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20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… for in the new Draft Ordinance before the assent of His Majesty in Council is given. Your memorialists beg most … to redress their grievances, and further to…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… Indian in the Colony to contemplate the abandoning of his children while they are yet hardly sixteen years; how … your petitioners submit that he is entitled…
The Military Defeat of the South Africans in Angola by Horace Campbell (Monthly Review), Africa, Angola
… out the cost of the battle and told him he had to “ask his friends to pay.” The United States also reactivated the … this point that President Botha had to…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1972
… the giant among giants that he is - a giant at least in his own Africa, on his own soil, if nowhere else. We must assert his imposing stature, White people…
"Racial Crisis in South Africa" . Address to meeting of Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, March 2, 1961
… and isolated in the international world. Dr. Verwoerd and his colleagues went round the country and assured the white … goes back successful then he will…
PlaceUmzinto, South Coast
… sites and walks. King Shaka also visited this Area on his travels and within the reserve lays the words: “Umthombo … Kashaka” - meaning a well of fresh water…
EventPresident Jacob Zuma steps down as President of South Africa
… 2018, President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma announced his resignation with immediate effect, following years of … of the republic with immediate effect.”,…
Chapter 6. Conclusion by Frantz Fanon, 1961
… to push man around, to tear him away from himself or from his privacy, to break and kill him. No, we do not want to … of man, and consisted of the…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… who, two hundred years ago in 1805, wrote these words in his poem, The Prelude: "Dust as we are, the immortal spirit … this painful and difficult task we…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… petered out. Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini and his camp asserted their dominance. While that does not mean … Once it was obvious that the numbers were…
EventLegendary South African Football Administrator Abdul Bhamjee dies
… was affectionately known as "Mr Soccer" peacefully died at his Johannesburg home on Monday night.His sacrifice and determination to fight for equality and …
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… white farmer is making more use than he did originally of his farm and the farm is becoming too small for himself, his children and the natives. As land…
Restrictions on the media
… had not been hospitalised until he began coughing blood in his cell. But when Nelson Mandela contracted tuberculosis in … There are reports that Botha,…
EventAndre Botha, South Africa’s bodyboarding champion saves a life
… Evan Geiselmann was rendered unconscious when he struck his head during the life threatening wipeout.[iv] Video …
PlaceMofolo Arts Centre
… at the Centre until 1981. Chabani Cyril Manganyi, began his art career at the Centre and went on to teach at Rorke's …
`We will come back with Msholozi`- erupts Pondoland, 12 December 2008
… Jacob Zuma on arrival to the area. On the second leg of his four-day Eastern Cape visit, Zuma arrived this morning to …
PlaceSeychelles
… the Presidency to James Alix Michel in June 2004- 2016. His Excellency, Dr. Patrick Herminie is the current President …
ArchiveAcceptance of Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, by Nelson Mandela, 1 November 2006
… and to know that Seamus Heaney is with us through his words. That I am being honoured by Amnesty International …
Giyani, Polokwane
… its premiere President Cyril Ramaphosa mentioned it in his Human Rights Day speech when he said South Africans are …
PlaceOld Magistrate’s Offices and Residence, Main Street, Simonstown
… the town mascot's story including newspaper clippings and his Royal Navy dog collar and many photographs. 'Just …
PlaceCasa Labia,198 Main Road, Muizenberg
… Knight purchased the land in 1901, and subsequently built his residence upon it, a large dwelling designed in a …
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… 14 bedrooms, just perfect to be able to accommodate all of his 17 children! It was here that the De Waal family started …
PlaceKing’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.
… over Cape Town in 1795. General Craig had learnt from his own success The French Lines had not been carried through …
PlaceSAAF Memorial and Museum
… but had to later withdraw. Mr RF McGAW was appointed in his place. The design for the Memorial allowed for a small …
Statement by the National Executive Committee of the ANC - 20 September 2008
… has decided to recall the President of the Republic before his term of office expires. Our decision has been …
EventNatal Indian Organisation delegation meets Premier Smuts
… on 21 October 1945. Kajee had come under criticism for his moderate politics and close ties with Prime Minister Jan …
The Reunited National Party is founded by Malan and Hertzog
… continuing as Prime Minister and Smuts functioning as his deputy. The coalition received strong opposition from a …
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… become State President in 1978, was forced to resign after his alleged involvement with the Information Scandal. This …
EventNumber of banned persons in South Africa totals 936
… a system of banning. A banned person was restricted to his/her home and could not be seen with more than one person …
EventPort Natal is renamed Durban in honour of Sir Benjamin D’Urban, governor of the Cape Colony from 1834 - 1837
… of Fynn (rewritten from memory 20 years after he had lost his original copy) and another settler Isaacs constitute the …