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Tombs of the third dynasty Egyptian kings are excavated at Ur.
… Tombs of the third dynasty Egyptian kings are excavated at Ur. …
Violence claims the lives of fourteen people during the Christmas weekend.
… Violence claims the lives of fourteen people during the Christmas weekend. …
Christian Church chooses this day to observe the birth of Christ.
… Christian Church chooses this day to observe the birth of Christ. …
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer 1946 NIC … Scott trespassed of the third time. He now…
If we want to understand African history, we need to understand the Battle of Adwa by Hannah Giorgis (Pambazuka News), 02 Mar 2016
… The battle - and the greater narrative of Ethiopia’s independence – is a powerful symbol of African … pathological need to avenge its national pride: defined…
BiographyGeorge Gangen Ponnen
… George Ponnen was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now … doing the cooking for the delegates. In 1960,…
Statement On Behalf of the South Africa United Front, 1960, New York
… the PAC On October 5th, 1960, the "electorate" of the Union of South Africa voted in favour of a Republic by a majority of 70,000 votes. In this … Statement…
ArchiveThe All-African Convention: The Awakening of The People by I.B. Tabata
… When The Awakening of A People was first published in 1950, it was intended for the clarification of the real issues facing the Black masses of South Africa…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
… Government! On March 9, 1980, the racist Prime Minister of South Africa, P.W. Botha, surprised the world with the … had decided to summon a conference…
Address to the National Council of Provinces, Cape Town 28 October 1999
… Chairperson of the NCOP, Honourable Premiers, Honourable Members of the House, Ladies and Gentlemen; I would like to thank you … you have given us to come to…
ArchiveThe Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt (www.aperture.org), 6 February 2018
… Gottlieb plays traditional Damara music at the funeral of Ouma Juliana ǂÛ-khui ǁAreses on the family farm beneath … 6 December 2014 © the artist Except…
Address at the Meeting of Nigerian and South African Business 2 October 2000
… Are just every moment And every day writ large. Thousands of years of loving, failing, killing, Creating, surprising, … their rich harvest." I think we will…
Chapter 22. A Slight Case of Blackmail - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The year 1944 was one of the busiest for the union. In the midst of the trouble, which started in February, we became involved in a series of court actions,…
”Some Basic Principles of African Nationalism.” Article by A. M. Lembede, in February 1945
… Basis: This can be stated by quoting the words of a famous American writer, Thompson, "The materialistic conception of History that conceives of Man as…
ArchiveThe Black Sash: a case study of liberalism in South Africa 1955-1990
… Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, Sub-Faculty of Politics, University of Oxford, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Abstract: … The…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt's landscapes of high voltage by Melvyn Minnaar, 21 November 2014
… A restless sense of documentation drives David Goldblatt. Like those earliest colonial adventurer-explorer-writers of Southern Africa, wide-eyed to the…
Let them Speak - Slave Stamouers of South Africa by André van Rensburg
… and was brought to the Cape. To fix a date for the arrival of slaves at the Cape is a variable since we know that slaves … made their way to the Cape prior…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South Africa, on the authority of the National Action … An Appeal…
ArchiveKwaZakele - the politics of transition in South Africa: an Eastern Cape study
… A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Rhodes University. Abstract: This thesis … KwaZakele - the…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… The African National Congress (ANC) is saddened to learn of the passing-on of Cde Basil Jomo Mavuso, a former MK combatant in Nova Catenga, a military…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief in the freedom of the people of his country was robbed of the citizenship of the land of ……
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1932 - 1949 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1932 … subsidised by the Cape Provincial Education Department; of these seven…
Document 87 - “Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention”, The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 87 - "Lessons of the All-Bantu Convention", The Spark, 2, 2, February 1936 … to write about it at all. When an…
PlaceAggeneys, a Town at the foot of the Aggeneys Mountain in the Namaqualand
… Town at the Southern foot of Aggeneys Mountains, about 60 km West of Pofadder. It has been suggested that the name is derived from the Nama language,…
EventSekonyela, chief of the Batlokwa, dies in the Wittebergen Reserve, Herschel district.
… Kgosi Sekonyela (c. 1804 – 20 July 1856) was a chief of the Batlokwa people. He effectively took over the … raids on neighbouring tribes, often to the…
EventDay of mourning held for Kinross mine disaster that claimed 177 lives
… industry to mourn these deaths, under the supervision of NUM (National Union of Mineworkers). An earlier memorial service, sponsored by … & rejected the…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Horrified by apparent infiltration of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) by non-whites, … Church for white Afrikaners only. This followed a meeting of around…
The conduct of EFF at the National Assembly Today, 17 September 2014
… once more expresses it`s concern about the conduct of EFF Members of Parliament in the National Assembly today. Their refusal to abide by Parliamentary rules…
EventArmscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery system
… On 28 March 1982, the Chairman of Armscor announced that South Africa had developed a 155mm artillery piece that outranged it's counterparts of a similar…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Glossary
… book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education accentuate - to make more noticeable or…