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Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… the Party. More especially Group Meeting Y.C.L. Meetings on Wednesday night at M'4 Trades Hall and encourage them all … + for having given the report you…
EventThe Prime Minister announces the appointment of a Commission of Inquiry into the reporting of defence matters, to be headed by Justice M.T. Steyn
… to inform and the right of the public to be informed, on the one hand, and the interests of the security of the state on the other. While there are striking…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… from his involvement in this organization that his ideas on black consciousness as a movement were developed. The aim … and harassed by the apartheid police…
EventPiet Retief’s Great Trek manifesto is completed
… It is published in English in the Graham's Town Journal on 2 February 1937. To understand the mass emigration of the … to look at the circumstances in the…
EventThe first 1820 British Settlers arrive in South Africa
… Cape colony, the first 1820 settlers arrived in Table Bay on board the Nautilus and the Chapman on 17 March 1820. From the Cape colony, the settlers were ……
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Introduction
… by The Department of Education Turning Point 2 focuses on the imposition of colonialism and explores its impact on African societies. Colonialism is often…
15. My son Gyapershad was decoyed
… Unao, Uttar Pradesh, wrote to the Government of Bengal on 26 March 1905 saying that his son had been ‘decoyed’ and … about 17 years my son who has been…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… issues, unemployment was a huge problem and women survived on their meager savings which they had built up over the … removal mentioned that, eventually, a…
PlaceAmanzimtoti, South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Town and Holiday Destination on the South Coast, 29 km from Durban . It was founded in … A wide range of gifts and collectables for every taste are on…
PlaceCamp’s Bay, Cape Town
… Camp's Bay is located some 9 km from Cape Town , on the slopes of the Twelve Apostles . Zwarte Maria Evert was … same year, a Danish ship that had an…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… The Village of Oudtshoorn was originally laid out in 1847 on the farm Hartebeestrivier, and was established by the … By 1904 it stood at 8,849, of whom 3,865…
PlaceUniversity of Fort Hare, Alice- Eastern Cape
… Parliament, Thursday, 9 October 2025 – The Select Committee on Education, Sciences and the Creative Industries has noted … tag of being the most infamous and…
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… in their own words. Goldblatt has previously focused on ex-offenders in South Africa and worked with the arts … In HM Prison Birmingham, around 40 images…
Document 52 - International Secretariat of the International Communist League [B-L),Minutes of meeting, 23 April 1935 (Extract)
… minority of' the Lenin Club condemns (particularly the one on the constitution of the new party), the latter do not … our ranks in South Africa, not to split…
EventThe birth of the Treatment Action Campaign
… On 10 December 1998, International Human Rights Day, a group of about 15 people protested on the steps of St George's Cathedral in Cape Town to demand … day…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern … cattle with them. The British soon followed in pursuit and on…
ArchiveInterview with Julius Nyerere
… independence when he stepped down temporarily to work on the revitalization of the Tanganyika African National … yet achieved independence from colonial rule…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.1 Oct-Dec 1959
… Contents: Revolution is Now. Cartoon, David Marais. On the Boycott, Julius Nyerere. Durban Explodes, Myrna … The African in Industry, Brian Bunting. The…
EventMogadishu seaport is handed over to the combined task force by UN
… On 28 February 1995, Mogadishu seaport was handed over to the … organised discussions between the parties, who agreed on a ceasefire, to be monitored by UN…
Eventold Indian flower seller is fined for trading in a racially restricted area
… breaking the municipal by-laws. The young man was charged on 29 counts for resisting moving after every 20 minutes, … was facing 29 charges, the young man…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… Amendment Bill, establishing a framework for deliberations on the country's future constitutional, economic and social … was introduced in Parliament. The…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… Angry White workers, on strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police stations, railway installations and mines on the Witwatersrand. They also…
EventProtests against Afrikaans language in Black schools
… of the oppressor. It was against this background that on 30 April 1976, students at Orlando West Junior School in Soweto went on strike and boycotted classes…
EventThe trial of Fred Carneson, a listed communist begins at the Supreme Court in Cape Town
… and contravention of the Suppression of Communism Act. On 25 May Carneson was sentenced to a total of five years and … After nearly seven years in prison,…
EventJoseph Kasavubu, first president of the Democratic Republic of Congo dies
… the office when the Congo became independent from Belgium on 30 June, 1960. Kasavubu was born in the village of … a nearby Catholic mission where he was…
EventDemonstrations begin outside the South African Embassy in Washington D.C.
… the South African Embassy in Washington DC and continued on an almost daily basis as anti-apartheid protesters … Mary Frances Berry, Commissioner of the U.S…
EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… power would shift from the Cape to the Transvaal. Kruger on the other hand was set on keeping the British out of the Transvaal. Milner opened the Graaf…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… not be allowed to dissipate. And with South Africa finally on board, progress in the negotiations over Rhodesia, so … and the urgency of avoiding a major…
GEAR and Neo-Liberalism (Part 2) by Thabo Mbeki, 28 March, 2016
… Growth. This action plan marked an increased emphasis on macroeconomic reform to further increase investment…" … Mafikeng in December 1997 adopted a…
Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928
… obvious that unless the I.C.U. justified its existence on the industrial field, stagnation would set in. It was no … his position threatened by the presence…