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Pledging to Debate History: Values and education
… the State President needs to know that he cannot impose his will through working groups that exclude students, …
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… spite of the statement by the President of the A.P.O. that his Executive supports the Lawrence Commission, the great …
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
… and a positive approach to work in general. This favoured his eventual rehabilitation. Under apartheid, thousands of …
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… held in Johannesburg where Dr James Moroka delivers his first public address as President of the ANC 1 May, A May …
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… life was notoriously chauvinistic in 70s Rhodesia, and in his 1984 book White Liberals, Moderates and Radicals in … after Elliott was dismissed from the navy…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… old a musket and one bullet and then expect him to shoot his supper! This was the reason why Boer riflemen were far … for the construction of the forts and…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
… encountered Dingane. Nervous about white encroachment on his land, Dingane had a party of Boers murdered in February … and Indian Cultures . After Dingane…
Address by the Chairperson of the Group of 77 and China, President Thabo Mbeki at the XIV Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Havana, Cuba 14 September 2006
… Fidel Castro, whom all of us wish a speedy recovery from his illness so that together with this assembled leadership he can continue to offer his wisdom to…
PlaceMozambique
… in Mozambique in 1949 (or 1950) into a rural family, with his father working as a migrant miner in South Africa, which … move to South Africa as a teenager…
PlaceValley of a Thousand Hills
… area is one of intense bloodshed and warfare. Shaka made his mark here when he became king of the Zulu people in 1816 and started out on his path of conquest…
Constitution of the South African Native National Congress, September, 1919 [Extracts]
… be final. Any dispute between the Chief and any of his people, upon being referred to the National Congress for … of Chiefs, as herein before provided, the…
Chapter 5
… rivalry between organisations. Each leader was to bring his followers to the Convention, and he together with the … spirit of co-operation. The leader who…
EventThembisile Chris Hani is killed
… had close links to the White nationalist AWB. With him was his daughter, Nomakhwezi, then 15 years old. His wife, Limpho, and two other daughters, Neo (then…
EventEthiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, is captured by EPRDF rebels
… a successful rebel war against the forces of Mengistu and his appointment marked the end of years of civil war in the … government, Zenawi promised a…
PlaceRorke's Drift, KZN
… . He became a popular figure. colonists would buy from his stores or take a drink in his simple café. With the Zulus he would trade blankets, … rifle,…
PlaceNewcastle
… Mines; She and Jess. Rider Haggard is said to be based on his time at Hilldrop House; and O'Neil's Cottage , which was … in Natal with tragic consequences…
PlaceBotshabelo Mission Station, near Middleburg
… Reserve. Initially Merensky built a Home for himself and his followers. The refugees fleeing from Chief Sekukhuni, of Swaziland under the leadership of one…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1992
… leader of our people, King Dinizulu ka Cetshwayo who, in his absence, was given this accolade in recognition of his commitment to the struggle against white…
PlaceMhlathuze River
… thinking that he can surprise Shaka, and hastily sends off his much greater army to fight the Zulu. In one mighty … and Mzilikazi (Zwide’s grandson) and…
EventPat Boone, American singer, actor and writer, begins a 10-day tour of South Africa
… turning down a role if he felt that it would compromise his religious beliefs. In 1961, Boone came to South Africa … By the 1970’s he was singing Gospel…
EventControversial 'Black Jesus' painter, Ronald Harrison, dies
… of cancer on 28 June 2011, just before he was to exhibit his latest work. Black Christ remains his most famous work. The painting is now housed at the South …
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa's richest businessmen, is born
… first by opening small grocery shops in Soweto with his wife. He then went on to bigger ventures such as setting … motor dealerships, a BMW franchise and…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… to serve on such a committee," he said. Reiterating his appeal for a united front, Chief Lutuli asked: "In the …
Freedom Day Call by Albert Luthuli, 3 June 1956
… In his national Freedom Day Call, ANC President-General Albert …
Message by Albert Luthuli, 1 May 1955
… has set in everywhere in the land. No one is sure of his home any more; in various parts of the country the people …
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… rape trial ended in a controversial “not guilty” verdict, his rape accuser has remained invisible with few people …
PlaceRustenburg House, together with its Summer House, Main Road, Rondebosch.
… who died here in 1671. In 1683 Simon van der Stel made it his preferred place of Residence, and used to ride into Cape …
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… government and Defence Force, and Mangope continued his presidency. Its main political parties were the Christian …
PlaceKimberley, Northern Cape
… and many a digger celebrated a large find or drowned his diamond digging sorrows in these pubs. Today a few of …
Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… the Black man's faith must be retained in order to bolster his resistance to oppression …