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Document 66 - Hosea Jaffe , “The First Ten Years of the Non-European Unity Movement”, Excerpts from a lecture delivered to the Cape Flats Educational Fellowship, December 1953
… Document 66 - Hosea Jaffe , “The First Ten Years of the Non-European Unity Movement”, Excerpts from a lecture …
Abraham, son of Jan van Riebeeck, is born. He is the second White baby to be born in the fort De Goede Hoop at the Cape.
… Abraham, son of Jan van Riebeeck, is born. He is the second White baby to be born in the fort De Goede Hoop at the Cape. …
James Zulu is shot dead from point-blank range at the Port Shepstone taxi rank. At the time of his death, Zulu was the most imp
… James Zulu is shot dead from point-blank range at the Port Shepstone taxi rank. At the time of his death, Zulu was the most imp …
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Minutes of the Fourth National Congress held at King Williams Town, December 1975
… Minutes of the Fourth National Congress of the Black Peoples Convention, held at King Williams Town … Black Peoples Convention: Minutes of the Fourth…
ArchiveMinutes of the Fourth National Congress Held at King Williams Town, December 1975, including Commission Reports
… Unamended drafts of the commissions reports, Executive reports and Programmes of the Black People's Convention conference held on Dec 13-16 … Minutes of the…
ArchiveLetter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors, Christ Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate
… Letter relating to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate and the church's involvement … Letter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors,…
ArchiveEconomic restructuring in post-apartheid South Africa: the role of local government rural and urban development
… Discussion paper prepared for a seminar between the African National Congress Department of Economics and Planning, Congress of South African Trade Unions…
ArchiveEye-witness account of the action by South African police in a Black Township near Cape Town
… A teacher's account of police brutality against High school students in the Cape Peninsula in the period following the Soweto riots, published as an … Eye…
Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bothaville or Doornkraal is fought with Gen. De Wet surrendering
… Anglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Bothaville or Doornkraal is fought with Gen. De Wet … after heavy losses on both sides. SA National Museum of Military…
ArchiveStatement by United Democratic Front National Executive Committee on National Launching of the United Democratic Front
… The National Executive Committee held a meeting on the 30th and 31st of July in Johannesburg to decide on the launch date and to … Front National Executive…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… This article was written by Meghan Knapp and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Abstract The African National…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 1 by US Department of State
… 600,000 years ago, humans inhabited what has since become the desolate Sahara of northern Niger. Long before the arrival of French influence and control in…
Growing social unrest: Community mobilisation, strikes and student protests in the Western Cape in the 1980s
… The late 1970s witnessed increased labour unrest in the region of the Western Cape. For instance, the Fattis and Monis … Community mobilisation, strikes and…
Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations, 22 January 1946
… Message from Dr. AB Xuma, President-General of ANC, to the United Nations opposing South Africa`s … for incorporation of South West Africa 22 January 1946…
ArticleDutch settlement, the Indian Ocean slave trade and slavery at the Cape - seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
… Reasons: DEIC permanent settlement at the Cape 1652 The DEIC (Dutch East India Company) in the Netherlands was … reports about what they had seen at the Cape…
ArchiveSouth African Students Movement Minutes of the Fourth General Student Council, Roodepoort, 4th July 1977
… Minutes of the SASM Student Council Meeting with the theme "Students now, towards liberation" … South African Students Movement Minutes of the Fourth General…
Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994: Part 2 Corespondence Section 2 General (Undated)
… From the book: Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994 by Mewa … Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin…
Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994: Part 2 - Corespondence Section 1 General (Dated)
… From the book: Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin 1960's - 1994 by Mewa … Faith and Courage - The Political Papers of Mewa Ramgobin…
ArchiveSeparate Representation of Voters Act, Act No 46 of 1951
… The Act was to make provision for the separate representation in Parliament and in the provincial council of the province of the Cape of Good Hope of…
BiographyTeboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini
… 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a lay preacher in the Methodist Church, and … Mashinini, posthumously,…
BiographyAdam Small
… Wellington, Cape Province (now Western Cape) to a mother of Muslim Indian heritage and a slave descendant father. He … at a primary school. Later, his family…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
… Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was … Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (MRCVS),…
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… From Military Chairman to President of the Republic : After dissolving the national electoral committee, Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara … A Brief History of Niger -…
Cape Town Launch of A to Z of Amazing South African Women
… The Book Lounge and Modjaji Books are deilghted to invite you to the launch of the "A to Z of Amazing South African Women" text by Ambre … Cape Town Launch…
EventHarold Macmillan begins his “winds of change” tour of Africa
… British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan began his "winds of change" tour of Africa in Ghana. Ghana became the first country in Sub-Sahara to gain…
EventPresident F. W. de Klerk announced the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed settlement
… President F. W. de Klerk announced the opening of four hitherto Whites-only residential areas to mixed … area until it was cleared for White settlement in…
ArchiveClass and Ethnicity: The Politics and Ideologies of the Greek Community in South Africa, circa 1890-1924 by Evangelos Anastasios Mantzaris
… Class and Ethnicity: The Politics and Ideologies of the Greek Community in South Africa, circa 1890-1924 by …
Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The development of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) shipping network in Asia by Robert Parthesius
… Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The Development of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) Shipping Network in Asia … Dutch Ships in Tropical Waters: The…
The Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA) is launched with the opening of its first office in Port El
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1989). Race Relations Survey 1988/89 , Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations p. 675 … The…
The Minister of Finance, Senator Owen Horwood, announces the government is to spend an additional R250 m. on low-cost housing f
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, … The Minister of Finance, Senator Owen Horwood,…