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PlaceMendi Memorial, Eastern Cape
… men and white officers of the 5th Battalion, South African Native Labour Corps (SANLC) from Cape Town to France, … men and white officers of the 5th…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… role in the creation of living areas among those southern African groups who define their exterior living spaces. The … in the context of the fact that,…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… control had undermined the hard-won security that many African societies had achieved. This was due to changes in … various British colonies, Boer republics…
ArticleHow Unique was Slavery at the Cape?
… India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Indonesia and the East African coast. Slaves were bought from the slave markets of … at the Cape’ in the Oxford Research…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 87th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1999
… Today, we mark the 87th Anniversary of the birth of the African National Congress. Since its birth, this organisation … which says that we are united by the…
ArchiveDiana Mitchell obituary by Julia Gallagher (The Guardian), 08 February 2016
… Musarurwa, she began to compile a detailed inventory of African nationalist leaders in Rhodesia. Travelling as far as … biographies of 66 nationalists,…
ArchiveThoughts on Winnie Mandela by Enuga Reddy
… of Democrats, the Coloured People’s Congress and the African Native Congress. They were very active in forming an … that finally gave birth to our present…
ArchiveTribute to Ottilie Schimming Abrahams (2 Sept 1937-1 July 2018) – some notes and memories by Heike Becker
… colony. They were influenced by various strands of South African resistance politics, and interacted in Cape Town with … granted political amnesty at the…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Golden Doves of Peace Awards ceremony 7 June 1994
… me personally, the Government of National Unity and the African National Congress, today marks one of the most … of all the people, in ensuring that each and…
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
… conference; Noting: 1. The current structure of the South African Labour market • The structural deficiencies of the South African Labour Market as a direct…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… do others. Thus, the Australian Aborigines and the African Negroes are human and have their powers, but they are …
ArticleMarikana Massacre - 16 August 2012
… On 16 August 2012, the South African Police Service (SAPS) opened fire on a crowd of …
ArticleLand, Labour and Apartheid
… are used will influence how the society develops. In South African history there has always been the fight for ownership …
ArticleBatavian Republic 1803-1806
… frontier. The Burgers (mainly Dutch farmers) and the African Population on the frontier were not prepared to …
Archaeology: A Way of Rediscovering the Past
… were made by people and that have been buried in the South African soil for thousands of years. These things are the …
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… with the undemocratic and unjust discrimination against African and Coloured soldiers in the army, and with the …
The diary of Maria Tholo - August 16 - 24 by Carol Hermer
… said Xolile was armed with a short axe and charged an African policeman. It was an African who shot him. Others say he opened his shirt and just … quietly…
ArchiveSishaywa Zimvula Nje, Simanikiniki Nje, Umhlol’Usekhaya – Reading Mafika Gwala in Times of Thunder and the Terror of the Elements by Sanibonani Molweni
… not yield much. My teachers, including some iconic South African literary scholars such as Michael Chapman, and … artistic and cultural commitment of artists…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… him as “one of the most remarkable figures in recent South African history: a bomber and fighter pilot, art teacher, … visual evocation of the brutal…
PlaceTransvaal Province
… saw the migration of Afrikaners who established the South African Republic (also known as the Transvaal Republic) in … Following the Second Boer War (1899…
EventThe Natal Indian Congress is formally revived
… United Democratic Front (UDF). After the banning of the African National Congress (ANC), both the NIC and the TIC … Luthuli as honorary president of NUSAS …
EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… On 4 March 1980, Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) won … of Matabeleland, whilst Bishop Abel Muzorewa's United…
EventClements Kadalie dies
… he was trained as a teacher. In 1915, he went to South African in search of work. Three years later, he had settled … branch of the ICU in East London and…
EventOne-fifth of SA's military infected with HIV virus, so HIV positive people are no longer accepted into their ranks
… the Defence Minister Mosiuoa Lekota stated that 'the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is no longer accepting … Director of the Centre for…
PlaceSeshego, a Township
… (detached portions). Lebowa was designated by the South African government as the national territory for the northern … all of whom were legally Lebowa…
Letter to Americans by Albert Luthuli, distributed by the American Committee on Africa with the "Appeal for Action", 4 November 1962, New York
… Our every action meets the fierce repression of the South African Government. Our people, living under appalling …
Statement by Oliver Tambo with Other ANC leaders visiting Sweden, 02 February 1990
… cannot be and are not the exclusive concern of the South African regime. They must be decided together with his …
Biennale Dak’Art 2018 : Open Call for Submissions - Deadline: 31 Jul 2017
… Africain Contemporain Dak’Art / Biennial of Contemporary African Art Dak’art will be held May–June 2018 in Dakar, …
Where is Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser? by Noni Mokati (IOL News), 7 May 2016, Johannesburg
… all over Africa. I am the perfect nightdress on those hot African nights - I exist for the comfort and convenience of a …
PlaceMorocco
… and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. It is the only African country with coastal exposure to both the Atlantic … North African Country Bordering the…