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EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
… Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela and many more. They were all transported to Johannesburg where they were confined in … (ed) (1981). F ive Hundred years: a…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and no-one went to work or did any … SAHO Indian passive resistance in South…
EventManuel Pinto da Costa becomes the president
… changed its name to MLSTP. During the elections MLSTP won all 16 seats in the National Assembly. The constitution, …
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… students, academics, donors and business partners from all communities and language groups. Following restructuring … et al. (eds) (1970). Standard…
EventNP Secretary-General Stoffel Van der Merwe resigns
… represented the aspirations of moderate South Africans of all races and which could win a democratic election. He was …
EventProposal for a new constitution
… National Congress suggested that equal status be given to all participants in the process of drawing up the new …
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… to that time in South African labour history and exceeded all expectations. On the first day, between 2.5 and three …
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… the floor-crossing rule that allows members of parties at all three levels of government to join a party of their …
EventWalter Sisulu secretly attends a meeting at the house of George Xorile with F. Van Rensburg
… were banned under the Unlawful Organisations Act. All “illegal organisations” were on 7 April 1960 banned. Six …
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
… is a small Town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, situated on the South bank of the Orange River about … from the later Stone Age. Excavations…
PlaceTouwsrivier
… the Breede Valley Municipality in the Western Cape , South Africa and can be seen from the N1 highway . Established in … was the route he desired. Molteno…
ArticleSouth African National Symbols and Heritage
… aspects of South African Heritage and symbols of South Africa. A person's heritage is made up of the practices, and …
PlaceTsitsikamma National Park, Eastern Cape
… '. This region is found in the Southern Cape of South Africa. The Park incorporates 80 km of rocky coastline with … have carved their path to the ocean…
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… Culture/Creativity/Communism: cultural expression and South Africa’s communist movement by Judy Seidman This paper opens … the 100th Anniversary of the SACP…
PlacePhiphidi Falls, Limpopo Province
… The vhaVenda clans of northern South Africa, in present-day Limpopo Province, are among the … At Phiphidi, the river, falls and surrounding forest are all…
Last kicks of a dying horse July 1992 - June 1993
… much of it had come originally. Natal accounted for 53% of all deaths, up from 33% for the previous year. PWV accounted for 35% of all deaths, down from 56%…
ArticleThe 1st Johannesburg Biennale
… machine installed in the exhibition space at Museum Africa - became an iconic piece in the Biennale for … Biennale highlighted that the art establishment in…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… 2033. Copyright is held by the individual contributors of all material, including the visual, photographic and graphic … Collective, Staffrider P.O. Box…
PlaceKing Edward VII High School, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… cigar factory. The school is a public, English-medium, all-boys high school located in Johannesburg. This school, … proud of its record of producing quality…
PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, destroying all settler resistance before them. Although they reached the … December 1836 the proclamation of the…
PlaceDurbanville
… enjoy. Exploring the wine route will requires a day or two all on its own. There are so many farms to choose from and … and parents alike. There are 12 farms…
Professor Zakes Mda review of Robert Mcbride A coloured Life
… want to understand the dynamics of race and class in South Africa …
Allister Starke
… by public transport from RSA to Europe and back, via East Africa and the Middle East. I have been living and working on …
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… spaced thatched houses situated on the street edge, with all the official buildings located in a narrow stretch in one …
EventThe Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
… battles were fought between the Basotho and the Boers. All three wars were the result of conflict between the …
EventGamal Abdel Nasser is formally nominated to become the first president of the new United Arab Republic
… gain for Egypt. Nasser's schemes for Arab unity were all in vain. It was his successor, Anwar al-Sadat, who made …
EventAbdullah Abdurahman, medical doctor and Cape community leader, dies in Cape Town
… Opinion) newspaper hailed him as a great leader who was at all times available to address the needs of Black, Indian and … Abdullah Abdurahman Biography…
EventThe Minister of Justice, Police and Prisons, Jimmy Kruger, received a report of a police investigation into Steve Biko’s death
… Gluckman, pathologist appointed by the Biko family, all of whose findings were unanimous. Death had been caused …
EventSA sprinter Oscar Pistorius reaches the final
… Paralympic experience. "I've never been so scared in all my life out there," said the likeable youngster who was …
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… In his testimony to the TRC, Vlok stated that he received all instructions from President P.W. Botha. He was granted …