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PlaceSouth African Library, Cape Town
… Library of South Africa, as we know it today, was formed on 1 November 1999 as a result of the amalgamation of the two … was declared a National Monument…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a self-governing state. On 6 December 1977 this 'homeland' was granted independence … when the country was reincorporated…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… The railway line from Kimberley reached Fourteen Streams on 1 December 1890. Although this work had originally been … Protectorate to Bulawayo and Salisbury…
PlaceMelrose House, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… Abbey in Scotland, where Heys and his wife had visited on a delayed honeymoon. The grand house remained in the Heys … signed around the massive dining table…
PlaceIrene Concentration Camp and Gravesite
… Opened on 2 November 1900, the Irene Concentration Camp was built … lands of Boer soldiers.The conditions in the camp, located on the chilly southern side of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Support from persons and Organisation - 1947
… and the African National Congress have decided on their part to refrain from taking part in or in any manner … Africans and other coloured people it would be…
EventA bomb blast rocks the ANC London office
… On this day the African National Congress (ANC) headquarters … liberation organisation. According to Coetzee, he acted on orders of former minister of law…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… acts these girls are forced to perform, are often caught on film and sold as pornographic material. Some of the girls … and turf. Due to the fact that child…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… adultery. Seven months pregnant, she appeared in court on 27 October 2004 to appeal her conviction. Ibrahim was acquitted the following month on the grounds…
EventDay of Reconciliation celebrated as a public holiday in SA for the first time
… South Africa during the Great Trek, were eager to settle on land. The region that they intended to settle on was already inhabited by the Zulu people. Thus…
PlaceSahlumbe
… along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of; KwaZulu. It is situated…
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
… In 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers … was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22…
ArchiveSpeech delivered by Joe Slovo
… mark the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the SACP on the 30th July 1981 in Maputo. Reflects on the history of the SACP and its association with the …
ArchiveBreaking new ground: recommendations from an
… from an African National Congress in-house workshop on the political, economic and social issues of South Africa's rural areas, held in Lusaka, Zambia, on…
EventCollins Chabane dies in a car crash
… Chabane, died in a car crash. The fatal crash happened on the N1-26 between Mokopane and Polokwane at around 1am. He was buried in Xikundu village in Limpopo…
1st May : May Day meeting
… in white letters. Black image of factory with closed sign on it. List of speakers from COSATU, AZAPO, AZACTU and UDF. Meeting at Ramakrishna Hall on Thursday…
ArchiveZero tolerance
… holding a straw mat. Government poster with words - Office on the status of women in the presidency. Words "A life free of violence - blow the whistle on…
ArchiveJames Reaneys: names and nicknames
… December. Artwork of a figure holding placard with title on it. Lots of nicknames on figure. Red Fence and green windmill. …
EventUniversal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
… Rights Day. For a link to our History Classroom lesson on the South African Bill of Rights and Children's rights, modelled on the UDHR, click here. … 1996 …
EventDr Stanley Mogoba is born in Polokwane
… Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1997, was born in Polokwane on this day. He was detained on Robben Island during the 1980s and was appointed as the …
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban
… of the Black Sash National Conference held at Durban on 15 to 18 October 1973, discussing: Malnutrition Survey, … conference, migrant labour, wages, labour…
ArchiveIntroduction by Howard Barrell
… that process, no less so if they make peace. This was so on February 2 1990 when President F W de Klerk acknowledged … They were deadlocked in a sort of…
ArchiveSouth Africa : The Cordoned Heart Poster
… of men carrying coffins with flowers in top. Exhibition on 4th March at Gertrude Posel Gallery of essays by 20 South African photographers. Also at other…
Education Charter Campaign
… lettering. Issued by EdCC Com. Logo included. Three blocks on left hand side giving demands met so far. Question "have … submitted your demands?" underneath…
ArchiveJune 16: 10 fighting years
… 14 times. Transvaal Student Congress (TRASCO) logo on left and image of Hector Pieterson in the arms of a fellow student on the right. Features list of…
ArchiveYou can prevent AIDS
… and woman in bed with skeleton in between with word AIDS on it. Balloon, from mouth of worman, with words "We cannot … in it. Copy of a front page of the…
ArchiveMeeting between Minister R F Botha, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador H Nickel of the United States: Cape Town, 21 March 1984
… Meeting, following on from the meeting of the previous day, 20 March 1984, … of Cuba, and Jose Eduardo Dos Santos, President of Angola, on 19 March 1984. …
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… illustrated. A few weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily Hobhouse and the Boer War published by UCT Press in … to view). I was drawn to that book…
Chapter 11. Court Cases - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… human, appeared nonplussed and took no action. I then went on to say how energetic the police were in protecting the … the practices of sweating, I continued…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… white predominance and has, therefore, no desire to press, on behalf of the community it represents, for any political … the two Governments, I reserve to…