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Memorial service of photojournalist Juda Ngwenya by Cyril Ramaphosa, Rhema Church, Randburg, 26 October 2016
… friends, and colleagues will find comfort to know that in life he accomplished his mission. Photojournalism was Mr … Ohlange to photograph Mandela casting…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… The Township of Imizamo Yethu is situated in the picturesque seaside Suburb of Hout Bay in Cape Town . Hout Bay is like a microcosm of South Africa , … in…
ArticleThabo Mbeki (1942 - ) Timeline
… from the Clakesburg Institute, a Teacher Training College in Transkei . 1939 Govan Mbeki publishes "Transkei in the … of a United, Democratic and Non-Racial…
The South African History Online (SAHO) Graduate Internship Programme
… programme is designed for students to gain work experience in research and for graduates to become familiar with the use … to the development of content for…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Mandela is awarded the Dr Bruno Kreisky Prize for merit in the field of human rights, Vienna, Austria. 1982 Elected … President F W de Klerk the Nobel Peace…
PlaceSt Paul’s Anglican Church, Main Road, Rondebosch
… 1834 and was extended a number of times thereafter. In October 1854 the original church was incorporated into a new building. Further additions were made in…
ArticleLesotho Timeline
… groups to repel Zulu King Shaka’s onslaught. They settle in the region of the Butha-Buthe Mountain, and Moshoeshoe … a diplomatic agreement is reached. The…
PlaceDistrict Six Museum
… The District Six foundation was established in 1989, and in 1994, the District Six Museum came into being. This museum … The District Six foundation was…
ArchiveEulogy at funeral of Dr Mantombazana Tshabalala-Msimang, by Jacob Zuma, 22 December 2009, The Cathedral of Sacred Heart, Pretoria
… self-less South Africans, who have experienced minimal joy in their lives, due to their decision not to surrender until … our struggle, to free the country…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… mother’s dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her journey led her to become a founding … women’s organisations and a member of…
EventThe First Draft of the Constitution is published
… In January 1995 an advertising campaign was launched to elicit public views on what should be in the Constitution. On 19 September the first consolidated ……
Address by Mashatile on the occasion of the 20th commemoration of the Bisho massacre, 7 September, 2012
… Province, Premier Noxolo Kiviet The Chairperson of the ANC in the Eastern Cape, Comrade Phumulo Masualle Comrades Ronnie … culminating in our country's first…
ArticleUniversity of Pretoria 2015-2016 Student Protests Timeline
… The University of Pretoria (UP) opened in 1908 as a new department of the Transvaal University … then increased dramatically since the end of Apartheid in…
Artist. Activist. Historian. This man is preserving the past to protect the future (beautifulnews.co.za)
… as an artist, but an activist for most of his life. Born in 1945, he grew up under the oppression of apartheid, facing … his love of politics through his…
Nelson Mandela and the last Afrikaner leaders by Hermann Giliomee (Politics Web), 12 May 2015
… Public lecture by Hermann Giliomee in honour of Richard Elphick given at Wesleyan University, … of Mandela’s autobiography A Long Walk to Freedom (1994)…
PlacePinelands
… best kept secrets hidden away beside the Black River in a corner of the Oude Molen Eco-village , opposite … old rustic Cape Town , situated alongside a…
PlaceVolksrust, Mpumalanga
… the Mpumalanga / KwaZulu Natal border . The name Volksrust in Afrikaans means; 'the nation rests' and is attributed to … under the apartheid Groups Areas Act…
The Final Prize by Norman Levy book review by Chris Saunders, 1 June 2014
… the many personal accounts now published by those involved in the anti-apartheid struggle, Norman Levy’s substantial … of South Africa’s cheap labour system,…
EventRestitution of Land Rights Act is signed
… Record of World Events, News Digest for November, 1994, p. 40263 …
Funeral arrangements afoot for Mama Dideka Mhlaba, 20 January 2010
… Funeral arrangements are afoot in the Eastern Cape in preparation for the funeral of African National Congress … reunited when he was released from prison in…
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 … an attempted military coup in…
Toast Remarks by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila and Madame Kabila, on the occasion of the State Banquet, Tuynhuys, 14 June 2007
… Remarks by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, the President of the Democratic …
EventDue to insufficient evidence South African police are cleared of charges with regards to the death of Steve Biko
… "struggle", and founded the Black Consciousness Movement in 1969. Steve Biko was viewed with alarm by the South African apartheid government and in 1973 he…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… Introduction In 1948 the National government was voted into power and … was executed. After the first democratic election in April 1994, a new constitutional…
EventRayda Jacobs, the novelist and documentary filmmaker is born
… Rayda Jacobs was born in Cape Town on 6 March 1947. Her first publication was a … stories called “The Middle Children”, which was published in 1994.[i]…
Biographical Introduction
… The fact that the artists in this exhibition represent a largely 'neglected tradition' was nowhere more clearly demonstrated than in the effort to compile a…
Economic Transformation for a National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… enduring and useful guidance for the ANC as a whole, but in particular for those cadres we deploy in government to … on Economic Transformation The…
ArticleA Luta Continua Dialogues, Episode 1: Student Activism
… 2020 The series premier centers on Student Activism in South Africa and the U.S, around 2015 - 2020. This episode … student activism, the challenges Black…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the twentieth anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union, 01 July 1974
… past twenty years as one landmarked by important events in the life of Tanzanian society. Within seven years of its … the shortest possible time. Of…
Message on the Twentieth Anniversary of the Tanganyika African National Union by O. R. Tambo, July 1974
… past twenty years as one landmarked by important events in the life of Tanzanian society. Within seven years of its … the shortest possible time. Of…