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EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… to the position of Deputy President of South Africa by Jacob Zuma. He served as Deputy President until 2018 when … his first full term as President after an…
EventPassbook laws relaxed
… the government lifted the obligatory carrying of passbooks by Black people on 23 July 1986. The pass system was, … at all times and failure to present a…
EventGerrie Coetzee becomes the first South African boxer to win a world heavyweight title
… finally earn Coetzee the big one. Coetzee won the match by knock out in the tenth, and went from the boxer known as … defence to Greg Page in 1984. Coetzee…
Address of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 21st Plenary Assembly of SADC Parliamentary Forum - Usambara Lodge, Mogale City, 14 November 2006
… eight Member States. But these eight states were driven by a strong determination to end colonialism and apartheid in … This year's Annual SADC Summit held…
Address to the Botswana National Assembly, Gaborone, 11 March 2003
… at home because we are one people. We are tied together by the same history, culture, tradition and language. Our … solidarity and commitment to principle,…
Robert Sobukwe Inaugural Speech, April 1959
… inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by Dr. Kamuzu Hastings Banda, failing which, by Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of the Zambia African National…
"Future of the Africanist Movement" Questions and Answers Y R. M. Sobukwe, in The Africanist, January 1959
… inaugural Convention of the Africanists would be opened by Dr. Kamuzu Hastings Banda, failing which, by Mr. Kenneth Kaunda of the Zambia African National…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… largest Cable-Stayed Bridge in Southern Africa. Designed by leading architectural firm, from Denmark- Dissing and Weitling, while construction was carried…
Insurrections III: The Storming
… national and political storms. The event is curated by the SA History Online in association with the Centre for … as you want at the door. The money will be…
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… Smith, a prominent Port Elizabeth architect, and was built by the firm of Small & Morgan. It was opened on 1 December 1892 by the Mayor, Mr J McIlraith. It…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 57 - Letter from the Communist … to act in collaboration with a sub…
EventBophuthatswana decide not to publish report of Smith Commission
… already been implemented as a matter of course or have, by and large, been overtaken by events.' On that date, conflict between the Winterveld … but later…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… forcibly removed people, mainly pushed out of their jobs by mechanization of agriculture. While this process has … suspended its policy of forced removals…
EventThomas Titus Nkobi is born
… Natal and continued to complete his high School education by matriculating from Bantu High School (later Madibane High … declared after the Sharpeville…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
… additional troops. But after suffering a string of defeats by Afrikaner forces, the British were forced to reconsider … in the war. The highest number of…
PlaceBathurst, Eastern Cape
… oldest Building in Bathurst is the powder magazine, built by the military before the arrival of the settlers. The … and during World War II was renamed 'The…
EventInfant hominid discovered at Cradle of Humankind
… on 8 April 2010 at Maropeng, at a function attended by Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe and other Government … unveiled for the first time. The find has…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference … 3 p.m. Registration of Delegates. 3 p.m…
PlaceBeachwood Mangroves Swamp, Durban
… of the most polluted rivers in the country. Mostly used by researchers and school groups for educational purposes, … the self-guided option, we chose to join…
Say It out Loud - The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 1st April, 1929
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1929 Presidential Address, Cape Town, … making that enquiry, we should bear in mind that it is not by…
Grade 4 term 2 Timeline: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… joined 155 others on trial for treason. All are acquitted by 29 March 196. 1958 He divorces Evelyn Mase, and marries …
ArticleShip list of Indian Indentured Labourers
… colonial agricultural economy. The list can be searched by: name, village, region of origin, religion, caste, names …
They will answer to God - Ahmed Timol’s brother, News24 in Politics Web online, 27 June 2017
… looking into Timol’s death, Mohammed, who is younger by seven years, said the reopening of the inquiry meant a … suicide in 1972, however a private…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… South Africa was worth writing about. Of course she was by no means the first writer in South Africa, but growing up all her models were European; by…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… purchased in September 1861 from the Widow of BP Viljoen, by Frederick Jacobus Bezuidenhout. Before the discovery of … Century Witwatersrand’ says that the…
PlaceSouth End Museum, Port Elizabeth
… communities of Port Elizabeth and who had been affected by the forced removals of the Group Areas Act, saw the need … even Walked. Businesses were…
PlaceGriqualand East
… . Despite being well watered, fertile and richly grassed, by the 1850's it was largely uninhabited, probably as a … in 1869 Adam Kok requested that the…
Document 28 - Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… Office Geneva, 1992) accepted this principal as stated by the Committee of Experts on the Application on Conventions … solely to industrial disputes that are…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… but has disappeared completely and is only commemorated by the name of a Railway Station near Pinelands. In 1801 … the recommendation of the Burgher…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… high standing our Party enjoys has also been demonstrated by the fact that messages of support during my illness have … of Marxism-Leninism and proletarian…