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EventHarold Cressy is born in Rorke's Drift
… Kwazulu-Natal. He was the only Black student of the South African College, now the University of Cape Town. During his …
ANC Today Volume 10 No.1, 15 - 21 January 2010
… majority in general, and Africans in particular. South African revolutionaries have been fighting, one generation … It is now 98 years since the founding of…
PlaceSt-Albans College, Pretoria
… Without Arrogance! The school’s first headmaster was South African cricket player Anton Murray. Murray played ten Test …
EventThe 'Afrikaner Volksfront' is founded
… or AVF) was founded by several former leaders of the South African Defence Force (SADF). Gen. Constant Viljoen was …
ArchiveRestoration of the Old Cape Archives by Michael Scurr (The Heritage Portal), 03 October 2016
… "Old Cape Archives" has been occupied by the South African Library. This sandstone building, secluded garden and … institution had very close ties at the…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… states: "Although identity-producing changes in South African society are clearly related to factors such as … with old apartheid social categorisations? How…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… following heart surgery on Wednesday, was a quiet South African, but one who thought and acted with nobility and … elevate its historical richness in the…
PlaceLesotho
… The Lesotho Special Permit (LSP) system- which is a South African permit system launched in 2016 to legalize the stay … rights violations during arrests…
Chapter 7 - CONCLUSION
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Party, as an … like its communist counterparts in some post-colonial African countries, is…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… in Beijing last year put the challenges facing South African women in the context of what is happening elsewhere … shocking. The fact that an estimated one…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Special Focus: Wrangling between political groups - 1946
… SAIC and PRC representatives in conflict at UNO The South African Indians in New York, representatives of the South African Indian Congress and the Passive…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 83th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1995
… Today we commemorate the eighty third anniversary of the African National Congress, and the beginning of the first … showed us that to be a revolutionary in…
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
… girls)". Altogether there were about five thousand African and over seven thousand Coloured workers in the … majority. All the Coloured workers and over two…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… 3 July. After being charged with membership of the South African Communist Party and furthering the aims of Communism, … of the old Orange Free State…
PlacePotchefstroom
… President Pretorius was the first president of the South African Republic and he founded the City of Pretoria . The … but is still a massive contributor to…
EventThe 4 x 100m men's relay team win the gold medal for SA at the Olympic Games in Athens
… The South African squad of Roland Schoeman, Lyndon Ferns, Darian …
EventThe People's Progressive Party (PPP) is banned
… Progressive Party (PPP) under the leadership of the former African National Congress (ANC) member Rocky …
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. He was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… a sixty-six and two-thirds percent majority. 11. In South African regional differences have been fostered by the … instance the wilful negligence on the part…
Closing address by President Neslon Mandela at the 49th National conferenceof the ANC Bloemfontein, 22 December 1994
… got Dr Moroka, who was the Treasurer General of the All African Convention, a rival of the ANC;we asked him if he was … realised and appreciated the historic…
Archive2023 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 9 February 2023
… Former Deputy President Baleka Mbete, President of the Pan African Parliament, The Right Honourable Chief Fortune … Banyana Banyana made us proud when they…
Interview with Sunny Singh by C de Vos, Durban, 28 May 2002
… population close to other racial groups in particular African people. Basic human rights were denied as racial … for the isolation of South Africa and for…
EventIOC extends South Africa's ban from Olympic games
… Olympic Committee (IOC) after serious threats by African nations and the Soviet countries. On 15 May 1970, the …
Address by Nelson Mandela at the Funeral of Adelaide Tambo, 10 February 2007
… the caring and decent society to which this great South African dedicated her entire life and for which she …
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… home of John Langalibalele Dube, first president of the African National Congress (ANC), as a residence/base of …
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… on Friday 27th November. • A partnership with South African History Online has been set up and work will begin on …
PlaceBo-Kaap, Cape Town
… longer refer to themselves as Cape Malay but rather, South African Muslims). The first established Muslim Mosque in …
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… officially by Kobie Coetsee on 22 February 1991. The South African Police Services used the building as offices until …
PlaceBritish Bechuanaland
… did not support this claim and the Transvaal, or South African Republic, was forced to abandon it. In 1868 the …
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… Similar threats were hanging over the heads of the African people. Task of Non-Europeans In view of all these …