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PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… surfing waves. "Jeffreys Bay is the ultimate spot to relax on the Beach in the sun!" The Town is named after : 'Captain Jeffreys', who sailed his cargo…
Document 65 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa. Johannesburg Branch held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, Friday, 24 July 1936 at 8 p.m.
… the New Militant and New International. Com Kahn reported on the Spartacus Club in the absence of the Secretary, Com … be by Com Freislich followed by a…
EventState of emergency declared in 27 townships
… residents of townships in the Vaal Reef area embarked on a mass stay-away to protest the unprecedented levels of … to those under the State of Emergency. F.W…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… Friends and invited guests, Dumelang! Sanibonani! On behalf of the National Executive Committee, let me take … Transition. We welcome the debates that have…
Archive1990 - President De Klerk: State of the Nation Address, 2 February 1990
… Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. The general election on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…
Steve Biko: Gone but not forgotten by Robin Comley and Claire Keeton (Times Live), 12 September 2017
… university’s first black Student Representative Council, on which Biko also served. “As you say his name, I see Steve … sandwiches. “We believed ourselves to…
Displacing Hierarchies: Nation and Universities in India and Africa by Amrita Pande, Faisal Garba and Ruchi Chaturvedi
… totalitarian state is leading an aggressive attack on universities. Last month saw a concerted attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)—a university…
Document 98 - “The All African Convention”, Umlilo Mollo /The Flame, 1, 2, October 1936
… I. Dladla pointed out to the Conference that the attempt on the part of the Cape native voters to keep their names on the common role by appealing to the…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1946
… will be broken off between the two countries. Commenting on the decision in Bombay, Mr. Sorabjee Rustomjee, leader of … India's spokesman at UNO. Speaking at…
EventThe Association of Chambers of Commerce issued a “no work, no pay, no penalty” statement
… On 5 June 1986, The Association of Chambers of Commerce … of ‘no work, no pay’ to workers who stayed away from work on June 16. The statement was released…
ArchiveCivil Society vs. the State: identity, institutions, and the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… theory of transtions from authoritarian rule and tests it on the case of the Black Consciousness Movement in South … economistic, and elitist. It suggests an…
PlaceChurch Square,Spin Street- Cape Town
… lodge, today known as the Old Supreme Court, was built on its southern side. In1701 the Dutch Reformed Church, known as the Groote Kerk , was erected on its…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… nuclear power station in Africa, became operational on this date. On 21 August 1984, the French contractor turned Koeberg-1 … is situated at Duynefontein,…
EventThe Women’s National Coalition Conference starts
… Centre, Kempton Park. The conference focused primarily on the drafting of a Women's Charter and the future of the … National Coalition. The Women's Charter…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… River (at the present Port St. Johns) with 600 people on board. The ship was returning from her voyage to India when she was stranded. She had left Cochin,…
EventThe first weather forecast for the Union is issued
… amalgamation of the weather services of the four provinces on 1 April 1912, the first weather forecast for the Union of … service was moved to Pretoria in…
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… president, was formally opened by President Nelson Mandela on the morning of 14 February 1995. The judges took oaths of … spent its first few years in rented…
EventUN troops arrive in Congo to help deal with the political crisis
… Tshombé's declaration of independence for Katanga province on 11 July. The intervention by UN troops followed Patrice … the province of South Kasai to…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… contractor D Godley. Its foundation stone was laid on 16 May 1894 by President Reitz and the Eastern and Western … and since 1932, by the Bloemfontein…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four decades later, … Danish painter Johannes Rach (public…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… growth and development. Trade, investment and tourism are on the increase, spurring economic growth in both our … seize the economic opportunities in…
Document 22 - CODESA I - Declaration of Intent
… consequences. Those policies having a negative bearing on the budget especially those on deficit targets, monetary policy, trade and tariffs, and … which…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
… Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually … of stock theft and sentenced to labour for fifty…
PlaceCalitzdorp, Route 62
… Calitzdorp is a Town on the Western side of the Little or Klein Karoo in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and lies on South Africa's, Route 62 . The…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
… began in 1976 and Unit 1 was synchronized to the grid on 4 April 1984, with Unit 2 following suit on 25 July 1985. It is situated at Duynefontein, 27km North…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… was born in Shiluvane Mission Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three children of … (one of the 8 homelands) for 24 years, until his…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… On 25 June 1963 Mr. Justice H. Snyman submitted to parliament a final report on the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and…
EventAfrican Mineworkers’ strike starts
… Marks, leader of the African Mineworkers' Union, started on this day. The strike was initiated by the Communist Party … material related to the strike. About…
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… they began to make recordings for Radio Zulu and went on to win several choir competitions. In 1968, their first … was struck by tragedy as Headman…
EventDate is set for constitutional talks
… agreed, after preparatory talks in Johannesburg, on a date for the start of negotiations on South Africa's future constitution. Delegates agreed that … …