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SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
… member of PAC provincially, and is still an activist in his community in Langa. He is also an executive member of the … arrest in Kimberley was also…
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… Reverend Johan Hein, teacher and evangelist, began his work here in 1844. The local School, once situated under trees, still bears his name. Since most of…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… society to alter draconian clauses within the Bill. Read his letter to President Jacob Zuma stating his reasons. Dear Mr. President, On March 29 2011 I was …
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around birthdays and anniversaries
… addition, observed with cards and letters. Nelson recalls his and Winnie's wedding day in the following extract: Nelson … Jubilee where and how? Till we meet…
12. The pickled money-order receipt
… difficulty in tracking down the money order sent by his son Cooppan. There are many similar documents that … Your two sisters and bothers, also Davasagayam…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… 65years. We dedicate this book to A. P. Mda. He dictated his foreword to this volume in 1991., a year before he died. … youthplay in renewing and challenging…
PlaceElgin
… named Oak Valley Estate in the Elgin valley in 1898. Among his farming achievements were the purchase of the first … fruit trees. These were initially grown…
Archive"Isikhumbuzo" (Memorial): Self-authored obituary by Petros Sipho Mkhize, dedicated to Getruth Ndlovu, written while awaiting execution, Pretoria Central Prison, circa 1967
… dedicated it "To Getruth Ndlovu." On it he recorded, in his own hand, the key dates of his persecution: his arrest on 14 September 1966, his sentencing on 2…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… the settlement, he was called Abraham, he was fleeing from his master in Batavia, he arrived as stowaway on 2 March … with an European woman he would be…
Statement by Albert Luthuli to the council of the Institute of Race Relations, 19 December 1960
… Many Afrikaners must feel indebted to General Hertzog for his two-stream policy which started a schism in the white … the institution of chieftainship which…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the Millennium Debate of the Joint Houses of Parliament, Cape Town, 19 November 1999
… century of this millennium, in which he sought to educate his fellow Romans about the Africans of the day. Here is what … activities. No longer sliding…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Chapter 1 - Rural Change and the Future of South Africa by Rachidi R. Molapo
… of the Act was the eviction of many, often resulting in death to both people and their livestock. The cutting of ties … for himselfor to procure it directly…
56. The Cape Town Agreement is welcomed
… that Mr. A. I. Kajee has written over 7,000 letters during his fourteen-months' term of office. The incoming secretary … (Further Provision) Bill. That Bill…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… Areas. Chief Lutuli sent this message to the people from his sick-bed.] There are no guns or bullets or clubs which …
PlaceAlbasini Dam, Limpopo
… peoples in the Soutpansberg under the ZAR. The ruins of his Residence, on the Western Bank of the Phabenspruit are 16 …
Secret Ballot
… who takes Genocide (The People’s Hope) under his wing. “Secret Ballot” is an exploration of how Political …
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… then as president from independence in December 1961 until his retirement in 1985, except for a brief period shortly …
EventThe UN Security Council to lay down rules which would allow UN forces to enter Congo
… demanded the immediate removal of Belgian forces in his country. He threatened to ask the Soviet Union for help …
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… for the rights of all South Africans to the end of his life and remains entrenched in our history as an eminent …
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… resisting moving after every 20 minutes, failing to keep his goods in a vehicle and for trading in a restricted area …
EventJoseph Louw is sentenced to six months imprisonment for contravening the Immorality Act
… . When Louw's attorney asked for suspended sentence for his client, he was told by the magistrate that the case was …
EventUN Secretary-General Hammerskjöld arrives in Congo
… Tshombe . However, Dag Hammerskjöld did not arrive at his destination. The plane he was boarding with fifteen other …
EventSA joins World War II
… Hertzog was left with no option but to resign from his position. The minister of justice, Gen. J.C. Smuts, took …
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
… resulted in him being shot. He died on the wet driveway to his apartment block while waiting for an ambulance. Stander …
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… a member of the anti-election Freedom Alliance. His stance caused widespread demonstrations in which 40 …
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… resisted efforts to integrate into the new South Africa. His attempt to prolong the sham authority of the homeland was …
EventMalebane Metsing stages a coup in Bophuthatswana
… the S.A. ambassador in Bophuthatswana not to interfere. His request was not granted as the S.A. Defence Force moved …
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… off course by a decoy beacon as was alleged. Machel was on his way back from an international meeting in Malawi in the …
EventANC claim responsibility for a land mine explosion which kills six
… Transvaal (now Limpopo). Johannes Frederick van Eck, his wife, son and daughter were spending the December …
EventTrevor Manuel predicts SA economic growth
… SA finance minister Trevor Manuel, upon his arrival in Davos, Switzerland, predicted economic growth …