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Archive’Operation Mayibuye.’ Document found by police at Lilliesleaf Farm, Rivonia, 11 July 1963.
… the fact that there is terrain in many parts of South Africa, which although not classically impregnable is … sight of the fact that the political isolation…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
… Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban, South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban … editing the ANC journal Sechaba . She moved back…
Race and Caste: Hierarchy and Universality - CAS in partnership with Dept. of Sociology and Dept. of Anthropology Panel Discussion
… caste-oppressed lives across South Asia, southern and East Africa, and the Caribbean. Extending the work of the Other … century Americas to twenty-first…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 1488. Finally in 2021, with the aim to distance South Africa from its colonial past and represent the authentic South Africa, the name was changed to…
EventThe first edition of the Graham’s Town Journal, mouthpiece of the Eastern Frontier settlers, is published
… The Gramstown Journal, one of South Africa's important and influential early newspapers, ran from … the oldest surviving independent newspaper in South…
EventThe Nigerian state of Kano resumes polio vaccination after an eleven
… often affects young children, most recently in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although the disease is considered rare, cases of … - July 2010. References: BBC 'Key…
EventTerror strikes the Olympics Games in Atlanta
… lesbian nightclub and an abortion clinic. As for South Africa's participation in the 1996 Olympic Games, swimmer … in the woman's 100 and 200 metres…
EventKing Leopold II of Belgium hands over the administration of the Congo to the Belgian parliament
… of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', the Congo had been regarded as Leopold II's personal … committed by colonial officials on…
PlaceEnon
… Enon is a small town in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is named after the biblical place mentioned in … control of the town was ceded back to the Union…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… The first arrival of Muslims in South Africa took place in the 17th century, when Malay slaves were … Related: SAHO Feature: History of Muslims in South…
PlacePaul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria
… was to live, between 1883 and 1901, before he left South Africa to go into exile in Europe. The Kruger House Museum …
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… first pieces of evidence of human habitation in the South Africa , we explore the History of oldest known Caves to man, …
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… War and, most critically, the question of ‘race’ in South Africa. Kies was involved in determining the agenda of the …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… period. On 31 January 1985 the State President of South Africa, P.W. Botha, speaking in Parliament, offered Nelson … for a national convention for all the…
EventSir John Robinson forms Natal's first ministry as Prime Minister
… who is regarded as a loyal Natalian, first came to South Africa as a child in 1850. He later became a journalist and … and wrote an autobiography called A…
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
… International Women's Day is not celebrated in South Africa. Since 1994, Women's Day is celebrated with a public holiday on the 9th of August. On this day,…
EventThe National President of the Black People's Convention, Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi, declares that riots have lead to a new era of political consciousness
… opposition to apartheid amongst the black youth of South Africa. In particular, students were protesting against … psychologically mobilise the oppressed…
PlaceCeres, Western Cape Winelands
… Local Municipality in the Western Cape Province of South Africa . Ceres serves as a Regional centre for the … is extremely fertile and is a major producer of…
Document 31 - Letter from E.R. Roux to Victor Danchin, 6 March 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … of the SA Worker and also SPB pamphlet "Imperialism and S Africa". I think the…
Document 3 - National Anti-CAD Conference Agenda, Oddfellows Hall, Hope Street, Cape Town, Saturday, 29 May [1943]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two … to continue the struggle unabatedly throughout South Africa until these…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… Atlantic Ocean to the South and West. The City, is South Africa's second-largest economic centre and second most … Western Cape, as well as the Legislative …
ArticleRock Art
… conflict with the new arrivals. Most rock art in South Africa is found in the South-western and southern Cape, the …
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
… on the first elected President of a democratic South Africa, together convey a powerful message. It is that your … the way to knowledge in many spheres. The…
PlaceSão Tomé and Príncipe
… just like in other developing nations, particularly in Africa. Even though Sao Tome and Principe’s constitution … Sao Tome and Principe is a country, of…
74. The Freedom Charter, 1955
… S.S. Singh Collection. Source: We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: that South Africa belongs to all who live…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… cruise on the Indian Ocean, he came back to South Africa to study surveying in Cape Town. Following his … The entrance is completely caved in! Sources …
Citation for Saleem Badat by Professor Paul Maylam, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… an outstanding contribution to higher education in South Africa over a period of twenty-five years, and particularly … worked at UWC for ten years following…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… threat to our common heritage. They a Similarly in South Africa, the white minority, with an average income about … such that those at the bottom are stunted…
Archive1998 - President Mandela, State of the Nation Address, 6 February 1998
… electricity connections in 1997 alone, today South Africa has reached a 58% electrification level so millions … movement in particular, will agree that…
Lives on the Line: An Invitation to a Gripping True Story
… to celebrate the launch of LIVES ON THE LINE by David Africa. This is your chance to step into the world of a … covert operation that changed the course of…