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EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… is that he renounces violence, and violent protest, as a means to bring about change in South Africa. Mandela communicates … Zindzi Mandela , who reads his…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… as new Prime Minister and Party leader. His elevation to the new position was boosted by the qualities that he earned as a Minister of Defence and the well…
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… Kennedy, the brother of former American president John F. Kennedy and American politician, made a parliamentary address at the University of Cape Town (UCT)…
EventThe Bisho Massacre occurs
… of Bisho, the capital city of Ciskei, and demanded an end to the military government of Brigadier Joshua Gqozo and the … the Bisho Massacre, occurred when…
EventLiberation struggle activists, Gwala and Mothopeng are released from Robben Island
… members of the banned liberation movements, Harry Gwala , a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and Zephania Mothopeng a member of the Pan…
EventAcclaimed South African poet Sheila Cussons dies
… at the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Meisieskool Pretoria before going on to study for a degree in Fine Arts at the University College of Natal (now … graphic art before moving…
EventLady Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is killed in a car accident in Paris
… Charles, was killed with her companion Dodi Fayed in a car accident in Paris. Her funeral was broadcast in South Africa by the SABC. The Funeral Speech …
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… Magdalen College, D. Phil., Michaelmas, 1997 Resistance to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress … The apartheid state attempted to co…
5. Muslims of Durban complain about the vexatious curfew law
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by … residing in the borough of Durban, beg respectfully to bring to your kind notice…
Oration by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Moses Kotane, 26 May 1978, Moscow
… with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in…
Oration at the Funeral of Moses Kotane by O. R. Tambo, Moscow, 26 May 1978
… with Moses Kotane was in 1946, which was the beginning of a period of great political upheavals in our struggle, a period that was to prove most decisive in…
PlaceDoornfontein, Johannesburg
… Doornfontein is a Suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is located just to the East of the City Centre. The Area of Doornfontein, … means thorn fountain,…
PlaceSt James, Cape Town
… Village of St. James, lies just past Muizenberg on route to Kalk Bay . Set against the Mountain with incredible Sea … one of the prettiest little Beaches. St…
PlaceUnion Buildings and Raadsaal, Church Square, Pretoria
… Goldfields provided in 1886, the funds necessary to construct this building that was able to house the first … of the Volksraad where the decision was taken…
EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the development of the political strategy of … an instrumental role in founding between 1943 and…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… for the insurance company 1905, was renovated and extended to facilitate the merger of collections in 2010. The renovated building boasts a range of special…
PlaceSouth Sudan
… Egypt attempted to colonize the region of Southern Sudan by establishing the … revolutionaries overran the region in 1885. In 1898, a British force was able…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… but centres on the enquiry of five young people eager to understand and build on the history of their home town … Theatres of Learning for primary school…
The Durban Moment: Revisiting politics, labour, youth and resistance in the 1970s
… South Africa The ´Durban Moment´ popularly refers to the period in the early 1970s when Durban became the … democratic worker controlled unions. On the…
Cape Slave Naming Patterns by Robert Shell
… be observed that the whole heathen mythology is ransacked to find the names which are generally bestowed in a manner not the most honourable to those deities…
PlaceFort Cox
… Fort Cox was a "post of occupation" established by the British military in … in honour of Major William Cox of the 75th Regiment and a former Officer…
ANC WL deeply saddened at death of Cde Nokuhamba Nyawo, 7 March 2012
… The ANC Womens League is deeply saddened to hear that Comrade Nokuhamba Nyawo passed away on Monday (5th March 2012). Nyawo was a true cde and a truly…
Speech at the Funeral of M.P. Naicker, London by O. R. Tambo, 8 May 1977
… (Extract) We are gathered here to pay our last respects to a man who because of his belief … the land of his birth - South Africa... He died whilst on a…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… and Coega, 16 km North of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with … of "the Liverpool of South Africa." The 'Apple…
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… Street, or Sea Street as it was previously known, was a fashionable road that initially ran alongside Cape Town's … when the VoC brought vegetables from its…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… 1946. After the University of Pretoria granted approval to the Department of Agriculture for the development of a botanical garden on a piece of land. (This…
PlaceGrey Institute/School, Port Elizabeth
… Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape from 1854-61, played a leading role in the establishment of educational institutes … of the hill opposite the Donkin…
PlaceRoodepoort Museum
… Roodepoort’s long and diverse History, which dates back to 1884, despite having had to shut its doors briefly in 2006 … of the Discovery of Gold on the…
EventMass funeral for the victims of Bisho massacre
… 70 000 angry mourners gathered at King William's Town, to pay their respects to the victims of the Bisho Massacre, … told mourners that no part of South…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… and the South African Government were negotiating as to how Namibia would be governed after its independence, war … the 1980s. After the battle at Cuito…