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PlaceNamibia
… merchant from Bremen, Franz Luderitz, bought up coastal land in the area in 1882. This resulted in Germany actively … issuing directives to chiefs and…
EventThe UN is informed by the United States that it will suspend sale of arms to South Africa.
… Nations (UN) on 7 August, 1963 that it would suspend sales of arms to South Africa. The Security Council adopted … 181 calling upon all states to cease the…
EventA painting by SA painter Irma Stern is auctioned for the record price of R1.1 million in Johannesburg
… often garnered controversy especially in her depiction of Black people. Stern died in 1966 and her home in Cape Town … record five times, with the latest…
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class people extend … to the Apartheid economy. Under the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1941, it is…
EventFour political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in one of the most dramatic escapes in SA history
… in planning and implementing the successful escape of the four detainees but a massive manhunt and police … was later based in New Delhi as the Asian…
EventWomen Draw up a Petition against Pass Laws
… reserved for African men only. The Executive Committee of the Orange Free State Native and Coloured Women's Association sent a petition to … with him to…
PlaceRoodepoort Town School, Rex Street
… a School Building and a Hall, were opened on 8 October 1913. In 1914 the Building and grounds were temporarily taken … 10 March 1989. The Old Roodepoort Town…
ArticleHIV/Aids Origins
… When? The first recognised cases of AIDS occurred in the USA in the early 1980s (see timeline) and the origin of Aids and HIV has puzzled scientists ever…
BiographyAhmed Timol
… His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the age of 12, from India. He was one of six children, with two sisters, Zubeida and Aysha and … political songs…
EventPatrick Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal.
… Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime minister of the Venda homeland, is born in Dzini, Transvaal. … Ramaano Mphephu, Venda chief and former prime…
ArticlePolitical changes from 1750 to 1835
… for this is that there are very few written accounts of the mfecane, which makes it very difficult to determine … the Mahlatule famine. Thousands of people…
European Societies in the Middle Ages
… a feudal society Glossary Feudal Society : The stage of society that preceded capitalism, during which a small … who lived in the Vatican City in Rome. The…
ArchiveCape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1972
… Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents Conference presented at the Black Sash National … Cape Western Region Fact Paper on Work of Dependents…
ArchiveIn the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the matter between the State and Sathasivan Cooper and Others
… This is a trial proceeding held in the supreme court of South Africa about matters between the state and … In the Supreme Court of South Africa: In the…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… Elizabeth Supreme Court that the people who accused him of being a police informer were those who killed Mr Anele … Saldru Clipping collection, Witness tells…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo
… voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, first Black … justice enjoyed by all the inhabitants of that…
EventThe Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, to which SA is a signatory, is signed in Vienna
… in the relevant research and scientific assessment of the ozone problem, to exchange information and to adopt … Weiss E.B (2008) The Audio Visual Library of…
ArticleEconomic Freedom Fighters (EFF)
… The EFF sees economic freedom as total ownership of economic and natural resources by the previously oppressed … sectors of the economy, as well as the…
EventRioting and destruction in Cato Manor and Durban continues
… people had first begun living there informally at the end of their indentured labour contracts. A small number of them had earned enough money to buy land…
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… Aur nau pooram paar lagi (When we launched this boat of Life Into the river of sorrow We thought we had strong … here 11. The Insurrection of Earthworms…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 1 - 8
… story Part 1: Our home is the Kalahari. We are the !Kung of Nyae Nyae. The Kalahari is a very big desert which takes … play in it, dancing and splashing and…
Re-membering Krotoa and Autshumato by Deela Khan (poem)
… Divested of names and birthright Autshumato and Krotoa were ferried … wild. The irresistible allure of the ancestral spirit-land compelled him to snatch a…
Rise and Fall of Apartheid - Photography and Bureaucracy in Everyday Life by Okwui Enwezor and Rory Bester
… Rise and Fall of Apartheid - Photography and Bureaucracy in Everyday Life …
ArchiveAmaBookaBooka: The Extraordinary Life of Bram Fischer – the Scarlet Pimpernel, audio interview (Daily Maverick), 24 April 2017
… AmaBookaBooka: The Extraordinary Life of Bram Fischer – the Scarlet Pimpernel, audio interview …
ArchiveThe story of the Black Sash: The Women`s Campaign for Justice and Good Government in South Africa
… The story of the Black Sash: The Women`s Campaign for Justice and Good …
ArchiveLabouring under the Law: Exploring the Agency of Indian Women under Indenture in Colonial Natal, 1860 – 1911
… Labouring under the Law: Exploring the Agency of Indian Women under Indenture in Colonial Natal, 1860 – 1911 …
Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko edited by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander, and Nigel C. Gibson
… Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko … Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko edited by Andile Mngxitama, Amanda Alexander, …
A Most Promising Weed: A History of Tobacco Farming and Labor in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890‒1945 by Steven C. Rubert
… A Most Promising Weed: A History of Tobacco Farming and Labor in Colonial Zimbabwe, 1890–1945 … A Most Promising Weed: A History of Tobacco Farming and Labor…
Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe: From Liberation to Authoritarianism edited by Staffan Darnolf and Liisa Laakso
… Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe: From Liberation to … Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe: From Liberation to …
The Politics of Water in Africa: The European Union's Role in Developing Aid Partnership by Christopher Rowan
… The Politics of Water in Africa: The European Union's Role in Developing …