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Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
… a programme at the arena from 10h00 which will be followed by the actual launch at 15h00, at the Mitta Seperepere … and Kwazulu- Natal Premier. This Launch…
Open Textbooks for Africa Summit
… an estimated $1.5 million in textbook costs to date by adopting open textbooks, the University of Minnesota’s … : Workshop 17 at 17 Dock Rd, V & A Waterfront…
Africa South
… Africa South, a journal edited by Ronald M. Segal (1932-2008) was launched in Cape Town in … of Africa. Africa South also featured short-stories by some well…
Indian Opinion
… a weekly newspaper, was first established and produced by Mohandas Gandhi ("Mahatma"), M.H. Nazar and Madanjit … press at the Phoenix Settlement which was…
PlaceRiversdale, Western Cape
… Doornkraal Estate, was appointed one of the commissioners. By 1882, the Village of Riversdale consisted of about 250 … this number had risen to 1 177, and in…
EventThe PAC is formed
… An Africanist group led by Robert Sobukwe and Potlako Leballo were frustrated by the multi-racial character of the African National … according to Sobukwe a …
EventSolomon Kalushi Mahlangu is born
… of the African National Congress (ANC), who was executed by hanging in Pretoria Central Prison, was born on 10 July … demonstrations. On route to Soweto, his…
EventWestern countries, including South Africa, implement an airlift to supply provisions to the inhabitants of the eastern section of Berlin
… force Western Allied forces to surrender control of Berlin by cutting off supplies. However, the Allied forces responded by airlifting food and supplies to…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… The United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco by the United Nations Conference on International … to assist in the drafting of a charter. It was…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… for modernising Ethiopia (previously known as Abyssinia) by transforming its government and institutions from a feudal … would eventually play a substantial…
EventSix PAC members are sentenced for the killing of PAC leader David Sibeko
… soon became a leading figure within the organisation, and by 1975 he was a member of the PAC's central committee and … victim to this distrust when he was…
EventAdvocate Anton Lubowski secretary-general of the SWAPO is assassinated
… The accusations leveled against the CCB were confirmed by Judge Harold Levy of the Namibian Supreme Court, when he … (formerly Neelse). Judge Levy's report…
EventThe first British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay
… Kaffraria, to strengthen the border against incursions by hostile Xhosa societies. Their first homes, tents given to them by the government, were pitched…
EventThe Castle of Good Hope, oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa, is completed.
… the castle replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck in 1652, upon establishing a … bastions that allowed the outside walls…
EventRain Queen Makobo Modjadji VI, dies after a sudden illness
… The legend of the Rain Queen was also popularized by the books King Solomon's Mines and She by author H. Rider Haggard, which drew the world's attention ……
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… out whether they really wanted to overthrow the government by force. If that was their intention, he would have asked … more information on the rise and the…
EventRashaad Staggie shot dead
… A march organised by the Cape Town-based Muslim organisation, People against … leader of the Hard Livings gang. Staggie was set alight by the group and…
EventWits attains full university status
… began at Milner Park on a site donated to the University by the Johannesburg Municipality. The University had, at that … students. The period between 1947…
EventSouth African War: Thousands of Black men and women forced to walk home
… left stranded in Johannesburg. The mines had been closed by their owners and the miners paid off, but the mine-owners … possibility of being arrested for…
PlaceEnon
… known as Witterivier). Enon was formed in 1818 by the Moravian Missionary Society on request of the Area … in the interests of residents of the missionary…
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Commandant General Louis Botha issue a proclamation in Pretoria
… active with their Commandos for damage done to their farms by the British troops. The proclamation was made during the … the occupation of territories would…
EventSuppression of Communism Act 44 of 1950 severely limits what the media could report
… The decision to voluntarily disband was made on 4 May by the CPSA’s central committee, which met in Cape Town (15 votes to 2 votes). By this step the party…
PlaceVoortrekker Girl
… in front of the Oranje Girls High School was sculpted by Laurika Postma. The positive influence of aesthetically … the performance of South African Learners,…
South Africa: Liberation and Reconciliation Role of International Solidarity, 8 April 2004
… Africa, and the end of apartheid rule, is being observed by people of many other countries because people around the … abhorred the inhumanity of apartheid…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter VII - “The Missionary Charter”
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Treaty or no Treaty, the control was in the … effect was to split the tribal…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… that they have been able to come... Perhaps I could start by asking Mr. Oliver Tambo if he would describe to us the … Congress and its organisation. TAMBO :…
ArchiveUDF Unites
… Two posters side by side. One white on black and one white on black. Images of two men held apart by one man in centre. Words 'constitutional proposals…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 by Luli Callinicos THE CHANGE TO WAGE LABOUR has described … came from wars of conquest and the…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… during the past weeks, to accommodate the concerns raised by the parties of the Freedom Alliance. The concerns of the … Thus it is made absolutely clear that…
87. Today’s lessons are tomorrow’s weapons for students
… A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai University students on … In the first document Omar responds to…