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Document 37 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 29 November 1930
… (who has now been expelled again from the Federation by his recent backers, prospects having been offered them from a …
EventWalter Sisulu arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act
… accused of treason in the 1956 Treason Trial and following his arrest for acts of sabotage committed as part of Umkhonto …
EventBeatles records are banned by the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), due to John Lennon’s previous ‘Jesus’ comments
… - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it …
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… needed to happen swiftly. Van Zyl Slabbert later expressed his satisfaction with the outcome of the discussions. …
EventAppearance of former ministers before the TRC
… Former Prime Minister P.W.Botha was also subpoenaed, but his lawyers submitted a letter before the commission stating …
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… leprosy, or sat on the bed of a man with HIV/AIDS and held his hand, she transformed public attitudes and improved the …
EventNearly 200 People are killed in the Bulhoek massacre in the Eastern Cape
… the world would end in 1920. This caused a pilgrimage of his followers from all over South Africa. About 3 000 people …
EventLord Alfred Milner, British Colonial Secretary, and architect of the Union of South Africa dies
… of 1899 to 1902 (also referred to as the Anglo- Boer War). His mission was to reconcile the British and the Afrikaner …
11. A Brahman seeks work in Natal
… to the Protector in Natal on 7 November 1903 to enquire if his services could be employed in the Colony. Source: …
PlacePioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria
… and new Farming Methods, such as erecting outbuildings for his poultry, and, because of the ideal position of the farm …
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… ideal. The European does not want the native near him in his social capacity, but he wants him very badly in his economic capacity. (p. 43) It is from…
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… the position of the Protector and recommended that some of his judicial powers be repealed. It further recommended that …
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… journeys between Holland and East Asia. Within weeks of his arrival at the Cape, Van Riebeeck requested slaves to …
ArticleIndigenous medicine and traditional healing
… a different way. In the old days, an inyanga would look at his family and identify the child who showed the most …
ArticleHow do we find out about the history of a local area?
… than one person. You must remember that every person has his or her own opinion and that you need different views to …
EventClements Kadalie dies
… Trade unionist, Lameck Koniwaka Kadali Muwamba, known by his adopted name, Clements Kadalie, was born in April 1896, … as the Communist Party of South Africa…
EventIvory Coast's new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… spent exorbitant amounts of money on the transformation of his home village. At independence, Ivory Coast was one of the … Outarra from running for the…
EventDr Chris Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant
… Hospital. After a decade of heart surgery, Barnard and his gifted cardiothoracic team of thirty (which included his brother Marius), were well equipped to…
EventSongwriter, film producer and actor Joe Mafela dies
… On 18 March 2017, legendary actor Joe Mafela passed away on his way home from Soweto, after he was involved in a car … when he featured in a film by Peter…
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… scupper the group and form another type of alliance, since his view of COSAG was that 'maybe it has outlived its … South Africa would be a federal republic,…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… this local farmer became indebted to them they took over his Farm on a 99 year lease holding basis as a way to pay off his debts. There was also a more…
82. The President’s Council
… twelve months, he would resign. He resigned after a year. His inaugural address of 6 February 1981 is reproduced here. … he insists that he is a South…
Chapter I - Twenty thousand strong we marched
… Minister, Johannes Strijdom. He was not there. We flooded his office with them and returned to the thousands of women … Act. A banned man had appealed…
Address at the University of The State of Bahia Brazil, 14 December 2000
… ideas differ from that of Herr Eugen Duhrring, who offered his views as ordained truths and deemed himself to be in sole … anyone who dared to differ to be…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… order to enslave the Bantu completely, to deprive him of his few remaining rights, and to shut fast the door for his economic, political and social…
Chapter 5 - The Freedom Charter
… 3, p. 195-6. [25] See Liberation , June 1956. [26] From his statement to the court, dated April 20, 1964. It should … trial to make as clear as possible a…
Address to the Assembly of the Republic of Mozambique, 2 May 2002
… on the 11th January 1498 when Vasco da Gama anchored his ships up the coast off a small river identified as … south of Cape Corrientes. This was after Vasco…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… the case for the Indian subjects of Her late Majesty. In his dispatch dated the 4th September 1895, he stated: In … have to ordinary civil rights in British…
75. 1960: We are at a turning-point in the history of our country
… in South Africa in July 1960, was obliged to postpone his visit repeatedly as a result of developments in the Congo … in January 1961. He was here for 10…
Chapter 6. A Daughter of the Free State - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… madly. Very soon I heard a shout from the manager, who had his cutting table in the centre of the room and who bawled: … for she was most helpful and, when…