers on the African Continent. Since then…
Edendale and the birth of the ANC, 06 January 2012
… parted ways with pride and embraced selflessness. For the African, it is that year that God gave us Pixley Ka Isaka … in the last decade of the 20th century…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's … internship programmes Improving the knowledge of South African…
ArticleThe National Coat of Arms
… on the Linton stone, a world famous example of South African Rock Art, now housed and displayed in the South African Museum in Cape Town. The Khoisan, the…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… and he maintained a policy of neutrality during the South African War . When platinum was discovered on BaFokeng land … kraal. A favourable environment is…
Says no to xenophobia, 19 April 2015
… The African National Congress has emphatically denounced attacks … to a stakeholder forum that will bring together voices of African compatriots against this…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Resources by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner The Federation of South African Women's Papers, University of the Witwatersrand … Ravan Press, 1983. Interview with…
ArchiveMafika Gwala Second Annual Lecture and Book Launch, 5 October 2016
… Mafika Pascal Gwala Annual lecture was initiated by South African History Online in 2015 and is run in partnership with … and Social Sciences (NIHSS). Gwala…
EventCape Colony Prime Minister opposes War
… in the Cape Colony at the start of Anglo-Boer War 2 (South African War), summarised the pssure his government has put on the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (ZAR…
EventAlfred Milner becomes High Commissioner and Governor of the Cape Province
… heightened growing tension between Britain and the South African Republic (Transvaal). With his rigid attitude he … a prominent role in events leading up to…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… Germany, when her parents, who were South African German immigrants, were on a visit to Germany. On … she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South…
Political Report by Limpopo ANC Chairperson Cde Cassel Mathale during the Limpopo ANC Provincial General Council, 10 June 2012
… morning in the name of our revolutionary movement, the African National Congress as we mark the final preparations … only way we can succeed in building a…
Chapter 6 - The Birth of SACTU
… The formation of a trade union federation based on the African workers and upholding clear principles of non-racial workers' unity, was long overdue. The…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… recognised that as long as the vote is denied to the African, Coloured and Indian peoples, Parliament cannot be … discrimination, intended to defeat the…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… of gold'. As the most powerful Commercial Centre on the African continent, Johannesburg generates 16% of South … to Los Angeles! Founded in 1886, Joburg (as…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… only, not with the Rhodesian Africans. Quoting from the African National Congress-Zimbabwe African People`s Union joint communique that as … case of South…
Tribute To Michael Harmel: Oration At Funeral In Prague, June 24, 1974
… pay homage to Comrade Michael Harmel, an outstanding South African revolutionary whose whole life was unconditionally … draft of our Party's new programme, …
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… The South African state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the … necessary for the Congress Alliance to overthrow the South African state by violence in…
Analysis: Is South Africa doing enough to prevent heritage flight? by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 07 March 2017, South Africa
… David Goldblatt was the first South African to be granted one of the art world’s major benchmarks … on the campus. It is not just on universities that South…
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
… unionists - incarcerated in Miami, United States, in 1998, African National Congress (ANC) Secretary General Gwede … is today (21 May 2010) holding a meeting…
EventMafika Gwala born
… South African poet, writer and BCM member Mafika Gwala was born … activities firstly joining National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) that later…
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who had … number of documents. At dawn on 5…