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EventAlan Paton is born
… as principal of the reformatory to dedicate himself to his writing. The novel was soon adapted into a musical, "Lost …
EventVoortrekkers are defeated during the Battle of Boomplaats
… commando evicted the British Resident, Major Warden, from his small barracks in Bloemfontein. The Battle resulted in …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A.B. Xuma, January 1946
… to Dr. Xuma on January 30, 1946, to congratulate him on his cable regarding South West Africa. "My quarrel with you …
EventLord Charles Somerset arrives in the Cape as Governor
… Lord Charles decided to close the farm before the end of his term because of the charges that were laid against him by …
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… they were. During the proceedings, Robert Resha resumed his evidence under cross examination by Mr. J. Trengove, for …
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… injured by security police fire on 21 March 1960. Under his stewardship, the police force became a formidable tool, …
EventHashim Amla retires from international cricket
… of international cricket. Amla, a versatile batsman, made his international debut on 28 November 2004 in a test series … in Kolkata, India. Amla broke…
South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016
… with Geraldine Fraser, now Fraser-Moleketi, as one of his assistants. Zimbabwe land reform and South Africa In 1990 … the despotic (land) confiscations by…
Document 127 - 6 Point Communist Programme f c. 7 941)
… and Italy. Hitler's strength has not come only from his guns and tanks and planes. It comes also, and chiefly, from his friends the Quislings, the Petains…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… he writes, started as a diary, a tool to help him map his way through the racial maze created over a century of colonialism, apartheid and what he calls his…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… meetings, the Rev. Gentleman is often conspicuous by his absence. "Congress leaders should frankly admit that a … he says we should adopt different tactics…
PlaceMuizenberg and Marina da Gama
… years! Its significance is that he died in the Cottage at his height of his career and resurgence of his political power. In 1910, the surf craft was…
ArchiveCuito Cuanavale, Angola 25th Anniversary of a Historic African Battle by Ronnie Kasrils (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… UNITA stronghold at Mavinga. This was the strategic key to his base at Jamba near the Caprivi Strip—a long finger of … South African Communist Party leader…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… discourages the development of self-discipline. In his survey of our present knowledge of the socialization … control of its own behaviour by focussing…
EventCanaan Banana is found guilty of sexual offences
… immediately issued a warrant for Banana's arrest. His bail was also revoked and the title deed to his Harare mansion was impounded. The Botswana Police … a…
PlaceTsolo, Eastern Cape
… appointment of Hamilton Hope as resident magistrate for his district. A second magistrate, Alexander Welsh, was … whose village was on the Xokonxa river…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency: National Assembly, 12th June 2007
… months from today will be the 30th anniversary of the death of one of South Africa's young heroes who at the age of … Steve Bantu Biko demonstrated during…
ArchiveDeputy President Cyril Ramaphosa: Memorial Service of Steve Mokone
… of evil, backward laws would stand between Steve Mokone, his love for football and his people. On the eve of his departure to Europe, he was approached by…
PlaceKhami Ruins, Zimbabwe
… zone was protected as a ‘Royal Reserve’ until the death of King Lobengule in 1893. In recognition of the …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 86th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January, 1998
… irresponsibly on our roads, resulting in unnecessary death and injury to thousands of our citizens. Many among our … against persons, which, in many…
EventThe father of South African Jazz Hugh Masekela dies
… On 23 January 2018, Hugh Masekela passed away peacefully at his home in Johannesburg , South Africa surrounded by his family. He died after a battle with…
Desirable or undesirable Basotho women?' Liquor, prostitution and the migration of Basotho women to the Rand, 1920-1945' by P. L. Bonner
… Simon Majara addressed this issue in the opening pages of his novel Liakhela. Here Majara remarks quite … tenants who could live on peri-urban farms. Taking…
Umberto Eco on the Merits of Studying History (and the Terrors of Losing It) by Charles Chu (The Polymath Project), 24 September 2017
… how many people he thought died unnecessarily under Mao. His guess (and it was just a guess) was 1 million. The actual … seating under a tree, told stories…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… a bustling cosmopolitan port, Percy Bysshe Shelley said in his poem, Hellas: "The world's great age begins anew, The … I, and I am sure many of us here, are…
51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends
… Its provisions are permissive. No one is obliged to have his or her marriage registered. As for those coming from … been removed, it is not necessary for any…
Extract from a speech by the Honourable the Prime Minister during the Cape National Party Congress at East London on 3 September 1975
… sets, since that policy can be decisive for the future of his country and his people, more so today than ever before. And from the … policy which, where…
Chapter 28. I Fight Back - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… fullest confidence in Mr. Sachs and deepest gratitude for his services to garment and other workers in the past … visited me. My four-year-old son, Andrew,…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… prepare to commemorate next year the 90th anniversary of his birth, Oliver Tambo`s legacy should inspire every South …
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… in 1934 about the impoverishment of whites, held by his action. As chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into …
PlaceWoutersen Vault, Wessels Road, Green Point.
… It was erected in 1827 by the widow of Peter Woutersen. His granddaughter married, Jacobus Christoffel Wessels, whose …