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Tell no Lies, Claim no easy Victories by Thabo Mbeki, 4 April 2016
Last year on December 15, Max Boqwana, the CEO of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation (TMF), posted a Notice on this Facebook Page that starting in January this year,…
PlaceVereeniging, a City in Gauteng
Vereeniging is a City, in Gauteng Province of South Africa. It has a population of more than 350,000 people. It is located on the banks of the Northern loop of…
PlaceBloubergstrand, Tableview -Cape Town
Bloubergstrand is a Suburb of Cape Town, 25Km North of the City! The beach at Bloubergstrand is a popular location for a classic view of Table Mountain across…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
The Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest…
ArchiveThe ANCs first armed military operation: the
A mini-thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of the Western…
PlaceMaclear's Beacon
It is the highest point of Table Mountain, which is a 'Seven Wonder' of the world! Discover the vast natural beauty of the Table Mountain National Park in Cape…
The Mission: A Life for Freedom in South Africa by Denis Goldberg
Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan Preface Chapter 1 Break down the walls Chapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 Chapter 3…
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
On 1 June 2002 the former South African Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, died along with two pilots in a Hawker Siddeley 748 - 372 aircraft which crashed into…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
Andries Dreyer was born on 10 January 1872 in Philadelphia, in the present day Western Cape Province. After studying at the Normal College in Cape Town, be…
EventCall for a stay-away in Black townships
A stay-away by Black workers in the industrial areas of the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle is called by Black unions and civic groups in protest over…
EventTruck drivers strike in major cities
Action started on 27 February developed into a countrywide truck drivers' strike on 1 March. The strike involved over 35,000 workers, who were demanding a wage…
EventThe South African Reserve Bank is established
The South African Reserve Bank was established in terms of the Currency and Banking Act, 1920 (Act No. 31 of 1920) in Parliament.This came into being after a…
EventKing Dinuzulu defies British order
Allegedly Zulu Paramount Chief Dinuzulu (Dinizulu) refused British instructions to take up arms against the Boer republics during the Second Anglo-Boer War…
EventThe introduction of new South African flag 1994
On 27 April 1994, South Africa introduced a new national flag, at the same time the country held its first democratic elections in which African National…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
On 9 April 2010, Janice Bronwyn Linden, 35 from Wentworth in Durban was sentenced to death by a high court in Guangdong Province, China for smuggling drugs…
PlaceState President Swart Park, Bloemfontein
The largest of Bloemfontein's many Recreational spots, the Park has many sculptured flowerbeds, rolling lawns and shady spots. The facilities at this Park…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1910-1919
1910 - 1919 1910 January 1, Indian Opinion reduced in size for financial reasons. January 6, Rev. Charles Phillips and J C. Gibson had an interview with…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1960-1969
The 1960s witnessed the banning of both the ANC and the PAC in the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre. In response to the banning, both parties were forced…
Chapter 5 - The Indian Tobacco Workers Strike of 1920: A Socio-Historical Investigation by Evangelos A. Mantzaris
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris The struggle of tobacco workers in South Africa is a topic…
ArticleForced Removals in South Africa
Forced removals refer to the moving of people from their homes against their will. This may not always involve physical threat or force, but sometimes coercion…
PlaceThe AVA Gallery
The history of the AVA Gallery echoes the social, political and cultural changes that took place in South Africa. Previously known as the South African…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947 16 The Joint Passive Resistance Council of…
Document 11 - Second letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
I REFER YOU TO MY LETTER of 20 April 1961, to which you do not have the courtesy to reply or acknowledge receipt. In the letter referred to above I informed…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
Dulcie September was a fierce and ambitious anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Her work with various resistance groups throughout her life, particularly…
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
The United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco by the United Nations Conference on International Organisations. The preamble to the charter was based…
EventMarien Ngouabi, President of Congo dies
On 18 March 1977, Marien Ngouabi, the military President of the Republic of the Congo was assassinated. Ngouabi, who started his career as the Commander of…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
Donald "Dolan" Acheson is purported to have been deported from South Africa on the 31 March 1991, having being fingered as the triggerman in the assassination…
EventGen. Jannie Geldenhuys announces that CCB will be disbanded
In February 1990, President F.W. de Klerk appointed Mr Justice Louis Harms, a Supreme Court judge, to investigate into alleged hit-squads. On 11 February 1990,…
EventCape of Good Hope Royal Observatory is founded
On 20 October, 1820, South Africa’s first permanent modern observatory was erected at the Cape of Good Hope (now known as Cape Town) byFearon Fallows, a…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
Polio is a water-born disease that affects the nervous system and causes paralysis, deformation and sometimes death. This disease often affects young children,…