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ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… The main event is expected to be attended by people from around the country and in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. … The event will be attended by ANC members…
PlacePiketberg
… by fields of wheat that change colour with the seasons - from reddish brown to golden yellow in summer, and green in … to Cape Town , Piketberg is just over…
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…
PlaceAkkedisberg Mountain Pass
… The Akkedisberg Pass translates from Afrikaans into Lizard Mountain Pass. It's an easy drive … of it dates back to 1776. The Akkedisberg Mountains run from…
PlaceRustenburg
… and rich in variety. The known History of Rustenburg spans from the 15th Century to the post-Apartheid city, and the … Reformed Church, a second minister,…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… to be living at a time when our nation is emerging from the darkest night into the bright dawn of freedom and … law that will guide our land towards a better…
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… and fifty thousand of the said cartridges to be ordered from England forthwith and delivered with reasonable … and enjoy the profits and revenues, if any,…
Chapter I - Learning to live a half life
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The 1950s had been a decade of protest, from the Defiance Campaign at the beginning to the Treason … drastic, as…
PlaceVredefort Dome, Free State Province
… Dome is Parys on the banks of the Vaal River , which flows from its source on the Highveld down through the dome area. … was once melted rock can still be…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930) COPY. "S.A.F.N.T.U.: Three requests from this body (which had reopened its…
EventRay Alexander Simons, founder of Food and Canning Workers Union, arrives in South Africa
… Alexander Simons nee Alexandrowich arrives in South Africa from Latvia where she was born on 12 January 1913. After her … with a banning order in 1954 which…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… From 1960 to 1983, the apartheid Government forcibly moved … to carry out an order to forcibly remove a group of people from their land. However, on 19…
PlaceCross erected by Bartholomew Dias
… South Africa. A minor road turns sharply off to the right from the main road that leads from Alexandria to Bushman’s River Mouth; it passes Boknes … to an…
EventLaurie Bloomfield takes picture of rioting in Cato Manor, Durban
… government's attempt to forcibly remove black people from Cator Manor, an area inhabited by both Africans and … and Sunday Tribune. Bloomfield became the…
EventFrene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born
… she obtained a LLB degree and later a doctorate in history from the Oxford University. On her return to South Africa … University (UKZN) in 2005. Prior to…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… Cliff 4 km East of Port St. Johns. Takes its name from varieties of verigated, semi-pelucid, Chalcedonies found … the beach ends abruptly in a very steep…
South Africa Court Suspends Winnie Mandela’s Jail Term by Bill Keller (The New York Times), 3 June 1993
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) …
Winnie Mandela, Given Sentence Of 6 Years In Kidnapping Case by Christopher S. Wren (The New York Times), 15 May 1991
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) …
Winnie Mandela, Defying Pretoria, Vows Vengeance by Alan Cowell(The New York Times), December 4, 1985
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) …
Anti-Apartheid Groups Cast Out Winnie Mandela, Citing Terror by Christopher S. Wren (The New York Times), 17 February 1989
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) …
Winnie Mandela Losing Allies In Soweto by Jphn D. Battersby (The New York Times), 14 February 1989
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) …
Unbowed, Winnie Mandela Endures by Sheila Rule (The New York Times), August 18, 1985
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) …
PlaceDitsong National Museum of Military History, Johannesburg
… the Johannesburg Zoo, houses weapons and other artefacts from the many conflicts that South Africa has been involved … handguns and magazine-fed rifles…
PlaceMowbray
… Mowbray first appeared in 1823, and was probably derived from the new English owners of the Welgelegen estate who originated from Melton Mowbray, in England…
EventDelagoa Bay railway line is officially opened
… Delagoa Bay Railway and the origin of Steinaecker's Horse’from The South African Military History Society, June 1996 … (n.d.), ‘Building of Delagoa Bay…
Introduction
… which aimed at eradicating the various disabilities from which Indians of all castes, classes and creeds … the dramatic way in which satyagraha campaign…
Stay-away!
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … the country on Freedom Day for everyone to stay away from work to protest against those…
PlaceAbansuip, Hill in the Northern Cape
… Khoikhoi name of Rooiberg, some 10km from Eksteenfontein . Translated from Afrikaans means 'red mountain'. …
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 2 - The Development of a Colonial Slave Society by Wayne Dooling
… From the book: Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of … One of the most important of these was the transition from hunting and gathering societies to…