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ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. Her … in due course. We send our sincere…
EventChief Albert Luthuli, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former President of the ANC, is killed in Groutville
… KwaZulu-Natal. Chief Luthuli was President-General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 until his death in … Peace Prize and he was the most…
EventShaun Pollock makes history in a test match
… The South African all-rounder, Shaun Pollock, became the only player in … Khan of Pakistan. Born on 6 July 1973, Pollock was part a family of cricket royalty…
EventTranskei announces it is re-establishing diplomatic relations with South Africa
… between the two governments, and the demand that all South African Defence Force (SADF) members seconded to the Transkei … dates back to the late 1970s when…
PlaceDelareyville, North West
… Province has a rich History that is deeply rooted in South African Culture . It was founded in 1913, after the tragedies … permanent residents. The Area is…
PlaceFunda Community College
… sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban Foundation and IBM. The centre was initially directed … network into the visual arts sector…
ArticleHow to undertake research?
… South African History Online (SAHO) believes in empowering … struggle in South Africa? How did apartheid shape urban development in Johannesburg? 2. Find…
BiographyGodfrey Rosenbaum Zibuse Kuzwayo
… Township, Johannesburg. Kuzwayo was founding member of the African Democratic Party in 1943. He died in 1965. … Businessman, journalist and founding member…
PlaceKwaNdebele
… but most of them had to migrate for employment to urban centres like Johannesburg . Its capital was Siyabuswa …
EventThe Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the ‘72-hour curfew’
… blacks to have a permit to stay more than 72 hours in an urban area would be dropped in Pretoria and Bloemfontein as … Walker R. (1980) ‘2 S. African cities…
Prehistory of the Rustenburg area
… and he maintained a policy of neutrality during the South African War . When platinum was discovered on BaFokeng land … around their leaders for mutual…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa's richest businessmen, is born
… of Commerce (NAFCOC), Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban Foundation and the SA Foundation. Maponya studied …
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
… Camilla and Aurora. Apart from the members of my own small family, my staunchest supporters were my mother Frerna and my … Documentation Programme at the…
EventCaribbean countries refuse to send troops to Haiti
… he was offered amnesty in South Africa, where he and his family are still living in great comfort as guests of the South African government. …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
… women to join the ranks of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) the African National Congress (ANC's) armed wing in 1960. She … were made in documents emanating from…
To fully reconcile The Boer War is to fully understand the ‘Black’ Concentration Camps by Peter Dickens (The Observation Post),
… set against one of British greed for gold in The South African Republic (Transvaal) and colonial expansion by the … (he needed 50 000 troops) and control the…
Karen Nieuwoudt
… September 1965. I grew up in Johannesburg in an Afrikaans family. I went to the University Of Pretoria where I obtained …
The ANC and the Women’s League
… not like, things that were very strong in there lives like housing and jobs and passes (some people could not get jobs … It is always the women who are…
BiographyAbraham H. de Vries
… The South African writer, Abraham Hermanus de Vries, was born on … Coetzee 2007 “Ruins” in Omnibus of a Century of new South African Short Stories compiled…
BiographyPatrick “Bra Pat” Matanjana
… known, was a member of the armed wing of the African National Congress , Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and in …
BiographyGopal Krishna Gokhale
… Session in Benaras. He championed the cause of South African Indentured Indians. …
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… of Jesus to Zachus and Cleopas, and were dedicated by his Family to the Memory of Charles Edward Westfield, Session … Guild and partly by Mrs Bessie Mackay. …
EventPresident Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
… On 8 May 2015, South African President, Jacob Zuma, visited Russia. On 9 May … in political, economic, social, defence and security areas …
EventTrader and art collector Habib Rajab is born
… community. In 1968, at the inaugural meeting of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), he was elected as member of … in the civil service, post office…
OAU-AU 50th Anniversary Lecture by ANC President Jacob Zuma East London, 26 October 2013
… academics and students, Comrades and friends We bring warm African greetings from the National Executive Committee to … efforts reaching out to the outer…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… just off the main road lies the Pinetown Library complex housing both the library and a small yet interesting museum. …
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… been completed, that no provision had as yet been made for housing its garrison, and that the site suffered from a …
EventBlacks in South Africa protest against segregation
… of the arrival of Jan van Riebeeck in Table Bay, the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) at a meeting held on…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… To avoid arrest, Bambatha fled the Mpanza Valley with his family and sought refuge with King Dinizulu , kaCetshwayo in … he provided tacit support by…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
… Masunyane, Anthony Katlehong Police informed victim's family of death in custody after stayaway. 11/19 November … while pathologist indicated violence…