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Chapter IX - Treason - South African style 2
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph The months of … He was the very witness who had taken such a battering from Vemon Berrange two years before, in…
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer … what action to take next. I hear they spent Sunday going from church to church collecting for bail…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 12
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African … for friendship. Where other men choose their friends from a small group of acquaintances in a…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… 1950. [1] She holds a BA degree which she obtained from the University of the North, South Africa. She holds a … Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology which…
PlaceJesser Point Lighthouse
… and Giant Loggerhead and Leatherback Turtles, which emerge from the sea in December and January to lay their eggs on the … form a continuous protected area…
EventImperial German Forces forced to unconditional surrender by Union of South Africa Forces during World War I
… African Campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914 – 1915’ from South African Military History Society [online] … [Accessed: 05 July 2011] Anon, (n.d.), …
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… Rufane Donkin was acting Governor at the Cape from 1820 to 1821 during the absence of Lord Charles Somerset … Finally in 2021, with the aim to distance…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… in 1908. Her father had immigrated to South Africa from Germany in 1894. She studied Social Anthropology at the … attempts by the Johannesburg municipality…
EventUSA drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
… radiation released by the bombs and have since suffered from radiation poisoning, acute radiation syndrome (ARS) and … that a nuclear attack similar to…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… hit. During this period diamond exports fell in value from 16.5 million pounds in 1928 to 1,4 million pounds in … 1934. In the agricultural sector, the price…
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
… move in the Cape Province to remove non-White voters from the common municipal roll. The Association gave its … the Government proposed to eliminate these…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… He was given a nine month sentence and was prohibited from leaving the Kimberley area until August 1953. Letele was … being diagnosed with an incurable…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… After a power struggle with Bédié, who excluded Outarra from running for the presidency on the basis of his ethnicity, Outarra resigned from his post. On 17…
EventJulius Nyerere chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) addresses the ANC in Arusha
… socialist programme based on a concept derived from a variant of African socialism. Nyerere called for an … speeches of the Arusha Conference. The Conference…
EventDay of mourning held for Kinross mine disaster that claimed 177 lives
… had also objected to the exclusion of union leaders from the company-sponsored memorial service guest list, … The day of mourning was observed by thousands…
EventJonas de la Guerre leaves the Cape in an expedition to the north
… a legendary city. This area was situated in Zimbabwe, from the Zambezi to the Indian Ocean, and was rumoured to be … and was only actually discovered by an…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
… accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van … – minutes of the meetings of the…
EventSANNC (ANC) meeting is attended by a large number of people
… is attended by a large number of people, men and women, from South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland. The … forward. Also in the agenda of the meeting…
EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… and also about African Art exhibited in museums abroad. From these studies it became apparent to him that African Art … sculptures and concentrated on…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… was to tell the AmaXhosa that their ancestors would rise from the dead on a certain day and also to instruct them that … erect strong cattle-folds to house…
ArchiveThe Final Prize: Family - chapter 1
… From the book: The Final Prize by Norman Levy I literally … a meeting by the side of the road, I made a sudden slide from the street onto the pavement. The…
PlaceMaphikela House
… was Maphikela’s second house, following his forced removal from Waaihoek. Thomas Mtobi Maphikela was one of the founder … was Maphikela’s second house,…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… Legislative Council of the Orange River Sovereignty, and from 1854 by the Republic of the Orange Free State as an … State coat of arms in relief and iron…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South … living or dead. I have often enquired, week after week, from my employers, and they have said they…
Nadine Gordimer`s key note speech - Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award
… are those of us who were present in court as he spoke from the dock when a life sentence was pronounced on him for … is not exalted above life, but taking…
"If I were Prime Minister": Article by Albert Luthuli, 2 December 1961
… farms. There would be no indiscriminate purchase of land from individual to individual without the sanction of the … is the best guarantee against fears and…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal Washington, 23 September 1998
… strength of our relationship. The warm welcome he received from our people speaks of the special place that the people … even the most powerful economy in…
Document 76 - The Speakers’ Notes - A Brief Course on the Training of Organisers [Document found by the police during the Rivonia raid of 11 July 1963]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary … must know about guerilla warfare as distinct form warfare from regular warfare. In other words, one…
Archive1994 - President Mandela, State Of the Nation Address, 24 May 1994 (After National Elections)
… of liberty binds us to the pursuit of the goals of freedom from want, freedom from hunger, freedom from deprivation, freedom from ignorance, freedom from …
Say It out Loud - The 1919 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 22nd April, 1919
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1919 … regarding the future control of the territories forced from Germany largely by the aid of…