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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
… This isn’t an emotional outcry of an exhibition, a tragedy-to-triumph aria, which it could easily have been. It’s … with many digressive clauses and a logic…
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape II)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand in hand and fight side by side to make a better future in South Africa for…
ArchiveFEDSAW - Western Cape Cultural Festival 27 May 1989 (Tape I)
… FEDSAW - Western Cape Womens' Festival was held to organise women group to go hand in hand and fight side by side to make a better future in South Africa for…
ArchiveSearch warrant
… Search warrant to search the United Democratic Front premises and to seize articles such as documents, minutes, correspondence, video-cassettes, related to…
The attack of Syria by Israel, 7 May 2013
… all protagonists is a precondition for the evasive attempt to save lives and bringing about lasting peace. We call on the United Nations to prevail on…
Beyond the barricades: the 1985 schools boycott and the vicissitudes of the Athlone Students Action Committee(ASAC)
… at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation seeks to explore the schools boycott experience in the Athlone area. It is not merely an attempt to…
EventMafika Gwala born
… Soon after joining the University of Zululand, he chose to rather devote his time to political activities firstly joining National Union of South African…
EventCongolese activist,Patrice Lumumba is briefly arrested
… riots in Stanleyville. He was then set free in time to attend the Round Table Conference in Brussels, where his … from Belgium in June 1960, a series of…
EventSouth African artist Fikile Magadledla is born
… One of his mentors was Harold Jeppe, who introduced him to art circles in Johannesburg. Most of his works are a … in nature. Magadlela was a member of and…
EventItaly invades Ethiopia
… Benito Mussolini determined to establish an Italian empire and to avenge Italy's defeat in 1896 at Adwa by the Eritreans … invades Eritrea. A border clash at…
EventThe English Cricket Council calls off South African cricket tour
… that the English Cricket Council reverse its decision to invite the South African cricket team on tour. This was as … anti-Apartheid activists and countries…
EventPresidential Job Summit is held
… In response to a call by President Nelson Mandela, representatives of … organisations meet at the Presidential Job Summit to discuss ways to create jobs in…
EventUnited Nations appoints Kofi Annan as secretary
… appointed as secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) to replace the outgoing Boutros Boutros Ghali, whose term of … Nations, along with the rest of the…
EventThe League of Nations hands over German colonies
… body which preceded the United Nations, agreed to hand over three former German colonies as mandates. … of the German colony Deutsche Ostafrika, was…
EventProfessor Roland Levinsky, world leading researcher in biomedicine dies
… of the University of Plymouth, was born in South Africa to a British mother and Jewish father on 16 October 1943. His … father was born in the Lethuania…
EventJoshua Nkomo’s freedom of movement and association in Southern Rhodesia is restricted
… in Southern Rhodesia. This came after Nkomo failed to persuade the Tanzanian President, Julius Nyerere, to support his plans for a government-in-exile. He…
EventAfrica Malaria Day
… in 2001 and was known as Africa Malaria Day. Subsequent to a proposal made by the World Health Organisation (WHO) … the World Health Assembly in 2007, the…
EventSouth Africa begins occupation of South-West Africa
… war presented South Africa with long sought opportunity to pursue its ambitions to incorporate the German protectorate of South West Africa, … under the…
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 … died at the age of 58 years Cde Jomo distinguished…
PlaceFranskraal and the Strandveld Museum
… a quaint seaside village with an awesome array of things to do. These range from outdoors excursions for those who want to savour the gorgeous countryside of…
PlaceMbotyi, Eastern Cape
… For the adventurer wanting to explore the many unique and wild treasures this coast has to offer, Mbotyi offers the privileged opportunity to visit the…
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 … winters. Temperatures are modified by its…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… had been squatting in shacks around Hout Bay were moved to this new Area on the side of a Mountain overlooking the … by the former Western Cape Regional…
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 … and…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… vegetation, a fine-leaved Sclerophyllic Shrubland adapted to both a Mediterranean climate and periodic fires, which is unique to the Cape Floral Region. …
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 contours of resistance. The…
EventThe Paramount Chief of the Zulus, Prince Goodwill Zwelithini, is officially removed as a member of the Zulu Legislative Assembly
… Zwelithini had conspired with the Mozambican Government to overthrow the Kwa-Zulu Government. It was only early in … Front (UDF), an internal resistance…
The Trust Feed Massacre
… or unco-operativeness of police witnesses, unwilling to tell the truth about their colleagues, who had gunned … first senior policeman during the anti…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… of Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) was not confined to geographic locations. The aim of World AIDS Day was to bring to people's attention the worldwide…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… South African in the 17th century, the island was used to isolated people that were considered unwanted elements in … who were imprisoned on Robben Island as…