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PlaceEmpangeni
Empangeni, a town about 160 km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uthungulu district. The area around…
PlaceAlberton, Germiston
Town 6 km West of Germiston and 11 km South of Johannesburg. It was laid out on the Farm, Elandsfontein in 1904. Named after General Hendrick Abraham Alberts,…
Stay-away!
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner In 1950 there was a big protest against this law called the Suppression of…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 12 January 2019
… and a more concerted focus on SMMEs, cooperatives and township and village enterprises. We will deliberately and … and localised re-industrialisation. To…
Address by Oliver Tambo on receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, 09 May 1986, New Delhi
… and area committees of Port Alfred, Mamelodi, Alexandra Township; a part is in the bowels of the earth, among the …
"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… and area committees of Port Alfred, Mamelodi, Alexandra Township; a part is in the bowels of the earth, among the …
Tribute by Comrade David Makhura delivered at the funeral service of Comrade Chilly Magagula, 16 October 2010
… and the Alliance. He led the realignment of Branches from township-wide to ward-based branches and helped us to rebuild …
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… Bank. Town to Borough Stanger Village was granted 'Township' status in 1920 and 'Borough' status in July 1949, …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the National Freedom Celebrations: Galeshewe Stadium, Kimberley, April 27, 2006
… all our fellow South Africans from this podium in the township of Galeshewe. On behalf of our government, I convey …
Art lost in a time of struggle by Mary Corrigall
Thami Mnyele and Medu Art Ensemble Retrospective During the past few years the Johannesburg Art Gallery has focused attention on black artists who were…
SAHO Milestones
2000 June - Registration of SAHO as an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
The passing of Nadine Gordimer is a tremendous loss, both to South Africa and to the literary world. For me, and others who knew her, it will also be an…
EventJoe Slovo dies
Joe Slovo, the communist intellectual widely credited with being one of the masterminds of South Africa's national reconciliation, died after a long battle…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… was the predecessor of what became as New Brighton Township where Matomela passed most of her time as … from Korsten, Fairview and South End to New Brighton…
Women in the apartheid society by Fatima Meer
… due to high rentals. In the Transvaal, the protests of township residents against high rents, including electricity … import of hardening influx control,…
ArticleWomen and The Food and Canning Workers’ Union
… home as no transport ran between Paarl and Huguenot, a township several kilometres away (Berger, 1992). Working …
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… who apparently defied a school boycott in the Eastern Cape township of Sterkstroom called by anti-apartheid activists. …
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WHO) office of a pneumonia outbreak, the…
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
… armed force of Inkatha members secretly raided the Vaal township of Boipatong and killed forty-six people. A furious …
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and colleague, Oliver Tambo, was elected the ANC’s…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
Race and ethnicity have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since the European colonisation. South Africa…
ArticleReactions to Silverton Siege 1980
Verdict Protests The Silverton and Soekmekaar verdict prompted a wave of protests against the death penalty and particularly the death sentences of Johnson…
ArticleDecember 16, the reflection of a changing South African heritage
IntroductionDecember 16 looms large in the history of South Africa. Today in the new South African it is celebrated as the Day of Reconciliation between Blacks…
ArticleSouth African National Students Congress (SANSCO)
Background to the formation of the South African National Students Congress (SANSCO) The emergence of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) and the adoption…
ArticleA history of prison labour in South Africa
Prison labour has a particularly debatable history in South Africa. Historically, South Africa operated on the understanding that prisons were places of…
ArticleA history of Apartheid in South Africa
Background and policy of apartheidBefore we can look at the history of the apartheid period it is necessary to understand what apartheid was and how it…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming apparent, security police detained Biko, the outspoken student…
State of the Nation Address by His Excellency Jacob G Zuma on the occasion of the Joint Sitting of Parliament, Cape Town, 12 February 2015
… 7. Unlocking the potential of SMMEs, cooperatives, township and rural enterprises. 8. State reform and boosting … for purchasing from SMMEs, co-operatives as…
Archive2015 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 12 February 2015
… 7. Unlocking the potential of SMMEs, cooperatives, township and rural enterprises. 8. State reform and boosting … for purchasing from SMMEs, co-operatives as…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… be. These were mostly coloured areas or in Alexandra Township, which was not under municipal control. The … 1956, attempting a five-day conference in…