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ArticleConvict Stations & Labour in the Cape Colony
… the Public Works Department, leaving the GPO to passively document such information as the PWD saw fit to pass on to …
EventPolice swoop down on the homes of Congress of the People leaders across the country, the arrests led to the Treason Trial
Following the highly successful multi-racial Congress of the People Conference in June 1955, the South African Police raided the homes and offices of those who…
Democracy in Action
Democracy in action, published by the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (IDASA), outlines the extensive efforts of the Institute to…
Inqaba ya basebenzi
Inqaba ya basebenzi, published in London by the Marxist Workers' Tendency of the African National Congress documents the workers' struggle for national…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The first set of documents in Part II relates to…
Introduction
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai 'The appeasers', declared the report of the Passive…
EventHendrik Andries Hanekom, SA actor dies in the Strand, Cape Town
Hendrik Hanekom and his wife Mathilda were pioneers of Afrikaans professional theatre. Hendrik died on *14 January 1952 in the Strand, Cape Town. Throughout…
ArticleOn Trial: State versus Abram Fischer and Thirteen Others by Norman Levy
… important memorandum with an official of SACTU before the document was sent to the Chamber of Mines. Pressed by the … he attended and the unit’s alert…
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass Laws
… to this book because it is, indeed, the most precious document I possess. Perhaps I value it so highly because none … Nelson Mandela restated the assertions…
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… the situation. At the working group, Hernus Kriel tabled a document that berated the ANC for not committing itself to peaceful negotiations. 36 The document…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
Documents: An anonymous Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library…
EventAdam Tas is arrested
Magistrate Starrenburg arrested Adam Tas because of the role he played in drawing up a petition for the Cape burghers against the incumbent Governor W. A. van…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… SASPU National, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1981. doi:10.2307/al.sff.document.1680.6867.002.002.mar1981. (Accessed 7 April 2020). … Mayibuye, Vol. 1, No. 10, 1967,…
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
FROM eNCOME OVER „BLOEDRIVIER“ TO eNCOME AND BEYOND Ben Khumalo-Seegelken, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany Conference …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
Kasturba Kapadia was born on April 11 1869 in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba…
ArticlePass laws in South Africa 1800-1994
Slaves at the Cape were forced to carry passes. This made it easier for their owners and the local authorities to control their movements. The first time Pass…
EventFive ANC leaders are released from prison
On 15 October 1989, five of the eight African National Congress (ANC) long term political prisoners were released from Robben Island. Among those leaders who…
EventHalley’s Comet reaches the closest point to earth
Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley, who in 1705 calculated the orbit of the comet around the sun. Halley was also the first astronomer…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
How did the Cold War period shape international relations after the Second World War? After the Second World War, there was a struggle between two world…
References and links: Local History
Books Cameron T. (ed) 1986. An Illustrated History of South Africa. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball. Carruthers V. 2000. The Magaliesberg. 2nd ed. Pretoria:…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… look at a piece of history, whether it is a photograph, a document, a building or a signpost, you need to be aware that …
ArchiveSurvey shows ignorance about big moments in South Africa’s history – like the Sharpeville massacre (TheConversation.com)
… Congress of Azania, was against the hated identification document, known as a “dompas” (dumb pass), that the apartheid …
PlaceHector Pieterson Memorial and Museum, Soweto
The museum is located on 8288 Khumalo Street, Orlando West (Soweto). The museum is named after one of the first casualties. But commerates all of those that…
EventA blaze destroys Wanderers Cricket Club
A fire virtually destroyed the historic Wanderers Cricket Club in Johannesburg, reducing to ash irreplaceable items like historic documents, photos, trophies…
EventState of Emergency follows Sharpeville massacre
The government proceeded with the introduction of apartheid laws in the 1950s. An example of this was the hated pass law. This forced Black people to carry…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), King George Hotel, Athens, 24 February 2005.
… the world and 567 for developed countries. (Source: NEPAD document) In the three decades before the end of the 20th …
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… a new spirit but it produced the Freedom Charter - a document which has laid the basis for important advances in …
Address by President Jacob Zuma to the Military Veterans Medals Parade Waterkloof Airforce Base, 27 October 2012
… on January 30 1981. A heritage route is also underway to document the rich heritage and preserve our legacy. Programme …
Oration by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Kgalema Motlanthe, at the funeral service of the late Cleopas Mododa Nsibande, 3 January 2009, Benoni
… Congress of the People resulted in the Freedom Charter, a document that was to guide our struggle since then, and on …
Pravin Gordhan vs the Law, as defined by clichés by Mervyn E. Bennun (Politics Web), 08 September 2016
… way is he ‘above the law’ by refusing to put his name to a document which is valueless as he has already answered the …