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ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
The period 1860-1923 is characterised firstly by the introduction of indentured Indian labourers into Natal and of the "passenger" Indians who came to trade,…
BiographyDJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
Deon T Daniels aka DJ Ready D, was born in District Six, Cape Town on 11 December 1968, before the residents there were forcibly removed. Ready D and his…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
Albert Adams was born At the Crown Gold Mine near Johannesburg on 23 June 1929. Adams was a child of Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His father had emigrated…
BiographyTaubie Kushlick
Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most likely to exert…
BiographySolomon Kerzner
Please note: Silber, G. (1999) “Solomon Kerzner” from They Shaped our Century: The Most Influential South Africans of the Twentieth Century. Published by Human…
BiographyRobert Carl-Heinz Shell
Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only child of a German father, Heinrich (Heinz) Schelowsky (later changed to Shell)…
BiographyGeneral Jan Christiaan Smuts
General Jan Christiaan Smuts was born near Riebeeck West in the Cape Colony on 24 May 1870. His mother taught him the elements of reading and writing in…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Introduction to the TRC process, with links to relevant episodes in the TV series. Church Street bombing, Pretoria, SABC
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, ANC owns up to its part in causing struggle deaths, Pretoria News, 13 May 1997
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Car bomb in South Africa kills 16, Macau Daily Times, undated
BiographyCecil John Rhodes
The Early Years Cecil John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes…
BiographyDieter 'Felix' Gerhardt
Born on 1 November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take…
BiographyAdam Small
Professor Adam Small was born on 21 December 1936 in Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother of Muslim Indian heritage and a slave descendant…
PlaceOfficial residence, Commander of British forces in South Africa, Roberts Heights, Pretoria
This building was designed by Sir Herbert Baker and was completed in 1903 as the official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of British forces in South Africa…
ArchiveSave Your Son: Dont Vote
A2 red on white silkscreen; graphic crossed guns and dead body; text: UDF sticker on top; Text: Save your son; apartheid; don't vote; UDF logo; Sticker text: …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1920s
July, Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of South Africa (ICU) is established as national Black trade union in Bloemfontein. 11 September, Gerrit…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Conclusion - By Riashnee Pather
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Conclusion The events of the 1960's made…
ArchiveInventaries van stukke gevind en op beslag gele deur Luitenant J. I. De Waal op 1977-10-19 in the Kantoor van die South African Students movement te Lekton Huis Nr 505, Wandererstraat 5, Johannesburg
An inventory of items found in the offices of the "South African Students Movement" and submitted as evidence by Lieutenant J L De Waal on 1977-10-19.
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
1497 - 1699 1497 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Car bomb carnage in SA's worst-ever urban terror attack, Rand Daily Mail, 21 May 1983
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, 20 May 1983, Unsettling whites objective of MK bombing campaign: TRC told, SAPA, 13 May 1998
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1947
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1947 Kajee accused of betrayal at NIC mass meeting …
BiographyPeter Clarke
Born in Cardiff Road, Simon’s Town in 1929, as the third born child in a family of six, there was much that his domestic worker mother and Dockyard handyman…
BiographyHemant Kumar Waghmarae
Hemant Kumar Waghmarae was born on 24 October 1948 in Mumbai, India to Vishnu Maroothi Waghmarae and Indumati Bane Waghmarae. He is one of seven children. …
ArticlePassive Resistance Campaign Timeline
1906 11 September, A mass meeting of Indians took place at the Empire Theatre in Johannesburg in connection with the agitation at present going on in the…
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
From the book: The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa - by Riashnee Pather Chapter Three 1945 marked a decisive…
ArchiveSechaba as mondstuk in die ANC se stryd teen blanke oorheersig, 1967-1989
Voorgele ter vervulling van n deel van die vereistes vir die graad D. Phil. in die Fakulteit Lettere en Wysbegeerte, Universiteit van Pretoria. Die ontbanning…
Luli
Deep Level Mining Only twenty years after the first mine was started at Langlaagte, gold had become the most important industry in South Africa, bringing…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Keep out of it or our planes will hit back, by Chris Olckers and Jose Caetano, Rand Daily Mail, 24 May 1983
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
There is a popular view that Winston Churchill once said, “History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.” However it would seem that what Churchill…