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Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… between the races in this country and indeed that policy places the A.N.C. in par with progressive and civilised …
Address by ANC President, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, to the OAU Ad Hoc Committee for Southern Africa Arusha, 28 April 1992
… While we recognise the severe handicaps the violence places on our ability to organise and mobilise, we are …
ArchiveFrom eNcome over Bloedrivier to eNcome and Beyond by Ben Khumalo-Seegelken
FROM eNCOME OVER „BLOEDRIVIER“ TO eNCOME AND BEYOND Ben Khumalo-Seegelken, Carl von Ossietzky University, Oldenburg, Germany Conference …
Say It out Loud - The 1939 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 11th April, 1939
… Gradually those in skilled trades are dying off and their places are being taken by white lads, while Coloured boys …
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… History Portal Biographies project History of apartheid Places Art and Culture under Apartheid In 2016 we received … send it to our research team by…
PlacePofadder, Northern Cape
… the local communities. In much the same way as we refer to places off the beaten track as being in 'Timbuctoo'. (South …
PlaceLake Kariba, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… planet’s largest man-made dam: 226km / 140mi long and in places up to 40km / 25mi wide. It is also the world’s largest … size of it makes you forget it’s a…
PlaceQuanza Shipwreck, East London
The Quanza was a four-masted steamship of 942 tons which went ashore at East London, on Sunday, 26 May 1872 at 5am. She struck the rocks, just East of the…
ArticleLiberation history Timeline 1940-1949
… of the year speaking at anti-pass demonstration in several places around the country. Despite representations made to …
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… and the British Empire. . . . Wherever the missionary places his standard among a savage tribe, their prejudices …
EventGambian Government overthrown in military coup
Location: back to this day in history search archive On 22 July 1994, the government of Sir Dawda Jawara was overthrown in a military coup in Gambia. While…
EventSouth Africa's first democratic elections
Following a series of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This…
PlaceMajuba Power Station, Volksrust-Mpumalanga
This 4 110 megawatt Station, constructed at a cost of R 11.9 Billion, is one of the five biggest Power Stations in the World and the first to have been…
ArticleSouth African National Symbols and Heritage
This feature highlights aspects of South African Heritage and symbols of South Africa. A person's heritage is made up of the practices, and traditions…
EventHerero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
Present-day Namibia was once a part of the imperial German empire. As was common during the scramble for Africa in the latter half of the nineteenth century,…
History Wars, Wars in history & other Southern African histories
In the prologue to The Go-Between, L.P. Hartley claimed that the “past is a foreign country: they do things differently there”. That is certainly true for 1914…
ArticleWalter Sisulu Timeline 1912-2003
1912 18 May, Walter Ulyate Max Sisulu is born in Engcobo District in the Transkei, in the same year, the ANC was formed. 1920 Walter returns from his…
The Arrival of the Khoisan
About 2 000 years ago (100 BC), life began to change significantly in the Western part of Southern Africa. Herders, also known as the Khoikhoi, arrived,…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 4 Essay Questions and Answers
Shaka Zulu Legacy Essay questions on Shaka Zulu’s legacy will be asked as 8-mark questions where students have to use sources to answer the question. The…
The Broederbond by Norman Levy
This article was taken from the book The Final Prize by Norman Levy (Chapter 3) The Broederbond Just as it was the white man’s way to think and dream for the…
Port Elizabeth an Overview
The first formal settlement of the Algoa Bay region took place in 1776 when a number of farms were allocated to local Dutch graziers. In 1799 the British…
Statement by Mfanafuthi Makatini in the Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly, 27 November 1981
… of this important campaign through the naming of public places after, and the conferring of honorary degrees to, …
The Battle of Square Hill
Participation as combatants in the First World War was reserved for men of “European descent”. [i] According to Article 7 of the South African Defence Force…
“I want to live not survive”: the politics of refusing low-wage work in a time of mass joblessness by Hannah Dawson
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Why would young Black South African men refuse low wage jobs in a time…
PlaceMount Fletcher, Eastern Cape
Mount Fletcher is a Town in Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, 69 km North-North-East of Maclear. Mount Fletcher is…
PlaceBaavianskloof Pass
… Towns of: Willowmore and Uniondale , (which are standard places to refuel before ascending the Baavianskloof Pass). …
PlaceElandsfontein Private Nature Reserve, Western Cape
Discover Elandsfontein and their rich fossil heritage on a guided Quad Bike Fossil Safari or 4WD Nature Drive. The dunes on Elandsfontein are the final…
EventAfrica Women's Peace Train leaves Kampala for Johannesburg
The Africa Women's Peace Train was launched in Kampala, Uganda, on 15 August in a ceremony in which a Peace Torch was received. It was destined to run through…
EventJournalists' first visit to Robben Island
The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five correspondents of international news agencies and two official photographers…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years' imprisonment
Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress, Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe, was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for incitement of Blacks to…