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THE POLITICS OF COLLABORATION: THE CAMPAIGN FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE TRICAMERAL PARLIAMENT
… Introduction The first elections to the Indian House of Delegates (HoD) in the racially segregated tricameral … gatherings. Solidarity and the NPP chose not…
BiographyGraeme Williams
… Williams completed his Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a pass time activity … …
EventThe first episode of Star Trek is aired on NBC
… TV series, merchandising, conventions, and millions of devoted fans (Trekkies) all over the world. Unlike most … believed intelligent life existed on the…
ArchiveA reply to Livingstone Mqotsi and the anonymous members of the Unity Movement in Zambia by a member of the Unity Movement in South Africa
… Circular by Leonard Makhuza Nikani, a member of the South African Unity Movement, regarding a circular sent out by Livingstone Mqotsi and members of the…
EventJean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of Central African Empire, crowns himself.
… Jean-Bédel Bokassa was the head of State of the Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 to 4 … CAR and was arrested as soon as he touched down on…
EventRichard Maponya, one of South Africa’s richest businessmen, is born
… (now Limpopo Province). The founder and first president of the National Federated Chamber of Commerce (NAFCOC), Maponya is also a trustee of the Urban…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… a wheat farm called bloublommetjieskloof in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony, Maria Magdalena Laubster … Germany. She was elected to the South…
ArchiveList of Exhibits: Legal documents from State v Ndukwana and 4 others
… Legal documents from the 1976 trial of the State v Ndukwana and 4 others. Includes: List of exhibits, Affidavit by East London medical officer who … N…
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
… opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, Abraham Fischer . The men's … the main building were the first to be erected…
EventDinizulu succeeds his father, Cetshwayo, as King of the Zulus.
… King Dinizulu was the son of Chief Cetshwayo who reigned over Zululand, Natal (now … in 1882 after a campaign run by the Anglican Bishop of Natal, John…
ArchiveA message to the people of South Africa: Authorised summary, 1968.
… Message conveyed in a pamphlet on the year 1968 to people of South Africa regarding gospel of Jesus Christ in South Africa against the policy of racial…
ArchiveStatement by the South African Council of Churches, June 1975
… Statement by South African Council Of Churches regarding a report by Le Grange, Commission of Inquiry on the Christian Institute and reaction from South…
ArchiveConsumption in the land of plenty: T.B. in South Africa
… Cream and brown poster. Notice of a Medical Students Conference on the 2nd to the 4th August at UCT Medical School. Artwork of crowds of people at bottom and…
EventDemonstrators close down businesses and government offices in Lesotho
… offices in Lesotho as protests against the outcome of the 23 May 1998 election results intensified. The protests … which they claimed resulted in victory for…
ArchiveThousands of women and children are involved in this struggle
… black and white poster. Photographs and short histories of women who are in prison or have disappeared. Artwork of map of South and Central America. Poem by…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban
… Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 12 to … regional reports, pensions, labour, minimum wage, minutes of previous conference,…
EventA group of White men attack and assault Indian Passive Resisters
… At 20:10 on 23 June 1946 a group of White men attacked and assaulted Indian Passive Resisters. … day. He had asked the government to stop "hooliganism" of…
EventThe use of Dutch is ratified in the Cape parliament
… petition that was submitted to parliament by the District of Albert (Burgersdorp) in 1857. The petition served as a formal plea for the use of both Dutch and…
EventBritish secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands
… Lord Kitchener, British secretary of war, was drowned in the spring of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to … Prime Minister Herbert…
EventDesmond Tutu is appointed first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg
… appointed and ordained as the first Black Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg a month after winning the Nobel Peace Prize. The following year he was elected…
ArchiveThe birth of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… One day in July 1968 a group of students formed a separate caucus at the annual conference of the University Christian Movement being held outside ……
EventPaul Kruger is sworn in as president of the Zuid
… Paulus (Paul) Kruger is often referred to as the 'father of the Afrikaner nation'. This is because his firm belief in the destiny of the Afrikaner, his…
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… January 1988.[1] He started out his hip hop career as part of a group called Entity, whose most popular record is “Touch … Video Awards in 2011. He also…
EventRhodesian Prime Minister, Ian Douglas Smith, declares a state of emergency
… Prime Minister,Ian Douglas Smith, declared a state of emergency. This was prompted by the United Kingdom’s (UK) … the colony's constitution, including a…
’We are of the world and the world is with us’, Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… ’We are of the world and the world is with us’, Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1970 Trusteeship of West Street Masjid extended 102 Prior to 1970, the … of…
EventZulu King Dingane orders the execution of Piet Retief’s men
… Following the signing of Dingane and Retief's treaty, Piet Retief and his party … why they were killed, was because they withheld some of the cattle…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Johannesburg opening of the Anne Frank Exhibition at the Museum Africa Johannesburg, 15 August 1994
… (And the Address by Dr Martin Simon, Executive Board Member of the Anne Frank House on presentation of Anne Frank Award to President Nelson Mandela)…
ArchiveBlack and white artwork of people bound with barbed wire
… Black and white artwork of a group of African people bound with barbed wire. … Black and white artwork of people bound with barbed wire …
ArchiveThe political economy of education: its place in democratic struggles
… Speech delivered at the July Festival of the National Union of South African Students, 1982. … The political economy of education: its place in democratic…