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EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… Falls Bridge was constructed in 1905 at the height of British penetration of Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The brainchild of Cecil Rhodes, the bridge was…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, … and transporting him to South Africa. Later the Minister of…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man whose work is little known, … images even in the harshest and most…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… traveller, artist, and author was born in 1792. The son of a wealthy nurseryman. Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km … South Africa between 1810 and 1815,…
EventDepartment of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approves ESKOM’s prototype 110MW pebble
… On 25 June 2003, the South African Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism approved the construction of a prototype pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR)…
ArchiveA Black viewpoint on the special PSC on the state of the nation
… Anglican Bishops and representatives of the clergy and laity met at St Peters Conference Centre at Hammanskraal to take a realistic look at the state of the…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… Lennox Sebe, leader of the Ciskei 'homeland' government, announces that in order to reach a settlement of dispute between his government and that of the…
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… Police arrested 2,300 people in the township of Sebokeng in the Vaal in what was believed to be the … the townships and hostels. The arrest came at the…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… served with a restriction order that affects his freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia. This came … was placed in detention, along with…
EventM.T. Steyn is sworn in as president of the Orange Free State
… The Republic of the Orange Free State went to elections after the resignation of President F.W. Reitz in 1895 for reasons of health. Marthinus Theunis Steyn,…
Conservative Revolutionaries - Anti-Apartheid Activism at the University of Cape Town 1963-1973 by Robert Erbmann, Oxford University, 2005
… The 1960s are often described as a unique period of activism, in which students were to find themselves at the cutting edge of social radicalism, overeager…
ArchiveSouth Africa Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State
… Advisory Committee Report, 10 February report to Secretary of State, President Reagan as he had signed Executive order … dealt with United States policy…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… Africa in February 1955 denouncing the government`s use of force to remove African people from the Western Areas. … must be theirs. Non-Europeans and…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 3: Directions of change in South African politics
… Report of the Political Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society … Notes on the papers; Future political implications of present…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice international conference and study tour will be … and international participants to…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. … and freedom to many African countries…
ArchiveSpeech delivered on Graduation Day on behalf of the Graduands, April 1972
… The former President of the SRC of the University of the North delivered the Address at the Graduation Ceremony … Speech delivered on Graduation Day on…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism commissioned by The Department of Education
… two important events that occurred prior to the arrival of Europeans in South Africa - farming and globalisation. … sudden turning points; they took place…
EventHelen Zille, former leader of the Democratic Alliance, is born in Johannesburg
… Helen Zille studied at the University of the Witwatersrand , Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) … after she exposed the real circumstances behind the…
ANC-KZN flabbergasted by DA’s denigration of Oliver Tambo, 11 July 2006
… made by the Democratic Alliance (DA) denigrating one of the greatest freedom fighters ever produced by South … always disputed that it does not represent the…
EventMembers of the ANC and SACP are detained due to Operation Vula
… security forces detained approximately forty members of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African … Gordhan, Siphiwe Nyanda and Billy Nair. They…
EventPalaeontologist Mary Leakey discovers one of the oldest hominid skulls in Tanzania
… On 17 July 1959, Palaeontologist Mary Leaky discovered on of the oldest hominid skulls in the Olduvai Gorge, in Northern Tanzania. At first she found several…
EventKing Mwanga of Uganda signs a contract with the British East Africa Company
… II, Mukasa beter known as King Mwanga II, was Kabaka of the kingdom of Bungada after the death of his father, Muteesa I in 1884. Upon ascending to the … King…
ArchiveCiskei Commission: transcript of an interview with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black families
… Transcript of an interview with Helen Suzman, Colin Eglin and R. Swart regarding the independence of the Ciskei and its socio-economic impact on black…
EventFirst day of office for Mboweni as Governor the SA Reserve Bank
… The former minister of labour, Tito Mboweni, was appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to replace Dr Chris … Bank as an advisor to…
EventBafana Bafana lose to Egypt in the African Cup of Nations final
… national football team Bafana Bafana, under tutelage of the hastily appointed caretaker coach Jomo Sono, lost 2-0 against their Egyptian opponents in the…
EventSupreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election
… Supreme Court declares Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta winner of the Kenyan presidential election Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the fourth and current president of Kenya…
ArchiveThe background of segregation: address delivered to the National Anti-C.A.D. Conference
… This paper illustrates at the outset various forms of segregation in the world. The fact that the basic … principle upon which the British Empire is founded…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… women, but rather took up arms to fight for the freedom of her country with the MK. She was not afraid of a gun and was heavily involved in the bush…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… The Alliance National Secretariat, composed of the ANC , SACP , COSATU, SANCO met yesterday, 5 February … service delivery concerns, it condemns the…