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EventBritain refuses Uganda’s request for independence
… Uganda is an east African country that had a number of kingdoms as well as political institutions by the … influence on the African continent. This was…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… There is a pass in the Magaliesberg known as Silkaatsnek It was here … huge tracts of inhospitable country, which were difficult to fight in; rough hills,…
PlaceGlen Grey Division
… most notably, the Khoikhoi of the Kat River Settlement, a group whom the British had hitherto assumed to be their allies. Following their defeat, these…
ArchiveNon-Violence Newsletter, Third quarter 1983
… Includes a letter to encourage non violent action towards peace and justice in South Africa, also to encourage others to report on injustices wherever they…
PlaceDelmas
… became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing tiger known as Panjo. The tiger, only … farming town remains just east of…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… Life.” This isn’t an emotional outcry of an exhibition, a tragedy-to-triumph aria, which it could easily have been. It’s dramatic, for sure, but in a…
UCT defends stance on artistic freedom after Goldblatt pulls out by Paul Herman (News24), 4 March 2017
… expression, after the David Goldblatt Collection chose to move its collection to Yale University in the US. … artistic freedom and the rights of artists on…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a new media consultant to news and photo organizations) reviews the exhibition … see the competing…
EventAlbert Luthuli is elected as an ANC President
… it became known as the ANC in 1923, and it main aim was to seek the political, social and economic upliftment for the … of this organization grew immensely…
EventSouth Africa becomes a charter member of the United Nations
… South Africa became a charter member of the United Nations (UN) on 7 November … of the government by the National Party (NP) in 1948 led to friction between…
EventKarel Schoeman, well known Afrikaans author, is born
… from the HoÁƒÂƒÂ«r Jongenskool in Paarl in 1956, obtained a BA in languages at the University of the Freestate in 1959, and He went on to study at the…
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
… reported that 5 gay men in California were suffering from a rare pneumonia (Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia or PCP). … known as AIDS. Therefore, 1981 is…
EventThe Motsuenyane Commission finds the African National Congress (ANC) guilty of abuse in its camps
… the liberation struggle was aimed at bringing these abuses to an end. When apartheid crumbled in the late 1980s the task of reconstructing a society in which…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… on the 22 April 1554), the reason for the wreck is said to be due to the greed of Portuguese traders. Unlike the … as the Sao Bento, as well as the Sao Joao,…
EventVanessa Brereton, former human rights lawyer, admits that she was an Apartheid spy
… Vanessa Brereton worked as a human rights lawyer in South Africa, taking on high profile … the treasurer for the Port Elizabeth branch. Her loyalty to the…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II, the paramount chief of Lesotho, is killed in an accident
… King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho died in a car accident shortly after he reclaimed his royal throne in 1995. The car he was travelling in rolled down a cliff on…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… In the Mpanza valley in the Umvoti district, a minor chief of the Zondi, Bambatha ka Mancinza Zondi (also spelt Bambada, Bhambada), flatly refused to…
ArchiveBantu Investment Corporation Act, Act No 34 of 1959
… The Act was to constitute a Corporation the object of which is to promote … encourage industrial and other undertakings and to act as a development,…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… of images on show at the exhibition allows viewers to understand the relevance of this project within the … in which the human figure does appear in it, but…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes up almost a third of southern Africa. Where we live, it is very dry. ……
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… The African National Congress (ANC) is saddened to learn of the passing-on of Cde Basil Jomo Mavuso, a former MK combatant in Nova Catenga, a military…
PlaceFranskraal and the Strandveld Museum
… diving centre of South Africa (Gansbaai), Franskraal is a quaint seaside village with an awesome array of things to do. These range from outdoors excursions…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… For the adventurer wanting to explore the many unique and wild treasures this coast has … Eastern Cape coastline, were is still wild! Situated in a…
PlaceCaledon, Cape Overberg
… about 113 Kilometres (70 mi) east of Cape Town next to mineral-rich hot springs. As of 2011 it had a population of 13,020. It is located in, and the seat of,…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… seaside Suburb of Hout Bay in Cape Town . Hout Bay is like a microcosm of South Africa , with a wealthy, mainly White Community, living alongside the Black ……
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… Museum. The property originally extended from the Bay to St Andrew's Street, and belonged to a man named: 'Ferreira'. In 1849 it was purchased by John…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… Forests and Mountain Catchment Areas. These elements add a significant number of endemic species associated with the Fynbos vegetation, a fine-leaved…
ArchiveClass, 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…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… Kruger streets, has an appealing History. Anderson was a prisoner for all intents and purposes, and was sentenced to a year of hard labour by the Provincial…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… declared as only ceremonial. This marked the beginning of a tumultuous relationship between Chief Buthelezi and King … interfering in party politics in…