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ArchiveNational congress cultural day
… A2 litho poster; red, yellow and black; photo by Cedric Nunn of workers performing Sarmcol Workers play in …
ArchiveDialectic of Higher Education for the Colonised: the case of Non-White Universities in South Africa
… this background, South Africa which is not legitimated by the majority and relies on coercion rather than consensus, …
ArchiveAfrica beyond the Union
… the fifth of the Heornle Memorial Lecture series delivered by W.M. Macmillan who describes and differentiates the …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church and Parsonage, Three Anchor Bay
… The church building was officially opened by Dr Andrew Murray on 9 July 1879. Eight months later, on 10 …
PlaceWestoe, Westoe Road, Mowbray
… style and known as Westoe, was Erected soon thereafter by de Necker, and underwent Restoration in 1967. The …
EventColoured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid
… The Coloured Labour Party strengthened its position by forging an alliance with six members of the Coloured …
New Khoisan name for Cape Town, 25 June 2012
… reported the Weekend Argus The name change was proposed by the Khoisan community as they gathered for a memorial …
EventWalter Sisulu’s appeal is dismissed
… Transvaal section of the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by the African National Congress (ANC) Secretary-General …
EventThe Star Condemns Forced Removals In Sophiatown
… business areas of cities and towns white. They did this by forcibly removing black South Africans to ghetto-like …
EventGandhi demands end to White ‘hooliganism’
… on the South African government to stop the hooliganism by Whites. The authorities warned the Passive Resisters to …
EventSipho Mutsi dies in police custody
… showed that Mutsi had died of brain haemorrhage caused by a blow on top of his head. The minister of law and order, …
EventMoses Mabhida receives awards
… and was highly respected around the globe, in particular by trade unionists and socialists. Mabhida, a generally …
EventRetief Goosen is born.
… in Pietersburg, Limpopo province. Goosen, famously known by his nickname "The Goose" became a professional golfer in …
EventThe ‘Afrikaner Volksfront’ is founded
… National Front (Afrikaner Volksfront or AVF) was founded by several former leaders of the South African Defence Force …
EventAzanian People’s Liberation Army kills three policemen in Katlehong violence
… AK-47 rifles and 9 mm pistols. These are actions taken by the Azanian People's Liberation Army, a military wing of …
EventChris Hani is elected SACP Secretary
… served in this position until he was assassinated in 1993 by two right-wingers, Clive Derby-Lewis and Janusz Walus. …
EventANC members meet with Adriaan Vlok and Gen. Magnus Malan
… An African National Congress (ANC) delegation headed by Walter Sisulu, met with two government officials, Minister …
EventOscar Nominations are announced
… in the Best Foreign Language category, was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, …
EventMobutu Sese Seko dies
… Seko was exiled to Rabat after he was ousted from power by Laurent Kabila's rebel movement, the Alliance of …
EventANC makes second submission before TRC
… National Congress (ANC) delegation of 20 members, led by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, made the party's second … makes Second Submission before TRC (1997), '…
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… study of fishes. Margaret Mary Smith illustrated the book by her husband, Prof. J.L.B. Smith, titled 'Sea fishes of …
EventLouis Botha becomes Union’s first Prime Minister
… during Anglo-Boer War 2 , Louis Botha, was instructed by Governor-General Herbert Gladstone to constitute a …
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… of the Boers to defend their autonomy from being usurped by the British government. Instead of lasting for a few weeks …
PlaceCyphergat Station
… was opened on 15 October 1883. It has been suggested by Historians, that De Beers issued compound tokens to to …
PlaceCarlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape
… in 1863 over the Great Fish River, but destroyed in 1874 by Floods! The engineer of the Bridge was Joseph Newey ,who …
EventFirst Black-owned newspaper is published
… Imvo Zabantsundu (Opinion of the People), was published by Thanda Press in King William's Town as an independent …
EventIFP makes election threat
… constitutional demands were met. Following indications by opinion polls that the African National Congress (ANC) …
EventA statement is issued following talks between John Vorster and Ian Smith
… since the Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. …
ArchiveFinal Schlebusch report on NUSAS
… being cut off, there is a suggestion to pre-empt this by immediate fundraising in South Africa. …
ArchiveCircular from John Daniels, SRC Vice-President
… full text of the memorandum submitted to the minister by the deputation and the press statement issued after the …