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EventStudents at Lovedale strike against new Code of Conduct
… Students at Lovedale College embarked on a strike against the new Code of Conduct and the … or the University of Fort Hare. The college decided on these…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… Karel Schoeman was born on 26 October 1939 in Trompsburg, Orange Free State. He … at the University of the Freestate in 1959, and He went on to study at the…
EventArthur Robert Ashe Jr, prominent African American tennis player and vocal protester of apartheid, dies
… player who was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia died on 6 February 1993. He died of complications from AIDS after … he served as the organization's…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… the UDF had lost its function. It was therefore disbanded on 20 August 1991. In 2005, an initiative similar to the UDF … each year during the month of August…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on a mountain road on the way to Maseru, the capital city of Lesotho. After four … 1995. The…
PlaceAlexandra, Township in Johannesburg
… secratary and owner of the Ground, it was laid out on. It was the only Place where black people could buy … Government control. In 1940 residents of…
EventVerney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa
… who was lost in eastern Africa and also to explore on his own. Cameron arrived too late to be of help to … able to recover some of Livingstone's papers at…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… labour in the form of slaves. The system of slavery on this island was of a particularly cruel nature, leading to … States intervention, Gen Raoul Cedras…
PlaceBoksburg, the Witwatersrand
… Centre of the East Rand. It is the second oldest Town on the Witwatersrand. Boksburg was an important Mining Town … Main Reef Road linked Boksburg to other…
ArchiveCHAPTER 1 - Old Battle-Cries and Borrowed Language by Howard Barrell
… of all the dead generations weighs like a nightmare on the brain of the living. And just when they seem engaged … protesters in the African township of…
African National Congress Women's League Constitution
… OF THE ANC WOMEN'S LEAGUE 3.1 The Women's League is based on the policies and principles of the African National … policies of ANCWL; 5.1.2 Receive and…
27. Transvaal Indians respond to the 1895 arbitration decision
… Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai On 2 April 1895, Chief Justice Melius de Villiers delivered his decision on Law 3 of as amended in 1886…
Bernard Shaw and May Morris
… saw her in her radiant beauty come out of the dining room on one occasion, as he was about to leave, and how their eyes … was also a comrade, whom Morris had…
Black Power by Richard (Rick) Turner
… himself fluently and freely, formal education concentrates on replacing the type of English spoken in his environment … is. Languages are created by the poor…
Message to the People of South Africa by O. R. Tambo, August 1976
… by sustaining, intensifying and sharpening the attack on the white power structure. Vorster must find no rest. The … or by withholding any portion of their…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. It is the second largest country on the…
ArchiveZuma's rape accuser questioned (BBC News), 07 March 2006
… and led to a deterioration in her health. Earlier on Tuesday, the defence requested that the court admit … a request to which Judge Willem van der Merwe…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… Africa. The Ditsong National Cultural History Museum lies on Visagie Street, in the Old Mint, vacated for newer … Ples which is about 2.1 million years old. …
PlaceGreen Point
… annexed the Cape in 1806, they began to hold horse races on its common, and the area developed as one of Cape Town's … has found its way to the farthest…
PlaceGouritsrivier, Near Mossel Bay
… It enters the Indian Ocean on the Southern Coast of Africa and 34 km south-west of … indicated a river roughly where the Gouritsrivier is. On the map it…
South Africa Communists Speak Documents from the history of the South African Communist Party 1915 - 1980
… th the S.A. Labour Party', pamphlet published by the War on War League (SA) in March 1915. Document 2: 'Pamphlet … International' September 17, 1915. …
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… people around them hadused - mud, reed, rocks, with manure on the floors. Of course the British and the Mining Barons … Place, an office block and a very…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… On 4 December 1981 Lesotho's Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr … countries. During 1979 the LLA mounted numerous attacks on Lesotho's key installations. Lesotho…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… began teaching children between the ages of 9 and 14 on Saturdays whilst during the week the focus was on high school students in Soweto. Sipho Sepamla, who…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
… chapter in the book of the rainbow nation that sheds light on the heroics of South African youth. Kriel began his … the mindset of Kriel at the time. They…
INDIAN SOUTH AFRICANS - A brief history
… of the nineteenth century the white economy was based on the production of sugar. This is a labour intensive form … the indenture for a further five years,…
When Mandela's Predecessor toured the US to Expose Segregation back home by Matthew Blackman (www.ozy.com), 29 May 2018
… in the U.S. would “no doubt consist of mendacious attacks” on the South African government. Mendacious, unlikely; … he was fluent in seven languages by age…
Document 105 - John Gomas, “Cape Town: Liberation League Activities”, South African Worker, 17 April 1937
… a mass meeting was held in the City Hall, Cape Town, on March 22 last. It was organised by the National Liberation … against granting licences and permission…
NDCA Statement, 3 April 2012
… handed out to them by the NDC of the ANC will be held on 12 April 2012 at 9am on the 6th Floor of Luthuli House. The date of the 12th April …
PlaceMaitland Road
… known as Eleventh Mile Stone, Maitland Road, was opened on 20 December 1853, and one of these Mile Stones's was … 1860, when the new village of Bellville was…