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ArchiveBlack Community Programmes: Year report 1972
… The goals of the Black community programmes are to help the Black community become aware of its own identity, to help the Black community create a sense of…
PlaceNigeria
… Century, Portuguese navigators became the first Europeans to visit the country. The Portuguese soon began to purchase slaves and agricultural produce from…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bridge, Johannesburg
… The Nelson Mandela Bridge is a relatively new addition to the Johannesburg skyline, but has already gained iconic … in the Johannesburg City Centre took 18…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven … surviving example of a number of…
PlaceUtrecht
… as their headquarters. The British were wary of having to camp in high altitude area where their health were going to be affected by the mounting heat in the…
Document 19 - Communist Party of South Africa, Memo on S.A.F.N.T.U. (1930)
… Executive. One was contained in a note from T.W. Thibedi to the Secretary asking for the use of a table and two chairs belonging to the Party, to which the…
21. Pariah constables pollute Hindus
… Some 29 people submitted the following complaint jointly to the Protector on 31 May 1909. Caste prejudices die hard, … the difficulty individuals experienced…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… Grade 1 in selected schools. The pupils would have to continue at school until they passed Std 5 (now Grade 7) … schools in 38 townships throughout the…
EventThemba Sono is expelled from SASO
… Themba Sono was forced to resign as president of the South African Student … separate development structures. Sono argued that SASO has to adopt a pragmatic…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… of the British colonial administration, went on a voyage to South Africa to evaluate the market for produce. He undertook this voyage … War). As a produce…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… be replaced by new non-discriminatory measures acceptable to all Houses of Parliament. The announcement meant a new dawn which brought liberty to many whom…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on receiving the freedom of the city of Bloemfontein 16 May 1997
… starting from the conflicts and divisions of the past to the reconciliation of today. When you give me the Freedom … and the National Party, organisations…
ArchiveChimamanda Ngozi Adichie: A Reformist-Feminist by Charles Nwosu
… With her feminist approach, she is poised to break down gender-based discriminatory barriers. Her life … that span societal issues from race, identity and…
The Rorke’s Drift Art and Craft Centre
… As the Polly Street Art Center drew to a close so Rorke's Drift was established. Polly Street was … rural. If Polly Street attempted a romantic re-connection…
The diary of Maria Tholo - Epilogue by Carol Hermer
… throughout the country. All people considered dangerous to the government, and this included trade unionists, … There is no longer a Minister of Bantu…
Remembering Nadine Gordimer (The Conversation), 15 July 2014
… The passing of Nadine Gordimer is a tremendous loss, both to South Africa and to the literary world. For me, and others who knew her, it … Gordimer came from…
Timol Inquest: He was murdered but culprits are dead, court rules
… in John Vorster’s 10th floor or off its roof, leading to his death. He said there was a prima facie case of murder … detainees, who interrogated Timol on the…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON RECEIVING THE FREEDOM OF PIETERMARITZBURG Pietermaritzburg, 25 April 1997
… guests; Ladies and gentlemen, I feel deeply honoured to be awarded the Freedom of the City of Pietermaritzburg. … honouring the whole South African nation…
Constitution of the AAC, December 1937
… and social organisations shall be affiliated, And to give effect to this purpose, the following Constitution shall form the basis of the organisation to be…
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… The African National Congress regrets to announce the untimely and sudden death of Seretse Choabi … his matric at Madipane High School, going on, in 1958, to…
EventThe company, IBM, re-forms in South Africa
… announced that it had sold its South African subsidiary to a new company established for the benefit of IBM South … actual fact, the new company signed multi…
Stay-away!
… the government could send communists and people like that to jail for a long time. The police broke up that protest and … a call all across the country on…
John Vorster Square revisited as Timol inquest reopened by Ernest Mabuza (Timeslive.co.za), 27 June 2017
… as Johannesburg Central‚ was the scene where Timol fell to his death from the 10th floor of the building. An inquest … suicide. However‚ Timol's family asked…
PlaceMzilikazi Memorial, situated at Phokeng, near Rustenburg
… nightfall and the King's body was placed in it and taken to Mhlahlandlela where on the 9th September his death was revealed to the amaNdebele nation. For two…
Book 2: The Impact and Limitations of Colonialism - Glossary
… commissioned by The Department of Education abscond - to leave hurriedly and secretly to escape from custody or arrest annex - add to one’s territory by…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Acknowledgements
… conversation on South African society that continues to this day. We found that we shared an interest in Anton Lembede, so we decided to pool our resources…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… Cliff- This means the 'Place of Shivering'. According to legend Shaka used it as an execution cliff. The cliff is … can be found at the end of the road. High…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… This, according to Marie-Louise Baricako, a prominent gender activist from … Baricako was speaking from New York. She was forced to flee Burundi along with…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… it has given the Nationalist Party a much firmer mandate to press ahead with its apartheid, Bantustan policy. The … rejected the hand of friendship that has…
PlaceSteadville, Ladysmith
… Frederick Stead. It is believed that this was due to his involvement in the Bantu Affairs Department as the Principal Clerk to the Native Commissioner. He…