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PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
The South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised Khoikhoi people who…
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
ArchiveBadiri! from South Africa
Red, black and white poster. Notice of a concert of Jazz, poetry and dance. Artwork of a cello and a drum.
ArchiveDecember 16 to 26 Xmas against the emergency!
Campaign for national united action. White background with black lettering plus two black bells ringing in two top corners and black and white image of…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
Peter Henry Abrahams Deras (Peter Abrahams) was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg’s largest Coloured and Asian slum, on 19 March 1919. Abrahams is a 'Coloured'…
EventFormer diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs Jackie Selebi is set to lead SAPS
The South African government announced that former diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs, Jacob Sello Selebi, would take over from the outgoing South…
EventA Pilot Cellular phone project is launched
The basic concept of cellular phones began in 1947, when researchers began to examine crude mobile (car) phones. These researchers realized that by using small…
EventPupils boycott classes in defiance of the use of Afrikaans in their schools
Pupils at Phefeni Secondary School started boycotting classes in protest against the use of Afrikaans as medium of instruction in certain subjects in schools…
List of Robben Island Political Prisoners
Shamar Abduraghman Maduna Abednego Chiloane Abel Sibene Abishayi Mkhonza Abner …
ArchiveStorm Klockan: Chile: no. 13
Coloured artwork of a man ringing a church bell. No.13 - Stormklockan Dec 1948 in bottom left hand corner. Albin Amelin in bottom right hand corner.
ArchiveStormklockan
White, black and red poster. Artwork of a man holding a fag with work 'revolution' on it, trying to stop a tank. Small drawing of a man ringing a church bell.
ArticleAll Members of South Africa’s 5th Democratic Parliament 2014
Surname First names Party Abrahams …
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
Cellist and music teacher Betty Pack, who started several youth orchestras, was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first public…
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
DOCUMENT 37. "Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting." Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969 Four students of UND [University of…
BiographyPatric Tariq Mellet
Patric Tariq Mellet was born and grew up in the working class districts of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working…
EventQueen Mother Elizabeth turns 100
Queen Elizabeth, British Queen Mother, celebrated her 100th birthday with thousands of people lining up in the streets of London to cheer her. The Queen Mother…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.3 No.4 Jul-Sept 1959
Contents: Dear Sir Roy. Emigrant Ship by Reginald Reynolds. The Senate Farce, Stanley Uys with a cartoon, David Marais. Revolution: Further Reflections, Joe…
EventSA author Hymne Weiss is born
South African author and translator of books into Afrikaans from six European languages, Hymne Weiss, was born on the farm Goedemoed, Rouxville district,…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
The remains of Avhatakali Netshusaulu, accountant and son of the former City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been…
ArticleThe Founding of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
According to the EFF’s publication ‘The Coming Revolution’, Julius Malema had earned the title of Commander-in Chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters when he…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
It is obvious that when the ANC became a ruling party in 1994 we could not foresee and prepare for all the challenges the organisation would face in terms of…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in South Africa, with Thabana Ntlenyana the highest peak in…
EventGeorge Msimang, artist, is born
Artist George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at school although art was not offered as a subject. He left…
EventThe cornerstone of Cape Town City Hall is laid
Cape Towns City Hall's original foundations were laid at the turn of the 20th Century. The mayor of Cape Town, Thomas Ball, laid the corner stone of the City…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a…
EventAuthor and playwright Ronald Harwood is born in Cape Town
Ronald Harwood was born Ronald Horwitz in Cape Town on 9 November 1934. He left Cape Town for London to pursue a career on stage. In London, he received stage…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
Wilhelmina Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when her parents, who were South African…
KwaMsiza - A Ndebele village: References/Bibliography
BATTISS, JUNOD, FRANZ and GROSSERT. 1958. The Art of Africa. Pietermaritzburg: Shuter and Shooter. BEINART, Julian. Undated. The Popular Art of Africa…
EventThe last quagga in the world dies in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
The last quagga in the world died in a zoo in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The quagga had once roamed the pastures of the Karoo and the southern Free State. It…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
Born Ronald Horwitz in in 1934, he moved to from South Africa to London in 1951 to pursue a career in the theater. He changed his name to Harwood after an…