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ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 9: The Kennedy visit, the truth
… discusses the visit by Senator Edward Kennedy to South Africa, and one question which stands out and that is, Why was he visiting South Africa? APDUSA also…
PlaceOld Pretoria Iron Mines Ltd Buildings, Iscor, Pretoria
… was produced on a large scale for the first time in South Africa. Delfos became a major promoter of Iscor when it was … old NMC legislation on 10 August 1979…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 6: Towards social change
… on social change and ethnic politics in apartheid South Africa. Content include: Social forces and social change in South Africa; Cultural and ethnic…
EventPhyllis Naidoo escapes to Lesotho
… was involved in providing for children who had left South Africa, assisting members of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and ANC to escape from South…
Michael Mosoue Moerane, pianist, choirmaster and composer, is born in Gumtree, Basutoland (now Lesotho). He died in Gumtree in
… Moerane. He was the first African BMus graduate in South Africa (1941) and remains the most popular Africa choral composer in Southern Africa, through works…
Summary Minutes of exploratory discussions held in London on 3 May and 4 May 1988 between a South African Delegation and an Angolan Delegation, facilitated by a Delegation from the United States
… Meeting between representatives from South Africa, Angola, Cuba and United States to negotiate a peaceful solution for southern Africa and to develop…
EventHugh Masekela, South African musician, is born
… , South African musician, was born in Witbank, South Africa. Masekela grew up playing the piano and at a young age … Masekela mastered the trumpet and went…
EventThe State President F.W. de Klerk issues a proclamation adopting the new national flag and National Anthem of SA
… providing for Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (the Call of South Africa) and Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God bless Africa) to become the combined national anthem of the…
EventGeneral Assembly adopts a resolution condemning the South African Foreign Minister
… Nations General Assembly decided by 67 votes to 1 (South Africa) with 20 abstentions, to censure the Foreign Minister of South Africa Eric Louw for his…
EventLord Milner leaves England to return to SA
… role in causing the South African War returned to South Africa to become British administrator for the Orange Free … War. Milner was also tasked with…
Sechaba
… from the organisation's perspective, for freedom in South Africa and for the freedom of South Africa - freedom from racial discrimination, from legislation ……
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to visit South Africa to take part in the national championships to be held … April. Arthur Ashe campaigned against apartheid in…
PlaceHilton College an Independent Boy's Boarding School
… schools of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in 1938, he reported that: "There can hardly be a … which had prospered from sugar , Natal’s…
PlaceThe Space Theatre
… and defied the Socio-Political Conditions, in South Africa. The Documentary looks at the dangers of apathy, … the dangers of censorship and highlights the…
PlaceLangeberg Mountain Range, Western Cape
… Mountain Range is in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and is approximately 170 km long! The Marloth Nature … the Western Cape’s; Primary River…
PlaceAl-Azhar Mosque, Cape Town
… area where a complete mix of people lived, from all walks of life (from priests to politicians, from … one of the foremost Islamic scholars in the Cape and…
South African History Online and Bridgewater State University Partnership Project - 2018 Submissions
… Project: Robert F. Kennedy’s 1966 Visit to South Africa Catherine Hurley Catherine Hurley is from Pembroke, … and History. Project: Edward Kennedy’s 1985…
EventPius Langa is born
… appointed as Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa. He became deputy president of the Court in August … 1997. He was appointed Deputy Chief…
EventFirst Black Test cricket captain in SA is announced
… Ashwell Prince was appointed as South Africa's first Black Test cricket captain to lead the Protea … in Sri Lanka. This announcement was made by Cricket…
PlaceBotshabelo
… the most important station of the Berlin Society in South Africa. Here were established a school, seminary, workshops, … converts in the region. The Berlin…
EventCourt approves same-sex couple's right to marry
… in court, based on the equal rights provision in South Africa's constitution. After a long legal battle the Supreme … amend existing legislation within a…
PlaceUnion Buildings, Pretoria
… The Union Buildings are considered South Africa's Architectural Masterpiece! Designed and built by … houses the Administrative offices of the Union of South…
EventScores of people are killed in Boipatong, Vaal
… government, the African National Congress (ANC), the South Africa Communist Party (SACP) and other liberation movements. … and withdrew from the Congress for…
PlaceHangberg, Hout Bay
… These types of informally constructed houses are in South Africa known as “Shacks”, but the local residents of Hangberg … the uprising the then Mayor of Cape…
ArchiveThe migrant labour system
… 'homelands' or 'reserves' as part of the Union of South Africa, hence employment seekers travelling outside of the … had already secured employment within…
Decolonising African Museums - What does it mean?
… The Centre for Indian Studies in Africa (CISA) presents a talk by Emery Patrick Effiboley, … Research Fellow, Centre for the Creative Arts of Africa/Wits Art…
EventDjibouti, France’s last colony, gains independence
… Djibouti is a very small country located on the horn of Africa. It is so small that it has an estimated population of less than a million, one of the least…
EventSA withdraws from the International Labour Organisation
… (ILO) voted in favour of the suspension of South Africa from its Annual General Conferences. The ILO objected to South Africa's system of racial…
EventSA signs Nuclear Treaty
… Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) on behalf of South Africa. This opened South Africa's nuclear facilities for inspection. South Africa became the first…
EventJan van Riebeeck, Dutch colonial administrator and first commander of the colony at the Cape of Good Hope, is born
… (DEIC) , van Riebeeck landed at the southern tip of Africa on 6 April 1652 in order to create a settlement for the DEIC. His arrival therefore opened South…