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PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… which means; 'Valley of Grace'. Is located just 5km from Greyton South Africa, was originally called … suffering under the influx of White farmers, were…
PlaceUmlazi
… controlled ‘Bantu’ settlements. Umlazi got its name from the Mlazi River, on the southern bank where the … The name Umlazicould also conceivably have been…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… in locations . Following the removal of Black people from Ndabeni location, near Maitland , in the late 1920s, the … the name Langa means Sun, the name is…
PlaceSignal Hill
… during the Napoleonic Wars , Britain took the Cape Colony from the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische … the English took over, the two Dutch…
ArchiveThe arch agitator of the Union by Shula Marks, 31 January 2019
… of Natal (known as the ICU Yase Natal) received a notice from the minister of justice banning him from most of Natal under the newly amended Riotous…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … the Transvaal in the early ‘eighties. They were then free from restrictions of any kind whatsoever…
Message to the People of South Africa by O.R. Tambo, 26 June 1968
… to the People! Matla! Mayibuye! We have come a long way from the day 18 years ago when the Nationalist Government … and demonstrations; the great campaigns…
Curry and the South African Revolution by E. S. Reddy
… the lunches for the accused. The trial was moved from Johannesburg to the Synagogue in Pretoria after many of … leaders, including Nelson Mandela, were…
Press Conference in Addis Ababal: Oliver Tambo, 02 July 1987
… ANC satisfied about the level of support that is emanating from the member States of the OAU. TAMBO : We would like to … the situation demands maximum…
PlaceRobertson Division
… Cape Winelands region. The population of Drakenstein grew from 194 413 in 2001 to 251 262 in 2011. According to the … Older. Accordingly, the Child…
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… spring of 2002. The earliest papers in the collection date from 1959 and record the activities of the AAM's predecessor, the Boycott Movement; the latest are…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… and early 1970s. It has a wide ambit and covers a period from the 1870s to the mid-1970s; from early colonial intervention against togt (day) workers ……
EventClarence Makwetu Passes Away
… and Gqongo Makwetu. He served as a political activist from 1954-1996 and was a Pan-Africanist stalwart. Before separating from the Pan-African Congress,…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… extended to not only targeting Africans, but also people from Central and Eastern Europe. Five months down the line … Indian mineworkers, protesting the…
EventDr Ali Bacher, director of the SACU, announces the shortening of the ‘rebel cricket tour ‘as a gesture of support for the country’s dramatic political changes
… so called because they took place amid strong disapproval from several governments, the United Cricket Conference and … of 1982 and 1990, a time when South…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… was established in 1957 when Black People were resettled from Alexandra and other Areas in Edenvale, Kempton Park, Midrand and Germiston . The name Tembisa…
Document 61 - A. Mon [M. N. Averbach] 4 , “A Comment on Trotsky’s Letter to S.A.”, Worker’s Voice, 1, 3, July 1945 […]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … the landlessness of the Africans in particular has flowed from the imperialist policy of creating a…
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… Indoor bazaar with shops selling bargains from clothing to home-ware to spices, plus food stalls. … suburb of Fordsburg in the mid-1970s, when Indian traders…
PlaceRailway Administration Building, bounded by Maitland-, Hanger, St Andrew and Harvey Streets, Bloemfontein
… was completed on 15 February 1899. Later that year, from 31 May to 4 June, it was the location of unsuccessful … over 90,000 tons of beer was received,…
PlaceFort Frederick, Port Elizabeth
… to, is at the mouth of the Baakens River, which stretches from just above the harbour to the western outskirts of Port … of the 1820 settlers, no retributive…
PlaceWorld War Cenotaph
… who lost both Sons in the War, fired the first shell from the Long Cecil gun, during the event. Historian, Steve … Cenotaph will undergo Restoration soon,…
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… on at Franschhoek Motor Museum. This Museum gives visitors from around the World a chance to look back on more than 100 … the relevant car. (These are full…
PlacePort St. Johns
… in all his finery, hear the thumping sound of kwaito music from a furniture store, and dodge the ever-present voracious … Xhosa, Afrikaans and English as…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
… Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town , on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles . … in 1658 as part of a group of 220 enslaved people taken from Benin…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… of the forts would have been able to ward off attacks from any direction. The walls were crenellated to make … 151 Bantu workers. The fort was constructed…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… Initially, blood transfusions needed to be made directly from the donor to the receiver before coagulation occurred. … VIII, who had fallen into a coma…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… singing career. In 2005, Makeba announced her retirement from the mainstream music industry but she continued to make … 2008), 'Miriam Makeba, 76, Singer and…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… of the existing climate of violence and intimidation from whatever quarter as well as a commitment to stability … and to a peaceful process of negotiations…
PlaceSteenberg Farmstead, Tokai Road, Constantia
… Africa of Jan van Riebeeck. She made the perilous journey from her home in Lubeck on the Baltic Coast of Germany to the … whose treasure-seeking voyages have…
PlaceCrossroads Township
… the airport. It began when workers were forcibly removed from Brown’s Farm and sent to Crossroads. On their arrival … raids were prevalent here; demanding…