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EventSir Benjamin D’Urban, for whom the city Durban was named, assumes office as Governor of the Cape of Good Hope
… occupied. This led to the renaming of the principal port from Port Natal to Durban. D'Urban was fairly popular amongst … of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Sir…
EventJan van Riebeeck visits Robben Island for the first time
… gained international infamy as a maximum security prison. From 1961 to 1991 over 3000 political prisoners were …
EventThe first missionary in Southern Africa, Gonçalo da Silveira, is murdered
… number of his subjects. However, at the same time, Arabs from Mozambique had begun to defame the missionary - a plot … Catholic Online," Ven. Goncalo da…
EventClampdown on 'conflict diamonds' begins
… Representatives of the diamond industry and government, from more than thirty countries agree to certify all …
EventStampede kills twelve people in Harare
… and people tried to run towards the exits to get away from the noxious fumes. On 19 July 2000, the commission, … BBC News, (2000), Zimbabwe football riot…
EventThe consortium Midi Television is awarded the first privately owned free
… Corporation in terms of revenue streams derived from advertising. This act also demonstrated the government's …
EventSABC TV News Editor, Joe Thloloe resigns
… final break-down of protracted negotiations which resulted from the SABC's demands for a drastic reduction in its annual … Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau. |Who's…
EventMahatma Gandhi is arrested for refusing to carry Apartheid pass
… the Indian protesters, the public outcry stemming from the ruthless methods employed by the South African … time, for refusing to carry Obligatory ID Card in…
PlaceReitz
… town in the Orange Free State province, Reitz is 51km from Bethlehem. At an altitude of 1622 metres, Reitz has an …
EventSir Percy Fitzpatrick, author of ‘Jock of the Bushveld’, is born
… and Jenny Fitzgerald, both of whom were originally from Ireland. James Fitzpatrick served as a Supreme Court … Political and Cultural Identity of Sir Percy…
EventPresident. F.W. de Klerk lifts the state of emergency
… his ruling National Party. The release of Nelson Mandela from prison and the unbanning of the African National …
Cutting Through The Mountain
… a 'history-in-the-round' of the last sixty years, as seen from a particular perspective. The individual interviews …
EventAugustine Makalakalane, former SA National soccer team player is born
… References: abitabout.com, 2011. ‘Augustine Makalakalane’from a Bit About [online] Available at …
PlaceOld Court House, Victoria Embankment, Durban
… Visit the Old Court House Museum, just a stone’s throw from the City Hall, where the background and development of …
EventFirst United Nations General Assembly opens
… Westminster Central Hall in 1946. Nearly 2000 delegates from 51 countries were present for the historic occasion. The … digital archives (1946) ‘First UN…
EventEugéne Nielen Marais, S.A. poet, writer, lawyer and naturalist, is born
… aptly named Encephalartos eugene-maraisii after Marais. From an early age Marais is said to have been addicted to … Pinnock, D., ‘Worker in a science yet…
The African Women`s Demonstration in Natal: Report by Albert Luthuli to the Natal People`s Conference, 6 September 1959
… people and novices in the struggle. Men should take a leaf from the women in this regard. Protest demonstrations coupled … at local level and in helping to…
Oration by the ANC Gauteng Chairperson Paul Mashatile at the funeral service of the late Ephraim Motlalepula Nkoe, 11 May 2013, Walter Sisulu Square of Dedication, Kliptown, Soweto
… requires in this second phase of our ongoing transition from colonialism and apartheid to a national democratic … Today, as we continue to transform society,…
Op-Ed: The Zuma rape trial and its bearing on the post-Zuma era by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick) ,17 August 2016
… on Creamer Media’s website: polity.org.za What we need from leadership is that they read the “signs of the times”, … we want in his place. We must also draw…
Address at the South African Millenium Trust Launch, Kyalami 19 November 1998
… of our own destiny. We managed to turn our country away from the terrible prospect of its transformation into a … Every celebration is the act of arrival, or…
Document 15 - ‘A document to create a climate of understanding’; Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… effectively discussed at a conference of student leaders from Non-White campuses held at Mariannhill last December. … and striving to offset some of the…
ArchiveWhy The EFF Is A Fascist Political Party by Gareth van Onselen, 26 March 2018
… Adam Habib, wrote that, "The EFF is also no different from the proto-fascist movements in Western Europe and the … twisted little voice indeed, that shouts…
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… sure that Blacks were subjected to a political regime from the remainder of the country. Black Authorities Act of …
Launch of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK)
… the MK soldiers were ready. They had their instructions from the National High Command to attack government offices …
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
… business representatives and more than 300 representatives from the media. We congratulate the new leadership of the ANC … in the Free State province on…
2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup is a tribute to Africa - ANC, 21 May 2010
… Africa. Fifas decision to eject apartheid South Africa from taking part in the soccer world cup in 1967 due to its … public speech at the same stadium after…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… Shabangu - after convicting them on charges arising from their opposition to the racist and colonial domination … the white people of South Africa into a…
Press Statement concerning the Five-Year Plan presented by F.W. De Klerk to the National Party Conference by O. R. Tambo, 30 June 1989
… time for apartheid and to fend off growing pressures from a world community whose patience with racism has been … End the State of Emergency and remove all…
Press Statement by Oliver Tambo concerning the five-year plan presented by FW De Klerk to the National Party Conference, 30 June 1989
… time for apartheid and to fend off growing pressures from a world community whose patience with racism has been … End the State of Emergency and remove all…
A tireless campaigner by Jaspreet Kindra, 29 October 2003, South Africa
… Timber, her son and her husband ”” who was suffering from tuberculosis at the time ”” had been living without … neighbourhood. She was buying five-litre…