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ArchiveTowards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
… the political economy and national liberation in South Africa, the perspective of the ANC, the de Janvrian Model, the agrarian question in South Africa,…
EventThe UN sets up Commission on Apartheid
… Commission on the Racial Situation in the Union of South Africa (UNCORS). Its mandate was to study the racial situation in South Africa. Thirty-five…
EventUS ambassador Andrew Young visits SA
… Nations, Andrew Young, paid a two day visit to South Africa at the invitation of mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer. … pressure could bring about radical…
ArchiveHow China broke the chain of infection by Vijay Prashad
… NHC and health departments in Hubei Province and sent to all medical institutions in Wuhan City on 4 January; … day, the NHC held a national teleconference…
PlaceJohannesburg Art Gallery
… was a Jewish Londoner who had originally come to South Africa to work as a clerk in the diamond fields. … art - to which, well before Nelson Mandela became…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline 1850-1889
… Witwatersrand marks the radical transformation of Southern Africa and in particular the Witwatersrand. The region’s … and Asian immigrants and work seekers…
PlaceCalitzdorp, Route 62
… or Klein Karoo in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and lies on South Africa's, Route 62 . The Farm, on which Calitzdorp stands, … is renowned as a…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.10 No.3 1992
… Stephen Samuels. Essays: The Politics of Feminism in South Africa, Desiree Lewis; Robben Island Retold, The Mayibuye Centre; 'South Africa Now': Filling the…
PlaceGordonia Division
… town. It is the largest magisterial district in South Africa,with an area of 53 546 sq km, which includes the … Asiatic 3; Bantu 10 447. Gordonia borders on…
EventEvelyn Dalberg, SA opera singer, is born in Germany
… Evelyn Dalberg, a prominent opera singer in South Africa, was born on 23 May 1939, in Leipzig, Germany. The … member of the Cape Town City Orchestra, she…
EventThe “Ossewabrandwag” is founded
… World War (WWII) broke out in 1939, the OB opposed South Africa's involvement on the side of the Allies. They felt that Germany was not an enemy of South…
EventDisinvestment moves by two major companies
… African associate, Barclays National Bank Limited of South Africa (also known as Barnat). Sir Timothy Bevan, chairman of … shares to the local management and…
EventNoble South Africans win Nobel Peace Prize
… non-violent resistance to racial discrimination in South Africa. Though the apartheid government restricted his … of a bomb threat. The last president of…
ArchiveMemorandum to the Government of Swaziland on the agreement between Swaziland and the Pretoria regime on Ka-Ngwane and Ngwavuma
… fraught with dangers for the people of Swaziland and South Africa as it will impede the struggle for the liberation of South Africa and transform Swaziland…
ArchiveNotes on the migrant labour system in Lesotho
… Five out of six citizens of Lesotho held jobs in South Africa, 45% of adults were absentees working and residing in South Africa even though they were…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… a second-order Administrative division,Eastern Cape, South Africa. With a Population of 940441 Habitants. The estimate … been published; The Borders of Race…
PlaceGabon
… On 17 August 1960, Gabon, a country in west central Africa, astride the Equator. The Country gained independence … lived and interacted in the changing…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… scientist. Author of major book on the foundation of South Africa’s cheap labour system, published in 1982, levy here … SACP congress in Cuba in 1989 before…
EventThe New Zealand Mounted Rifles leave Wellington for the South African War
… from Wellington aboard the SS WAIWERA ship bound for South Africa on 21 October 1899. As the war drew became an … September 1899 New Zealand offered British…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… Saviano in the Italian town of Caserta. Nicknamed 'Mama Africa' or the 'Empress of African Song', Makeba's music … starred in the anti-apartheid documentary…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of president Rafsanjani of Iran Pretoria, 12 September 1996
… democracy. Within a short time democratic South Africa has been accepted among the nations of the world. We … humanity. That approach informed your policy…
2004 Gruber Justice Prize: Arthur Chaskalson
… to the bench of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and the position of Chief Justice. It is a long line, … As a barrister, he represented defendants…
ArchiveAn Analysis of the Imprisonment and Detainment Treatment of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela by Monica McCausland
… of 27 years… Your mind isn’t incarcerated that’s all but with solitary confinement you are not allowed to … against the apartheid government’s pass laws. [2]…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 2 Glossary
… Arab expansion spreads smallpox into northern Africa, Spain, and Portugal. 11th Century – Crusades further … occupation introduces smallpox into part of…
ArchiveStatement
… Executive Committee, on the current situation in South Africa. The regime over the past few weeks had launched a … to reduce the international isolation of…
President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… has been invited to the emergency summit of the East Africa Community as a special guest. His invitation was in recognition of the pivotal role South Africa…
EventThe North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is founded.
… around the world, either in combat or peacekeeping. In Africa, the organisation is has had countless missions in North and East Africa. …
EventMugabe is refused accommodation by 2 SA hotels
… in Pretoria for the 10th anniversary of a free South Africa and the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki, was … abuses in his country. Zimbabwean ambassador…
EventNatoo Babenia is born
… first in India, resisting British rule and later in South Africa against the Apartheid government, was born at Coedmore Road, Bellair, Durban. In South…
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… Gladstone to constitute a government in terms of the South Africa's Act. He then became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, which was to…