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PlaceTransvaal Province
… located North of the Vaal River, that existed from 1910 to 1994. It's now part of the Provinces of: ' Gauteng ; Limpopo … to the West. The name "Transvaal"…
PlaceSeshego, a Township
… Seshego is a Township in the Polokwane Local Municipality of the Capricorn District … independent Bantustan of; Lebowa. Lebowa was abolished in 1994. Lebowa…
Chapter 7 - CONCLUSION
… From: The South African Communist Party In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Party, as an organisation, underwent … to persist after the first democratic elections in…
ArticleMangosuthu Buthelezi was a man of immense political talent and contradictions
… and sister of King Solomon . She was an important person in her own right. His great-grandfather was said to be “prime … that endured. A younger Mangosuthu…
ArchiveJakes Gerwel: The epitome of integrity and courage by Niren Tolsi, 30 November 2012
… and acted with nobility and courage. This was clear in his visionary, successful attempts to transform the … of the complex with the power of the simple." In…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… Robben Island prisoner, 1963-1973. Member of Parliament, 1994-1999. Author: Island In Chains By Prisoner 885/63. Ten Years on Robben Island … in the newly…
PlaceKroondal, Rustenburg
… of 22 German Lutheran mission congregations established in the former Natal and Transvaal. The farm Kroondal, which was in existence since 1843, was…
PlaceRepublic of Griqualand West or the Digger's Republic
… as a separate Crown Colony . The discovery of diamonds in South Africa in 1866 resulted in a flood of treasure hunters, especially … African Police Services…
Dr. Pallo Jordan’s speech at the 20th anniversary of the Bisho massacre, 07 September, 2012
… the apartheid regime. Twenty-eight people were mowed down in a desperate act of repression. On the 8th September 1992, … exacted from our people before we…
EventPresident F W de Klerk announces that South Africa’s first democratic elections will be held
… democratic elections will be held from 26-28 April 1994. …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the snap debate on the Shell House incident National Assembly, Cape Town, 7 June 1995
… death of eight citizens outside Shell House on 28 March 1994 should occupy the centre of national attention, … concern for human life, multiply many-fold in…
ArticleBoipatong massacre - 17 June 1992
… On 17 June 1992 the Joe Slovo Informal settlement in Boipatong outside Vereeniging was attacked by a group of about 300 armed men from Kwa Madala Hostel in…
PlaceCape Town's Art Museum of Illusions-Kloof Street, Cape Town
… opening new Museums. Each Museum of Illusions is in a unique location for a specific experience! Visiting one … seen them all!" The first Museum of…
PlaceUniversity of the Witwatersrand, (Wits)
… The University of the Witwatersrand is the 1st picture in the Banner! With an interesting Link availible to read in Further Reading. The History of Wits is…
PlaceDurban Harbour and Port
… biggest Container Terminal and one of the major Ports in Africa - the Durban Harbour. The modern Port of Durban was … the Cape Colony settled on the shores…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… R.P. Lamont. Hussey and Lamont were University students in engineering in Michigan, in the late 1880's. They were ambitious, Hussey … and is still…
PlaceBezuidenhout Valley, Johannesburg
… Kensington Ridge. Takes its name from the Farm purchased in September 1861 from the Widow of BP Viljoen, by Frederick … boer families coming up from the Cape…
Document 4 - B.M. Kies “The Background of Segregation”, Address delivered to the National Anti-CAD Conference, 29 May 1943
… of manhood and brotherhood which has already shown itself in China and which must inevitably sweep the Colonial … is true to say that the Coloured People…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1990s
… released from prison. 27 townships declared unrest areas in terms of the Public Safety Act No 3 of 1953. Gazankulu: … To investigate the circumstances…
73. The Congress of the People, June 1955
… most representative and largest gathering ever to assemble in South Africa. Its impact on the political scene was … and of giving it the perspective of…
How the Ahmed Timol case was reported on at the time by South African Institute of Race Relations (Politicsweb), 28 June 2017
… October 1971 with Salim Essop] had died the previous day in a fall from a tenth-floor window at the police … the University of the Witwatersrand, who is also…
Chapter 7
… turns and tries to find the right road. The same happens in the life of a people. Eight years ago, we, the African … because nothing, they thought, could be…
ICA launches 2017 Great Texts/Big Questions lecture series with Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o
… Thiong'o on Friday 3 March at 6pm. The lecture, presented in association with the National Institute for the Humanities … major play, The Black Hermit, at…
ArticleThe Khoisan
… In around 2300 BP (Before Present), hunter-gatherers called the San acquired domestic stock in what is now modern day Botswana. Their population grew, … many…
ArchiveLetter to Zuma by David Goldblatt (Mail and Guardian), 25 November 2011
… has decided to renounce a top South African award, in protest against the Protection of State Information Bill, … of Ikhamanga Silver, which I accepted with…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Statistical analysis of Resisters
From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer Statistical Analysis of Resisters Studying the…
Umrabulo - Issue No.11, 2nd Quarter 2001
… Charter as adopted at Morogoro, 1969 The Freedom Charter in 2001 Celebrating the implementation of the Freedom Charter … vision has become much more complex…
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… from poor communities have access to free education. In the past five years the number of HIV positive people on … of colonialism, apartheid and patriarchy…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… Simon’s Town Museum is housed in "The Residency" which was built in 1777 as the Winter Residence for the Dutch East India … the building of the East Dockyard…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… 40 years ago, the Anti-Apartheid Movement was launched in London at the request of the African National Congress of … system of apartheid. Their efforts bore…