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EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… South African composer, choir conductor, organist and teacher, … to have his song "Zweliyaduduma" sung to the British Royal family in Umtata, during their…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - The glitter of gold by Emilia Potenza
… on the Witwatersrand in 1886 was a turning point in South African history. Far more than diamonds, this changed South … their control over the land and the…
ArchivePolitical Action Committee report
… to the 62nd Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2-7 … organising in order to achieve its…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… the Italian colonizers. He was also the first black African King to engage in slavery of white European war … the Italians, Menelik II expanded his kingdom…
EventVerwoerdburg is renamed Centurion.
… status under the name of Lyttelton by combining the areas of Doornkloof, Irene and Lyttelton. In 1967 Lyttelton … This was after the assassination of former…
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… downs. Economy In Cape Town proper, as in later outlying areas, the heart of the economy was agricultural at first. … slaves or free Blacks. Educators who…
Liberation organisations
… on the Freedom Charter . The UDF was supported by the African National Congress (ANC) in exile. The End Conscription Campaign The South African Defense Force…
BiographyKuben Naidoo
… Prema Naidoo and others were detained in 1981, the South African press published a photograph of his ten-year-old son, …
PlacePacaltsdorp
… William Anderson joined the mission, and both he and his family continued to play a leading role in the affairs of the … in 1971, today it is home to the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 1 Contextual Overview
… in the demanding politics of public life. It was mainly urban based, educated, and wealthy women who actively … reforms that transformed the lives of women,…
BiographyGabriel Dichaba
… in the Defiance Campaign and was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) between 1954-1956 and …
BiographyW Mati
… Born in 1923, Mati worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress in 1946. He was active in the 1949 … Member of the African National Congress,…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 21 August 1990
… that this could have a very bad effect on the whole South African situation. Do you think the differences between ANC, … Well, there are these massive…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… in a different way by Lord Shaftersbury about South African in a meeting called by the Lord Mayor at the Mansion … from both governments have been meeting to…
EventTribute to Joost van der Westhuizen
… public memorial for Joost was televised, as members of the family, including his brother and wife Amore Vittone … the Springbok legend was another unifying…
PlaceNational Women’s Monument
… and children who died in prison camps during the South African War . This monument, is the first in the world … his wife, Rachel Isabella “Tibbie” Steyn ,…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… their political and economic enslavement. A year ago the African Convention agreed that these slavery Bills must be … have no part at all in the elections,…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… to Whitehall in 1909, to prevent the adoption of the South African Act, was an expression of black consciousness. I … the LRC; it’s work is well documented,…
EventSouth Africa withdraws from the Commonwealth
… within the British Commonwealth, Dr H.F. Verwoerd, South African prime minister, went to London in March 1961 to give … British Commonwealth. This request…
EventButhelezi says Zulus would continue carrying cultural weapons
… Buthelezi warns that the deals struck between the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Government were " illegitimate " and " … and chiefs…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… and the planters were unable to induce the local African populate work on the plantations for a wage and under … as if he were a god' (Caplan, 1987: 280)…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… Workshop The Institute for Global Dialogue The South African Democracy Education Trust Introductory remarks This … as a Sisulu and he identified completely…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… telegram from Messrs. R.H.GodIo, M.J. Sipamla, Nyasaland African National Congress, and the S.A. Indian Congress … the Reserves. (f) Expulsion of thousands…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Going back in time, Windybrow started as a large family Home. It dates from the late Victorian Years, first … named for him. Reunert was a Founder Member…
PlaceKopanong Local Municipality, Free Sate
The Kopanong Local Municipality is a Category B Municipality situated within the Xhariep District of the Free State Province. It is the largest of the three…
BiographyThemba Godi
… and Industry. In November 2005 he was appointed the first African Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public … away from the PAC and became the founding…
2004 New Year’s Eve Broadcast, 30 December 2003
… require. Others continue to live in shacks without proper housing. Yet others still have no access to clean water and … to all aspects of human activity,…
55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… Members of the South African Indian Congress met the Minister of the Interior in Pretoria on 16 November 1925. They opposed the Areas Reservation and…
V - The Funeral
… the funeral from Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and other areas. The police, convoys from leaving the three main cities … Town turned back of cars and many…
PlaceGansbaai, Overberg
… you can see a trailer with a boat parked next to the family car. In spite of the developing Tourism Industry , the … delight sought after in Asian countries…