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EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… Mancoba was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He left for Paris to further his studies in 1938. Mancoba never returned to … studies it became apparent to him that…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… 1858 after the Cattle Killings, ranging from August 1856 to February 1857. The slaughter of cattle was incited by … River. She shared her vision with her…
EventThe Trojan Horse Massacre
… Thornton Road and Alexander Sinton High School became a gathering place for anti-apartheid protests, particularly … the incident, Security and Railway police…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that binds’, and referred to the reconciliation after a rift between his father and grandfather. In 1925 Khama … was sent to…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… are one and the same organisation. Leballo went further to say that the organisation’s revolutionary council was … the end of 1962 and the middle of 1963…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Narayanan, who worked for a Port Shepstone sugar mill,…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… president of South African Student Organisation (SASO), a black student’s organization that was focused on the … by apartheid government. Under the ban, he…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Mr Thabo Mbeki, at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) Summit, Great Hall of The People, Beijing, China, 5 November 2006
… and people of South Africa, I convey the warmest greetings to the government and people of the People's Republic of … and build skills and expertise to…
PlaceMapungubwe
… Zimbabwe and Botswana , 75 km from Messina. It sits close to the point where the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers meet . One … in the African sub-Continent. The…
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to a fiscal divisional on 1 December 1879. Its economic base was … set in the foothills of the…
ArchiveEmergency convocation of churches in South Africa: package of preparation material
… An Emergency Convocation of Churches was decided upon to work on and develop effective non-violent actions to pressure the government to the negotiation…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
… fourth National Policy Conference which will kick off with a colloquium on Brics today. The colloquium will be led by … today and will be followed by the…
ArchiveAcknowledgements by Howard Barrell
… First thanks to Ronnie Kasrils - King Kong, friend, commander and the … Trapido convinced me that intellectual pretension was a poor substitute for clarity -…
PlaceOatlands, Simonstown
… Van Imhoffs plan for the development of Simon’s Bay as a base for the ships of the Company during the Winter. One of the first essentials for such a base…
5th Jozi Book Fair
… 5th Jozi Book Fair Khanya College invites you to the 5th Jozi Book Fair taking place from 25-26 October … and the world: the role of libraries’ and we will…
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… the various anti-apartheid movements and was sent overseas to mobilise resistance against apartheid. In Britain on the … Britain’s Foreign Office Minister,…
EventJohn Vorster says SA will welcome Maoris
… Maoris in New Zealand rugby teams. The presence of Maoris, a non-White indigenous New Zealand population, was contrary to South Africa's policies of racial…
EventUS invades Afghanistan
… Terrorism". Afghanistan was invaded by the USA for failing to comply with a United Nations Resolution to hand over Osama Bin Laden, leader of Al-Qaeda ; an …
Biographical Introduction
… The fact that the artists in this exhibition represent a largely 'neglected tradition' was nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in the effort to compile a…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present premises of the South African … buildings were found…
ANC statement on more lies inside the Cape Town story, 14 May 2011
… South Africans have now become accustomed to the blatant falsehoods, deceits, relentless misinformation … so-called the Cape Town Story`, bear the hallmarks…
PlaceSierra Leone
… Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary, in Sierra Leone. Gola is a biodiversity hotspot, home to more than 1,000 plant species, 55 mammals (including … journey to…
Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis - Acknowledgement
… From the book: Kora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by … by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to…
Declaration by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… Declaration We the delegates to this the 52nd National Conference of the African National … and in the decisions we have taken. This interest is a welcome…
Chapter 3 - Historical Lesotho
… Chief Jonathan was one of the first Black African leaders to sup with Vorster, South Africa's then Prime Minister. Vorster first shook a black hand when the…
PlaceGroote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.
… Kerk. Jan van Riebeeck brought the Reformed religion to the Cape and the practice of this religion played an … opposite the entrance of the Fort de Goede…
Bible quote from Isaiah 61
… artwork. Bible quote from Isaiah 61 - 'Yahweh has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that are broken, to proclaim liberty to captives'…
PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW; Apartheid, Reflected in an Inventory of Simple Objects by Sarah Boxer (The New York Times), 24 July 1998
… sold his family's menswear business in South Africa to become a photographer in 1962. But the pictures he made of the … toilet seats, billboards, hedges and…
PlaceSouth Africa
… warmer, Indian ocean . The national flag was designed by a former South African State Herald- Mr. Fred Brownell - (is a civil servant and is the head of the…
EventInternational celebration of ‘May Day’
… On 1 May, South Africa will enjoy Worker's Day (effectively a May Day holiday). Worker's Day celebrates the role played … against apartheid. May Day, as we…