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PlaceGreen Point
… The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle grazing station. After the British … the first of its kind in Southern Africa, was put…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… Contents Introduction by Dr Yusuf M. Dadoo (South African Communists speak 1915 - … An Address th the S.A. Labour Party', pamphlet published by the War on…
EventFive American nuns are shot to death in Liberia
… Liberia was 'founded' by the American Colonisation Society (ACS) in 1822 and was to … 1980. Master Sergeant Samuel Doe rose to power, supported by indigenous…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 64 - Letter from the Workers' Party … of the principles contained in the…
Say It out Loud - A letter to the Coloured People of South Africa
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Albert Lodge, Mount Street, Cape Town, 31 … after today the four colonies, which have been governed by…
Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade Unions”, The Torch, 1 April 1958
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 48 - “The Anti-C.A.D. and the Trade … position ill more, the C.A.C. will…
EventAmina Lawal is freed
… Court freed Amina Lawal, a young woman sentenced to death by stoning by the Bakori Sharia court in the Katsina Islamic state of … a child out of wedlock and…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… the Western Cape Farming Sector Engagement initiative by the national government today in Paarl, Western Cape. This … farm workers problems. The meeting that…
PlaceTable Bay
… Bay is a natural inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, overlooked by Cape Town and the famous Natural Table Mountain . … the modern City of Cape Town is located) was…
EventNiger President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara is assassinated
… Niger president, Ibrahim Bare Mainassara, was assassinated by his own presidential guard while boarding a plain in … was buried two days after his death in a…
EventA strong delegation of the ANC NEC members arrives at Caculam, Angola
… in the town of Malanje, Angola. Normally, such a visit by the ANC leadership, including the President Oliver Tambo … for weeks, before they arrive. The…
Statement of the ANC Veterans League Inaugural National Conference, 6 December 2009
… on challenges facing our movement and chat a new course by discussing and adopting the ANCVL Constitution; examine … of the ANCVL forward. The national…
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
… This historical relationship was initiated in 1977 by President Oliver Tambo and the City of Reggio Emilia, represented by Guiseppe Soncini. The relationship…
Extraordinary ministerial meeting of The Co-ordinating Bereau Of The Non-aligned Countries on the question of Namibia -1985
… 1985 DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT IN PURSUANCE of a decision taken by the co-ordinating Bureau of Non-Aligned Countries at its … in and relating to Namibia and to…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
… Discourse: Deconstructing South Africa’s Racial Narrative by Joshua Richman Rachel Fenton Rachel is a final year … discursive construction and perpetuation…
ArticleAfrican Traditional Religion
… counseling. These traditional healers have to be called by ancestors. They undergo strict training and learn many … generally good and kind. The only…
ArticleTreks & Land conflicts timeline 1602-1966
… the Basotho stronghold under Moshoeshoe, is attacked by the Ndebele, who are defeated. 28 May, American President … in detention. 1867 Most of Moshoeshoe's…
60. Congress and the Non-European Co-operation Conference, 1927
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Even though the South … of the constituent bodies as were to be…
EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… Before European settlement, the area was populated by Khoisan hunter-gathers who lived largely off the ocean's bounty. By the 17th century the Cape…
EventPresident Robert Mugabe defends land reform programme
… at the feet of the Mugabe regime, who despite mediation by South Africa, has failed to come to a politically … of the Zimbabwean people, was the general…
PlaceFort Wiltshire
… Fort Wiltshire was erected by the British military during the frontier war of 1818-19, … Major WC Holloway. The project was originally commissioned by the…
ArchiveCongress Resister 1983 - 1989
… Congress Resister was published by the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC), which was formed at the turn of the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi. It was not…
EventThe SA department of foreign affairs announces that the bodies of two South Africans have been found in Thailand
… that lashed large parts of Indian Ocean countries in 2004. By late January 2005, 4 South Africans remained unaccounted … South Africans responded admirably…
PlaceDiepkloof, Soweto
… The three main Areas in Diepkloof are each characterised by Settlement type and income. The bigger part of Diepkloof … three- and four-roomed Dwellings,…
ArticleA Short History of ESKOM, Part 1 (1923-2001)
… of these dates is as follows: ESKOM was started in 1923 by the government and prominent industrialists and by 2001 it was a state-owned enterprise. During…
EventDr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang’s advice is criticised
… Independent reported that the special mixture prescribed by SA Health Minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang to fight … of garlic, onions and virgin olive oil,…
EventWorld Cancer Day is instituted as an annual world-wide cancer awareness campaign
… World Cancer Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to raise … detection and treatment. The day was inaugurated in 2002 by a…
EventJoe Kachingwe is appointed Malawi’s first Ambassador to South Africa
… office in Pretoria on 29 July 1971. This diplomatic move by both countries followed a state visit by South African Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster in May 1970. …
Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at the Congress of the People at Kliptown, Johannesburg on 25 and 26 June 1955
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 23 - The Freedom Charter adopted at … been robbed of their birthright to…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the … The rooms, or casements, of…