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ArchiveA Celebration of Queerness: Zanele Muholi receives a French knighthood
… The French Embassy was due to present the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et de Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) to acclaimed photographer and…
EventBritish secretary of war, Lord Kitchener drowns near Orkney Islands
… of 1916 near the Orkney Islands. Kitchener had been sent to Russia by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith to try to get the support of that country for Britain's…
ArchiveThe student movement in the struggle for democracy
… Students, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, 28 November to 3 December 1981. Refers, inter alia, to the development of a broad democratic front forming in…
ArchiveKwa-Natal Indaba
… Article regarding Kwa-Natal Indaba as it met to plan tactics and tie up crucial loose ends in the face of dicouraging government reaction to its proposals,…
ArchiveLegislation and race relations: a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations
… This book provides a summary of the main South African laws which affect race relations. Acts from 1909 to 1948 include among others those relating to…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
… Mdantsane born Welcome Ncita became the first South African to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) world bantam … in Tel Aviv, Israel. Known as …
EventHelen Joseph is put under house arrest
… Former political activist, Helen Joseph, fell victim to the Draconian apartheid legislations. She became the first person to be put under house arrest under…
EventPolitical Activist, Barbara Hogan, is sentenced for High Treason
… Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and … Hogan admitted her membership, but pleaded…
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… At a regional peace summit initiated by Church leaders and held … Durban, Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini urged his followers to stop killing each other. This…
PlaceUniversity of the Orange Free State, Grey's College School
… With origins that can be traced back to 1904, the University of the Free State (UFS) is one of the … in the Humanities were presented to six students in a…
PlaceGrabouw
… A Post Office was opened at Palmiet River on 1 January 1846, and was probably located at a ford where a small bridge, known as Oude Brug, had been ……
PlaceGaries
… To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do … revolution, will come anyway). The average person after a Namaqualand 'dorp' experience would be…
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… Palace, this Stadium is situated in Rustenburg, which is a charming Town at the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountain … World Cup, hosted by South Africa. This…
PlaceCity Hall, Pretoria
… Click on image to enlarge Pretoria is commonly known as Jaccaranda City, … with large paintings. The massive main auditorium has a large stage and can…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison … minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… pre-colonial history of CÁ´te d’Ivoire can be traced to the 17th century, with the establishment of the kingdom of Gyaaman. The capital, Bondoukou, became a…
EventGhana demands independence from Britain
… then known) signed an agreement with the British that led to the colonial status for the coastal area. In 1902, the … the Ashanti region and making the…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… non-racial movement was initially established in protest to the Tricameral Parliament for which it encouraged a boycott of the system. Further boycotts were…
EventZubeida Jaffer is detained, while pregnant, by the security police under Apartheid regulations
… at the time she was put into isolation, with no access to a doctor, and her lawyer was also detained. At the time of … in February 1981. After she joined…
EventThe First Anglo-Boer War: Boers defeat the British at the Battle of Majuba
… (Transvaal) prompted Disraeli's Conservative government to annex it in 1877. This was an important step in achieving … The British therefore regarded the…
EventHaitian leader General Raoul Cedras resigns in favour of exiled President Jean
… of slaves. The system of slavery on this island was of a particularly cruel nature, leading to the slave revolt of 1791, also known as the Haitian … emerged…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… “Everyone has a story”, Sephiwe, the librarian at the Robben Island Mayibuye Archive, said to me as he handed me the newspaper file I needed. He was … the…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid
… Toit, Pretoria's first Magistrate. He then sold the land to Stephanus Jacobus Meintjies, after whom the hill is named … of the building are joined,…
EventThe corner stone of the Union Buildings in Pretoria is laid.
… Toit, Pretoria's first Magistrate. He then sold the land to Stephanus Jacobus Meintjies, after whom the hill is named … of the building are joined,…
PlaceSouth African National Art Gallery
… of Iziko South African National Gallery has grown to one of International Stature, encompassing substantial … to emerge in South Africa in the 1980s, brought…
EventCommission on Native Education is appointed
… the Eiselen Commission whose terms of reference were to inquire into and to report on all aspects of native education. The … on 1 January 1954. The…
EventWole Soyinka is born
… in western Nigeria. Soyinka became the first African to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature from the Nobel Prize Committee in 1986. Click here to read the…
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
… The House of Assembly approved a motion by eighty-six votes to forty-three to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the … Kalley, J.A.;…
PlaceObservatory
… Observatory was a residential suburb of Cape Town , and derived its name from … in Obs by yourself and you simply know you will leave with a new friend,…
A chronology of meetings between South Africans and the ANC in exile 1983-2000 by Michael Savage
… many hundreds of concerned South Africans undertook to make contact with exile leaders of these organisations, … the ANC alliance, which after February 1990…