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ArticleThe National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU)
… A History of South Africa: From the Distant Past to the Present Day. Hatsfield, Pretoria: Protea Book House Visser, …
ArticleDutch East India Company (DEIC)/VOC
… of colonisation and slavery four hundred years later. Present-day South Africa is no different in this regard. In …
Background to the Freedom Charter 1955
… permits. All were arrested. Mandela and Cachalia were present only as observers since they planned to avoid arrest. …
PlaceAddington Hospital, Durban
… In 1879, the new Government Hospital was built at the present site and named after Rt. Hon. Henry Addington who … BWH Addison, the first Superintendent of…
SABC’s Matthews was Motsoeneng’s willing enforcer-in-chief: FJT (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… hero…Matthews abandoned the ship to save his own skin and present himself as a principled person”. Sanef editors praise …
PlaceLutheran Church, New Germany
… relevance. In January 1969, the foundation stone of the present church building was laid. At that time, the …
PlaceGroote Schuur High School
… in 2011, the numbers have grown to 850 learners. The present school building in Palmyra Road, Newlands was …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… gift-hunters trawl the stores in search of the perfect present; and local shoppers queue for the the best bargains …
PlaceOld Lutheran Church, Kroondal
… where most of its members were farmers, to the present where only a few farmers are left. This has mainly …
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… the harbour. She was retired in 1982 and was moved to her present location on the cradle at the Maritime Museum by …
EventTanzania gains independence
… of socialism. The effects of this can still be seen in present-day Tanzania, however, efforts have recently been …
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… slogans. It cannot be moved by those who cling to a present which is already dying, who prefer the illusion of …
EventExplorer and navigator Vasco da Gama completes his voyage round the Cape of Good Hope to India
… Sierra Leone, they sailed south and reached the coast of present day South Africa. Whereas previous explorers, such as …
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… exposed police denials that none of their members were present during the Boipatong massacre as false. During his …
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… vicinity of Graaf-Reinet , little timber can be found at present which is suitable for the purposes of building. All …
EventNelson Mandela celebrates 88 th birthday
… the ageing statesman this year also include a ceremony to present him and fellow graduates of Fort Hare University with …
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… We the undersigned Mahomedans, native of India [,] at present residing in the borough of Durban, beg respectfully …
Post-detention weapons
… Amendment Act In 1962 the General Law Amendment Act, No. 76 increased police powers to arrest persons who had left the … than 4 visitors at the above…
Document 26 - S. P. Bunting, Statement on the Kuusinen Thesis1 , presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 20 August 1928
… and such elements are in existence in every colony; the present draft colonial thesis is one of the first to deal on … or virtue, even where there is no…
“Dockers and solidarity activism: from the Durban Strikes to choke points in today’s global economy” by Peter Cole
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference The Durban Strikes were one of the pivotal moments in the…
ArchiveAssia Djebar: A Life of Resistance and Inspiration by Logan Landry
… escalated. These tensions have persisted up to the present, with the addition of terrorist campaigns starting in … a Fes). Other themes include love and war,…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… Convention goes further to say: "The States Parties to the present Convention declare criminal those organisations, … improve the lives of our people but…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… Congress in London ( John Tengo Jabavu and Walter Rubusana present). Mines and Works Act No 12: Permitted the granting … is the chairman of the meeting and…
Address delivered by Nelson Mandela, Deputy President of the African National Congress to the graduation ceremony at MEDUNSA 23 March 1991
… the University Community I am honoured to be invited to be present at this graduation ceremony, especially as it marks … too late for Medunsa to lay a key…
Document 27 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton, 5 September 1928
… 1928 General Secretary C.P.S.A. Dear Douglas, I am at present attending the science congress here, having just … were not founded on opportunist deviations…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… honours the contribution of women to South Africa's past, present and future. Using short, easy to read biographies and …
PlaceGroote Schuur Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… A part of it, known as Japonica Walk, survives to the present day. A second building known as The Woolsack , is an …
PlaceBurkina Faso
… by the French who rewrote the borders, according to these present borders. The country marched towards independence …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the opening of the African Cup of Nations Tournament Johannesburg, 13 January 1996
… Tournament in South Africa is the best gift Africa could present to our sporting community and, in particular, to the …
Document 62 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m.
… President Street, Johannesburg, 3 April 1936 at 8.20 p.m. Present: Comrades Phashe, Gosani, Sapire, Freislich, Kahn , …