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South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… The biographical essays are selected from students in a South African history survey course that sought to put … through pen and paper Jonathan Ansumana…
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… a group of Afrikaners led by Frederik van Zyl Slabbert in Dakar, Senegal. In July 1987, at the initiative of the Institute for a … of 62 people, mainly…
EventANC mounts a sabotage attack on fuel depot in Ermelo
… The eighties in South Africa heralded a time of increased resistance … regime, as the regime increasingly became more brutal in its suppression of critics,…
ArchiveLocal economic rsponses to industrial migration in small towns.
… A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Doctoral Degree in the Faculty of Human Science, at the University of … about the…
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
… Witzenberg is nestled in the Cape Winelands District on Route 62, consisting of : … of Ceres. Witsenberg got its name from WA van der Stel in 1699, in honour…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… Roland Levinsky, of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His father was born in the…
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… African National Congress (ANC) issued a joint statement in Lusaka, reiterating their commitment to overthrow White supremacy in South Africa. The respective…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
… Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa , Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape ), … of those who visited Eulalie Stott’s…
PlaceBakone Malapa Northern Sotho Open-Air Museum, in Polokwane
… warm hospitality and rich Culture of the Basotho people in the 'Bakone Malapa Museum'. The Bakone, a sub-group of the … Bakone people! The Cultural Village…
ArchiveEducation for barbarism: Bantu (Apartheid) education in South Africa
… The author, himself, one of the leaders in the unity movement and in the struggle for liberation, tries to focus attention on the education system in South…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… of Mozambique (FRELIMO) and he led the Mozambican people in their fight for independence from Portugal. In 1975 they were victorious and he was elected as ……
Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1949-1950
… A Survey of race relations in South Africa in 1949-1950 and includes chapters on: Rights and duties of liberals in South Africa; Institute activities and…
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
… Dumisani Abraham Mabaso was born on 20 June 1955 in Soweto. He received his initial basic art training at the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) in…
EventA coalmine explosion in Rhodesia kills over four hundred workers
… Over four hundred mine workers lost their lives in Rhodesia’s (now Zimbabwe) worst mine disaster ever. The … and Botswana. The explosion happened at no.2…
EventMbeki and his entourage arrive in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
… and Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Aziz Pahad, arrived in Abidjan (Ivory Coast) to help find a solution to the political unrest in the country. Thousands of…
EventThe 25th Summer Olympics opens in Barcelona, Spain
… On 25 July 1992, the 25th Summer Olympics opened in Barcelona, Spain. Barcelona was chosen ahead of Amsterdam, … had plagued the games since 1972. South…
EventZANU-PF wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe
… Front (ZANU-PF) won the first free elections in Zimbabwe. Robert Mugabe, president of ZANU since 1977, … (PF-ZAPU) party trailed Mugabe's ZANU-PF by 20…
EventMandela suspends talks in the wake of Boipatong Massacre
… that he was suspending all talks with the Government in the wake of the killings in Boipatong. The ANC blamed President F.W. de Klerk for not … on the…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi meets President Kaizer Matanzima in Tongaat
… of Kwa Zulu met President Kaizer Matanzima of Transkei in Tongaat, north of Durban, where they declared they were … Tricameral Constitutional proposals which…
EventThe Immigration Regulation Act is passed in South Africa
… and restricted their entry into the country, was passed in South Africa. The Act was prejudiced on the basis of national origin, race, gender and class. In…
EventAlbertina Sisulu addresses a major anti-apartheid rally in London.
… rights abuses and persecution of anti-apartheid activists in the form of assassinations, detentions, bombings and … of America (USA). The delegation held…
SACTU press release in ‘New Age’, 22 November 1962
… Quoted in Luckhardt, K. & Wall, B. (1980). Organize or Starve! The … believe that by sealing off these [house arrested] people in their homes or flats he…
EventMangope calls out troops as unrest flares in Bophuthatswana
… In 1994, the persistant tensions in Bophuthatswana homeland came to a head after the … including a civil service strike and and mutiny in the local armed…
”A House in Harrington Street”, photographic exhibition by Nicholas Eppel
… The Centre for Curating the Archive, invites you to A House in Harrington Street, by Nicholas Eppel. Eppel’s debut solo exhibition reflects three years in…
BiographyGavin Jantjes
… Gavin Jantjes was born in Cape Town in 1948. He studied at the University of Cape Town's … closed .” Other pictures allude to the exploitation of the black…
ArchivePhotographs of houses in the New Brighton Native Village
… Photographs of houses in various stages of construction in New Brighton African Village. … Photographs of houses in the New Brighton Native Village …
Andries Jacobus Bester, Boer commandant, is born in Bloemfontein
… Boer commandant of the Bethlehem commando who fought in the Battle of Colesberg during the Anglo-Boer War 2, is born in Bloemfontein. … Andries Jacobus…
Training programme for trainers in nonviolent-action conflict handling
… Minutes of a meeting held in the Church of the Province of South Africa (CPSA) … 22, 1988, regarding a training programme for trainers in conflict handling. …
BiographyYusuf Joe Jacobs
… Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940. His father … organisation aimed at improving management in black schools. He…
BiographyMary Malete
… South Africa) and the Job Creation Trust. Malete grew up in Lady Selbourne, Pretoria West. Her father, Jerry Molokwane, was a herdsman in Romtshinyadi in…