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PlaceBloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town
… “Harry die Strandloper,” also known as- 'Hadah'. Due to his diligence to the Dutch Empire (the Verenigde Oostindische …
The Student Wages Commissions, the 1973 Durban Strikes, and the Politics of Statistics by Grace Davie
… about the varied meaning of poverty, inequality, and apartheid as a cheap-labor system. Overall, students and … the economic pressure campaigns of the global…
EventSpringboks beat Scotland at Murrayfield
… tries came from the 21 year old wing Bryan Habana on his first international start. Habana was voted for the … Despite the fact that the team had won…
EventJoseph Engenas Lekganyane, founder of the Dove branch of the ZCC, is born
… into two branches. Barnabas chose and presented Joseph to his brothers, elders and his advocate as his successor just before he died in 1972. After his …
EventSouth African cricket player Aubrey Faulkner, great all-rounder in the early 20th century, is born
… George Aubrey Faulkner (1881 - 1930) was in his day a dominating figure in South African cricket, one of … games' finest all around players, and a legendary…
PlaceNgcobo
… In 1876 Walter Stanford arrived at the station to take up his appointment as Resident Magistrate to the amaQwathi. He established the seat of his magistracy…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Randall Robinson, Executive Director, Transafrica Forum, 2 March 1983, Washington, DC
… that they can do anything to prevent the overthrow of the apartheid system itself. How would you explain South Africas … changes are not reforms. They are…
Address at the opening of The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Durban 12 November 1999
… the sustained struggle you waged to ensure that we end the apartheid crime against humanity. That we are able to receive … our fond farewell, was not only…
EventMlungisi Sisulu dies.
… Lungi came to South Africa and settled in Soweto with his grandmothers, Greta Ncapayi and Albertina Sisulu. As a result of political activism in his family,…
Rivonia: Telling it as it was, 2 July 1988
… pasted up during the night announced the actions to be the work of a new body, Umkhonto we Sizwe, which would carry on … left the country, and returned again…
EventMoroccan explorer, Ibn Battuta is born
… and North and West Africa. It would be 24 years before his return to Morocco and 29 years before he completed his travels. Sadly, Battuta did not document…
EventThomas William Bowler, prolific painter at the Cape, is born
… was a self taught painter and printmaker who spent most of his life at the Cape of Good Hope. He arrived at the Cape … astronomer Thomas McClear in 1834 whom…
EventEmperor Menelik II, emperor of Ethiopia dies
… Menelik II was emperor of Ethiopia from 1889 to his death on 12 December 1913. Menelik gained great fame and … After defeating the Italians, Menelik II…
EventPresident P.W. Botha suffers a stroke.
… 20 January 1989, but could not attend the meeting due to his ailing condition. Acting president, Christiaan Heunis, attended the meeting in his place. Some…
Call for papers: 100 years of the SACP
… Communist Party of South Africa until its banning by the apartheid regime in 1950, played a major role in South …
PlaceNelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
… The metro "Townships" that came into being because of the Apartheid Laws , are steeped in History, Tradition and …
Birthday message by Albert Luthuli to Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo, 2 September 1955
… and abuse. In their efforts to fulfil their baaskap apartheid policy the Nationalist Party, supported by …
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… a ‘White area’ under the 1950 Group Areas Act of the Apartheid government. Before the passing of the Group Areas …
PlaceMvezo, Eastern Cape
… Nelson Mandela: The President of South Africa and anti-apartheid ... Newsfolo-18 minutes ago Remembering Madiba in …
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… Republic of South Africa in 1971. However at the end of apartheid, the Verwoed name was officially changed to Gariep …
Africa South
… Ronald M. Segal claimed to be a socialist, and was an anti-apartheid activist who crossed the South African border into …
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… The city's history also includes the impact of apartheid and forced removals, as well as the eventual …
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… the march culminated in the death of Hector Peterson. The Apartheid Government had, in 1953, enacted The Bantu …
Artist Bill Ainslie is born
… and sculptor himself, he was keenly aware of the damage Apartheid inflicted on local art. To combat this Ainslie …
EventFour South Africans and a British national charged with illegally exporting military equipment to South Africa
… in terms of its arms manufacturing capability, the Apartheid regime relied heavily on imported components for …
Event11 die when the South African Defence Force (SADF) opens fire on negotiators in Sebokeng
… Pretoria talks, which discussed the removal of repressive apartheid measures, and the creation of a free political … A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
… allegedly involved in hit-squad operations against anti-apartheid activists. De Klerk said in March 1990 that he had …
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
… country. Only now that the stark reality has dawned that apartheid has failed, and that Blacks will one day have an …
EventPolice head admits to Khotso House bombing
… a press statement; “At last we have been vindicated. The apartheid regime, at its highest levels, ordered the bombing …
EventA few days after deciding to establish a Dutch newspaper in South Africa, the name De Burger is chosen
… which, at first, supported the nationalist cause and apartheid, and was the mouthpiece of the National Party of …