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EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… by FW de Klerk who shortly after taking office announced his policy of reform. De Klerk hoped to create a suitable …
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… boats capsized and Makana, while marshalling and urging his men to swim to shore, drowned. Only four of the prisoners …
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… Black rugby player to captain the Springboks. In 2010, his reputation was tainted when he was suspended following a …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… by the Comrades Marathon Association in recognition of his contribution to the Comrades Marathon. …
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… In just three years after taking office, Verwoerd realised his Republican dream when a 'White-only' referendum supported …
EventRwandan and Burundian presidents J Habyarimana and C Ntayamira are killed in an air crash
… were assassinated. Juvenal Habyarimana of Rwanda and his Burundian counterpart Cyprian Ntayamira were among 10 …
EventAthanase Seromba surrenders to the ICTR after being accused of participating in the slaughter of the Tutsis
… found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in prison. His sentence was increased to life in 2008 after the ICTR …
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… as he had been at countless others since the 1950s. His picture of the mass funeral following the Sharpeville … Massacre in 1960 had immense impact at the…
PlaceSimon's Town, Cape Peninsula
… houses’, which were side by side – the one belonging to his mother and the other to his grandmother. Despite the imperfections of the location – … day,” he…
Address during a joint sitting of Parliament to mark 10 years of Democracy In South Africa Monday 10 May 2004, Cape Town
… President and to those that he has appointed as members of his national Cabinet and to the positions of provincial … a modest man and I know he would prefer…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… Kadalie is opposing it, ostensibly on the ground that his organisation has already put forward demands similar to … because he fears the League will still…
Address on the Occasion of the Torch Handing Over Ceremony, “From Rio to Johannesburg” , 25 June 2002 Rio De Janeiro
… the world declared: "Man is both creature and moulder of his environment, which gives him physical sustenance and … and technology, man has acquired the…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around Mandela’s health
… I'll harpoon him to the ring and hammer him out in his own corner. I can't predict what will happen tomorrow but … I will discuss the matter further with Dr…
8. Pillay and others petition the Viceroy of India
… people are weak and effeminate, as stated by Mr. Morris in his History of India, and cannot, consequently, stand … cases that may come before the court at…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… of the same continent, is aptly captured by Edward Behr in his book, "The Algerian Problem" quoting a report by Jules … the European settler that there are…
EventVerwoerd's grandson joins ANC
… Congress. Wilhelm Verwoerd risked being alienated by his family and friends for his decision. He was not even welcome at Stellenbosch, the … he was called a…
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…
EventDale Steyn retires from Test cricket
… August 2019, Dale Steyn South African cricketer announced his retirement from the Test format. He made his Test debut against England in December 2004. In…
Archive2014 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2014 (before National Elections)
… State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, President of the Republic of … of Correctional Services. We are truly saddened by his sudden…
PlaceMossel Bay, (400 km From Cape Town)
… Gama returned to Portugal and was handsomely rewarded for His voyage was an extra ordinary maritime achievement, if one considered the small size of his…
PlaceNieu-Bethesda
… Decades ago writer; Athol Fugard chose Nieu Bethesda as his inspirational home where many of his world-famous plays were written. On 6 August 1901, during …
ArchiveRudd Concession by King Lobengula of Matabeleland (1888)
… interpreted and explained by me to the Chief Lobengula and his full Council of Indunas and that all the Constitutional … of the Matabele Nation had been…
Nelson Mandela Mandela and Winnie’s studies
… studies. In prison Nelson read everything he could lay his hands on. Political prisoners were initially denied all … College. In the following letters he…
ArticleThe Angolan Civil War (1975-2002): A Brief History
… which prevented total economic and military collapse. The death of President Augustinho Neto in 1979 led to the …
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… to render fundamental clues to a deeper understanding of his universe.” …
The Unsung Hero of South African Photography
… to render fundamental clues to a deeper understanding of his universe.” …