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EventThe founding member of United Democratic Front and struggle activist Johnny Issel dies
… South African History Online (2000), John James Issel, [online], …
EventSouth Africa signs SADC treaty
… The Southern African Development Community (SADC) was originally known as the Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference (SADCC). It was … and was…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… The first treason trial in South African history post apartheid regime is under way amid high … white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the African…
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… The construction of the dam meant that the surrounding areas would be flooded. This would result in the loss of … Kariba’s construction, but the wildlife in…
Eyewitness accounts of the Sharpeville massacre 1960
… the dead and getting over the shock of the event © Baileys African History Archive (BAHA) Tom Petrus, author of 'My Life … too, wearing more guns and…
Bibliographical Data
… of the editors. Much valuable material of the South African Institute of Race Relations in Johannesburg is being … in Chicago. Among its rich though uneven…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - Abbreviations by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner AFCWU ”” African Food and Canning Workers' Union ANC ”” African National Congress (South Africa) FSAW ””…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… evidence suggests that Sophiatown was not untouched by the African miners’ strike. 1952 The tradition of resistance in …
ArchiveThe boundless energy of Paul Grendon; artist, painter, activist and documentary photographer by Chris Ledochowski
It is with great difficulty that I find myself writing about a friend so recently deceased and who was so much part of my life for over forty years. He was a…
ArticleKKNK – Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees
… to positioning the KKNK as relevant to a wider South African public. Rooiland, directed by Jaco Bouwer, written by … and to the appreciation and development…
ArticleThe 52nd ANC National Conference - Polokwane 2007
… The 52nd African National Congress ( ANC ) National Conference took … ‘Aluta continua, from Polokwane to Manguang’ in The African National Congress and the…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Glossary
… in which they had rights and could own property. [1] African nationalism is an umbrella term which refers to a … for Afrikaner capital. [4] Broederbond -…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… prestigious tournament the FIFA Soccer World Cup the African National Congress (ANC) has declared the event a … Chief Albert Luthuli House, with flags of…
”Africans and San Francisco.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma, May 8, 1945
… me and others have asked me personally what part the African National Congress is taking to bring to the attention … to read: "cease fire in Europe has been…
EventSA’s Fifa membership reinstated
… (Fifa) reinstated on 3 July 1992. In 1956, the South African government introduced its first racist policy on … 1955 a Fifa emergency committee had ruled…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Bibliography
… Memoirs . Gateshead, Paradigm, 1983. Davidson, Basil. African Civilization Revisited. From Antiquity to Modern Times . Trenton, NJ, African World Press, 1991…
EventCheryl Carolus is born
… Former South African High Commissioner in London, political activist and … At school, Carolus was an active member of the South African Students'…
PlaceMbunza Living Museum, Kavango-Namibia
The Living Museum of the Mbunza, a Traditional School for Culture and at the same time a Communal Business for the Local People of the Kavango. With this…
PlaceRocher Pan Nature Reserve
Rocherpan is a coastal nature reserve teeming with birds and colourful wildflowers. The reserve, which lies 25 km north of Velddrif on the Cape West Coast,…
PlaceFish Hoek, Cape Town
This old Village is surrounded by rugged Mountains and boasts one of the safest swimming Beaches in Cape Town! Fish Hoek is a glorious Bay with a beautiful…
PlaceSanddrift, Richtersveld Municipality
This is a land steeped in legends and mysteries, where dramatic desert landscape and weird rock formations easily trigger the imagination and plays with one’s…
EventPAC attends Patriotic Front Conference
… After a long pursuit by the African National Congress (ANC) and other African countries, the Pan African Congress of Azania (PAC) acceded to meet with the…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… On 29 July 1990 the South African Communist Party(SACP), which had been unbanned in … the time the SACP faced allegations of conspiring with the African…
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… On 12 May 1968, South African academic, African National Congress (ANC) politician, and Botswana's … the old guard and the more militant younger members of…
Freedom movement in South Africa: Its International impact by E.S Reddy
… all ethical values. It seeks the transformation of an African country into one where the children of the soil are … be free and of humanity’s rejection of…
ArchiveANC statement at Lisbon Conference
… Statement of the African National Congress at a 1977 conference of the African Liberation Movement. Statement covers the South African liberation movement…
Article“The Dark and Heavy Shadow”: Gender Based Violence and Anti-Gender-Based-Violence Campaigns in South Africa
… that only 1 in 9 crimes of GBV are reported to the South African Police. [3] Therefore, and unfortunately, the … on 28 February 2020). Gender-based…
Appeal To Students by Nelson Mandela
… I am writing this letter on the instructions of the All-in African National Action Council which was established in terms of a resolution passed by the All…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… in a number of universities and also in the South African library and in private institutions and churches. In …
Pottery, division of labour, trade, medicine and healing, hunting
… section Medicine and healing Medicine and healing in the African society was linked to the spirit world of the …