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BiographyHester Elizabeth Cornelius
Hester Elizabeth Cornelius was born on 5 April 1907 in Lichtenburg Western Transvaal to an Afrikaner family. Her family was very nationalistic, with both her…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
EventThe SA government grants ‘Independent’ status to Venda
… Following South Africa's policies of racial segregation and the promulgation … remained politically and economically dependent on South Africa. …
EventPik Botha is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs
… in the United States of America (USA), returns to South Africa and is appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Botha … after completing his law studies. He…
EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… made to improve conditions in concentration camps in South Africa. The camps were set up during one of the toughest and bleakest phases in the history of…
ArchiveTowards racial justice: will there be a change of heart?
… portrays the social and political injustices in South Africa. Further discussion is emphasised on questioning … will be a change of heart by the white…
ArticleMatabele Wars 1836-1896
… and defending an Ndebele State (visit our 'People of South Africa feature to read more about this). Mzilikazi's War with … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…
ArticlePrehistory of the Bloemfontein area
… The origin of South Africa’s judicial capital goes back to the mid 19th century …
Extract from a speech during a political meeting held on 17 June 1971 at Naboomspruit in the Waterberg constituency
… for the HNP could have on political thinking in South Africa. Adv. Vorster made use of this opportunity to refute … Africans to ensure the survival of the…
ArchivePhotographer Ernest Cole: Of bondage and freedom – Discovery of trove of negatives a game changer by Ivor Powell (Daily Maverick), 30 November 2017
… By the age of 25, when Ernest Cole fled South Africa for exile in New York, he had already cut the template … followed the photographer’s flight, aged 25,…
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… was, in 1983, the oldest running steam engine in South Africa. She was doing so for more than 105 years! Kitson is … firm of Kitson and Co, of Leeds, and was…
EventJoyce Barker, SA soprano, is born in Mooi River, Natal.
… a significant contribution to the growth of opera in South Africa. She won the Ernest Whitcutt Memorial Cup three years … After an absence of ten years, she…
EventFifty killed over three days during Inkatha
… United Democratic Front (UDF) supporters in Natal, South Africa, following the release of Mandela on 11 February … on 27 April 1994 eventually ushering in a…
EventSamora Machel, president of Mozambique, dies in a plane crash
… 134 plane crashed into the Lebombo Mountains, South Africa, after allegedly following a false beacon. Machel was … in Zambia. His death sent shockwaves…
EventCollen Chauke, infamous escapee, is captured
… Collen Chauke, South Africa's most wanted fugitive, was captured in Nelspruit. He was arrested at a roadblock in Nelspruit near South Africa's border with…
Address to United Nations Security Council, by Nelson Mandela, 15 July 1992, New York United States
… Council for agreeing to convene on the question of South Africa. We would also like to thank you most sincerely for … United Nations has been seized with the…
The Many Faces of Apartheid Repression
… policies of apartheid; resistance by the people of South Africa, resistance by South Africa's neighbours and resistance by the international … involving the…
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1960-1969
… and even gone overseas, but all had remained in South Africa. Dr Monty Naicker and J.N. Singh disguised themselves … the growing demands of the unfranchised…
ArchiveResisting apartheid through pen and paper by Richard Rive, 05 March 2018
… racial discrimination that segregated the people of South Africa based on their skin color and treated them according … of apartheid “otherwise.” While the…
Baroness Castle of Blackburn opened an exhibition on the history of the Anti-Apartheid Movement at the opening session of the Symposium
… Like the rest of you, I am dazzled to be in South Africa House - and to know it's yours. All the 34years I was … relatively small band of people inside and…
ArticleThe Mau Mau Uprising
… by European nations that became known as the Scramble for Africa. The region today known as Kenya had previously been … to white farmers, who mostly moved…
Address on the Occasion of the Budget Vote of the Presidency, 18 June 2002
… is proceeding under the leadership of Statistics South Africa, to develop integrated performance indicators to … used to propel our economy to even greater…
Launch of The Eye of the Needle by Richard Turner
… was inspired by the events of 1968, and returned to South Africa increasingly influenced by Steve Biko and the Black … entry point for both historical…
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… a moderate UN resolution, which, while criticising South Africa's apartheid policy, would fall short of defining the situation in South Africa as a danger to…
EventDr. Rhoodie is arrested
… down by a journalist at Ecuador. Rhoodie had fled South Africa shortly after testifying before the Judicial … held in custody for 88 days pending extradition…
EventThe National President of the Black People’s Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against … psychologically mobilise the oppressed…
EventThe Azanian People’s Liberation Army (APLA) disbands
… (SACP). APLA supported the PAC ideology of iZwe ngelethu, "Africa is Ours", and Mayibuye iAfrika, "Bring back Africa". APLA was associated with attacks on…
EventOlive Shisana was born on this day
… Olive Shisana was born in the town of Pietersburg, South Africa, on the 27th of November 1950. [1] She holds a BA … which she obtained from the University of…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… his support for economic sanctions to be imposed on South Africa. While many European countries had boycotted South Africa both economically and culturally,…
Address on the Occasion of the State Banquet, Tripoli, Libya, 12 June 2002
… greetings from the government and people of South Africa. There is no doubt that since we arrived in your … humble role, together with sister countries…