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President Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
On 8 May 2015, President Jacob Zuma visited Russia. On 9 May 2015, he joined a number of world leaders at the Russian capital Moscow for the 70th anniversary…
President Jacob Zuma arrives in Moscow to attend the commemoration of the 70th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War
On 8 May 2015, President Jacob Zuma visited Russia. On 9 May 2015, he joined a number of world leaders at the Russian capital Moscow for the 70th anniversary…
Establishment of Food Committee
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment and food shortages were rife, exacerbating this…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower classes being the most vulnerable. There were…
EventThe last ‘Peru and Bala’ show is hosted on Lotus FM
‘Peru and Bala’ is a comedic duo played by Vikash Mathura and Ray Maharaj, which is hugely popular amongst the South African Indian Community. Mathura and…
EventZuma announces freeze on university fees increase
When the government announced a 10.5% increase in tertiary education fees, due to the high inflation of the South African economy, the news fell on an already…
EventAnti-Pass petition sent to President Steyn
The pass measures were aimed at controlling the mobility of the Black population in White urban areas. Bloemfontein was becoming a fast-growing economy and…
EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination of heavy pass laws being implemented to control the mobility of the Black population in…
EventTwo prisoners sentenced to death for sodomy
Claas Blanc and Rijkaert Jacobsz were two prisoners on Robben Island who had been accused of ‘mutually perpetrated sodomy’ according to trial records from the…
Establishment of the Food Committee
In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, South Africa was undergoing a downturn in economic fortunes. Unemployment and food shortages were rife,…
EventSouth African House of Assembly pays tribute to the SS Mendi
On 21 February 1917 the SS Mendi troopship sunk. As a result 616 South Africans lost their lives, 607 of which were Black men serving in the South African…
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
Following Chumani Maxwele’s radical protest through a political performance of throwing human excrement at the statue of Cecil John Rhodes situated on Rugby…
EventChumani Maxwele ignites the #RhodesMustFall Movement at UCT
On 9 March 2015, Chumani Maxwele threw human excrements at a statue of Cecil John Rhodes that was situated on the campus of the University of Cape Town, on…
ArchiveDumile Struggle and Repression Catalogue
The Vula Connection
PlaceUniversity of Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University the 2nd of the Universities in the picture in the Banner. With an interesting Link In Further Reading. This University was developed…
Action Kommandant film review by Kabelo Kemp (www.kathradafoundation.org)
Action Kommandant is a story about a young activist from the dusty and drug ridden streets of Bonteheuwel. Directed by Nadine Cloete under Ma'engere Film…
Storming: The Insurrections Ensemble by Marcus Grossman, September 2015
Global Studies Programme It was Shakespeare’s puzzling take on colonialism that Cesaire and many others decided to re-interpret and re-interpret. But for the…
PlaceCape Town Theatre Laboratory
Founded in 1998 by Royston Stoffels and Warrick Grier, the Cape Town Theatre Laboratory was established in Woodstock, Cape Town. In October-November 2000, the…
EventZwelethu Mthethwa found guilty of murder
Zwelethu Mthethwa, an internationally known South African artist, was found guilty on 16 March 2017 at the Western Cape High Court of murdering Nokuphila…
EventJacob Zuma found not guilty of rape
On this day, the Johannesburg High Court found Jacob Zuma not guilty of raping an HIV-positive woman at his home in Johannesburg.[1] End Notes [1] Zuma found…
EventWinnie Mandela convicted
On this day, the anti-Apartheid struggle stalwart was found guilty of a string of fraud and theft offences. She was sentenced to five years in jail with one…
EventNkosi Johnson dies
Nkosi Johnson, an HIV-positive pupil and subsequent activist for those living with the virus, passes away.[1] End Notes [1] Nkosi Johnson, https://www…
EventMark Shuttleworth speaks to the president – from space
On this day, the continent’s first astronaut, Mark Shuttleworth, spoke with President Thabo Mbeki via video call – from space.[1] End Notes [1] A leap forward,…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
On this day in South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo…
EventANC founder John Dube’s daughter passed away
The youngest daughter of the former African National Congress leader John Langalibalele Dube died in Durban at the age of 84 years. Lulu Joan Dube passed away…
ArchiveOmar Badsha interviewed by Mary Marshall Clark, Johannesburg, South Africa, 7 August 1999
Call for Participants: Academy for African Urban Diversity
DEADLINE: 14 MAY 2017 The African continent is rapidly urbanizing. If this point is agreed upon by a wide variety of actors—from media, to governments, UN…
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