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Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer
… Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents , is a record of the second resistance movements waged by Indians in the … country; the first was waged by…
EventManne Dipico, former Premier of the Northern Cape, is born in Kimberley
… Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, is born in Kimberley. Emsley Manne Dipico was the first…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… Haiti's recorded history began with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. The island was named Hispaniola and became the territory of the Spanish…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… The increasing politicization of the oppressed and exploited masses of South Africa/Azania demands the constant re-writing and re-assessment of the past. New…
Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa - Bibliography
… book: Book 3: Migration, Land and Minerals in the Making of South Africa commissioned by The Department of Education Beinart, William. Twentieth-century…
The Khoikhoi carry out a series of raids on the free burghers’ herds
… With the coming of the Dutch settlers, the Khoikhoi faced a stronger demand for their cattle. Trade disputes and charges of theft caused great tension…
ArchiveA decent respect for the opinions of mankind: Academic freedom and human freedom
… Denis Healey, M.B.E., M.P. at the Eighth Annual Day of Affirmation of Academic Freedom and Human Freedom, University of Natal, Durban, September 17, 1970…
The death and injuries of South Africans in Nigeria, 16 September 2014
… The African National Congress has learned with sadness of the passing of 67 South African nationals who died and scores who were injured in Lagos as a result…
EventThe first hearing looking into the mysterious death of Samora Machel begins
… the South African government to probe the mysterious death of Mozambican president Samora Machel , started its first … crashed in Mbuzini near Komatipoort,…
EventLeendert Janszen, junior merchant of the VOC, recommends settlement at the Cape
… was established as a trading company in 1602, with the aim of monopolising trade in East Asia, in particular the spice … a year. Their survival, as well as…
EventThe SA government gives limited powers of internal self-government to Damaraland
… Prior to 1870, the Damara people occupied most of central Namibia, but large numbers were displaced or … When the first Europeans visited Namibia they were a…
ArchiveThe United Democratic Front (UDF): a case study of democratic organisation, 1983-1987
… Thesis has been submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Political Science, University of Natal, Durban, 1998. … The United…
EventChristoffel Coetzee de Villiers (37), compiler of South African genealogical registers, dies
… (now Western Cape). De Villiers is known as the 'father of South African geneaology' and began writing his … Geslachtregister der Oude Kaapsche Familien …
EventApartheid police officers admit to the killing of Biko before the TRC
… Commission (TRC) admitted their role in the 1977 killing of Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). Biko was arrested on the…
EventSimon van der Stel, commander and governor of the Cape, is born
… der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 in Mauritius, the son of Adrian van der Stel, a Dutch East India Company (DEIC) official and Maria Lievens, the daughter…
EventThe father of Rosalind Ballingall joins the search for his missing daughter
… Rosalind Ballingall was a student at the University of Cape Town (UCT) who reportedly disappeared in the Knysna Forest. The daughter of a Rand Mine's…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… it was seven days after he made his famous speech "Winds of Change In Africa" in Cape Town. In the letter he was … views on Nationalist apartheid policies…
EventSir Patrick Manson, Scottish doctor and founder of tropical medicine is born
… at the time, and contributed to research in the field of parasitology, and the founder of tropical medicine. In particular, Manson's theories about the…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… On 13 September 1960, during the trial of David Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave evidence … Court in Pretoria before Justice Rumpff, Judge-President…
EventPatrice Emery Lumumba, first Prime Minister of an independent Congo, is born
… A member of the Tetela ethnic group, Patrice Emery Lumumba was born in the Katakokombe region of the Kasai Province of Belgian Congo. Lumuba became involved…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… The ANC is deeply saddened by the news of the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo who was the widow of former secretary general of the ANC and former minister of ……
EventConstruction of the Victoria Falls Bridge and the railway line are completed
… Falls Bridge was constructed in 1905 at the height of British penetration of Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The brainchild of Cecil Rhodes, the bridge was…
EventBotswana accuses South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene
… Botswana accused South Africa of kidnapping a former Soweto student leader, Peter Lengene, … and transporting him to South Africa. Later the Minister of…
Notes on the Life of Ernest Cole 1940–1990 by Gunilla Knape
… and exhibition are an attempt to construct a clear picture of Ernest Cole, a complex man whose work is little known, … images even in the harshest and most…
EventWilliam J. Burchell (71), botanist and explorer of the South African interior, dies
… traveller, artist, and author was born in 1792. The son of a wealthy nurseryman. Burchell travelled nearly 7 000 km … South Africa between 1810 and 1815,…
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… Lennox Sebe, leader of the Ciskei 'homeland' government, announces that in order to reach a settlement of dispute between his government and that of the…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 1960
… Minutes of the Black Sash National Conference held at Cape Town 31 Oct to 3 Nov 1960. Discussed were minutes of previous national conference, resolutions,…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… served with a restriction order that affects his freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia. This came … was placed in detention, along with…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… Africa in February 1955 denouncing the government`s use of force to remove African people from the Western Areas. … must be theirs. Non-Europeans and…
Statement at the 2053rd meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 9 December 1977
… it gives me great pleasure to extend to you, in the name of the African National Congress, the warmest fraternal congratulations on your assumption of the…