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The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… Before the country had time to settle down under Union, South Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South West and East…
Address at a Banquet at the Guildhall London, 13 June 2001
… Your Royal Highness The Lord Mayor and Mayoress My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen Esteemed guests: We feel privileged that we have the possibility to attend…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… reprinted in a pamphlet and later included in his book The Unity of India (London, 1941). Nelson Mandela read it when he was a student at the University of…
EventClarence Makwetu announces the PAC’s suspension of its armed struggle
… The Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC) president Clarence Makwetu announced the PAC's suspension of its armed struggle, thus opening the way for election…
EventUN peace-keeping troops deployed to the Republic of Congo
… Formerly known as the Belgian Congo, the Republic of Congo was established in 1960. The fight for independence was initially led by Patrice … [Accessed: 20…
EventSAAN announces its decision to close the Rand Daily Mail
… The Rand Daily Mail newspaper was closed in April 1985. The South African Associated Newspapers (SAAN) made the announcement on 15 March 1985. SAAN, the…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
… The NCL still remains a small elite group, distinguished by … organisation, rather than by its size or effectiveness. In the existing situation, having…
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… From the book: The Diary of Maria Tholo by Carol Hermer Maria's Diary, … 16 What a welcome change. On Sunday a week ago we heard the happy chant and mock…
EventThe Second Basotho War, known as Siqiti war, breaks out
… and 1868 no less than three battles were fought between the Basotho and the Boers. All three wars were the result of conflict between the Basotho in what is…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… Day. On this day, as a nation, we re-commit ourselves to the advancement of women at all levels of our society. In doing this, we are alive to the harsh…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… The Cape Town Civic centre is a Building in the centre of Cape Town , which is just under Signal Hill . This building houses the Municipality of the City of…
Address at the Mercosur Summit, Florianopolis, Brazil, 15 December 2000
… Guests Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to thank the honourable Heads of Government who constitute the membership of Mercosur, for this chance to address…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… The Black People's Convention (BPC) held its first National … 200 African, Indian, and Coloured delegates and observers. The Congress followed the…
EventParliament convenes to consider the resignation of President Thabo Mbeki
… Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki resigned as president of the Republic South Africa on Sunday 21 September 2008. … on Monday 22 September and accepted his resignation…
EventThe first successful non-direct blood transfusion is carried out
… On 27 March 1914, Belgian doctor Albert Hustin conducted the first non-direct transfusion, using sodium citrate as an … blood transfusions needed to be made…
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 25 August 1978 The Cape Flats has the world’s highest rate of plant extinction, is highly fragmented and isolated by…
EventPatrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated
… The first and only elected Prime Minister of the Congo Republic , Patrice Lumumba , was assassinated a few … after Congo gained formal independence from…
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Indian political leadership in 1945. A deputation led by the president of the Natal Indian…
30. Potchefstroom traders: we please the poorest class of customers
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The agitation by anti-Asiatic vigilante groups…
EventParliament opens with the debate of no confidence on Government
… South African Parliament opened with the debate of 'no confidence' in government, which was introduced by the Leader of the political opposition, the United…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… The first 2 'refugee' camps were established in Pretoria and … African War (Second Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the…
EventThe First Gay Pride March is Held in South Africa
… and Gay Pride march was held in Johannesburg . It was the first Pride March on the African continent and acted as both a gay pride event and an anti…
EventSouth African Parliament repeals The Separate Amenities Act of 1953
… The Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act enforced…
EventSteve Biko, a pioneer of the Black Consciousness Movement, is born
… years ago Steve Bantu Biko who would become a pioneer of the Black Consciousness(BC) philosophy was born in King … Cape. Biko’s unshaken stance against…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… In May 1970, the British government requested that the English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This…
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… As the only White amongst those convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial, Denis Goldberg will always have a unique place in that…
EventThe first indications of protest over Afrikaans in Soweto schools
… The roots of the student uprising of 1976 can be traced in part to the cutbacks by the Apartheid government on education for Black students. The … as…
EventFlorence Nightingale, British nurse in the Crimean War, is born
… a group of nurses working at a military hospital during the Crimean War at Scutari, Turkey. She was appalled by the conditions in the hospital and began…
EventGerman action in Herero Revolt is condemned in the Reichstag
… August Bebel, representing the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the German Reichstag (Parliament), condemned the "suppression war" against the…
EventThe Government Gazette publishes a Proclamation that dissolved KaNgwane Legislative Assembly
… The Government Gazette published a Proclamation by which the forty-two member KaNgwane Legislative Assembly was dissolved. Together with the Ingwavuma…