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EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
On 11 February 1962, two actors, Athol Fugard, 29, from Port Elizabeth, author of the two - man play "The Blood knot" and his co-actor Zakes Mokae, 27, from…
ArchiveMeeting between the South African Government and the Western Contact Group in Cape Town on 28 October 1981
Report from a meeting held between a South African delegation led by R F Botha and representatives from the USA, UK, Canada, West Germany and France to discuss…
ArticleRustenburg Timeline 1850-2001
… days. Other agreements include improvements in methods of land surveying. Paul Kruger establishes a school on his farm … is made the capital. June, Every…
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in Johannesburg. The Presidents of…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress during apartheid, Jacob Zuma neutralized perceived traitors and sidelined opponents to shore…
EventReggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down
African National Congress (ANC) Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, Mr Reggie Hadebe, was gunned down in an…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… owned by the Sigweje people. The State now owns the land. Inkosi Didumndeni Kunene, who succeeded Inkosi Sigweje … the history of his people and their…
Appeal to the British public by Dube
… APPEAL TO THE BRITISH PUBLIC ABOUT THE NATIVE LAND ACT, 1913 by John Langalibalele Dube President, South … Opinion with the following editorial note: “The…
PlaceBabanango, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Initially the Town was part of land granted to White farmers, in 1885, for their support of … planning in an attempt to regulate…
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
My Background When I look back at those activities of 1980, I think of it as the time when I got introduced to the realm of political activism. I had first…
Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the Revolutionary Movement among White Workers in South Africa, presented at the Sixth
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 25 - E. R. Roux, The New Slogan and the…
Summary Minutes of a meeting between a delegation from the Republic of South Africa, an Angolan/Cuban delegation, and a delegation from the United States of America as mediator on the question of SWA/Namibia and Angola: Cairo, 24-25 June 1988
Minutes of a meeting between delegates from South Africa, Angola and Cuba, with delegates from the United States of America as mediators, to discuss Cuban…
ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
… troops, including 15 000 Australians and New Zealanders, land at Gallipoli Peninsula near Constantinople. The aim is …
EventPatrick Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal.
Patrick Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal.
Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape
Peter Alroy Charles Hendrickse, ANC politician, member of parliament and Codesa delegate, is born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the son of Alan Hendrickse.
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Curry, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa,
ArchiveMeeting between the Minister and Ambassador Nickel on 7 June 1985 at the Guest House, Pretoria, at 17h00
Minutes of a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, and the United States Ambassador, Herman Nickel, to discuss what the Americans…
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… colonial authorities stripped him of his chieftainship, land, and cattle without any consultation with the Paramount … (RDP) . This policy focused on basic…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
Prelims Preface Chapter 1: The chow-chow pickle jar. Chapter 2: Stepping out. Chapter 3: Indian Delights. Chapter 4: Fahmida's Worlds. …
PlaceGreater Mapungubwe Heritage Site And Tour.
… Punda Maria gate of the KNP to enter the heartland of the Land of Legend; in the Nzhelele River Valley . In the heart of the land, a legend of Heritage…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… Tyne Court. As if the void was too loaded to fill, the land in Town remained undeveloped; a blight right alongside … De Waal Drive, nothing more than 91…
ArchiveWomen in twentieth century South African politics: the Federation of South African Women, its roots, growth and decline
A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts at the University of Cape Town by Colin John Walker in October 1978. This thesis discusses the position of…
EventThe district of Uitenhage is founded in the Eastern Cape and named after Jacob Abraham Uitenhage de Mist
The town of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape Province was founded when then Commissioner-General Jacob Uitenhage de Mist felt there was a need to improve the…
EventScientists identify Green Monkey disease as responsible for more than 300 deaths in Northern Zaire and the Sudan
Marburg Disease, also known as green Monkey disease is a variant of HemorrhagicFever that was first identified in green monkeys. It gets its namefrom the city…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
Programme Director, Mongane Wally Serote Chairperson of the Board of the Freedom Park Trust, Gertrude Shope Honourable Minister of Justice and Constitutional…
Address to The 3rd Summit of The ACP Heads of State and Government Nadi, Fiji, 18 July 2002
Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, Vice President of the Dominican Republic, Madame Ortiz Bosch, Your Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ministers and…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Ceremony to mark the Retirement of Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson and the Assumption of Office of Chief Justice Pius Langa and Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke: Houses of Parliament, Cape
Madame Speaker, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces, Deputy Speaker, Deputy Chairperson and the other Presiding Officers, Chief Justice and…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… earlier he had purchased. So, Hilton College was born! The land was part of 'Ongegund'- a farm belonging to a Johanna … The land was part of 'Ongegund', a…
PlaceElandsberg Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Elandsberg is a Mountain and is located in the Swartland District, near Riebeeck Kasteel, in the Western Cape. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level…
ArticleNelspruit Timeline 1815-1996
… declared that they had been under the imression that their land and cattle would be returned but the British refused to … January, Nelspruit is proclaimed…