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EventMartin Luther King, Junior, is born
… Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956, an action stimulated by the arrest of Rosa Parks. Parks boarded a city bus and … arrested and fined. As the South…
EventThe first regional committee of the UDF is established in Natal
… On 21 May 1983 the Natal UDF region was launched, followed by the Transvaal in June and the Western Cape in July. The … Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town. This…
EventWhite ministers and theologians of the DRC reject apartheid
… application of apartheid as a political and social system by which human dignity is adversely affected, and whereby one political group is detrimentally…
EventPW Botha states that the Soviets will not prevent South Africa from attacking ANC bases in Mozambique
… The regular cross border raids by South African troops, that violated the sovereignty of its … up the Apartheid system, resulted in strong condemnation by…
EventESCOM announces its decision to order two nuclear power reactors from France
… power reactors from France. These reactors were supplied by the French company Framatome. This came after the initial consortium led by General Electric,…
EventChief Mangosuthu Buthelezi calls for National Convention
… future political direction. This call was rejected by Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes (B.J.) Vorster, however, it was supported as a constructive proposal…
EventMinister of Defence, P.W. Botha, reports to the Senate on the Arms Industry and defines the main aims of South Africa’s defence policy.
… the Apartheid State regarding a potential uprising by Black South Africans, supported by the Soviet Union and the reluctance of Western Governments … and…
EventA consumer boycott is called in Boksburg
… Rand (now Ekurhuleni municipality, Gauteng). The boycott, by Black and Coloured residents, followed the reintroduction of petty apartheid measures by the…
EventThe Citizen reveals housing irregularities in Transkei
… contained several alleged housing irregularities committed by the Matanzima brothers, Kaizer and George, and other … prices to the Matanzimas and their…
EventUnited Democratic Front member Pearl Tshabalala assassinated
… homeland state, was fatally shot. This was allegedly done by Caprivi trainees led by Daluxolo Luthuli. Luthuli acted on instruction from Samuel … help him…
PlaceRosmead
… Lord Rosmead in 1896. The Village was probably occupied by Boer forces when they over-ran the district in October … the morning, the Boers retreated from the…
PlaceHoward College Building and the Memorial Tower Building, University of Natal
… (now the University of Kwazulu Natal) was made possible by a donation from Durban businessman T.B. Davis, in … Durban in 1923, using the premises of the…
EventP.W. Botha, former South African State President, appears in court for refusing to testify at the TRC
… the lawyers to study the documents, which were handed over by the TRC. The documents contained details of his … killings of black freedom fighters allegedly…
Academic freedom and human freedom
… Speeches by Archbishop Hurley and Jonty Driver, NUSAS President, as well as a Declaration signed by student representatives. …
PlaceTranskei
… to be referred to as the Ceded Territory and was settled by European farmers and their Khoikhoi allies. In 1829 the … it to its position in 1836. This was…
ArchiveTreatment Action Campaign poster
… Yellow, black and white poster. Issued by the Treatment Action Campaign. Artwork of a patient being seen by a doctor. …
ArchivePlanning for Peoples War
… Memorandum by Jack and Ray Simons summarising comments made by a comrade in Botswana regarding preparing for a peoples …
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… of allegations after an alleged attack on ANC supporters by IFP members or supporters, newspapers like the Sowetan … the lead were misled. The situation was…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Financial Strangulation of Native Education
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu A great lover of the Bantu was once asked … This statement implies a great deal more…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Special Sitting of the Senate of the Republic of Chile: Valparaiso, June 8, 2005
… Santiago de Chile - the one separated from our capital by 7059km, and the other by 7675km. Spanish Madrid of the Conquistadores and … even as a racist…
Chapter 2 - Jewish Trade Unions in Cape Town 1903-1907: A Socio-Historical Study
… Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION Labour is a neglected … colonists in the Cape early in the…
The Open School childrens art calendar 1990:
… Multicoloured poster by the Open School on the move.Two paintings and comments on problems in their lives by children. …
ArchiveMeetings stopped at Glenmore
… Report by the Glenmore Residents Committee regarding the Ciskei … continued refusal and disruption of meetings organised by Glenmore residents …
ArchiveMinutes of the Meeting of Black Organisations
… meeting was called because of the impending dangers posed by the fragmentation of South Africa by the apartheid government. …
Chapter 9 - Negotiating the transition
… was opposed to the final constitution's being drafted by an elected constituent assembly, believing that the … Accordingly, all agreements negotiated were…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… nearly 1100m, above Table Bay . It is flanked on the east by Devil's Peak , formerly known as Windburg, and on the West by Lion's Head. Over the years it has…
Domestic work
… drastic change. Underlying this is the growing realisation by an increasing number of South Africans that only a … abroad, especially where these were…
44. Gandhi explains ‘satyagraha’
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M K. Gandhi introduced … shameful to permit this great struggle…
Make South Africa ungovernable: Broadcast on Radio Freedom: Oliver Tambo, 10 October 1984
… Ministerial Council, all of which will be presided over by Botha`s war council, the so-called State Security Council. … according to plan. The domination of…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… sheds in the inner court yard was converted into a church by giving it a stone floor and a front gable. Since 1666 … the inner courtyard of the Castle, but…