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ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
On October 25 1991, ninety-two organisations that were united in their opposition to apartheid gathered in Durban to form the Patriotic Front. The Front…
ArticleGrade 6 - Term 2: Explorers from Europe find southern Africa
Great Zimbabwe When Mapungubwe was abandoned, it was to the benefit of Great Zimbabwe. The cultural, political and economic power in the area shifted to…
ArticleDrum Magazine
The establishment of Drum Magazine in the 1950s, notwithstanding the newly-elected Nationalist Party’s policy of Apartheid, reflected the dynamic changes that…
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it became clear to the leadership that the movement would have to produce some…
Constructing the Union of South Africa; negotiations & contestations, 1902-10
Scanned in copy of the last page of the Treaty of Vereeniging, click to enlarge and view other pages Industrialization and British imperialism in South Africa…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
Introduction We are not dealing with sets of statistics. We are talking about people of flesh and blood, who laugh and cry, who love and hate, who enjoy being…
Address on The African Renaissance to the Ghana-South Africa Friendship Association, Accra 5 October 2000
Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to express my deep appreciation for the opportunity to address you on the topic of " The African…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
From the hypnotic effects of the circular motions of the spiritual dancing of whirling dervishes to the mesmerising qawwali [1]performances of the likes of the…
Address on Accepting an Honarary Doctorate from the Russian Academy of Sciences Moscow, 30 April 1999
It is indeed a very special honour to receive not one Honorary Doctorate but two, and not from one prestigious institution of learning but two! I will…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
Charles “Charlie” Barends was born in Johannesburg on 24 September 1919. [i]Charlie was a jockey for 32 years, and rode 2 300 race winners [ii] Charlie only…
PlaceZonderwater
Situated in the Highveld of Gauteng, just outside Cullinan near Pretoria. The Zonderwater museum and the Italian Military Cemetery are alongside one another!…
Beyond the barricades: the 1985 schools boycott and the vicissitudes of the Athlone Students Action Committee(ASAC)
A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of BA Honours in History at the University of Cape Town. This dissertation…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.6 No.4 1987
Contents and Contributors Stories: The Spirit of Two Worlds by Jayapraga Reddy; From the Backseat by Greg Latter; Blind Justice by Stanley Loba Mabena; The…
PlaceDutch Reformed Mission Institute, Cape Town
The South African Missionary Society, established a ministry in Wagenmakersvallei in 1796 and ministered to slaves and to detribalised Khoikhoi people who…
Turning Points Books 1-6
A textbook series commissioned by the Department of Education, produced by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and STE Publishers, and simultaneously…
EventZola Budd of SA and Mary Decker of the USA collide accidentally during the 3000m in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics
Zola Budd and Mary Decker are athletes who took part in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Budd, a South African, was competing under British citizenship due to…
EventAhmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian Prime Minister, is assassinated
Ahmad Mahir Pasha, the Egyptian prime minister, was assassinated in parliament following his announcement that Egypt was declaring war on the Axis powers. The…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
The South African government introduced this the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act in the wake of wide-spread labour unrest to set up a limited system of…
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
Harold Strachan, former South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the…
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
At its Special Congress in May, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) called for three days of national protest against the Labour Relations…
EventSouth Africa’s new constitution is approved
The adoption of the South African Constitution on 8 May 1996 was one of the turning points in the history of the struggle for democracy in South Africa. The…
EventAlbert Einstein introduces his theory of relativity
In 1905, Albert Einstein had four papers published in the Annalen der Physik, the leading German physics journal. These are the papers that history has come to…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
On 30 May 1963 the Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the Transkei Regional Authority…
ArchiveThe philosophy tenets and traditions of NEUM
A presidential address delivered at the 9th Conference of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM).It is noted that this conference has been convened at the most…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education
"The most talked-about turning point in South African history is the 1994 transfer of political power from the National Party (NP) to the African National…
ArticleHermanus Loots aka James Stuart Timeline
1936 Hermanus Loots is born in the Kat River area of the Eastern Cape (19 July).[i] 1954 Matriculated from John Bisseker High School, in East London,…
Conquest: 1600s-1800s
"They strongly insisted that we had been appropriating more and more of their land which had been theirs all these centuries... They asked if they would be…
Activity: The first farmers in Southern Africa
Activity: Learning about the farmers Archaeologists found a lot of information from their research surrounding Suikerbosrand and Hartebeespoort Dam near…
Political deaths in police custody 1984 - 1989
YearDateNameAffiliationPlace of deathDescription198415 JulyNgalo, Johannes (26) ParysFound dead in cell due to serious internal injuries. 29 September …
ArticlePan-Africanism
Pan-Africanism is the belief that people of African descent have common interests and should be unified. Historically, Pan-Africanism has often taken the shape…