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African farmers in Southern Africa
… In about 250 AD, African farmers came to Southern Africa from further North. Archaeologists call this period of … moved South around the same time as the…
Document 58 - Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, “The Opening Address at the Africanist Inaugural Convention”, 4 April 1959 [….]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … slavery and humiliation, the "dom pass" is being extended from the African male dog to the African…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … a community is therefore entitled, as of right, to receive from all true democrats in the other…
PlaceOld Fort and Cemetery, Durban
… of 1837, parties of disaffected Dutch farmers , emigrating from the Cape , began to spill over the Kahlamba or … Fearing that these incursions would bring…
12. The pickled money-order receipt
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … and your image is always in my sight and it is not apart from me even in my sleep. I pen you these…
PlaceElgin
… on the town of Grabouw . The Elgin name, was derived from the farm 'Glen Elgin', a portion of which was given over … for the erection of the local station…
PlaceCape Town Stadium
… providing an environment that caters for everything from the arts to sports, music and milestone events. We make … international, star-quality event. Whether…
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
… and the southern Free State. It differed in appearance from other zebra in that it was striped on the front half of … was probably shot in the late 1870s…
EventFollowing the infamous Treason Trial, ANC leader Chief Albert Luthuli is banished by the Apartheid Government for five years
… Luthuli , President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1952 to 1967 and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1961, was … Laws). His involvement resulted in a…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… impossible to get them passports as a team. The teams from 33 countries were divided into four sections and South … References: Resha R. (1957), 'Sporting…
EventThe South African security police bombed two houses in Manzini, Swaziland
… Mokgabudi who was killed in 1981 shortly after his arrival from Angola; Ruth First who died in a parcel bomb attack in … Ntuli Z. (2004), ‘Freedom fighters…
EventA military coup deposes the Lesotho Government
… of the African National Congress (ANC) were deported from Lesotho to Zambia after the coup. By February 1990, a … a puppet of Lakhanya. In April 1991,…
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter establishes the town of Potchefstroom
… establishes the town of Potchefstroom after moving away from Natal and heading inland and eventually settling in the … 1837, Mzilikazi and his Matabele were…
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… Sixteen runners completed the 87, 9km (55 mile) race from Pietermaritzburg to Durban. According to Sian Theron from Comrades Marathon Association the 1921…
EventHansi Pauline Pollak, welfare worker and social activist, is born
… of welfare services for the World Council of Churches from 1953 to 1954. She was also involved in working for the … of Race Relations (SAIRR) and served on…
Event15 000 applications for gold mining permits received per week in Johannesburg
… diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) transformed South African from an agrarian society at the edge of world trade into a … workers, keep wages very low and gain…
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… his attention to the British Empire, laying cables first from England to Portugal, then to Gibraltar, and across the … Siemens eventually won, Bright's…
PlaceQuadrant House, 114-115 Victoria Embankment, Durban
… of the epitomes of the so-called `Berea Style' which arose from local interest in Spanish Colonial Architecture as … above was a maze of small Rooms, which…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
… From the book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the … ore stockaded villages - villages that were protected from attack by walls all around them. The…
ArchiveChurches against violence
… Coloured art image of skeleton hanging on cross with quote from bible. Preach and pray about the killings on Good … March with the people on April 22nd 1992…
ArchiveDiscussions between Mr Silvino Da Luz, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cape Verde, and Representatives of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Information: Sal Island, 11 September 1983
… between Angola and South Africa. Includes a letter from R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to the Minister … Republic of Cape Verde, confirming the key…
Chapter 23. How the United Party Betrayed South Africa - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… South African race hatred. The men and women who came back from the war, and the tens of thousands who had helped the … progress. The one thing needed to…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … stature assign to paid agents. Though massive investments from overseas continue to predominate in…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by … of education shall we give him, but what will he accept from us? The people are keen, and so…
ArchiveBefore Dawn Culture in Another South Africa (CASA)
… BY 300 SOUTH AFRICAN ARTISTS, OF WHOM 120 CAME DIRECTLY FROM SOUTH AFRICAN AND 180 AS EXILES FROM THE REST OF THE WORLD 'BEFORE DAWN' IS A CO-PRODUCTION …
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 27 January 1977, Volume 93
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Preston Mareka, a reporter for the Daily Dispatch; …
ArchiveDont Pay For Apartheid
… Don't Pay for Apartheid; if you vote, MPs will get R43 000 from GST, Tax, Cabinet Ministers will get R75 000 from GST, Tax, and GST Up, train fares up, food…
ArchiveMeeting with Secretary of State Shultz during a working lunch at the Department of State, Washington D.C. on 26 November 1982
… the Secretary of State together with other representatives from the United States Government about the situation on the South African border including Cuban…
David Goldblatt - 'Mostly Unseen' at the Goodman Gallery by Sean O'Toole
… landscape studies, three beautifully executed portraits from 1972, 13 recent colour works and three vintage District … of an individual, the photograph draws…
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… a common practice for the authorities to take documents from those they regarded as enemies. Sometimes they used … or sell them to a wealthy collector in…