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ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
1799 2 March, British government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned by The Department of Education Zinzi Mandela at Jabulani stadium 10 February 1985 © Mayibuye…
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
In 1981, Dirk Coetzee, Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner began Vlakplaas, a parliamentary hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first…
EventBantu Holomisa deposes Stella Sigcau as President of the Transkei
On 30 December 1987, Major General Bantu Holomisa, commander of the Transkei Defence Force (TDF), a staunch African National Congress (ANC) activist, led a…
EventVan Riebeeck lands at the Cape
On 24 December 1651, accompanied by his wife and son, Jan van Riebeeck set off from Texel in The Netherlands for the Cape of Good Hope. Van Riebeeck had signed…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
Public lecture by Hermann Giliomee in honour of Richard Elphick given at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn, USA, May 4 2015 Nelson Mandela and the last…
Ahmed Timol: Three Documents by Politicsweb, 27 June 2017
The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the South African Communist Party (SACP) underground operative Ahmed Timol while in the custody of the…
ArchiveExhibition : Towards a peoples culture
Black and white poster. Notice of various art exhibitions of art from 11th to 22nd December 1986. Arts Festival '86 Logo. Photograph by Paul Grendon. Artwork…
ArchiveConsumption in the land of plenty: T.B. in South Africa
Cream and brown poster. Notice of a Medical Students Conference on the 2nd to the 4th August at UCT Medical School. Artwork of crowds of people at bottom and…
ArchiveWashing ones hands between the conflict of t
Title is a quote by Friere. White poster with black lettering and thin double black border. Image of a pyramid with wealthy people on top with different levels…
ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
June 12, 1964 was the day for sentencing in the Rivonia Trial in Pretoria. The prosecution wanted the maximum sentence – and we expected it: death. But in a…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
The new constitution is a celebration of the creativity of the South African people, for few, if any, other countries have been as successful in negotiating a…
ArchiveLabour Day mass meeting
A2 poster silkscreen red on brown paper; text: Labour Day Mass Meeting; Speakers: Terror Lekota [UDF]. Sisa Njikelana [SAAWU], Tom Morotolo [ERAPO], Lungile…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969 1960 March 16, The Boycott Movement, in London, is renamed the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). Tennyson Makiwane, Vella…
ArticleDrafting of the Final Constitution
Introduction The transition from the Apartheid era to the new democratic dispensation was a powerful and fundamental process for South Africans. With many…
ArticleArts and Crafts and reconstruction by Jillian Carman
My paper is about two women who focused on a common ideal, namely, the use of hand labour for social reconstruction after the Second South African War of 1899…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
The early Cape was settled not only by ex-VOC workers who became free burghers and the Huguenots but also by slaves who lost their freedom and was brought to…
PlaceKoeberg Nuclear Power Station, Cape Town
Construction of Koeberg 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…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Celebration of Workers Day, Swellendam, Western Cape, 1 May 2006
Today is Workers Day. It is a day when workers should relax and enjoy themselves; and not spend too many hours in public meetings. I am not going to be long…
Address by Jacob Zuma marking the Commemoration of the International Day of persons with disabilities, during the State visit by President Rupiah Banda of Zambia, 03 December 2010
Excellency President Rupiah Banda and Mrs Banda and your delegation, Ministers and senior officials, Adelaide Tambo Skills Development Centre stakeholders, …
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
We are sure you’ve heard the hype around the very first Cape Town Book Sale, and we are here to tell you that you have a right to be excited. From Friday, 16…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the South African Reserve Bank’s 75th anniversary banquet Pretoria, 28 June 1996
Dr Stals; Ministers of the Cabinet; Governors and other representatives of the central banks of the member countries of the SADC; Distinguished guests; …
EventGriffiths Mxenge is murdered
Griffiths Mxenge, an African National Congress (ANC) veteran and apartheid activist, was assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
Less than a week ago, SABC acting group chief executive Jimi Matthews furiously defended the public broadcaster, its chief operating officer, Hlaudi…
The people armed, 1984-1990
Introduction 1985, Desmond Tutu, armed only with the bible under his arm, confronts the SA forces during their attempts to break up a demonstration…
Article1960 - 1994: Armed Struggle and Popular Resistance
1984-1990:- The people armedIntroductionNumerous factors characterised the intensification of the freedom struggle against the National Party government in the…
ArchiveUnlike The Gambia’s Jammeh, Mugabe may not disappear, 22 November 2017, AZAD ESSA
In the central lobby of the Banjul International Airport, a painting of Yahya Jammeh, the former president of The Gambia, adorns the ceiling. Jammeh, in…
ArchiveLabour Day May 1
Light brown poster with black lettering. Words "Forward to worker unity 1984" in red at bottom. Title in half circle at top with images of factories in half…
EventThe Childe Herold is shipwrecked
The Childe Herold is shipwrecked The Childe Herold is shipwrecked off Dassen Island. A 463-ton British wooden ship, the Childe Herold, en route from Bombay to…
ArchiveBreakthrough!: vote second from the bottom
Yellow poster with black and blue lettering. National Party election poster. Red arrow pointing to photograph of De Klerk on voter's ballot. Blue, green,…