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Glossary: Local History
Account A record or description of past events. Archaeology The study of pre-historic people and their culture. Banished …
Bonani Africa 2010 Awards
A panel of judges consisting of Omar Badsha, Mary Corrigall, David Goldblatt, Thembinkosi Goniwe and Riason Naidoo has awarded the following photographers with…
BiographyAlfred Milner
Alfred Milner, a statesman and colonial administrator, became Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897. He pushed the Transvaal…
PlaceAgomed, Eastern Central Namibia
It means 'wet rump', and given too thirsty, Khoikhoi hunters. Who had found water when they noticed that one of their dogs, which had been gone for awhile, had…
ArticlePeople involved in Rivonia Trial 1963-1964
RIVONIA: THE STORY OF ACCUSED NO.11, by Bob Hepple On 11 July 1963, I was one of seven men arrested at the Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, near Johannesburg…
EventThe Vereeniging peace conference begins
After the Second Anglo-Boer War (South African War), which had started on 11 October 1899, there were attempts to reach peace. On 15 May 1902, thirty…
ArchiveJudgement in the Supreme Court of South Africa: the State versus Nelson Mandela and others
Judgement delivered by the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State vs Mandela and others, held in Pretoria, South Africa. The…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others, 12th June 1964: Judges remarks in passing sentence
The remarks of the Honourable Judge President Mr. Justice De Wet, in passing sentence in the matter of the State vs Nelson Mandela and others, held in the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Govan Archibald Mbeki, Volume 28
Extract of evidence from Govan Mbeki, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the State…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Lionel Bernstein, Volume 26
Extract of evidence from Lionel Bernstein, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Raymond Mhlabo, Volume 25
Extract of evidence from Raymond Mhlabo, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter of the…
ArchiveResistance posters of the 1980s
Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition of posters at Roodepoort Museum, from 26th March to 31st May 1997, at Civic Centre, Christiaan de Wet…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Ahmed Kathrada, Volume 24
Extract of evidence from Ahmed Mahomed Kathrada, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the matter…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, Volume 16
Extract of continuing evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, Volume 15
Extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Walter Sisulu, Volume 20
Extract of evidence from Walter Max Elliot Sisulu, charged with 2 counts of sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: address in mitigation, 12th June 1964
Hanson argues mitigation for the accused, Nelson Mandela and others, on the last day of the Rivonia Treason Trial, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before…
PlaceYellowwood Park, Durban
The first thing that strikes you about the leafy garden suburb of Yellowwood Park, just 14 kilometers from Durban, is that the majority of the roads are named…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
THE FOLLOWING NOTICE is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE…
ArchiveFederation
the following notice is hereby published for general information. By order of His Excellency the High Commissioner and Administrator of the Transvaal. WE…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
At the conclusion of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela,…
EventAnnexation of the Orange Free State is announced
At the begging of May 1900, the British Army, under Field Marshal Lord Roberts, launched an attack on the Orange Free State. President M T Steyn and General C…
EventKing Goodwill Zwelithini is installed
On his return from exile to St Helena, King Goodwill Zwelithini was installed as the eight monarch of the Zulu nation. He took reigns over from Prince Israel…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African…
Nelson Mandela ‘Release Us or Treat Us as Political Prisoners’, 22 April 1969
Letter addressed to the Minister of Justice from Robben Island Prison Dated 22 April 1969; Published by the ANC in 1978 Dear Sir, My colleagues have…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT. 1958. The Art of Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian. Undated. The Popular Art of Africa…
EventGang leader Andre Stander is shot dead in the United States of America
Andre Stander, former police officer, South African fugitive and leader of the Stander Gang consisting of Patrick Lee McCall, Allan Heyl and Stander himself,…
EventJan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during South African War, is born
On 10 June 1872 Jan Christoffel Greyling Kemp, general during the South African War (the Second Anglo-Boer War), Member of Parliament and SA minister of…
EventTwo ANC members convicted of terrorism training
Two members of the African National Congress, Mr Mzimasi Isaac Giwu and Mr Sivuyile Botwe Qegu were convicted in the Supreme Court in Bisho for terrorism…
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
On 15 October 1989, five of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term political prisoners were released from Robben Island. Among those leaders who…