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EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the ‘homelands’
… Blacks who had their South African citizenship cancelled, by actively encouraging economic exploitation of them, based …
EventAndries Hendrik Potgieter is born
… which he led during the battle of Vegkop when attacked by the Matabele (Ndebele), was born in the Graaff-Reinet …
EventWorld Conference on Racism starts in Durban
… Africa. The conference was unfortunately charecterised by unpleasant and ugly scenes, when disputes over slavery …
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
… for bringing the party in disrepute. He was replaced by Bishop Stanley Makgoba as the party president. Source: …
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… At a regional peace summit initiated by Church leaders and held in Durban, Zulu King Goodwill …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… Union Buildings, Pretoria after being unanimously elected by parliament. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader …
ArchiveLetter from Duncan Innes, President, NUSAS, to SRC Presidents and National Executive
… centred around student protests, intimidation of students by the police, and passport refusals and deportations. A …
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
… The speech delivered by Murphree places emphasis on education and educating the …
The Freedom Charter
… and hands. words - Presented to Isitwalandwe Huddleston by the ANCYL, CODY, TIYC and SACPOY. …
ArchiveANC womens section : South African women march to freedom
… List of womens demands reprinted by the Federation of South African Women as set out in the …
The President’s Council, mandated to consider South Africa’s constitutional future, releases its final report.
… establishment of a strong executive President chosen by a tri-racial electoral college, a three-chamber Parliament …
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… 10 years to adjust its race relations.”This was a warning by national Chairman of South African Bureau of Racial …
Isizwe
… Isizwe = The Nation, the journal published by the United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion, …
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… I was also going to bring Rick Abel’s book (Politics by Other Means), but I couldn’t carry it… What we are really … a few people now, is quite general. It…
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… and support at this difficult time. Ma Dixie is survived by four children, nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Issued by: Mlibo Qoboshiyana ANC…
ANC to convene Provincial Memorial Services in honour of Madiba, 8 December 2013
… of our country. These memorial services shall be addressed by leaders of the African National Congress and various … Church Service Orlando Stadium,…
Call for the observance of Human Rights Day: Albert Luthuli, 12 December 1959
… The formulation and declaration by the United Nations Organisation of human rights and the … are cruelly and unjustly denied these rights and freedoms by the…
PlaceMandela Capture Site, Howick in Kwa Zulu Natal
… now known as the Capture Site. The sculpture was created by the artist: 'Marco Cianfanelli'. It consists of 50 steel … Centre and Sculpture are easy,…
PlaceXuxuwa, Eastern Cape
… published; The Borders of Race in Colonial South Africa by Robert Ross. This book provides a detailed narrative of … during the nineteenth century. The…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
… a paper, please send an abstract to [email protected] by 1 December 2015 . Full papers (between 7,000 and 9,000 … abstracts will need to be submitted to…
PlaceOttery
… built and operated as a private line, and was acquired by the Cape Government on 1 July 1908. There is an Ottery … closed, which could last three to four…
PlaceFranschhoek, Western Cape
… of French Huguenots were granted land in this Valley by the Dutch Government of the Cape , after fleeing their … Franschhoek, meaning “French Corner,” was…
Land Reform and Traditional Leadership in South Africa
… problem. Recently public debate has been further inflamed by King Goodwill Zwelithini’s decision to lodge South … This event is co-hosted by The South…
EventWhite women achieve suffrage in South Africa
… War, the issue of giving women the vote was overshadowed by a number of issues. Among these were issues that pertained … the vote to Black men in the Cape…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… eroded. As a consequence, the 1980s were dominated by a period of sustained conflict and political violence that … African National Congress (ANC) and UDF…
EventSASOL plant under attack
… to coincide with Republic Day. The attack was organised by Solomon Mahlangu of the Umkhonto weSizwe Special … of the attack the teams gained access to the…
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… Movement in 1969. Steve Biko was viewed with alarm by the South African apartheid government and in 1973 he … of 7 September. At that time Biko was being…
Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
… Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John … - as the defiance campaign showed -…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… representatives in the sectorial task teams established by the government. 5. Union officials or experts appointed by the unions should be allowed to…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke Nosipho Majeke was the pen-name of Dora … history writing. It is out of these…