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… During the month of May we celebrate Africa Month as a way to commemorate the creation of the Organisation of African Unity (OUA) in 1963.. As a way to value…
Document 79 - “What is the Communist Party? Lesson 4: What will be Done in the Bantu Republic?”, Umsebenzi, 17 March 1934
… people were supplanting them, even in the skilled trades. To meet this competition, the Unions refused to admit the coloured races to membership, which, of…
Document 1 - Keir Hardie, “Stoned in South Africa”, 1907
… people were supplanting them, even in the skilled trades. To meet this competition, the Unions refused to admit the coloured races to membership, which, of…
PlacePaarl
… (prior to 1910) The division of Paarl was originally part of the … valley was first colonised in 1687 when land was allocated to 23 families from…
PlaceThe Wits School of Arts and Arts Museum
… hip, regenerating Area of Braamfontein, which is also Home to many students, interesting Shops and Places to eat. The WAM Cafe is a fun place to meet friends…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… I would like to state in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the … sections of that population including those whom it seeks to serve, whose…
Press Conference Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who escaped from prison in South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 2 January 1980, Lusaka
… I would like to state in my preliminary remarks that the overthrow of the … sections of that population including those whom it seeks to serve, whose…
ArchiveVisualising the web of state capture, November 7, 2016
… Zuma and ministers Des van Rooyen and Mosebenzi Zwane) to prevent it from seeing the light of day. However, justice … regularly on text mining tasks in the…
Zweli Mkhize slams Zuma in hard-hitting statement, 01 April 2017
… Saturday said that while Zuma has the Constitutional right to choose who serves in his Cabinet, he had his reservations. … officials of the ANC during such…
PlaceMoses Mabhida Stadium
… a viewing platform and bungee jumping. This is your chance to see Durban like you’ve never seen it before. Take a ride up the SkyCar to the top of the arch…
PlaceUnion Tavern and Stables, Simonstown
… time in erecting the Building and in taking out licences to keep a billiard table and to sell wine . Billiard's in those days was a sport on which … sums…
PlaceState Theatre, Pretoria
… in the development of the Performing Arts, and is host to the colourful variety of Entertainment found in the … African Theatre and marked the beginning of…
EventViolence breaks out at the University of Zululand
… and the increasing activities of the UDF posed a threat to IFP's hold on popular support in KwaZulu. As people began to support to the trade unions and anti…
ANC statement on the state of readiness for celebrations of 101 year celebration of the ANC, 9 January 2013
… In this context, we send our congratulatory messages to members and supporters of our glorious movement for this greatest achievement. The ANC continues to…
PlaceLuderitz, Namibia
… German history, art-deco architecture and excursions to the ghost town of Kolmanskop. Luderitz in southern Namibia … has a quiet charm under cobalt blue…
PlaceAlfred Nzo District Municipality, Kwa-Zulu Natal/Eastern Cape
… the names Alfred Ernest Albert, although was always known to the family as "Affie". Alfred expressed a wish to join the Navy and in accordance with this he…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… near Pietermaritzburg where participants had decided to promote Black solidarity and foster the philosophy of … Consciousness. Envisaged as a broad-based…
EventAngola becomes independent of Portuguese colonial rule
… becomes independent after 14 years of armed resistance to Portuguese colonial rule. The three major movements … (UNITA) signed the Alvor agreement in January…
EventSouth African artist, Gerard Sekoto, dies
… of urban black art and social realism, Sekoto studied to be a teacher and his art career only began in earnest when he moved to Sophiatown, Johannesburg in…
EventThree Zimbabwean intelligence officers stand trial for a bomb attack on an ANC house
… ANC members. Woods, Smith and Conjwayo were sentenced to death and their sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Supreme Court. All three ……
EventUS Secretary of State Colin Powell is heckled by activists on the closing day of the World Summit.
… The Summit took place in Johannesburg from 26 August to 4 September 2002. It was convened to discuss sustainable development by the United Nations, and ……
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… and Natal had come under siege and subsequent attempts to relieve them ended disastrously for the British forces. … sent Roberts and Kitchener along with…
EventDr Robert Broom is born
… by the origin of mammals and used his medical profession to support his travels around the world. In 1897, Broom settled in South Africa. From 1903 to 1910,…
EventA cargo plane crashes into a market in Kinshasa, Zaire, killing at least 350 people
… Republic of Congo). The plane, allegedly on its way to deliver supplies to Jonas Savimbi’s rebel group UNITA in Angola, had been filled beyond its capacity…
Mandela and his three wives - Evelyn, Winnie and Graca by Sapa-AFP, 6 December 2013
… In sharp contrast to Graca Machel and his feisty second wife Winnie, Mandela's … Evelyn Wase hailed from the rural Transkei and had come to Johannesburg in…
PlaceGallery 101
… and his mother Mrs F.M.L. Haenggi founded Gallery 101 to showcase modern South African art. The original location was next to the Head Office of the…
EventLesotho’s Foreign Affairs Minister reveals details of agreement with Pik Botha
… the LLA was operating from its soil. This claim turned out to be valid. Ntsu Mokhehle, then leader of the BCP, was based in Diepkloof, Soweto and was…
PlaceFederated Union of Black Artists Arts Centre
… actors and musicians in Johannesburg . The objective was to work with artists in their various forms as well as to resolve legal issues of ownership and…
PlaceVictoria and Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town
… built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1654 as part of his task to establish a Refreshment Station at the Foot of Africa for … Town Harbour had become a stopover for…
EventFirst Indian workers arrive in South Africa
… 1860 aboard the ship “Truro”. British farmers were unable to secure enough workers from the Zulu population because they still had access to land. In later…