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42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… to Lobito Bay, a foreign territory situated in West Africa where, owing to many causes, hundreds of them died, … make such amendments in the aforesaid Draft…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… economic and moral, from outside and within South Africa, could bring about a change of mind. I added that this … paintbrush. It was so different from the…
Introduction of A Crime Against Humanity
… is not to say that repression was not exercised in South Africa before 1948 or that apartheid did not exist before … privileged elite within the indigenous…
Who Shot My Dad? by Jann Turner
… Pauw had blown the lid on a place called Vlakplaas, South Africa's Death Squad HQ. Horror unfolded in the forms of … has taken me into the some the darkest…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… Apartheid in South Africa is a political system of segregation that perpetuated … burden on African, Indian, and Couloured people of South Africa. The…
PlaceChurch Square, Pretoria
… scene of arguably the most famous political trial in South Africa's history, the Rivonia Trial. During this trial, … theatre. It as opened by the Prime…
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … my statement to that effect.34 I hope to return to Africa some time this year…
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… Machel, which has opened already; the memorial to South Africa's first Nobel prize winner, Chief Albert Lutuli; a … to our attempts to further the democratic…
Document 17 - The Groote Schuur Minute
… and says that we were correct in our vision for South Africa. By inference all actions against us during this … today had you not banned our non racist ideas…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
… to him. They were all united in their request that South Africa should withdraw from the war. The first Afrikaner …
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
… was taken over by the: ' National Botanic Gardens of South Africa' . In 1991, the Botanical Research Institute and the … where, it was claimed, one had “the…
Article“Bantu Education or the Street” by Norman Levy
… salute and when he left sang “There are two ways for Africa, one way leads to Congress, and one way to Verwoerd!” … Tanzania, before they were sent for…
Answers to questions by Drum: Albert Luthuli, 6 May 1961
… republic with no reference to us. We feel that white South Africa should not go on making changes in our lives without …
The Struggle Continues and Grows More Intense - Statement by O. R. Tambo, 23 August 1984
… Let August the 28th be the D-Day for the neo-Nazis of Africa as May 8, 1945, was for their mentors in Europe. The …
PlaceElsie’s River
… Philander (19 January 1961 - 4 March 2026), one of South Africa's most beloved and versatile entertainers. Born in … Philander (19 January 1961 - 4 March…
PlaceMarabastad Market Stalls, Pretoria
… you’ll experience the colours and hustle and bustle of Africa. This area has a mix of ‘muti’ shops, spazas, a …
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… political foresight to realise that the problems of South Africa's disenfranchised cut across ethnicity and had to be …
EventRetired soccer player and founder of Kaizer Chiefs FC, Kaizer Motaung, is born in Soweto
… After a few years abroad, Motaung returned to South Africa and immediately started proceedings to form his own … www.kaizerchiefs.com [Accessed on 5 October…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk promises repeal of apartheid laws
… argue for the lifting of economic sanctions against South Africa. However, most of the world was sceptical of de … [Accessed: 25 January 2010]|Wren, C.S., …
EventEpainette Mbeki receives the Order of the Baobab
… the country. References: http://www.sabcnews.co.za/south_africa/general/0,2172,125894,00.html …
EventGlaxoSmithKline to reduce AIDS drugs price
… in sixty-three developing countries, including sub-Saharan Africa. The price reductions were made possible by …
EventThe Opening Ceremony of 2000 Olympic Games takes place
… The ceremony was attended by 199 nations, including South Africa, with the exception of only one member of the …
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… History of Labour struggles and organisation in South Africa. … C.F.J. (ed) (1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… granted him his request and allowed him to return to South Africa to be a ruler of a small portion of the Zulu Kingdom. …
EventThe second Matabele war breaks out
… were as a result of the presence of the British South Africa Company (BSAC), led by Cecil Rhodes. The objective of …
EventMark Thatcher arrested
… on 25 August 2004. Thatcher was charged under South Africa's anti-mercenary laws in connection with an alleged …
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
… (YCL) were laid in 1921 when the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was established. Youth groups were formed in …
EventTwo former Soweto student leaders, Khotso Seathlolo and Mary Loate are given long term sentences
… faced additional charges. These included leaving South Africa illegally and being a member of a banned organisation …
PlaceFree State Stadium
… to be one of the most sophisticated stadiums in South Africa, the Free State Stadium has a seating capacity of 46 …
EventCaptured Gen. Cronje and his wife are shipped to St Helena
… an island in the Atlantic Ocean, off the west coast of Africa. The prisoner of war camp on St Helena was one of the … et al. (eds)(1970). Standard…