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ArticleOrigins of the Battle of Blood River 1838
… of Shaka (Dingane, 10 years previously, had murdered his half-brother, Shaka, to assume the chieftainship of the … of hindsight, it seems that Retief was…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… new ones. He said it was all very well if a child came on his own but if his parents it meant he didn't want to come and he would … They are still there. I…
Christianity
… that the son of God Jesus Christ, came to earth to guide his people back to God. This is also why they are called … years ago in a stable in a small town…
Document 24 - E. R. Roux, Thesis on South Africa, presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 28 July 1928
… before the tribal fetish - a golden stool. In this work the imperialists are receiving valuable assistance from … Thuku was banished to the desert, where he…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Pretoria East
… faith. One of the first things he does, for example, with his arrival at the Cape, is to thank God in a public prayer and to ask his blessing for the…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… I would like to thank my colleague Minister Tshwete and his Department of Sport and Recreation for their sterling work in support of the African Cup of…
Document 15 - “Ruth First , “Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle”, The Guardian , 23 December 1948
… executive committees were authorised to meet jointly to work out the details of unity, and to report to their next … Jabavu asked that it be postponed to the…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… the establishment of this theatre as it had always been his desire to “develop and cultivate arts in Cape Town and … the beauty of different cultures at the…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Thembinkosi Khumalo
… PAC. Khumalo is also involved in community upliftment in his hometown, Madadeni in Newcastle. Dear Students of 1976 I … government that we went against is…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… As people began to support to the trade unions and anti-apartheid community organizations the support base of the IFP … were severely disrupted. Reverend…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… a father Reb Yehuda Leib (1851-1912) born in Lithuania and his youngest son, Harry (1895-1980), born in Cape Town and … from 1911, showing the patriarch, Reb…
Document 28 - Letterfrom E. R. Roux to the Central Executive, Communist Party of South Africa, 25 September 1928
… modifications in its concrete form), as contrasted with his own unbending opposition. Whether there is anything in … been to the opinion that there are many…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Chapter 3 - The Socio-economic Impact of the Mineral Revolution on South African Society by Drusela Numvuzo Yekela
… on each hut every year in order to pressurise men to go to work on the diamond mines”¦. In those days, a man had to work … months to get enough money to pay…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… of the White Man's Burden in Africa, was arguably at his finest in his 1972 novel, The Sunbird. In it, he narrates the allegory … "father of liberalism in…
84. The South African Indian Council: A. Rajbansi’s opening speech, 1982
… that would serve the interests of [the] community'. In his opening speech before the council A. Rajbansi, chairman … results to be effective. He declared…
Outbreak of bubonic plague
… and on Monday 22 April, the lowest was accepted, and the work put in hand. The Disinfector building was 22.5m by 12m … a permanent morgue, and although…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
… their offences, de Wet was released within six months of his conviction and sentence, and the rest within a year. This … is Billy Nair, who has already…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… of the ANC. It called upon our people to resign from all apartheid institutions, like the Natives Representative … to move from the elevated, from the…
Imvaba Arts Association
… and under the State of Emergency. Imvaba resisted the Apartheid regime through visual arts and creative writing, as …
ArticleSouth Africa - First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 - 2014)
… for the first time on 27 April 1994 to mark the end of apartheid rule and establish a new Constitutional order. This …
Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by Oliver Tambo, 26 June 1969
… on borrowed time and relying on borrowed white troops from apartheid South Africa. All southern Africa is in flames - … is a story of brutal persecution:…
A Call to Action. Message over Radio Tanzania to the people of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, 26 June 1969
… on borrowed time and relying on borrowed white troops from apartheid South Africa. All southern Africa is in flames - … is a story of brutal persecution:…
Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 - Introduction
… principally this exercise, however, that brings academic work to the "common people". Because it is a fact, that … definitely not. The book was well-received…
Public announcement of the ANC National Disciplinary Committee hearings of Comrades Julius Malema, Ronald Lamola, Pule Mabe, Sindiso Magaqa Kenetswe Mosenogi and Floyd Shivambu, 10 November 2011
… collective leadership, humility, honesty, discipline, hard work, internal debate, constructive criticism and … the findings against cde Malema were presented…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 2 (2001-2022)
… companies, thus exempting companies like Gencor, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton from paying the required amount for … defended these actions saying that he…
ArticleThe Bambatha Rebellion begins
… a white farmer from Camperdown was murdered after he took his labourers to Pietermaritzburg to pay their taxes. Another … to pay the tax but held back when…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… the heart of one of the City's former 'grey areas' of the Apartheid era - District Six. Al Azhar Mosque, in Aspeling … in Cairo. He served as the Imam of the…
ArticleIndia, Mughal Empire, 16-19th Century
… horsemen and expert musketmen and artillerymen. He faced his ememy' army of 100 000 men and 1000 elephants. Before the battle, Babur place his light field…
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 4: Communication through time
… forces would be useless, and our government would not work without it. Transportation and food supplies would not …