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ArchiveBlack Community Programmes Limited: Projects and people
… Programmes.The goals of the Black Community Programmes are to help the Black community become aware of its own identity, create a sense of empowerment and to…
ArchiveWhose hands?
… outline of two hands with red blood on palms dripping down to a pool of blood. Black lettering. Notice of a march to the Supreme Court to stop De Klerk's…
EventExecutive member of the Brits Action Committee (BAC),Abel Molokwane is murdered
… Western Transvaal by unknown gunmen. The BAC was formed to oppose a decision of the government to move the Oukasie community to Lethlabile, where better…
ArchiveCommunity Action and Development
… it, SASO developed well planned educational programmes to train Black leaders. The aim was to create a just and healthy community which would be able to…
ArchiveCriminal Law Amendment Act, No 8 of 1953
… The Act was to provide for increased penalties for offences committed under certain circumstances; to prohibit the offer or acceptance of financial or other …
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… This groundbreaking work was the first of its type to present the entire history of the African continent. The … volume covers the period from the end of the…
PlaceGriqualand West
… migrant pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation of permanent Settlements. As a result they developed a lifestyle which, although…
PlaceAlbion a Railway Siding in Kwa-Zulu Natal
… Railway Siding, which is a short track parrallel to and joining the main track. 17 km South-West of Carolina on the Route Breyten to Mechadodorp. This coal…
Archive4000 dead and still counting
… in Bhopal, India, in rows across poster. BGA India poster to gather support to force Multinational company to pay compensation. …
ArchiveOn the eve
… of the African National Congress, which gave birth to the idea, the Congress of the People of South Africa to formulate and issue a Charter of Freedom has…
EventDr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi born
… and writer, is born in Groutville, KwaZulu Natal, home to Nobel Peace Prize winner, Chief Albert Luthuli. He was the first Black South African to receive a…
PlaceRondebosch
… van Riebeeck , the Dutch commander at the Cape, referred to the area as "Het Ronde Doornboschjen" , after a curious … been contracted in the Dutch East India…
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… of the parent body, serving as secretary-general from 1949 to 1954. Sisulu was a key figure in events leading up to the ANC's acceptance of the ANC Youth…
ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… in the Cape. His list of books and papers was impressive, to say the least. But what his entry in Wikipedia didn't make … cheeky grin on his face. A really…
Address by the reverend John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress
… Native Congress. Mr. Dube has issued a manifesto to his countrymen which are so good that we regret we cannot … very young and inexperienced, and as such it…
PlaceAdderley Street, Cape Town
… Cape Town 's main street, running from the foreshore to the foot of Government Avenue . In 1850, its name was changed to Adderley Street in honour of Charles…
ANC statement on the outcome of the officials meeting held at Luthuli House, 18 February 2002
… member of this committee. The purpose of the meeting was to deliberate on strategic organizational issues that relate to the ANC. On the agenda, a briefing…
Outcome of the High Court Application, 12 February 2014
… from being near Chief Albert Luthuli House or causing harm to ANC staff and property. The decision facilitated by Judge … ANC protection order application,…
ANC statement on incident at Luthuli House, 29 February 2008
… has been evacuated following an incident at the entrance to the building. The details of the incident are as follows: … did the fire. ANC headquarters staff…
EventSACTU launches a national potato boycott.
… (now Mpumalanga), recruited workers were expected to work long hours on farms in extreme weather conditions, … including one case in which a worker had been…
EventZulus attack Indians in Durban
… between Indians and Zulus. However, the government seem to have been eager to advance this explanation as the reason for the attack, in … attacks. Africans…
EventThe Springbok rugby team receives the State President Sports Award
… sports competitions, including rugby. The Award was handed to Corrie Bornman, Springboks' team manager. It was in the … medal framed with a certificate. The…
EventGoldstone Commission confirms SADF complicity in violence
… centre run by Military Intelligence and seized plans to destabilise the ANC, apparently sanctioned by senior … twenty-three top army officers in December…
EventResumption of talks
… political violence. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was prepared to meet Roelf Meyer, Minister of Constitutional Development, immediately, to prepare for a summit…
EventNelson Mandela is elected Deputy President of the ANC
… organisations. The move made it possible for the ANC to relocate its headquarters from Zambia to Johannesburg, South Africa. On 11 February 1990, Mandela ……
EventThe Harms Commission officially restricts investigations into South African security force
… The terms of reference of the Harms Commission, which was to inquire into alleged murders and unlawful acts of the … investigation into certain areas as it…
EventGeneral Lothar Neethling sues Vrye Weekblad and the Weekly Mail
… Coetzee alleged that Neethling has supplied him with toxin to be used on anti-apartheid activists. Justice Johan … Coetzee version of the story while he…
EventThree Delmas trialist released
… them on the grounds that there was no sufficient evidence to justify keeping the men behind bars. He pointed out that the government had failed to present a…
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… as well as a naval hospital in Simonstown. So, in order to set up the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, a doctor, … civilian burghers and slaves…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… plight of women and girls, who are six times more likely to be infected with the Aids virus than men in South Africa. … the venue free of charge, but also…