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Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… South African Communist Party 2003 Chris Hani Memorial Lecture. … the Congress of South African Trade Unions. Born into a family of ordinary working people…
PlaceOppenheimer Gardens, Kimberley
… The Diggers’ Memorial was designed by Herman Wald, a South African sculptor who was born in Hungary in 1906. Throughout … (having been a Jew himself), love,…
EventJohn Traicos makes his International Cricket Test debut for South Africa
… up in South Africa, touring England in 1967 with the South African Universities team, and thereafter played for Rhodesia … tour Pakistan in 1993-94. Traicos…
Chapter 5: The Socio-Economic impact of Vigilantes and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… on the extent of the collusion between the South African Government, the IFP and the vigilantes. It was … in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands, had not been present…
BiographyDr Morris Zwi
… South African born, living in London for the past 22 years. He …
BiographyRobert Mokwena (George Sello)
… May 1981, Sello was killed. It was reported that the South African security forces apprehended him after finding out …
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the celebration of the 90th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela, 2 August 2008
… Isithwalandwe President Nelson Mandela and the entire family and relatives, President Thabo Mbeki, Deputy President … to see you in Addis Abbaba at the…
ArticleThe Johanna
… the first British East Indiaman to shipwreck on the South African coast. On 8 June 1682, she met her fate after eight … under the National Monuments Council…
ArticleA tribute to a great struggle stalwart Paul David by Siva Naidoo
… for four years and was elected as a delegate to the South African Council of Sport. In later years, Paul was elected … and convened the National Sports…
PlaceGanyesa
… is 70 kilometres from Vryburg and 450 kilometres from the urban metropolis of Johannesburg and its International …
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… with views of the City from various sides, mixing Urban life with Local vegetation. The Wilds provides a …
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… for this attack, it later emerged in a report of the Urban Monitoring and Awareness Committee (UMAC) that …
SAHO Milestones
… 2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a … documenting the lives of 15 secondary school…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… in which the amaTshawe instilled itself as the royal family, which dates back to the early 1600s, as a standpoint … River”. [3] They form part of the Nguni…
Chapter 4 - In search of Justice; Gumede in England, 1919-21
… on 17 July 1919: I am glad to have heard before of the family of Gebuza (Ernest Colenso) through my friend Mr. … “Africans’ Dinner”, celebrating the…
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… Wemmershoek Dam and Ou Kaapse Weg contributed to greater housing activity! …
ArticleThe Mfecane: Understanding a Period of Transformation in Southern Africa
… of this period to justify white land claims and portray African societies as inherently violent. A people's history … Carolyn Hamilton, have emphasised the…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… remained home to eleven generations of the Van der Merwe family. The farm holds a significant family, cultural and national history. The well-maintained ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the mural celebrating the adoption of the new constitution Cape Town, 8 May 1996
… free itself of the divisions which apartheid forced on the areas in which we live. The stability and tolerance which our … and the illiterate;from our cities…
Documents, and articles relating to the Sharpeville Massacre 1960
… been approved by the Frontline States, the Organisation of African Unity, and the Non-Aligned Movement and by almost all … and peace under a State of…
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Timeline 1961-1990
… weSizwe (Spear of the Nation or MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), was jointly formed by leading members of the banned ANC and South…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… got Dr Moroka, who was the Treasurer General of the All African Convention, a rival of the ANC;we asked him if he was … country, a rousing campaign in which…
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… on the Orange River .' Rietfontein' now belongs to South African golf veteran, Gary Player . On: 'Dwarsvlei; alone … from which he supplied Middelburg…
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… place to maintain white domination in all aspects of South African society. Apart from the legislation implemented to … Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act …
PlacePampierstad
… established under apartheid by the funds from the South African Development Trust (SADT) for people evicted from … while the rest came from other trust,…
PlaceJames Pearce Park, East London
… James Pearce Park has a length of 0.88 kilometres. From family outdoor picnics, kiddies playdates and parties, to … East Londoners are loving it! This once…
PlaceKing Williams Town, Amatola
… Museum is considered to have the best collection of African mammal specimens in the World. Considered to be one …
EventSir Abe Bailey, Rand mine magnate, dies.
… a wagon maker and wool merchant, later moved with his family to Queenstown. When Bailey was only 7 years old, his … pay a heavy fine. Bailey went on to…
EventCarl Niehaus is sentenced to 15 years in prison for high treason for being a member of ANC underground
… the apartheid system. He joined and became a deacon in the African Dutch Reformed Church in Alexandra and also became an active member of the African…
EventBeyers Naudé is served with his second banning order
… Beyers Naudé was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of … and was succeeded by Desmond Tutu as the head of the South African…