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BiographyChief Maqoma
… question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the …
ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
… in the subject history at the University of South Africa. This thesis examines the emergence and development of …
BiographyHarry Snitcher
… on the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) until 1948. Snitcher stood for Parliament …
African slaves being shipped to Cuba, revolt and seize the ship Amistad, leading to the eventual end of the African slave marke
Jody Scheckter wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in his Tyrrell Cosworth. He is only the second South African-born d
The South African Police takes over the tasks of the German South-West African police. 423 members of the disbanded police forc
EventA South African Defence Force Capt. Wynand du Toit is captured in Angola
During the raid on the Cabinda oil refinery, Angola, on the 21 May 1985, Capt. Wynand du Toit was taken captive, and two other South African commandoes were…
BiographySelf Mampuru
… in organising cooperatives on his return to South Africa. In 1943, critical of the inaction of the African … A documentary History of African Politics in…
BiographyAlbert Newall
… for Temple Press Ltd. In 1946 Newall immigrated to South Africa, where he eventually settled in Doornfontein, … sculpture for the African Life Centre in Cape…
BiographyRichard Rive
… in Cape Town. In 1962, he travelled extensively throughout Africa and Europe, while teaching and lecturing. …
BiographyPhillmon Velangetshe Sangweni
… in several group exhibitions from 1980 in South Africa. He is represented in the Durban Art Gallery …
BiographyFrancis William Reitz
… Gezwint en Zyn Paert and Other Songs and Rijmpies of South Africa (1884), and Oorlogs en Ander Gedichten (1910). … Howcroft, P. (undated). “South Africa…
EventWilliam Brown becomes the first South African officer killed during World War I
The 1st South African Infantry Brigade was recruited at Potchefstroom in August and September 1915 for service overseas. It was comprised of four battalions …
First National Consultative Conference: Report on the Strategy and Tactics of the African National Congress, 26 April 1969, Morogoro
… The struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa is taking place within an international context of … progress by the people of the whole world. We in…
BiographyDan Sleigh
… Degree in History and English at the University of South Africa (UNISA). By 1983, he had obtained an MA (cum laude) … certainly paved the way for many…
BiographyPieter Streicher Steyn
… led to improvements in food and safety standards in South Africa and overseas. He also made path-finding contributions … implications for a number of fields…
EventSouth African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg
South African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils was born in the Johannesburg suburb of Yeoville. The Sharpeville massacre and its aftermath drew him…
EventSouth African boxers,Zolile Mbityi and Peter Malinga both win world titles
… South Africa.info, ' South Africa's boxing champs ',[online], Available at …
CRITICISM AND CENSOSHIP IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN "ALTERNATIVE" PRESS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CARTOONS OF BAUER AND ZAPIRO 1985 -1990
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the religious service at the Cathedral of UPPSALA
CRITICISM AND CENSORSHIP IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN "ALTERNATIVE" PRESS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE CARTOONS OF BAUER AND ZAPIRO 1985 -1990
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand
ArchiveThe African Petty Bourgeoisie: a force for change or for the status quo?
Paper entitled "The African Petty Bourgeoisie: a force for change or for the status quo?" prepared by Pallo Jordan for the weekend seminar of Economist Unit of…
Mary Matilda Brown
… was born in Sea Point , Cape Town , Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for social and moral … skills and was a speaker and…
BiographyVuyani Goniwe
… Location, Alice in the Eastern Cape, left South Africa in 1977 together with Bandile Ketelo and Mgcini Mali … a MK reconnaissance unit. The unit infiltrated…
EventAfrican National Congress guerilla is shot and killed in Orange Free State.
African National Congress guerilla was shot and killed by police in a township called Ficksburg in Orange Free State on 2nd June 1986.The South African Police…
Document 35 - “New Tactics Proposed for N.R.C. Boycott: Xuma’s Address to African Congress”, The Guardian, 18 December 1947
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two …
Remarks by the President of the African National Congress Comrade JG Zuma to Worker`s Day Durban, 1 May 2015
… Movement can take great pride in the fact that South Africa is a better place to live in today than it was not so … formally establishes a public employment…
BiographySimon Nkabinde
… Tsohle Band recorded tracks and hit songs throughout South Africa. However, in 1971, Nkabinde fell out with Bopape over …
ArchiveUmkhonto we Sizwe - Structure, Training and Force Levels (1984 to 1994) by Tsepe Motumi , African Defence Review No 18, 1994
… dramatically, as angry young men and women fled South Africa in the wake of the Soweto uprisings in June 1976 and … to proceed through Rhodesia's…