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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… believe they'd won the Battle of Cato Manor . Other sources, such as Liebenberg and Spies (1993: 377) place the …
ArticleImperialism and socialism in the context of Africa
Please note: This topic's content was written in 2003 and is part of the old curriculum content, we have modified it slightly to fit the new curriculum but we…
Biography of Lefifi Tladi by Paul Linck
Abstract: This paper focuses on the life on Lefifi Tladi. Tladi is an artist, poet, and jazz singer that went into exile in South Africa because of apartheid…
EventJames La Guma dies
James Arnold (Jimmy) La Guma, trade unionist and political activist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and president of the South African…
Article1960s: The Civil Rights and Black Power movements
Introduction It is important to note that South African events do not occur in a vacuum, as we are part of a large continent and a much larger world…
Kaunda to be discharged from hospital, 25 September 2012
… after being admitted with an undisclosed ailment, medical sources said. “There are many factors to look at before he is …
EventSA Athlete Hestrie Cloete is born
South African athlete and Africa high-jump record holder Hestrie Cloete is born in Germiston. Cloete is the current Commonwealth champion and 2002 World Cup…
Indian Community
2010 marks 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Indian indentured workers and the birth of this community in South Africa. Durban is home to the largest…
14. Suicide among indentured labourers
… comments by Indian Opinion on suicide and other matters. Sources: I.I./1/21, 119511884, Natal Archives; and Indian …
Speech by Deputy Minister Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde, South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development at a Business Conference held in conjunction with the Wuhan Government, Wuhan, China 11 August 2010
… A zero rate of VAT on supplies procured from South African sources; Import status for finished goods, which are sold …
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… power to this area. The local farmers devised their own sources of power, using water or gas operated generators. …
Address by Selby Msimang, President, Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of South Africa, July 23, 1921
… of such a demand supplies of labour must be scarce. The sources of such a superfluity of labour were the territories …
Address at the Commonwealth Local Government Forum, 4 March 2003
… resources, promotion of public health and of clean energy sources; to this end we ask all local governments to discuss …
PlaceOrlando Stadium
… Stadium accommodates around 37,000 to 40,000 people, with sources citing figures like 37,139, 40,000, or 36,761, …
PlaceApiesrivier, a River Which Flows Through Pretoria
River which has its source in the Fountains Valley and flows through Pretoria. Said to have been named after the large population of Vervet monkeys that lived…
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
Click on image to enlarge The Old Synagogue Building in Pretoria. It is now no longer used as a Synagogue but is now a Grade II Provincial Heritage Resource…
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
The Chairman of the Pan-Africanist Congress and disciplinary committee announces that former party President and Robben Island detainee Clarence Makwetu has…
EventSewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh dies in Durban
Sewsunkerlal Bahadur Singh, champion for the poor and social worker, died in Durban. He was born in 1890 and played an active role in SA sports as, inter alia,…
EventFormer IFP chairman Jiyane register Nadeco with IEC
Former Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) chairman, Ziba Jiyane, registerd a new political party, the National Democratic Convention (Nadeco), with the Independent…
EventDon Mattera withdraws from public performances
During the final poetry performance at the Urban Voices Festival, South African poet, journalist and former gangster who turned community activist, Don Mattera…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Introduction
… a number of heavy blows. In a scramble to find alternative sources of funding, we were in the middle of preparing our … with them.) Chapter Two outlines both…
Mupia-Mupia Exhibition by Maurice Mbikayi
Mupia-Mupia is a Luba term that translates to "new and shiny". Maurice Mbikayi draws on this term as a concept working through the metamorphosis of ages, shape…
EventNelson Mandela says general strike will go ahead
African National Congress (ANC) President Nelson Mandela said that next week's general strike will go ahead. He says the aim of the mass protest was not an…
EventRuben Xulu is born
South African artist Ruben Xulu was born in Hlabisa, Natal. Xulu, born deaf, began carving with Bernard Gcwensa at Hlabisa mission station and embarked on a…
EventA Cape Passive Resistance Council is formed
The Cape Passive Resistance Council was formed at a mass meeting in Cape Town, attended by 1 500 people. Among the first people to volunteer were African…
EventFifth banning order for Albertina Sisulu
Stalwart anti-apartheid campaigner of South Africa, Albertina Sisulu, wife of African National Congress (ANC) leader Walter Sisulu, was placed under a banning…
EventS.A. beats New Zealand by 3
Daryll Cullinan and Jacques Kallis sent South Africa to a 3-2 win over New Zealand, with SA being unbeaten in six series matches, with Kallis and Cullinan…
EventPFP Leader Colin Wells Eglin born
Founding member of the Progressive Federal Party (PFP), Colin Wells Eglin was born in Sea Point, Cape Town. During his political career, Eglin was instrumental…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), were executed at the gallows in Pretoria…
Celebrating 50 years of the Freedom Charter - June 26 1955-June 26 2005
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