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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…
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…
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…
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…
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… to become a member of the Cape Town City Council (from 1905-1940). His death raised concern within the Black, … communities. Some tributes to Abdurahman also…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, in the face of a popular uprising … and 2 television stations. He then…
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… Combivir, a leading AIDS combination therapy, will drop from $1.70 to 90 cents a day. Epivir, also called 3TC, will drop from 64 cents to 35 cents a day, and…
EventFrance tests an atomic bomb in Algeria
… would be the first of many by France. Despite protests from the international community and several African states, … nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean…
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Soon after my … government was intent on removing all coloured voters from the common voters' roll. The common…
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… his role in the passive resistance campaign, was brought from prison and charged again. Dadoo, along with Dr Naicker , … the strike was placed on the CPSA…
The Dutch and the Khoisan
… The VOC brought soldiers, slaves and settlers to the Cape from the Netherlands and the East and eventually the station … free burghers or citizens who had…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Racism against Indians
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of … Town Council in evicting Indian and coloured residents from the Benoni town. Mr. Trichardt, who…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 … Freedom Charter, reported O. R. Tambo, was "being compiled from thousands of written…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - What is industrialisation? by Emilia Potenza
… From the book: All That Glitters by Emilia Potenza During … In the late 19th Century, South Africa changed rapidly from an agricultural society, where most…
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… of Magagula and Mashile; Members of the PEC, many RECs from different regions, Zonal and Branch leaders; The many … such a productive life committed comrade…
Nelson Mandela by Oliver Tambo
… in Johannesburg in a shabby building across the street from the Magistrates' Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street … I ran the gauntlet of patient queues of…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… in national affairs, and Europe is not altogether free from it. Even in Asia, which has suffered from racial oppression and discrimination for so long, … of…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… splendour of the Western Cape has drawn visitors from across the globe. As they continue to come they will … and a symbol of future prosperity. It draws its…
Closing Speech at the ANC Conference "Peoples Of The World United Against Apartheid, For A Democratic South Africa" by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 December 1987
… the apartheid enemy of all humankind on all fronts and from all corners of the globe. We shall conduct a concerted offensive because we will be proceeding…
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… take place at an undisclosed venue around Johannesburg from Friday, the 30th November until Sunday, the 2nd of … 2001. The meeting will be opened by a…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… Virginia died on 6 February 1993. He died of complications from AIDS after contracting HIV from a blood transfusion during heart surgery. Ashe, a vocal ……
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … available to those in positions of authority. It would be from similar sentiments that the…
PlacePaarl
… colonised in 1687 when land was allocated to 23 families from Stellenbosch. The district was initially known as … Paarl. The name in Dutch means "a pearl",…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… From the 2nd to the 7th July 1991, 2,244 delegates … leading fighters against minority rule and apartheid from ANC branches throughout the country, from the…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… been no Battle of Britain'. Today, only a short drive from Johannesburg, the tarred road to Hekpoort passes over … Krugersdorp for Hekpoort in order to…
Statement on Human Rights Year by Oliver Tambo, 01 June 1968
… Human Rights is not based on any complicated ideas derived from political philosophy or ideology. The simple fact is … Africa (passed in 1961) specifically…