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ArticleTreks & Land conflicts 1600s-1800s
Land is a very important commodity. It is used for farming, which provides food, providing living space and can also be seen as a sign of wealth and success…
Women’s Food Committees in Cape Town during the 1940s
The political importance of women’s food committees in Cape Town during the 1940s has been emphasised by both Cheryl Walker and Tom Lodge. According to Lodge,…
PlaceZinkwazi Beach
The history of Zinkwazi Beach is fascinating, it was the time of the early Iron Age, about 300 – 1000 AD. "A place of human culture, characterized by the use…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
Terms You Need to Know: Christopher Columbus arriving in the America. Image Source Abolition: The ending of a law, a system or an institution. During…
ArticleXenophobic violence in democratic South Africa timeline
1994 to 1995 In December 1994 and January 1995, armed youth gangs in Alexandra Township outside of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, destroyed the homes and…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter Joachim von Sandrart (1606 – 1688), the…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
Completed on 4 September 1897 by the Krupps firm, Von Dewitz and Weiner, the fort cost £49 000 and had the same type of entrance as Fort Schanskop. Ramparts…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
The Star reports that Bophuthatswana's administration has decided not to publish the findings of Mr Justice E.A.T. Smith, one-man commission of inquiry into…
ArticleSPEAK Magazine (1982 - 1994)
This article was written by Carly Spagnola and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Since the beginning of the…
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid by Dr Peter Alegi
Sport, Race, and Liberation Before Apartheid: A Preliminary Study of Albert Luthuli, 1920s-1952s Dr Peter Alegi, Department of History, Michigan State…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
President of the University of Beijing; Members of faculty and students; Distinguished guests. I was honoured indeed in 1992 by your award to me of an…
The people armed, 1984-1990
Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a demonstration…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the…
46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 28 January 1908, Gandhi and two of his…
X - Counsel’s Submission on behalf of the Biko Family
From the book: No.46 - Steve Biko by Hilda Bernstein, 1978, South Africa These are the indisputed facts concerning the treatment of Mr. Biko. Mr. Biko was…
Address on the occasion of the Launch of the Final Report of the World Commission on Dams 16 November 2000, in Cabot Hall, London Friends Honoured Guests Ladies and Gentlemen
It really gives me great pleasure to be present at and participate in this occasion of the launch of the report of the World Commission on Dams. This is not…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In response to the banning, both parties were forced…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
Honourable Speaker, Your Excellency, President Festus Mogae and Mrs Mogae, Your Excellency, Vice President Ian Khama, Honourable Leader of the House, …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki at the European Parliament, Strasbourg: 17 November 2004
President of the European Parliament, Josep Borrel Fontelles, Honourable Members of the European Parliament, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: On…
ArticleThe South African War 1899-1902
On 9 October 1899 the SAR issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days later, on 11 October the war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. The…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
The Democratic Alliance (DA), previously named the Democratic Party (DP), was formed on 8 April 1989, when the former Progressive Federal Party, Independent…
Le Rona Re Batho by Phyllis Naidoo - Introduction
From the book: Le Rona Re Batho (An account of the 1982 Maseru Massacre) by Phyllis Naidoo, South Africa, 1992 After the raid into Lesotho on Thursday, 9…
Article1913 Satyagraha Campaign Resumes
Introduction A provisional settlement was reached in 1911. But in the letter of 12 September 1913 reproduced below, A.M. Cachalia, chairman of the British…
Document 109 - G. H. Gool and J. A. La Guma, “Appeal of the National Liberation League for a National Convention of the Subject Peoples of South Africa”, The Liberator, September 1937
From:South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew FELLOW NON-EUROPEANS, Business men, Professionals,…
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
“The ‘baasskap’ cookie must crumble” Mafika Pascal Gwala and the quest for a humane society If Mafika Pascal Gwala, the combative, quiet, loud, tender,…
EventUnited Party MP for Benoni, D.G. Ross, dies in England after a long illness
The 68 year-old Ross was born in the Cape, but moved to Transvaal where he spent the greater part of his life. During the Second World War Ross served as an…
Umbrella Contemporary Dance Festival
In 1988 Vita Promotions, in conjunction with two individuals, both journalists, (Adrienne Sichel and Marilyn Jenkins) with a passionate interest in…
ArticleAfrican Achievements and Potential
Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation founded by ourselves. And the nation can be nowhere else but…
Address at the National War College Abuja, Nigeria 8 December 2003
Rear Admiral Amos Adedeji, Distinguished course participants, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen: Thank you for inviting me to address you at this…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the early nineteen twenties the Indian problem had not assumed…