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ArchiveNegotiations, armed struggle and the ANC
… Paper by Ian Phillips, presented at the Stanger Meeting on Thursday, 19 July 1990. On negotiations, the armed struggle and the African National …
PlaceLongkloof, Main Road, Hout Bay
… the late 19th century when it served as the wine cellar on the farm Moddergat, then owned by the Boonzaaier family. … was declared a National Monument under…
An evaluation of South African novelist Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English (World Socialist Website), 30 September 2014
… Nadine Gordimer (1923-2014) by Sandy English “Sailors gag on stinking meat, children refuse to go to school. No one … winner of the 1991 Nobel Prize for…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
… Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam weight title on 10 March 1990, when he beat Israeli Fabrice Benichou in Tel Aviv, Israel. Known as “The Hawk”, Ncita…
EventHelen Joseph is put under house arrest
… conditions attached to her arrest included a prohibition on leaving her house at night and over weekends and also on receiving visitors. …
EventThe lengthy trial of Gandar and Pogrund ends
… Gandar and Benjamin Pogrund, of the Rand Daily Mail, on charges under the Prisons Act, ends with both being found … but the trial discouraged editors from…
ArchiveProfile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 4 March 1989 discussing political and ordinary prisoners on death row, apartheid, education of death…
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… Union of South African Students, Duncan Innes, reporting on a meeting between a delegation from NUSAS and the Minister … and passport refusals and…
ArchiveCircular from John Daniel, Vice-President of NUSAS, to Overseas Representatives and Executive
… developments in the student world. Includes brief reports on attacks on NUSAS, developments at Fort Hare, Universities …
Isizwe
… and training within their ranks, consisted of articles on topics relevant to the national democratic struggle. These topics include educational articles on…
Verwoerd's Grim Plot by Nelson Mandela
… in Parliament and the Cape Provincial Council. It goes on to provide for the division of the African population into … as a "supremely positive step" towards…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… not fixed. We decide when they occur, to a large extent on the basis of where we are in the present. Apartheid … the inventions which underlay the…
Albert Luthuli`s message from Oslo to the South African people, 5 December 1961
… in the Grand Hotel, Oslo, putting the final touches on my speech of acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize my … accepting this Nobel Peace Prize not for myself…
Matthews being used to turn SABC into a laughing stock: ANC (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… public announcement of his resignation as acting group CEO on Monday. Editors commend Matthews for resigning from SABC … addressed to SABC board chair…
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… iron forged breech piece, cascabel and trunnion, supported on fabricated steel gun carriage, slide and mounting. Typical Annual Firing Schedule (Based on…
PlaceTime Ball Tower, Table Bay Harbour, Cape Town
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 August 1982. The time ball is an obsolete time … ships offshore. The first time-ball in…
PlaceNZASM Goods Office, Railway Street, Pretoria
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 October 1981. The building was again restored in the … it was vacant and as a result became…
PlaceIrish House, Polokwane Museum
… green paint. Today the Irish House Museum has displays on the History of Limpopo area, cultural groups and some … rock art, cast iron.. It also has a number…
PlaceThe Wilds Park, Houghton Estate, Johannesburg
… portion of The Wilds to the Johannesburg Town Council on condition that it be kept as an open space for Public … was declared a National Monument under old…
PlaceEmoyeni, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Emoyeni, the ‘Place in the Air’ in Nguni, is located on the highest point, of the highest ridge in Parktown, … was declared a National Monument under old NMC…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… the United States and the Soviet Union concerning a ban on nuclear testing began in the mid-1950s. Officials from … the two nations (Great Britain joined…
EventCongress of the People starts in Kliptown
… groups in South Africa. Hundreds of delegates were blocked on their way to attend the convention by the police, who were … ANC's highest honour, Isitwalandwe…
EventThe SA author and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman, shoots and kills his stepbrother David Russell during a quarrel
… of the North West Province (then North-West Transvaal). On 18 July 1926, while home on vacation in Johannesburg, he became involved in an … with his…
EventPrime Minister, B.J.Vorster, states that South Africa is still committed to granting independence to Namibia before the end of 1978
… On 17 December 1920, South Africa undertook the … 1969, South Africa began imposing its Apartheid policies on the citizens of South West Africa. This…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… bombs were thrown through the windows and set furniture on fire. Mr Mapongwana dragged his wife and children into the … delivered a Lingelethu West minibus…
EventElectricity cut off in Tumahole township
… daily basic needs. Tumahole residents responded by calling on workers to stay away from their work and scholars also … White-owned shops. The boycott…
EventAn ANC car bomb directed at the headquarters of the Wits Command, Johannesburg, kills one person and injures 68
… On 30 July 1987, a car bomb was detonated outside the … the ANC in Swaziland in January 1986, and the attack on the army headquarters was in response to the…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… bank by anti-apartheid protesters had a detrimental effect on the bank's business in other areas. Student campaigns … Barclays Bank, initiated in the 1960s,…
EventBessie Amelia Head, SA novelist dies
… Bessie Amelia Head was born on 6 July 1937 in Pietermaritzburg to Bessie Amelia Birch, a … of 1960, she joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC). On 1…
EventOldest example of written Afrikaans appears in a poem
… On 7 August 1795, British forces launched an amphibious assault on Dutch defensive positions at Muizenberg during their … The British would secure the…