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A large-scale work and school stay-away takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960.
… takes place to commemorate the Sharpeville shootings in 1960. …
ArticleCosatu timeline
… advertising for the 2010 soccer World Cup. 11 July: In the aftermath of the 2010 soccer World Cup COSATU launched … soccer as a national sport. The sport is…
Address to the Biennial Meeting of the Association for The Development of Education in Africa (Adea), Johannesburg, 6 December 1999
… appropriate to the long-term needs of our context and in order to equip us fully to meet the many challenges of the … the century of durable peace and…
Address at the Work-in-Progress Review Workshop of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), 24 Jan 2002
… and the widespread support among Africans for this plan. In a similar vein, we must recognise that we have great … and concretise implementation and put the…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Set in the Roodepoort Civic Centre on Christiaan de Wet Road, the … back to 1884, despite having had to shut its doors briefly in 2006 due to budgetary…
Debate in the House of Assembly during the second reading of the Immorality Amendment Bill on 23 February 1962
… The Prime Minister took part in this debate in his capacity as Minister of Justice. Though harrassed by … contrary, every argument advanced by the hon…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Chapter 1 - The Uneven Development of Colonialism in South Africa by Jeff Peires
… was brought to South Africa by different interests in different ways at different times. At the risk of … we will distinguish between three models of…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Henrique Cardoso of Brazil Pretoria, 26 November 1996
… I had been at school with Ariah, but now she lived in Port Elizabeth. Bloemfontein was not such a good place to live in. I was not so happy there. My…
EventRugby player Breyton Paulse is included in the national team after the ANCYL challenged the decision to omit him
… Rugby developed as a sport in South Africa in the late nineteenth century. It is said to have become so … that the British lost against the South African…
Group Areas Act and Its Effects on Indian People in Natal, May 1956 by Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
… Act enacted by the Union Parliament over six years ago in 1950 may be described as the high water mark of the Union’s legislation against non-European land…
EventSouth African Defence Force (SADF) raid Maseru in an effort to kill suspected members of the African National Congress
… In the early hours of December 9th, 1982, South African … the African National Congress (ANC) were believed to be in hiding. Meeting no opposition from…
ArchiveTestimony of Bishop Manas Buthelezi in the court proceedings: The State versus W.W.C. Twala and 10 others (SSRC Trial)
… Evidence given by the Bishop Manas Buthelezi in the court proceedings the State versus W W C Twala and 10 others. The Bishop testifies in response to the…
ArticleTrevor Andrew Manuel and Economic Freedom Fighters - High Court of South Africa - Gauteng Local Division - Johannesburg
… REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA IN THE HIGH COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA GAUTENG LOCAL DIVISION, … that, he served as the Minister of Trade and Industry from 1994 until…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the president’s budget debate in the Senate 18 June 1996
… of this moment. South Africa has reached a watershed in the democratisation of our society. In a matter of weeks, we expect the final constitution to be … is…
EventA British Sports Council team begins a three-week fact-finding tour of South Africa to probe racial discrimination in sport
… In May 1962 Dennis Brutus , Secretary of the South African … country’s policies of racial discrimination. Subsequently, in 1964, SANOC was banned from taking…
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… On 3 October 1844, Sir Patrick Manson was born in Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He was an important physician at … made during his time as medical…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the state banquet in honour of President Abdou Diouf Pretoria, 30 July 1996
… transformed to serve the interest of the people as a whole in conformity with the democratic principles embodied in the constitution. (D) All organs of…
ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject history at the University of South…
EventAbout 22 000 miners on Witwatersrand gold mines go on strike in what became known as the Rand Rebellion
… In January 1922 some 22 000 white miners downed their tools and went on strike in what became known as the Rand Rebellion or the Red Revolt. … martial law…
EventThe Alabama, American raider of the Southern States during the American Civil War, arrives in Saldana Bay for provisions
… the Southern States during the American Civil War arrived in Saldana Bay, on the west coast of South Africa, to … up a reputation for being one of the most…
EventJoseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane, leader of the St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support in rural areas
… St Engenas Zion Christian Church (the Dove) with support in rural areas, dies in Warmberg, Pietersburg district. Upon the death of Engenas, … Edward and…
ArchiveDeath Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Death Sentences for Politically-related Crimes in the Eastern Cape: Paper Presented at the Black Sash … crimes, capital punishment, politically-related…
The Performing Arts Councils (PACs)
… The Performing Arts Councils (PACs) were conceived in 1961 to replace the NTO, and in 1963 then Minister of Education, Arts and Sciences Dr. Jan ……
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… and covert assistance to Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) in order to weaken the African National Congress (ANC). IFP … and Zulu people, as they were the largest…
ArticleDISA Archive
… the period from 1950 to the first democratic elections in 1994, providing a wealth of material on this fascinating … input from interested persons, scholars…
ANC Gauteng Centenary Month to celebrate Oliver Tambo, 18 October 2012
… O.R Tambos contribution to the struggle of the ANC in difficult times in the history of the ANC we have created … by the Deputy President of the ANC Kgalema…
EventANC leader Walter Sisulu is convicted and sentenced to six years in prison for contravening the unlawful Organisations Act
… (ANC) leader, Walter Sisulu was sentenced to six years in prison for furthering the aims of the banned ANC and for … of the same year the police raided the…
ArchiveVergardering van die Werk Komitee van die Staatsveiligheidsraad in die Uniegebou, Pretoria, op 14 Januarie 1980, om 14h00
… of the State Security Council Works Committee, held in Pretoria on 14 January 1980 in which … van die Werk Komitee van die Staatsveiligheidsraad in die…
ArchiveFor their Triumph and for their Tears - Conditions and Resistance of Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein
… Remember all our women in the jails Remember all our women in campaigns Remember all our women over many fighting years … and for their Tears - Conditions…
ArchiveSquatting in the Peri-urban Areas of Metropolitan Cape Town: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Squatting in the Peri-urban Areas of Metropolitan Cape Town: Paper … unemployment, legal access to land, social conditions in squatter areas, forced removals…