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ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), submitted to the University College, London …
PlaceCape Town Stadium
… This Stadium was built when we put in the bid to host the 2010 World Cup. The Stadium has proved to be very use full in hosting other events and is a major…
EventANC receives letter of gratitude from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan
… 1960, the African National Congress (ANC) received a letter from the British Prime Minister, Herold Macmillan; … in Cape Town. In the letter he was sending…
EventCar bomb explodes outside Air Force headquarters
… (ANC) cadres, Freddie Shangwe and Ezekial Maseko, drove to Church Street in Pretoria and parked their vehicle in … Their intention was to detonate explosives…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces Nelson Mandela will be freed on 11 February
… The announcement by President F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson … people by surprise. The Apartheid government attempted to…
EventThe first Comrades Marathon takes place
… War One veteran and other 34 runners, who initiated it as a reunion. Clapham wanted to remember those who had fallen in the war by ultimate … the 1921 Race…
EventHaile Selassi I, Emperor of Ethiopia, is born
… of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to the throne of … the loss of popular support. In 1974, he was…
EventThe first cable connection between SA and Europe is launched
… engineer Charles Tilston Bright as part of his project to link the British Empire with growing telecommunications … and across the Mediterranean to Suez…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
… (PAC) into the South African National Defence Force, took a twist when an estimated 7 500 soldiers went on strike. The former guerrillas refused to return to…
Twentieth Anniversary of the United Nations Sanctions Resolution: Statement by Oliver Tambo at the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, 05 November 1982, New York
… the past three decades the apartheid regime has emerged as a vicious oppressor and a ferocious exploiter of the peoples under its domination, an … of peace…
PlaceEthiopia
… Ethiopia, formerly Abyssinia, is a landlocked country in the East of Africa. It shares one of its borders with Somalia , to the East. Sudan to the West,…
Address at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 4 March 2002
… of my fellow Commonwealth colleagues, I have the pleasure to express how delighted we are to attend the Commonwealth … also an historic occasion and one for…
New Generation Sculpture
… During the 1980s the work of a number of sculptors working in the northern part of the country, Gazankulu and Venda, came to the attention of academic…
Save South Africa calls ‘People’s Assembly Against State Capture’
… South Africa campaign is calling on all South Africans to unite behind that great symbol of our nation, the National Flag, to a “People’s Assembly Against…
PlaceSammy Mark’s Residence, Zwartkoppies, Pretoria
… The Sammy Marks Museum is a Victorian Mansion called Zwartkoppies Hall, situated about … its lush gardens and tennis courts originally belonged to 19th…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… about the conditions in the camps and at the same time to rally the support of the British government for the … improvement of conditions at the camps. The…
ArchiveNatives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, Act No 67 of 1952
… The Act was to repeal the laws relating to carrying passes by natives; to provide for the issue of reference books to natives; to …
ArchiveSuppression of Communism Act, Act No 44 of 1950
… The Act was to declare the Communist Party of South Africa to be an unlawful organization; to make provision for declaring other organizations promoting …
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the unveiling of the FIFA Soccer World Cup South Africa 2010 emblem, Tempodrom, Berlin 7 July 2006
… and friends, Ladies and gentlemen: I am truly delighted to address you on this auspicious occasion - indeed a double celebration of the unveiling of the FIFA…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… GUNS AND GALLOWS In outward appearance South Africa is a calm, peaceful land, spacious and sunny; its peoples-Black, … is courteous and kind and will share…
EventUnFreedom Day
… the 27th of April 2006 Abahlali BaseMjondolo (AbM) decided to host an “Unfreedom Day” to highlight how there is “no democracy for the poor”[1] and … SAPS…
EventVuyisile Mini, Trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist is hanged
… Vuyisile Mini a trade unionist and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) activist was … for his role in the MK and anti-apartheid resistance. As a member of the South…
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… The Ciskeian police disrupted a residents' meeting, which was held to inform those residents of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the…
EventBritish explorers, John Speke and J.A. Grant announce that Lake Victoria is the source of the Nile
… The expedition was Speke’s second attempt and was meant to put to rest all doubt on his earlier findings. Speke’s first … for the great lakes of Africa…
EventThe longest cricket test match in history is played between South Africa and England in Durban
… the 14 March - 9 days in total. England needed 41 runs to win at the close of the 9th day, but the match was drawn because the English players had to leave…
Document 18 - The Pretoria Minute
… were arrested. They were "accused of being part of a 'country-wide conspiracy' inspired by international communism to overthrow the state by violence." The…
From Amsterdam with euphoria
… A Report of the CASA Conference and Festival We want the world to know We have come a long way now We are not like spotless white shirts We are …
ArchiveCosatu Demands
… of people marching; text: COSATU demands: 1. the right to work 2. the right to organize 3 the right of students to: form democratic Student Representative…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 1970 Trusteeship of West Street Masjid extended 102 Prior to 1970, the trusteeship of the West Street Masjid in Durban … Street Masjid began in 1988 and was…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… against slavery and oppression at the Cape, and suggests a deep awareness around issues of abolition and freedom held … events inspired the ethnically mixed…