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ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… labour that kept the city’s wages the lowest in South Africa. In 1926 a Wage Board investigation expressed concern … resulted in 142 deaths. By the mid 20th…
ArticleThe Early Cape Slave Trade
… across a Portuguese slaving vessel of the coast of West Africa. The Portuguese ship was old and cumbersome and the … and the Amersfoort , both came from the…
ArchiveSummary of the events in connection with Mr James Jobe Hadebe
… External Mission of the African National Congress of South Africa of James Jobe Hadebe. Marked Confidential, for …
ArchiveProtest note to Mocambique
… planned aggressive actions against the Republic of South Africa from Mozambique territory …
ArchiveBuilders of the nation: 10: rebirth of the Democratic Labour Movement
… striking. Short history of birth of trade unions in South Africa. Artwork of the new South African flag. …
ArchiveYou said yes to one person, one vote in a
… lettering. Issued by NUSAS Education for a free South Africa. Statistics of voting in South African Universities. …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - ’The rock on which the future will be built’ by Emilia Potenza
… by Emilia Potenza Up to the 1860s the economy of South Africa was based on agriculture and trade. Then the discovery … marked the beginning of…
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… of political offences to those inside and outside South Africa. All persons who may be affected will be considered. … line with the new dynamic situation…
EventDefiance campaign leadership meets with SAIC
… largest scale of non-violent resistance ever seen in South Africa and the first campaign pursued jointly by all racial …
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
… brewery, one of the Oldest Commercial Breweries in South Africa and considered the ‘cradle of clear-beer brewing’ in South Africa. It lies on the Liesbeek…
EventThe Boipotong massacre takes place
… During the period of transition and negotiation in South Africa, the core area of the conflict in the late 1980s was … country and disrupt the Convention for…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… United States of America (USA), before returning to South Africa to lecture Clinical Anatomy at WITS. During WWII, he … to help with war casualties, and on…
EventSuppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950 approved in Parliament
… of 1950, according to which the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was declared an illegal organisation, was … it is given as 24 June in Illustrated…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… wrap myself around the curvaceous bodies of women all over Africa I am the perfect nightdress on those hot African … agree that the kanga comes from Swahili…
PlaceDitsong Museum of Natural History
… museum, it is one of the largest of its kind in South Africa. The Ditsong National Cultural History Museum lies on … to one of the largest Natural History…
ArchiveVasterviks Kommun mot apartheid
… of an African with a spear and a shield on a map of Africa. Notice of a concert to support the ANC in Sweden. …
EventSADF Gaborone raid kills 4
… who were in hiding in Gaborone, Botswana, the South Africa Defence Force (SADF) killed four innocent people. …
ArchiveLetter from Stephen Chesine to Oliver Tambo
… suggestions for new constitutional arrangements for South Africa. Includes copies of letters from Buckingham Palace and …
EventCourt commutes James Mange’s sentence
… Movement, and non-governmental organisations in South Africa, the Bloemfontein Appeal Court commuted James Mange's …
EventOver a thousand people are detained under state of emergency following the Sharpeville massacre
… April 1960, about 1,575 people were detained under South Africa's state of emergency that was declared by the South … Boddy-Evans A. ‘This Day in Africa…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… Evaluation of Exposures from a Large Sulfur Fire in South Africa. [Online]. Available: … d_Evaluation_of_Exposures_from_a_Large_Sulfur_Fire_in_South_Africa ↵…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.1 1988
… his Art by Barbara Lindop; Socialist Explorations in South Africa by Martin Trump; Contemporary Popular Music in South Africa by Gary Rathbone. Poetry: A…
EventPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka sworn in as UN- Women Executive Director
… United Democratic Front (UDF). She also served as South Africa’s first female deputy president from 2005-2008. She is … admired as one of the exceptional…
EventThe Berlin Airlift, which delivered food and fuel to West Berliners during a Soviet blockade, and in which the SAA took part, comes to an end
… countries of the British Commonwealth, including South Africa, offered their assistance. These Commonwealth … countries provided crews to fly RAF aircraft…
EventWW2: Italy invades Ethiopia
… (now Ethiopia) the African country situated on the horn of Africa. Mussolini claimed that his policies of expansion were not different from that of other…
EventUDF members challenge the government to arrest them on charges of high treason
… largest and most powerful legal opposition force in South Africa. Its membership and especially its goals approximated … Star, 28 February (Available at…
EventThe last passenger boat of the Union Castle line, the Windsor Castle, leaves Table Bay
… of a vital communications link between Europe and Southern Africa, the RMS Windsor Castle was the last of the Union … liners and freighters had helped…
EventSusanna Kok, SA medical missionary whose work led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, dies
… basis of her professional life. After returning to South Africa to obtain a diploma in public health care, she went to … dispelled. She continued to travel…
EventBeginning of the Anglo-Zulu War, 10 January 1879
… Frere was appointed British high commissioner to South Africa in 1879 to realise the policy of confederation (policy … them more of a threat to peace and…
PlaceRugby Museum, V & A Waterfront, Cape Town
… passing and more. From 1984, during apartheid, South Africa was banned from taking part in international rugby … Francois Pienaar. *View the rich history of…