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ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 February 1977, Volume 110
… Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence from Olive Gibson; Andrew Ray Mardon; Sheena Duncan, National …
Selfless Biko 40 Years On by Barney Pityana (City Press), 10 September 2017
… I had of speaking to Steve Biko. He was on the phone from his home in Ginsberg, King William’s Town, and wanted … held. A few days before Steve’s funeral, I…
14. Suicide among indentured
… wooden partition wall, the corpse could be seen suspended from the roof inside. I broke open the door and found the deceased hanging from a beam by a rope in…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … stronger. British tactics, however, were totally different from those the Dutch. They weren’t…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 28 January 1977, Volume 95
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Gordon Battaliou, a pastor in the Stirling Baptist …
PlaceXumabokwe Hill, Queenstown
… The Hill is 1 535 Metres high and is found 26 Kilometres from Lady Frere. The name is said to mean 'jump for joy hill', derived from the Languages of:…
ArchiveCanaan rediscovered: Fingo trust lands in the Humansdorp-Tsitsikamma area
… History of the Mfengu people and their forced removal from their lands in the Humnasdorp-Tsitsikamma area. Canaan … area after the Mfengu people were…
ArchiveSouth African Library: exhibition
… at the South African Library, Queen Victoria Street, from 12th July to 29th September. Illustration of a page from an old manuscript. …
South African Students Organisations
… This is a letter from the secretary of South African Students Organisations to … held at the University of Natal (Alan Taylor Residence) from 4th-10th July,…
ArchiveBiography of Nawal El Saadawi by Sierra Hussey
… and as it gained influence, she was dismissed from her work as a doctor. This allowed her, she says, to … taught her to read the Quran but think with her…
Zola Skweyiya, former Social Development Minister, to work at ANC Headquarters, 7 May 2009
… Comrade Zola Skweyiya, following his resignation from parliamentary politics, has been redeployed to work at … located in the ANC Presidency where he will be…
PlaceAnnisfontein, a Spring and Outspan in Richtersveld- Northern Cape
… through a network of cracks and fissure—openings ranging from inter-granular spaces to large Caves. The water eventually emerges from below the surface, in…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with succulent leaves, erect spikes of flowers and bitter juice, extracted…
PlaceLand Adjoining Earle’s Dyke, Camps Bay.
… strip of land is still in its natural state and extends from Lion's Head down to the sea, giving visitors a view of … & Nature Reserve was purchased by Mr…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Church, a church for white Afrikaners only. Apart from the major fear of the DRC`s changed perspective on the … Anon, (n.d.), ‘Afrikaans Protestant Church…
EventLuthuli Combat Detachment crosses the Zambezi
… Union (ZAPU) guerrillas, crossed the Zambezi River from the Zambian banks of the river into Rhodesia (now known … References ANC, (n.d.), ‘Umkhonto we Sizwe …
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… Africa's important and influential early newspapers, ran from 1831- 1920. From its early days its editorial slant voiced the interests … As a result the…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
… included the most accurate measurement of Moon's distance from the Earth and the first observations from which the distance of a star (Alpha Centauri) could…
EventTrevor Manuel unveils GEAR
… goals, Manuel pledged to reduce the budget deficit from 4.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 4.0 per … and area. The policy document received a…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… War. Doyle was a trained medical doctor, who had graduated from Edinburgh University in 1881. Thanks to his … wrote a book called The Great Boer War, which…
EventJohn Koenakeefe Mohl , SA artist and founder member of Artists Under the Sun, dies in Soweto
… paying attention to his studies. . His father withdrew him from school so he could look after cattle. A Reverend Hale … was demolished, Mohl was forced to…
EventSouth African Communist Party leader, Dr. Yusuf Mahomed Dadoo dies
… to Muslim rights at Highgate Cemetery, a few metres away from the grave of Karl Marx. Dadoo was born on 5 September … by his mother. Following this in 1957…
EventOver 60 people are killed by RENAMO in Mozambique
… army-escorted civilian convoy was attacked by guerrillas from the Mozambique National Resistance Movement (RENAMO). … happened on a Saturday on the main road…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… to me personally in spite of the fact that I was removed from the scene of the struggle by thousands of miles. It was … the effect of the Defiance Campaign…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Vietnam Institute of International Relations on the occasion of Africa Day celebrations, Hanoi
… is a self-contained period which can be tidily separated from other historical epochs. So seduced, we may even … of history, that what is happening now has…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… glimpse Gandhi the social scientist. Another example, also from a walk or trek but a much later one, is from the famous Noakhali walk which began in end-1946…
"United Nations must take Action to Destroy Apartheid": Statement at the Meeting of the Special Political Committee of the United Nations General Assembly by O. T. Tambo, New York, 29 October, 1963
… of South Africa of all races. Here is an extract from a letter written by a person who sat in the courtroom … day in a cell twelve feet by seven feet. He…
ArchiveA broken landscape
… of an exhibition of photographs, covering South Africa from 1984 to 1986, by Gideon Mendel at The Market Photo Gallery. From the 16th March to April 5th 1986…
ArchiveA 70th Birthday Tribute to Oliver Tambo
… 70th birthday. Includes newspaper tributes, messages from friends and family, heads of State and Government, … the media, political parties and organisations…
Archive=Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 21 February 1977, Volume 111
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Columbus Malebo, and a press statement issued by the …