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PlaceSt Margaret’s House, Parktown, Johannesburg
… the most stunning Gardens in Johannesburg. It was designed by Landscape Architect; Patrick Watson. The driveway has … then curves up a slight rise and the…
EventThe burghers were victorious in their struggle against Cape Governor Willem Adriaan van der Stel and his officials
… and his officials. Background: Who were the 'burghers'? By 1657, the market for work in the Cape, under central direction by the Vereenigde Oost-Indische…
Documentry on the Life and Death of Ahmed Timol Premieres on SABC3, on 1 February 2015.
… in Johannesburg in 1971. The documentary is narrated by Timol's nephew Imtiaz Ahmed Cajee, author of, Timol: Quest for Justice , and directed by Enver…
CHAPTER 10 - CONCLUSION
… - indeed, from the 1960s. Vula would be the final attempt by the ANC - or, more precisely, by a section of its leadership which had been given an open … and…
”South Africa - Time of Challenge” - Report to the Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, October 1973
… have confirmed the broad lines of the report adopted by the last Plenary Session of our Central Committee. In that … system were being aggravated. This was…
Document 141 “Apartheid Spells Disaster”, Report of the Central Committee of the Communist Party to the Party’s National Conference, Johannesburg,6 to 8 January 1950,2y Freedom, New Series 15 December, 1949
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 141 "Apartheid Spells Disaster", … the Europeans cannot be expected to be…
PlaceRooigrond
… for the red soil of its area and was primarily occupied by smallholders. View Larger Map In the late 1840s, the first … Boer guerrilla volunteers under…
EventThe SA Prime Minister, B.J. Vorster announces that the Department of Information was being disbanded
… Department of Information was being disbanded and replaced by a Bureau for National and International Communication. The … from public service on 1 July 1978…
EventMillions Regain SA citizenship
… South African citizenship, announced on 15 December 1993 by the South African parliament led by President F.W. de Klerk, became effective four months … Act…
EventANC promulgates its constitutional proposals
… to a post-apartheid democracy and were supported by the South African Communist Party (SACP). During Phase One … an all-party interim government council…
ArchiveAfrican National Congress Consultative Conference: Speeches and Resolutions
… in Johannesburg, December 14-16, 1990. Includes speech by Oliver Tambo, keynote address by Nelson R Mandela, declaration of the conference, … rally in…
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The Industrial Conciliation (Natives) Bill … allowed in the Cape, for which they…
Search for a United Front against racism
… front of non-Europeans. They could only aspire to be free by their own internal strength, however much the outside … This observation was made in the course…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 April 1895, Chief … document below, the first part of the…
Chapter Two - The year with the ICU: 1921 - 1926
… Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson In the more liberal climate of Cape Town … in November 1918 and returning soldiers,…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… aware of the historically disadvantaged position occupied by women in our society and in our political structures; Now … Congress. The policies of the ANCWL…
Document 104 - Boycott the Elections! The Spark, 3,4, April 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew For months past, "the Bantu press" has been … each other for the honour of…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A colonisation scheme was suggested for Indian South Africans by…
PlaceSea Point
… A short period prior to this, a small society house owned by a local men’s club was established on the Sea Point slopes … into one municipality with…
EventSouth Africa wins the 2010 bid to host the Soccer World Cup
… was made in Zurich, where South Africa was represented by a delegation that included Nelson Mandela and Head of the … Committee, Danny Jordan. South Africa…
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
… The Staatsmodelskool (State Model School), started in 1893 by President Paul Kruger in central Pretoria, was refurbished by Lord Alfred Milner and opened as…
PlaceFort Cox
… Fort Cox was a "post of occupation" established by the British military in 1835 and was named in honour of … as military post during the sixth Frontier- War…
Document 21 - ANC National Consultative Conference: resolutions for the coming year
… a giant which has today become a household word, respected by friend and foe alike. Ten years of workers unity and … for democracy in the year to follow…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… street verandah have been removed. The land was acquired by President Kruger in the 1860s, when he was still living on … her death on 20 July 1901. After her…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… paying a visit to the Sudwala Caves. Used as a shelter by prehistoric man , by far the most impressive feature of the caves has to be the … concerts…
PlacePeddie
… indigenous farmers whose main product was grain. However, by the 1880s the influence of training institutions such as … of whom 3,384 were literate. Fort…
Document 68 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 February 1937
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew The origins and development of Trotskyism 171 … were rejected on Saturday…
PlaceGriqualand West
… facilitated the dispossession of their ancestral lands by more sedentary agriculturalist groups. Originally the … of the northern Cape. One such group was…
PlaceSeychelles
… made up of 115 small Islands. They were first settled on by the French, leading a small party of Whites, Indians and … from humble beginnings to attain a…
PlaceDe Waal Park, Camp Street, Oranjezicht
… the van 'Breda Estate'' in Oranjezicht, and was purchased by the Town Council of Cape Town in 1877 for the building of … the recently constructed Molteno…