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55. S.A.I.C. deputation sees the Minister of the Interior, 1925
… and Registration Bill, and also urged the Government to agree to a round-table conference among representatives of the Union … transcript of the discussion…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… Africa's leading Teaching and Research Institutions, with a number of Campuses. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, a High School for Boys…
PlaceAddo Elephant Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth . In about 1931, about 680 ha. was enclosed to form the Addo Elephant National Park. The name is of … are the largest extant terrestrial…
PlaceBaxter Theatre, Rondebosch- Cape Town
… 1 August 1977 and was designed by Jack Barnett as honor to the late Dr. W Duncan Baxter’s bequest for the purpose of building and establishing a theatre. Dr…
Address by President at the official opening of the new bridge over the Limpopo River at Beit Bridge Beit Bridge, 24 November 1995
… gentlemen. The people of South Africa and Zimbabwe share a long history going back centuries and cemented in the struggle to liberate our countries and our…
PlaceLutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.
… is the oldest church building in South Africa, dating back to 1792. This unique group of 18th century buildings stands … the Koopmans De Wet House , and was…
24. Muslim traders petition against Free State law of 1884
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … the disabilities imposed by an 1884 Ordinance. They wished to be classified as…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… Passes and measures to control the mobility of the Black population particularly … all over South Africa. Following the declaration to embark on an anti-pass…
EventCODESA 1 convenes in Johannesburg
… by many as tension-driven and known as the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), took place at the World … organisations and the South African…
EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… The 21.19 carat diamond that would come to be known as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young boy and his little sister as they played in their … often…
ArchiveHow a slave from Mauritius led a rebellion in Cape Town by Nigel Worden (Ground Up), 30 March 2016
… In this drawing of Greenmarket Square in Cape Town in 1764, a slave in chains appears to be driven by a master on the left side of the image. Some four…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… Click on image to enlarge It was declared a National Monument under old NMC … Fred Struben, George Walker and George Harrison, has a good case for claiming…
ArchiveBiography of Ellen Kuzwayo by Laura Wilson, 3 May 2018
… Ellen Kate was the name given to her by her biological mother and father. While important … among her mother’s people meaning “the one who arrives on a rainy…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In January 1949 a bitter racial conflict occurred…
PlaceKruger National Park
… became the controlling body of the park, and reported to the Minister of Lands. However, the proclamation, was made … the area between the Sabie and…
EventSecurity Council examines violence in South Africa
… At the instigation of a letter titled the Question of South Africa from the Charge D'affaires of the permanent mission of Madagascar to the United Nations…
EventF.W. de Klerk clamps down on KwaZulu
… In a move that was long overdue, President F.W. de Klerk imposed a state of emergency in KwaZulu-Natal, … of March, the highest death toll in three years…
PlaceInanda, Phoenix
… Inanda (isiZulu: Pleasant Place) is a township in Eastern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is … first president of the African National Congress (ANC), as a…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… Kroondal, situated on a farm, was one of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations … in 1858 in the name of Jan Michiel van Helsdingen. A mission was…
Document 83 “Native Bourgeoisie as a Class”, Umsebenzi, 16 February 1935
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 83 "Native Bourgeoisie as a Class",…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… Natal, and measuring (12 269) square feet. Vishwa Shakti; a local free Hindu newspaper and the caretaker of the … The Temple was built by his grandfather in…
The Great Trek Was Not Over Abolition by Ron (Republican Trekker Volk), 30 October 2008
… many Boers that they decided that the best thing for them to do was to trek away from the area as their ancestors had done from the VOC power back almost one…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Documenting Ordinary Scenes Of South Africa Then and Now by Michael Kimmelman (The New York Times), 24 August 2001
… photographs have borne witness since the late 1940's to life in his native South Africa. More than 150 of his pictures are in a retrospective of the years…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the occasion of the eighth anniversary of the Triumph of the Sandinista Revolution, 01 July 1987, Managua
… anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista revolution - a day on which we can bring directly to you fraternal and revolutionary greetings from the African …
Directive concerning the nature of the forthcoming ANC consultative conference in Morogoro by Oliver Tambo, 01 March 1969
… the nature of general consultations have been held by the A.N.C. The first of these was held at Lobatsi in October 1962 … from all over South Africa and from…
Directive Concerning the Nature of the Forthcoming ANC Consultative Conference in Morogoro by O. R. Tambo, March 1969
… the nature of general consultations have been held by the A.N.C. The first of these was held at Lobatsi in October 1962 … from all over South Africa and from…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Celebrations of the Bicentenary of the Independence of Haiti: Port-AU-Prince, 01 January 2004 Your Excellency, President Jean-Bertrand Aristide,
… Thank you very much for allowing us this opportunity to celebrate the Bicentenary of one of the greatest … without exception, are with you in spirit as we…
Peace Treaty of Vereeniging - transcript
… of the Transvaal. WE Davidson, Acting Secretary to the Transvaal Administration -3rd June 1902. ARMY … behalf of the BRITlSH GOVERNMENT, AND Messrs S.W…
ArchiveFederation
… of the Transvaal. WE Davidson, Acting Secretary to the Transvaal Administration -3 rd June 1902. ARMY … behalf of the BRITlSH GOVERNMENT, AND Messrs S.W…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 2 - The Beginnings of Globalisation by Jeff Guy
… in history are not fixed. We decide when they occur, to a large extent on the basis of where we are in the … points where none existed. We can see this by…