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ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
… of Durban's economy, which significantly changed the lives of Africans. It shows how, during an era of economic …
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
… as a Museum where the yesteryear stories and way of living lives on. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC …
EventCyclone Favio, a powerful tropical storm, strikes Mozambique
… despite its severity, the cyclone claimed very few lives. UNICEF praised the Mozambican government for their …
EventDr Ribeiro and his wife are gunned down
… on 1 December, 1986, after several attempts on their lives. It only emerged at the Truth and Reconciliation …
EventBoers defeat British in the battle of Ingogo (Anglo-Boer War 1)
… under the protection of darkness. The battle claimed the lives of 8 Boers and nearly 100 British soldiers. *Note: This …
EventVigilante mob beats man to death in Diepsloot
… in the Diepsloot area. Often, innocent people lose their lives being mistaken for criminals. …
EventHenry Olonga, Zimbabwean Cricketer is born
… with treason which led to him going into exile. He now lives in the UK where he is a sports commentator and a singer. …
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… to ensure that it brings real material improvements in the lives of the majority of South Africans whose poverty is the … We have made remarkable progress in…
ArchiveAppendix 5.1 The First Anniversary of the Declaration of the State of Palestine by Denis Goldberg
… declare for all our country and the world to know, THE ANC LIVES! THE ANC LEADS! Today we bring greetings to the PLO and the Palestinian people, in the…
Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon
… limited, pieces of their identity stolen, and their lives tainted with the stains of discrimination and … In order for people to open up their homes and…
EventFirst sextuplets in the world to survive their infancy are born in Cape Town
… 6 oz (2.0 kg) Only one of the six children, Grant, still lives in South Africa where he was born. The others have …
EventJohannesburg Magistrate court is bombed
… that it was a decoy. The second explosion claimed the lives of three policemen including Duvenhage and injured four …
EventFormer Tennis player, Kevin Curren, is born in Durban
… worked closely with the Minister of Sport. He currently lives in Durban with his wife, with whom he has two daughters. …
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… the dam. Residents, teachers and other pupils risked their lives to try and save the children, however, 42 of them died. …
ArticleRand Rebellion 1922
… bar, and they feared the social encroachment on their lives that differences in colour, standards of living, and … suffering on every section of the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1940-1949
… People who are deemed to be leading idle or dissolute lives or who had committed certain specified offences could … made at the conference click here . 18…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… is a precondition for the evasive attempt to save lives and bringing about lasting peace. We call on the United …
EventWorld Heart Day is first celebrated
… Close to 20 million lives a year are lost to cardiovascular diseases world wide. …
EventMaude Francis Eyston Sumner, SA painter, is born
… She is well known as a painter of landscapes and still lives. Her paintings are sought after by collectors. …
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… Police later caught up with him near Masheshane where he lives. He stopped his car as he spotted them and shot himself …
ArticleArmed Struggle, the anti-apartheid struggle accelerates 1984-1990
… and Inkhata Freedom Party (IFP) and thousands lost their lives in violence. Both the IFP and the ANC were against …
ArticleCommemoration, remembering and memorialising June 16 Soweto uprising
… “Ever never again: dedicated to all those who lost their lives on this day and there after 20th commemoration of 16 …
ArticleWhat makes a good or great leader?
… leaders in history, but in a small or big way their lives could have influenced others to make a difference. When …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… militancy' and because it was so ‘costly to the personal lives of participants' (Wells 1993:3). It also set the tone … South African Students' Organisation …
ArchiveEstablishing the Constitutional Assembly
After South Africa’s first democratic elections, the newly elected parliament would double as a Constitutional Assembly and would be responsible for writing…
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
The Ueckermann family features prominently in the history of Heidelberg, Gauteng. Heinrich Julius Friedrich Christian Ueckermann (1827-1883) is widely regarded…
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… and the killing is still with us today. I hope with their lives I have penetrated yours and made you think. With time … in its pursuit. We owe it to the…
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
… white South Africa should not go on making changes in our lives without consulting us. …
Mafika Gwala’s Books Catalogue
… [AUTHORS: Serote, Mongane Wally -- Gwala, Mafika Pascal -- Biko, Steve -- Livingstone, Douglas : A littoral zone -- … in Africa : Special Issue : Douglas…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 2: Policing and Resistance
… for violence against communities of color. Black Lives Matter (BLM) Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black…