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EventFour ANC members killed in an ambush near Piet Retief, eastern Transvaal
… the Swaziland border between Houtkop and Piet Retief, but his real name was Lieutenant Silulame Moshe. Moshe drove them … [Accessed: 21 May 2014]|Harper, P…
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… her three cubs. Adams took the cubs home and together with his wife, Joy, raised them. The two older cubs were later …
PlaceQueen’s Tavern, 16 Stamford Hill Road, Durban
… Graham Leonard signed it as the Bishop of Truro, and wrote his comments in Cornish. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceSea Point
… of the commanders serving under Captain Cook , encamped his men there in order to avoid a smallpox epidemic , which … the city council in the 1930's. Solomon…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… attitude. This was strongly supported by Prof. Jabavu and his brother Mr. Alex Jabavu, which resulted in the following … a cordial welcome to the Right Hon…
PlaceWelgelegen Manor House, Belfour
… was schooled in Beaufort West. As a teenager, he began his working career in Kimberley, working for his brother who owned a butcher shop. But Andries knew…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… was one such example. From the late 1970’s, he and his organisers (principally Alan Fine and Dirk Hartford) … in late 1984 he was replaced as general…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… faith. One of the first things he does, for example, with his arrival at the Cape, is to thank God in a public prayer and to ask his blessing for the…
PlaceHawston
… Gansbaai, where he gathered seal skins! In 1840 he yielded his right to Dyer Island, to the Government in exchange for … hamlet became a beautiful town…
PlaceMahaking, formerly known as Mafikeng
… 1884, in Mafikeng, Chief Montshiwa signed a treaty ceding his sovereignty to the British. Soon afterwards the British … Wales road, which was used by the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… I would like to thank my colleague Minister Tshwete and his Department of Sport and Recreation for their sterling … Confederation of African Football, Mr…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… Jabavu asked that it be postponed to the Friday. Some of his followers were still meeting at a conference of the … seats on the Convention executive." NO…
Document 90 - “Hertzog’s Native Bill Passed: Only 11 Oppose Reactionary Measure”, Umsebenzi, 1 1 April 1936
… Now that chance is gone. But we hope Hofmeyr will stick to his guns. Comrade MASIU Holds Up the Bill On Tuesday an … of Native Affairs, or some other…
Don’t eat potatoes!
… for the pass offences and so on. If a boy did not have his pass the police would arrest him and take him to a farm and make him work there. At the farm they…
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… to music,” said Simo. He said the car wash is one of his hangout spots as it becomes vibey on Sundays with … said he enjoys spending weekends at the Dakota…
PlaceMapungubwe
… Mowena, led E.S.J. van Graan (farmer and prospector), his son and three others, to Greefswald farm on Mapungubwe … of Pretoria , Professor Leo Fouché. As a…
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… Edward Charles Webster — or Eddie, as he was known to his family, friends and colleagues — unexpectedly died of a … hike in the Amatole Mountains near…
Say It out Loud - The 1935 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 2nd January, 1935
… It was in 1924, you'll remember, that General Hertzog made his famous pronouncement, that the Coloured people should be … displayed great determination in…
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… they are black. White indifference is appalling: the death and destruction, the refugees, homelessness and scale … whose 44- year reign has brought nothing…
Speech by Rev. Dr. Allan Boesak at the launch of the United Democratic Front, 20 August 1983, Rocklands Civic Centre, Mitchell’s Plain
… so many of those who struggle for justice; the torture and death of so many in detention; the merciless killing of our … family life and which spell out a…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… by police witnesses. The prosecutor completed his opening address and Vernon Berrange of our defence team … address. Pirow had included the Freedom Charter…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… bull's eye of your hearts. And you will ask: why doesn't his poetry speak of dreams and leaves and the great volcanoes of his native land? Come and see the…
PlaceJohannesburg, Gauteng Province
… anti-apartheid activist, Gerwel was born in Cape Town, but his career was deeply connected to Johannesburg, including his role as the Vice-Chancellor of the…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
… must learn to celebrate freedom not oppression, life not death, our common humanity not separation and definition of …
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the South African Chamber of Business Banquet Johannesburg, 30 August 1994
… by the birth pains of the new provinces and the death throes of old apartheid creations. To this has been …
Under the influence of Dumile Feni’s 'African Guernica' by Sharlene Khan (The Conversation), 07 September 2016
… equally haunting work commentary on the plight of war in his country – surpassed this for me. Why it is/was … of doom – perhaps one of the four biblical…
ArchiveStatement on Mbeki's recall, by Jacob Zuma on behalf of ANC NEC, 22 September
… the decision comes with a degree of pain to Comrade Mbeki, his family, friends, members of the ANC, ordinary South … whom we interact. Comrade Mbeki has…
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… were killed and seventeen were wounded in the attempt. For his efforts, Captain Gordon was awarded the Victoria Cross, … the safety of the right Kopje,…
Cosatu special congress, Day One: The façade finally falls by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 14 July 2015, South Africa
… a partially empty hall, saying he would not deliver his opening speech as delegates were tired and proceedings … from the start and was therefore reluctant…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE RALLY AT KWA - MTHETHWA KwaMbonambi, 21 May 1995
… your heroic ancestor, King Dingiswayo, must be smiling in his grave because this is exactly what he would have done if … also consider the changes that have…