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EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… of failed campaigns against Boer Commandos in the South African War (Second Anglo-Boer War). The Commandos mounted …
PlaceAddo Drift, Sunday's River in the Eastern Cape
… used by visitors travelling from the coast into the South African interior. A military post was erected there in about …
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… Banda followed policies which were at odds with other African leaders in the newly independent nations. He …
PlaceTransvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History
… on Earth and of the unique Geological Foundations of the African Continent are outlined, and the Theory of Evolution …
PlaceColesberg, Northern Cape
… explorers and settlers travelling into the Southern African interior. The settlement was laid out about a central …
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… but will focus on encouraging Bantu playwrights to develop African dramatic and operatic art”. In doing so, the society …
PlaceWaverly Road Memorial, Durban South
… The South African War Memorial was unveiled on May 24, 1910, at 360 … of large panels providing room for inscriptions.The South African War Memorial was…
EventAnti-SAIC political rally ends in Lenasia
… creation of the Tricameral Parliament in which the South African Indian Council (SAIC), an apartheid-created body … Pachia, B., (eds.) 1984. A Documentary…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… [2] This is when she was invited to join the South African Communist Party (SACP). Making a change would not be … ally themselves with these organisations …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Socialism, Culture and Networks. Convenor: Omar Badsha
… debates on the National Question played out in South African liberation culture, seeking to align communist … after 1990. Seidman has written extensively on…
2002 ANC National Policy Conference: Closing Statement by Jacob Zuma, 30 September 2002
… process has proceeded in the democratic traditions of the African National Congress and included the following … provincially, nationally, in the SADC region…
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… I have been assigned the great honour, as leader of the African National Congress delegation, to propose a vote of … regarded as a group aside, here in Cuba,…
Statement at the Freedom Rally Organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement by O. R. Tambo, Dublin, 26 January 1979
… and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhonto we … and individuals committing the crime of…
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… and organic sense of working class life in Natal’s African communities contained in these essays, pointed … over ‘theorising culture’ in the pages of the…
ArchiveAn Interview With F.W. De Klerk, the Last Apartheid President of South Africa by Nicolas Rossier
… activist Nelson Mandela was released by South African President F.W. de Klerk after spending 27 years in … that resulted in giving equal rights to all South…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the launch of the UNDP 2006 Human Development Report, Kirstenbosch, National Botanical Gardens: Cape Town, 09 November 2006
… ingredients for progress that are present in the South African case: a clear national plan with well-defined … the continent through the development…
Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th birthday by Ari Sitas, 23 August 2008
… South African History Online Tribute to Prof Meer on her 80th … that Fatima Meer stood for have been main-framed in South African society and our…
PlaceAnton Smit's Sculpture Park, Bronkhorstspruit
… is free. About Anton Smit: The Life and Times of a South African Sculptor- Anton Sydney Smit was born on the 2 August 1954. He is a contemporary South…
PlaceDwarsvlei Farm, Karoo
… on the Orange River .' Rietfontein' now belongs to South African golf veteran, Gary Player . On: 'Dwarsvlei; alone … from which he supplied Middelburg…
PlaceGarden Route, Cape Town
… The Cango Caves are among the top ten most visited South African attractions. Oudtshoorn itself, the heart of the … As a world-class destination,…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1980 - 1989 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… in Kuwait and operates in over 35 countries on the African continent, providing relief and assistance to … and clothing for the starving people of Somalia…
PlaceWalvis Bay, Namibia
… the primary deep-water Port! It was an enclave under South African control for 84 years but South Africa formally … discussions lasting three years between…
Archive25 Years of Freedom and Democracy: Success , Challenges and Solutions
… state with a bright future. In new democratic South African government, I can see that the country is making … strengthening unity and shows off a reflection…
“Exodus without a map”: What happened to the Durban moment? by Edward Webster
… to consolidate worker organisation, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) missed an opportunity to shape … to enter the Alliance, comprised of…
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…
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,…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… Ms Pillay was appointed as Acting Judge on the South African High Court and in 2003 she was elected as a judge on … against playing international cricket and…
EventSouth Africa celebrates the first National Women's Day
… the pass laws was organised by the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW). The Federation famously … has come to represent the courage and…