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EventThe governor of the Cape, Sir Alfred Milner, opens the Graaff-Reinet-Middelburg railway line
… Sir Alfred Milner was a British statesman and colonial Administrator. Milner came to South Africa in … led by State President Paul Kruger. After the…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Africa Regional Conference of the Food and Agricultre Organisation: Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 4 March 2004
… of the Diplomatic Corps, Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to thank you most sincerely for … distinguished gathering today. On…
Statement to the 20th Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity by O. R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 14 November 1984
… Mr. Chairman, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Your Excellencies, Heads of Delegations, Honourable Ministers and Ambassadors, Your Excellency…
”Joint Declaration of Cooperation.” Statement by Dr. A. B. Xuma of the ANC, Dr. G. M. Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress, and Dr. Y. M. Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress, March 9, 1947
… the representatives of the African National Congress and the Natal and Transvaal Indian Congresses, having fully realised the … urgency of co-operation…
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… John Rhodes. This was soon followed by the discovery of gold, which changed South Africa's agrarian economy to an … that Glitters - The Discovery of Diamonds…
Beyers Naudé: former General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview with Rupert Taylor, 4 February 2000, Northcliff, Johannesburg
… General-Secretary of the South African Council of Churches and before that Director of the Christian Institute interview … NGOs, particularly those that have…
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
… Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa by Oliver Tambo I wish to express … making to induce the South African Government to abolish…
EventPope Paul VI proclaims 22 new African saints. The saints, known as the Blessed Martyrs of Uganda, were a group of converts who were persecuted and martyred from 1885
… the new King of pre-colonial Buganda, ordered the arrest and detention of a number of men and women who had been baptized. On the morning of 3 June, … if any…
PlaceStilfontein
… It is situated about 120 km northwest of Johannesburg , and is known for its rich cultural heritage and abundant … town was founded in 1949, as a result of…
Declaration by Oliver Tambo, Deputy President of the African National Congress of South Africa, and J.R.D. Chikerema, Vice-President of the Zimbabwe African People`s Union, 05 August 1967
… From: Sechaba, October 1967 Furious fighting has been and is taking place in various parts of Southern Rhodesia. … most daring battles ever fought between…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the announcement by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and other political prisoners
… by FW de Klerk concerning the release of Walter Sisulu and other political prisoners. Welcomes the announcement. … campaign must continue for the release of…
Durban an Overview
… to lay out a settlement with a regular grid of streets, and named the new village after Sir Benjamin D’Urban, then … Natalia. This did not entirely meet with…
ArticleThe Causes of World War I
… The influence of socialist parties in France, Germany and Austria was growing. The 1912 elections for the … increased political pressure to extend the vote…
PlaceWitwatersrand, Johannesburg (Gauteng)
… Witwatersrand, ridge of gold-bearing rock mostly in Gauteng Province , South Africa. … The highland, which forms the watershed between the Vaal and Limpopo…
Document 48 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Native Question (Majority) (1934)
… because the Native is the direct producer in agriculture and the mines, and also, though to a lesser degree, in … in agriculture is comparatively…
PlaceAllanridge, Free State Province
… Allanridge is a Gold Mining Town in the Lejweleputswa District Municipality … Africa, 34 km North of Welkom. It was founded in 1950 and administered by a…
PlaceLanglaagte Deep Residential Village, Johannesburg
… was guided from Ferreira’s Camp to the main group of gold reefs by a son of the widow Petronella Oosthuizen, the owner of a farm at Langlaagte, on which the…
EventFirst mines are proclaimed in Johannesburg
… Though gold was discovered near Krugersdorp in July 1852 and mining activities started successively in various places … Witwatersrand (meaning Ridge of White…
Rustenburg the Segregated city
… character of the town persisted after Union in 1910, and there was little to attract other Whites to the area. The … in the vicinity when Henry Hartley's…
PlaceGeorge Harrison Park
… George Harrison and the history of Johannesburg are closely bound together: it was he who first found gold in 1886, a discovery that gave rise to the largest…
ArchiveHARWU: The Aborted Attempt to Build a National South African Catering Union (1984 – 1990) by Allan Horwitz, June 2018
… The Hotel and Restaurant Workers Union (HARWU) was a South African … This set of circumstances meant that the trade union worker leadership, union organisers…
ArticlePolokwane/Pietersburg Timeline 1835-1995
… Dutch farmers from the Cape Colony 1836 Louis Trichardt and Hans van Rensburg reach 'De Zoutpansbergen' 1838 … African Republic 1867 Schoemansdal evacuated…
ArchiveInternational Press Conference by the Honourable P W Botha, Prime Minister of the RSA on the talks between the Five Western Powers and the RSA Government regarding South West Africa
… Includes a joint statement by the South African Government and the five Foreign Ministers … of the RSA on the talks between the Five Western Powers and the…
PlaceMac-mac falls
… from Sabie on the R532 road towards Graskop. The turnoff and parking area is at the curio stalls and a nominal … This waterfall was originally a single…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly … mining town Mekoa was born on the East Rand,…
ArchiveMr Cyril Molefe of the Stoffelton and Stepmore complex of freehold areas addresses the press at the Natal Rural Freehold Communities Reprieval Campaign on 4 June 1990
… Mr Cyril Molefe of the Stoffelton and Stepmore complex of freehold areas addresses the press at …
Growing up in the new South Africa: Childhood and Adolescence in post-apartheid Cape Town by Rachel Bray, Imke Gooskens, Lauren Kahn, Sue Moses, Jeremy Seekings
… Growing Up in the New South Africa: Childhood and Adolescence in Post-Apartheid Cape Town … Growing up in the new South Africa: Childhood and Adolescence in…
South African Blues directed by Andy Metcalf and Produced by Silvia Davies, Broadcast by the BBC (1990) featuring Churchill Jolobe, Princess Patience, Robbie Sithole, Jonas Gwangwa
… South African Blues directed by Andy Metcalf and Produced by Silvia Davies, Broadcast by the BBC (1990) …
”Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker Issued After A Meeting Of The Joint Passive Resistance Council, December 1947
… Against Ghetto Act”: Joint Statement Of Dr. Dadoo And Dr. Naicker Issued After A Meeting Of The Joint Passive …
SPEECH BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE HLUHLUWE-UMFOLOZI PARK AND GREATER ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK Hluhluwe Game Reserve, 30 April 1995
… THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS OF THE HLUHLUWE-UMFOLOZI PARK AND GREATER ST LUCIA WETLAND PARK Hluhluwe Game Reserve, 30 …