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EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah, first prime and later president of Ghana
In 1949 Kwame Nkrumah formed the Convention People's party (CPP). After his 'positive action' campaign created disturbances in 1950, Nkrumah was jailed, but…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
“Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the newspaper file I needed. He was looking at…
The Fruits of the 1973 Durban Strikes: A Powerful Black Trade Union Movement. Are they still on track or are they off the rails? by Johann Maree
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Short Bio Johann Maree was one of the founders of the Western…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Foreign Relations during Apartheid, 1948
The position of South Africa in international affairs remained important throughout apartheid. The South African government needed to rely on the external…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
We received with great shock and anger the news of the brazen and outrageous invasion of the Kingdom of Lesotho by the racist South African army on December…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
Zander Tyler, stage name Jack Parow was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 6 April 1936. (Note the National Monuments plaque on the side of the loco.) The engine weighs…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
One of Bush Radio’s board members and a strong anti-apartheid activist Professor William Tilden McClain passed away on Sunday the 02nd of October 2011. We at…
PlaceHazyview
A Village that is inundated with History and very quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The name "Hazyview" aptly describes the hazy,…
PlacePhalaborwa, Limpopo Province
Phalaborwa is a town in the Mopani District Municipality, Limpopo province, South Africa. Phalaborwa is the site of the 'Big Hole', the earth's largest man…
ArchiveChapter 3 University by Denis Goldberg
I was a fresh-faced 16-year-old when I started my studies in 1950 at the University of Cape Town. In the long summer holiday between school and university I…
PlaceKalahari Desert
Kalahari Desert is basically, a large basin like Plain in the interior Plateau of Southern Africa. It occupies almost all of Botswana, the eastern third of…
ArticleThe Jacob Zuma Presidency - 2009 to 2017 (March)
Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma ascended to the South African presidency on 9 May 2009 on a wave of popular euphoria fuelled by voters and fellow party politicians…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
1976 According to the government-appointed Cillie Commission of Enquiry 575 people died. Police action resulted in 451 deaths. 3 907 people were injured…
Afrikaner
From European to "Africaander” The modern Afrikaner is descended mainly from Western Europeans who settled on the southern tip of Africa during the middle…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
Sons and Daughters of Afrika! The Pan Africanist Congress was successfully launched as the liberation movement of the African people at a Convention held at…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 87 - "Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention", The…
ArchiveIsisebenzi December 1972 (English Translation)
ISISEBENZI COVER PAGE IS STAMPED (NATAL SOCIETY 1 DEC 1972 COPYRIGHT) LOCO ( WORKERS HAND HOLDING A CHAIN) EDITORS NOTES: We have a lot of issues…
EventOlive Shisana is born
Prominent South African academic, Dr Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
On behalf of the National Executive Committee, the entire membership of the African National Congress, its military wing Umkhonto we Sizwe and indeed on my own…
PlaceFort Schanskop
After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria by constructing forts in strategic places…
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
Abe Bailey was born in Cradock, Cape Colony, in 1864. His father, a wagon maker and wool merchant, later moved with his family to Queenstown. When Bailey was…
7.Madras merchants protest against an order to uncover and remove their boots in court
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Some 24 Indians calling themselves Madras…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… treason. They then confiscated all documents, posters and film and proceeded taking names and addresses of all the …
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919
1910 The establishment of the Union of South Africa consolidates white rule over the territories that came to be known as South Africa. The Union is founded…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the adoption…
PlaceSkurweberg Pass, Mpumalanga
The Skurweberg Pass lies on the rim of the Drakensberg Escarpment - a steep, tarred and modern route over the Skurweberg Mountains, on the R 541 between…
Indian South Africans timeline 1940-1949
… in Victoria Street recorded what was described as ‘Grand Film Shots’ of the NIC elections, the Gale Street camp, and …
Biennale Dak’Art 2018 : Open Call for Submissions - Deadline: 31 Jul 2017
The 13th edition of the Biennale de l’Art Africain Contemporain Dak’Art / Biennial of Contemporary African Art Dak’art will be held May–June 2018 in Dakar,…
An open letter from Desmond Tutu to Aung San Su Kyi, 7 September 2017
My dear Aung San Su Kyi I am now elderly, decrepit and formally retired, but breaking my vow to remain silent on public affairs out of profound sadness about…