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Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… Lesotho, and we began a running conversation on South African society that continues to this day. We found that we … and Economic Research at Rhodes…
PlaceSomalia
… century CE, migrants from Oman began to arrive on the East African coastline and introduced the Somali inhabitants to … the Kingdom of Ifat. [ix] The…
ArchiveDavid Koloane fought for the right to define himself – and his art by Ruth Simbao, 24 July 2019
… to him as a “leading force in the promotion of South African artists”. Koloane’s contribution to the visual arts … South Africa and navigating, for example,…
South Africa in the 1900s (1900-1917)
… bodies. In 1902 Coloureds in Cape Town formed the African People's Organisation to represent the interests of … assumed new urgency with the formation of the…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… artwork. Intangible heritage includes things such as our family heritage, religion, praise poetry, music, songs, dance … Gleaming skyscrapers contrast with…
The Soul Of The ANC Under Attack by Frank Chikane
… their personal interests or that of their factions, family and friends. At worst 'comrades leaders' reach a stage … of these challenges on our vision and…
PlaceVryheid, Northern KwaZulu-Natal
… and Portugal. It was later incorporated into the South African Republic, but at the end of the Second Boer War; the …
Timeline: All-Africa Convention (AAC)
… (D. D. T.) Jabavu, Prixley Ka Isaka Seme, President of the African National Congress (ANC), Africans from different … Prof. Jabavu, delegates draft…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… the eldest of five children. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899, the family moved to Estcourt in Natal . It is here that she … thirteen schools…
EventThami Mnyele, SA artist and member of MK, is killed in Gaborone
… his political activities, Mnyele was forced to leave his family in Alexander, becoming exiled in Botswana. He became very active in the African National…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… historic move, Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African National…
Edited Transcript of Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Heads of Mission at the Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 13 October 2005
… to do in order to increase the rate of growth of the South African economy. And that is one of the central principal … so on, Transnet is of course a…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
… as Gauteng Province). Born into a working class Afrikaner family, he captained the South African national rugby team, better known as Springboks from ……
EventKaiser Matanzima of Transkei announces his intention to retire from the Presidency
… in February 1982, to devote more time to traditional and family affairs. However, in 1986 Matanzima was forced by the South African government to retire from…
ArticleMapungubwe
… have been the centre of the largest known kingdom in the African sub-continent. The civilization thrived as a … gold smelting. A large amount of artifacts…
BiographyKisten Moonsamy
… the struggle against apartheid in the ranks of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and Umkhonto weSizwe (MK). … Pamphlet issued by the African National…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… could be maintained. Provision was made inside for the housing of about 100 men, together with stores, food and …
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Banquet help in honour of President Bakili Muluzi of Malawi Cape Town, 2 June 1998
… good medical services, nutritional food and adequate housing. Not long ago we met in Blantyre as the SADC Summit … democracy are permanent features of the…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… the value of socialism as expressed in the precolonial African communal tradition. It was Lembede, together with A. … the Johannesburg Municipality on legal…
Chaskalson transcended his bias and loyalties by Tony Leon, 4 December 2012
… and judicial independence. Only a statement by the South African Communist Party (SACP) drew attention to the fact … although his nomination was at the…
ArticleSouth Africa’s Diverse Culture Artistic and Linguistic Heritage
… also recognises other non-official languages such as South African sign language, Khoe Khoe and the San. Many other … They are found in and around Mopani…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… As the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress … being banned. The decline of the Federation of South…
ArticleTimeline of the Marikana Massacre 2012 - 2013
… The build-up to the killing of 34 mineworkers by the South African Police was marked by incidents of intimidation and … vehicles torched. Striking workers…
BiographyBalelekeng Sam Masemola
… Born in 1926, Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer …
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… contains HIV, which is the virus that causes AIDS. 1970s African doctors see a rise in opportunistic infections and … The Rwandan study concluded that, "an…
BiographyMpush Makambi
… In a fierce battle between Apla cadres and the South African Defence Force (SADF) near the Botswana border, … In 1999 he was voted King Korn boxer of the…
BiographyColin Gardner
… In 1989, he was a member of a delegation of South African academics who met with the African National Congress (ANC) in Lusaka, Zambia. A year …
EventJournalist and anti-apartheid activist M.P. Naicker dies
… anti-apartheid activist, and Director of Publicity of the African National Congress (ANC) External Mission, Marimuthu … struggle abroad. Leaders and…
EventSASO leader, Abram Tiro is assassinated
… Onkgopotse Abram Tiro, a leader of the South African Students' Organisation (SASO), was killed by a parcel … by the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) and…
EventHelen Nontando Jabavu, author and periodical editor in London, is born in Middeldrift, SA
… was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in … for many years. She went on to become one of the…