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My Spirit Is Not Banned - Introduction by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … national campaigns. It covers a period of nearly 80 years, from her birth until the 1980s…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VI - The Wesleyans take a hand
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … itself. The period of the vast movement of Bantu tribes from the north had come to an end. Land…
Address by President Jacob Zuma to The Progressive Professionals Forum on the occasion of their launch, 2 August 2013
… of our country. South Africa has come a long way from a past of exclusion and discrimination on the basis of … dawn of freedom. One of the symbolic moments…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… This rural non-profit is home to many business ventures from equestrian activities to art workshops. In a large … Dutch geele klinkers or klompie bricks were…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… inhabited the Area before the arrival of the Nguni people from the North of the Mpumalanga province . As part of their … San mined Red Ochre in an Area known…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… Museum of Natural History, which in turn developed from the 1892 Zuid Afrikaanse Republiek’s Staatsmuseum. … Africa, exhibits at the museum include hominid…
PlaceNewlands
… established at about the same time. The railway line from Salt River reached Newlands on 19 December 1864. Today, … the eastern slopes of Table Mountain only…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… and drawings. His widow, Yoko Ono, received condolences from celebrities, Presidents, Prime Ministers, and legions of stunned fans from all over the world. …
EventIt is widely reported that British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher criticised the ANC, calling it a terrorist organisation
… The quote comes from a press conference held by the British Prime Minister at … To be fair, however, the "cuckoo land" remark likely came from a spokesperson…
The defiance campaign by M. P. Naicker
… fight against the threat of the removal of Coloured voters from the Common Roll) to discuss a joint campaign of civil … "It is my contention that no matter…
PlaceChad
… scale war with Libya and a protracted internal conflict from 1966 to the 1990s [vi] . After clashes around the border … internal conflict which ended in…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… remained in Natal, some because they had been recruited from the impoverished south of India and saw no opportunity … Indian family life, as it effectively…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… King Lois XVI of France. His mother impressed upon him from an early age the desire for serving the people … Clairwood and the adjacent Areas were served by…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… then constantly. You can tell where a family has settled from its fire. The family hangs its possessions in the bushes … available all around us. We gather…
PlaceDimbaza, Eastern Cape
… were children had been moved to Dimbaza. 203 families came from Middelburg, 67 families originated from Burgersdorp and 39 families from Cape Town. Most of…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XII - End and Beginning
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by … beginning of the task of rewriting history that is free from the distortions and falsifications…
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… statement of ‘no work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The statement was released after the … their businesses properly when their…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
… that the South African Defence Force troops be withdrawn from the township and that the councillors resign. On 4 June, … Radebe reported that such demands…
ArchiveDirector’s Report on the Activities of the Chris Hani Institute for the period October 2012 to September 2015
… Our research, educational work and public engagement is from the perspective of working (and workless) people, from the losers rather than the winners in…
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
… main Railway Line between Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth. From here a branch line leads to Grahamstown. The town was a … training facility during the…
PlaceAlbertinia, Mossel Bay- The Garden Route
… and became a Municipality in 1920. The name is derived from the surname of Johannes Rudolph Albertyn, 1847-1920. He … Two factories in Albertinia extract…
EventThe QwaQwa homeland receives self-government status
… Bakwena Southern Sotho sub-tribes. The word Qwaqwa hails from the San language meaning ‘whiter than white’ which was … up most of the homeland’s rocky…
EventAnnesu de Vos, SA poet, is born.
… the Eugene Marais prize, a prestigious literary award from the South African Academy for Science and Art. Since then widely anthologized selections from her…
EventDr Ben Ngubane is born
… in President Mandela's Government of National Unity from 1994 until August 1997. In March 1997, Ngubane was … his long-term relationship with the IFP when he…
EventSA artist Sydney Khumalo is born
… 1964, when he became full-time artist, receiving guidance from Edoardo Villa. In 1967 he visited the United States of … in 1979 and the USA again in 1985. He…
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… he was advised to flee to Zambia. He stayed in Zambia from 1983 until 1986 and continued serving in the National … has an MA in political science and public…
EventTranskei breaks all diplomatic ties with the Republic of South Africa
… of South Africa.This included a unilateral withdrawal from the non-aggression pact between the two governments, and … over disputed land. References: O…
EventTranskei Defense Force topples Transkei Bantustan leader George Matanzima, but denies coup
… Bantustan, was toppled by his military and forced to flee from the Transkei after a bloodless coup led by Defence Force … Holomisa also announced that…
EventNigeria cuts its diplomatic missions
… by half. Nigeria hoped that this measure would save it from further economic decline. The cut came after the military regime of Buhari, which took power from…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… Johns) with 600 people on board. The ship was returning from her voyage to India when she was stranded. She had left … the coast. The leader, his wife and…