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EventWork is stopped at the Kimberley mine
… of diamond in 1867. The discovery of diamonds in South Africa attracted many Europeans who were lured by the … Archaelogy South Africa, 1996, ‘The Digging…
EventHunter and politician Johannes Viljoen dies
… et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa Vol.11, Cape Town: NASOU. …
EventOlive Schreiner, noted SA author, dies in Wynberg, Cape Town
… a century ago, seem to have predicted the modern day South Africa. Her first book about the story of an African farm …
Another Victory for Trade Unionism: The 1918 Cape Town Musicians’ Strike
… was a significant year for Cape Town (and South Africa generally). The influenza epidemic with many thousands … TRUST The story of show business in Cape Town…
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… some leaders and ill-advised eagerness to go back to South Africa to fight surfaced. The leadership that he provided to … Council decided on the first…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the SA-USA Business and Finance Forum, Roosevelt Hotel, New York, 23 September 1999
… sustainable social development and economic growth. South Africa has successfully entered its second term of democratic … significantly to our growth…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his acceptance of an honorary doctorate of the University of Stellenbosch Stellenbosch, 25 October 1996
… of the Prime Ministers who governed white-dominated South Africa in the era between the two Bothas. This University was … and warmth as the head of state of…
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the Zionist Christian Church Easter Conference Moria, 20th April 1992
… blessings of reconciliation among all the people of South Africa! Khotso e be le lena! May peace be with you! When … our political programme, the Freedom…
PlaceFugard Theatre, Cape Town
… us laugh and cry, Fugard has told the story of South Africa and its difficulty and continues to make the world … as one of the heritage landscapes of…
ArchiveChapter 4 Political activity 1950-1963 by Denis Goldberg
… and 26 June 1955 some 3000 delegates from all over South Africa gathered at Kliptown in Johannesburg. On the second … influence on the Constitution of the…
Namaqualand
… as to distinguish it from Great Namaqualand in South-West Africa. 'Namaqua' is the plural form of Nama, the name of the … tribe who lived here when the first…
Chapter 2 - No equality under the Union Jack, 1900 - 1910
… of the NNC. Alfred Milner, High Commissioner to South Africa, justified the ostponement of political rights to … and having exhausted all means at their…
Lecture by President Thabo Mbeki delivered on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko, 12 September 2007, Cape Town
… birth to the reality of todays free and democratic South Africa. Like Shaka and many others that came before him, … After the banning of the black political…
EventWalter Sisulu celebrates 90th birthday
… One of the godfathers of the fight for equality in South Africa, he has fought long and hard against racism and … incorporation of the four colonies into the…
Classroom activities: Learning about history
… day. We must remember that the full history in South Africa and all over the world has been hidden and distorted. …
Grade 10 Archive
… controversial issues regarding European intervention in Africa is the slave trade. The causes and results of the …
Performing Arts Council of the Transvaal (PACT)
… pillar of support in the art and culture sector of South Africa with the democratic government coming into power. PACT …
Mandela’s membership of the Communist Party: what needs to be reassessed by Tom Lodge
… with the Communist Party. He would return to South Africa with the message that the ANC should play a more … have seen, some of the most pragmatic navigators…
BiographyWilliam Cock
… sailed back to Cape Town. William Cock’s return to South Africa was a busy period of financial activity, first in Cape …
Robert Mokwena (George Sello)
Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…
Excavations: Shirts, Placards, Posters and the Remnants of Spectacular Protest in the LRS’s Collections by Lebogang Mokwena
… 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference South Africa has a long and rich scholarly tradition on the labour … in the LRS’s possession. Established…
Opening address by Albert Luthuli to Conference on Unemployment, Low Wages and Poverty, 21 October 1961, Durban
… potential. The overall picture of the Republic of South Africa is one of colossal material development and … rule, have greatly undermined world confidence…
ANC National Conference, 13 July 1991
… conference was the first of its kind held inside South Africa for over 30 years. It brought together leading … of 450 foreign guests from 57 countries in…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… walls include indigenous cultural material from southern Africa, artefacts from the colonial period of the Cape, … 2000 years ago, woven grass baskets, masks…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … (1934) [....] The position of the Trade Unions in South Africa reflects the…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… 1940 and 1946 to 9 999. The needs of the war (South Africa contributed to the Allied war effort in ship repair … coloured representatives from all four…
ArticleThe Basotho
… was a great deal of migration and upheaval in Southern Africa, mostly as a result of the Mfecane. There were a … cultural identities of various indigenous…
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … October 1928 INDUSTRIAL and COMMERCIAL Workers Union of Africa (I.C.U.) …
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… Former president FW de Klerk says South Africa has lost one of its founding fathers and "greatest sons". Former president FW De Klerk said South Africa lost…
Chapter 4: Public Response to Vigilantism and Political Violence in Kwazulu-Natal
… as a ploy to get rid of democratic forces in South Africa. The paper further alleged that the reason why the … regarded the release of Mandela as a new…