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65th Anniversary of the South Africa Communist Party - Joe Slovo
… Speech by Joe Slovo, Chairman of the South African Communist Party … of Africa of a class party of the working people guided by Marxism-Leninism . The…
PlaceOld Government Building, Church Street, Boksburg
… The building was designed by Sytze Wierda, chief architect of the ZAR's Public Works … after they were moved to a new building, it was acquired by the…
EventTwo actors, Athol Fugard and Zakes Mokae arrive in Cape Town to stage a play on the ‘Colour-bar’
… 1962. Fugard's play "The Blood Knot" was commissioned by a British publisher Andrew Deutsch to be staged at … be staged in the West End following "Singpost…
EventPolitical activist Molly Blackburn is born
… civil rights campaigner Molly Blackburn, widely respected by Blacks, was born in Port Elizabeth. In 1981 she started her political career by winning the…
EventEgyptian and Israeli forces in fierce fights
… 26 October 1973 Israel and a coalition of Arab nations led by Egypt and Syria were involved in a bloody war in the Sinai … on the day of Yom Kippur with a…
EventThe Pope arrives in Lesotho
… A busload of pilgrims coming to see the Pope was hijacked by a group of gunmen suspected to be members of the Lesotho Liberation Army , which was once…
EventCOSATU headquarters Johannesburg is sabotaged
… South African Trade Union (COSATU) was viewed as a threat by the government. COSATU officials and members were subjected to physical attacks and arrests by…
EventThe Sunday Times political journalist is suspended
… of the Sunday Times, Ranjeni Munusamy, was suspended by the newspaper after her admission that she passed a story … Ngcuka, on to rival newspaper City Press…
EventGandhi leads Satyagraha Passive Resistance Campaign
… Union of South Africa. The campaign was prompted by the introduction of the Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance in Transvaal by the Transvaal Assembly. The law…
EventSan involvement in the Battle of Chrissiesmeer
… Chrissie) during Anglo-Boer War 2 started with an attack by General Louis Botha on the British forces under General … Smith-Dorrien's march had been kept…
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… his traditional mountain kingdom of Blouberg as ordered by the Transvaal Republic (ZAR) Government. The authorities … was taken prisoner, chief Malaboch…
EventThree AWB members shot and killed during the invasion of Bophuthatswana
… western region of South Africa. This followed a request by Chief Lucas Mangope for their assistance to help restore control in the homeland, in the face of a…
23. Durban merchants plead for Sunday trading
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Two petitions were … The first, addressed to the town clerk, was…
Chapter 9 - Division weakens the movement
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 9 - Division … in the ranks of Congress activists. They did so precisely by throwing a…
77. The South African Indian Council: an assessment from within, 1978
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1966, the Government … fifteen of whom were to be appointed…
EventIEC extends election dates
… President F.W. De Klerk approved a recommendation by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) to extend polling by one day in areas plagued by voting…
Postscript
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph ... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference…
PlaceRandjieslaagte Beacon, Parktown, Johannesburg
… the project was documented in an excellent article written by Avril Reid and Kirchhoff. Below are a few extracts from … stone cairn. This interesting…
ANC National Working Committee statement following its meeting held on the 20th January 2014, 21 January 2014
… in our country and as a consequence ensuring access by millions of our people to an efficient and accessible … condemned the attempted subverting of this IP…
PlaceHershel Memorial Obelisk, Claremont-Cape Town
… The committee decided on an obelisk, and funds were raised by donations from the friends of the Herschels in Cape Town. … around the obelisk was given to the…
1983, Volume 7 Dawn pages 4 and 5 Article: The great illusion
… today. This state of crisis is not merely brought about by the racists alone but to a greater extent by the struggling black masses who are fighting for…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African Development Trust (SADT) in 1954. The farm was owned by a White man and comprised of…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… of its soil, the primitive forms of farrow irrigation used by local farmers ensured that by the 1880s its harvests were little better than "average". … in…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… Soweto Theatre. Image source The finished project, headed by Clara Crus de Almerda and Tatenda Mavunga, is a has a … with the production of The Suitcase. …
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… brazen and outrageous invasion of the Kingdom of Lesotho by the racist South African army on December 9th. The … members of the African National Congress,…
PlaceLodge de Goede Hoop, Stal Square, Cape Town
… to make way for a new building. Its design was carried out by Brother Thibault, it was built by Brother Schutte at a cost of £6000, and Brother Anreith … in…
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… loco.) The engine weighs 12,7 tonnes and was manufactured by Emil Kessler of Esslingen in Germany. It was brought from the coast by ox-wagons and was…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
… House, where they were brutally beaten and tortured by Katangan forces (a group looking to be seperate of the … of inquiry found that the execution was…
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… and the only "judge" who could impose an execution by means of the notorious necklace method. At the time of the … through the window. However, the room was…
EventThe Johannesburg Stock Exchange is established
… Johannesburg to facilitate the explosion of trade sparked by the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand. The discovery … established. On 8th November 1887…