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… Fifteen mourners are killed in a gun attack on a funeral vigil, allegedly in collusion with the SAP. …

… Petrus de Wet, chief justice of Transvaal and acting judge in Ceylon, dies in England. …

… Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married … her brother, a member of the Congress of Democrats  (COD) in Cape Town. Although not participating actively in politics while bringing up her sons, she later joined the Black Sash , eventually becoming national secretary.  In …

… noted thatthere wasconsiderable unreston thefarm Tafelkop in the Groblersdal District, which was believed to be … the death of Lucas Scott, a ‘Bantu Information Assistant’ in the Department of Information. Matsepe was suspected of … withdrawn in 1967. *In 1962, people from a ‘swartkol’ (‘black spot’), Maleuskop, between Groblersdal [Limpopo …

… Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister … America to establish a link between the Ethiopians and the Black African Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME accepted …

… is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term … are instances where Bantu was used in a positive light by black people. In Umsebenzi, a 1940s ANC periodical, the … symbol of the oppressors. At about the same time the Black Consciousness movement was spreading and influencing …

… Trouble in Natal - 20 00 Women rioted in Cato Manor over living conditions and government beerhalls … South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) Links SA Labour History Project site The Wiehahn commission in a …

… the Wobblies) was the main influence on the radical left in South Africa in the early twentieth century. But who were the South … Andrew Dunbar was general-secretary of the IWW in Johannesburg, established in June 1910. A hefty Scots … Dunbar, Thibedi, Sigamoney: Three figures in the IWW in South Africa by Red Jack (libcom.org), 08 …

… Transport Corporation (PUTCO) increased the bus fare in 1957, it was met with resistance from the public. More than 80 percent of the Black population lived below the poverty line meaning that … to spear head a bus boycott. The boycott, which originated in Alexandra, quickly spread to other areas like Sophiatown, …

… received primary education at Indwe missionary school in the Eastern Cape. They had six children and Sindiso's … trying to build bridges between the Coloured and Black communities. On 23 May 1951 Sindiso’s mother passed … pupils the plan for the ANC Defiance Campaign , in which Black people were encouraged to peacefully occupy White …

… Margaret Nash was born at Milford-on-Sea in England on 1 March 1929.  In 1931, her family moved to South Africa and settled in … of various anti-Apartheid organisations, among which the Black Sash (member of the National Executive committee) and …

… a political prisoner, spent part of his confinement in April-May 1706 in a dungeon in the Castle in Cape Town, which he shared with Ari van … Reports Concerning Slaves from India in South Africa …

… In October 1981 Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) operatives bombed Sibasa Police Station in independent Vendaland. Several policemen were killed in the attack. The Homeland was seized by fear and panic, … Muofhe, a Lutheran Church elder suspected of complicity in the Sibasa Police Station bomb blast, dies in police …

… SA man sets record for world’s deepest dive. Nuno Gomes’ …

… and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold that black miners extracted from the earth. Most African miners … labourers, spending nine to eleven months of the year in the mines while their wives and children remained in the countryside. 10 years after 1886, the Johannesburg …

… Unions, the Communist Party and other labour movements in the struggle against Apartheid.  May Day, as we know it … old. Men, women and children forced to work long hours in miserable conditions just to eke out a living. These … for a ten-hour day as early as 1810, and instituted it in his socialist enterprise at New Lanark. For the rest of …

… South African interior. A military post was erected there in about 1815, and in 1823 its land was granted to William Wright, a land speculator who had arrived at the Cape Colony in 1820. Sometime between 1823 and 1830 he used the site to … Addo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape …

… Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. … Democrats , and was therefore involved in many strikes of black workers fighting for better wages and conditions and …

… Qaqawuli Godolozi was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he grew up and spent his teenage … company as a clerk. He then joined the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO). PEBCO was an affiliate of …

… was a historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major historical projects. Born in Cape Town in 1904, Van der Poel began her studies at the University of … Jean van der Poel dies in Cape Town. …

… National Congress (ANC) celebrated its 79th anniversary in Durban on 8 January 1991 for the first time as a legal … Congress (PAC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1960.  Some of the party's leadership was imprisoned while others skipped the country and went to live in exile. As international pressure mounted on the South …

… Bhana and Bridglal Pachai By 1911, the public outcry in India against the system of indentured labour had grown so … Indians had to be stopped. Before export was prohibited in July 1911, the Immigration Trust Board decided to invite … to emigrate to Natal. The sirdars had a torrid time in India. The testimonies of four of them are reproduced …

… From the book:  Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede When I reflect on my memories of Lembede, two things stick out in my mind ”” his scholarliness and his innovative analysis … he got a lucky break. He had performed very brilliantly in Standard VI, so he was given a scholarship to further his …

… of the Cape Colony , Cecil John Rhodes , was buried in the Matopo Hills, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ). Rhodes visited England in 1901. He was already ill on his return to Cape Town in the early months of 1902 and died soon afterwards at his … Cecil John Rhodes is buried in the Matopos …

… won a Paralympic world record gold medal 100m sprint in his first international competition at the Olympic Stadium in Athens, Greece. He fell to his knees in elation after equalling his own record of 13.07sec that he … Teboho Mokgalagadi wins gold in the Paralympic Games …

… a ladder with balls on chains around his ankle. Red, blue, black and white poster. … For victory in 1942 take the chains off our war effort …

… is a three component structure comprising of a museum in Mthatha, a visitors’ centre in Mvezo and a youth centre in Qunu, all in the Eastern Cape. The museum was opened by … The Nelson Mandela Museum is opened in Mthatha …

… Elias Motsoaledi were today sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia trial which since last year, has been the focal point of world attention.     The judge in the trial has done his duty to the white government which … and future of their country and motherland. And since in South Africa moderation and reason leads only to …

… Phaswane Mpe was born and brought up in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo). … (Wits). Not having much money, he found accommodation in the cheaper inner city area of Hillbrow, which was also … novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow depicts the struggles of Black people to find an identity in post-Apartheid South …

… at the age of 74, Ken Gampu was a well known veteran actor in South Africa. Gampu was the first South African actor to act in Hollywood films, having spent two years in the United States. His first acting job was a role in the … Bergan R. (2003) Ken Gampu -Black film star who inspired a generation in apartheid South …