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EventThe NCCR is dissolved
… The National Coordinating Committee for the Repatriation of South African Exiles (NCCR) was dissolved … The NCCR is dissolved …
A Walk in the Night
… On 1 December 1834, the enslaved people of the Cape were legally freed. To commemorate this day, the … A Walk in the Night …
EventMandela reshuffles the cabinet
… Following a decision by the finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, to relinquish his … reasons, president Nelson Mandela announced changes to the government of…
EventThe Korean War ends
… The undeclared Korean War ended after three years of fighting between North Korean and Chinese Communists against the United Nations (UN) forces (mainly…
PlaceThe Old Durban Prison
… The Old Durban Central Prison no longer exists, but it was used extensively during the earlier apartheid period to house political dissidents. The former…
EventThe Anglican Church joins the growing confrontation between church and state
… The Anglican Church joins the growing confrontation between Church and state in South Africa, when the Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Rev. William Barnett…
ArchiveThe Black Conciousness Movement in South Africa in the late 1960s
… The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the development of the Black conciousness movement in South Africa in the … The Black Conciousness…
ArchiveThe great protest convoy
… The women's protest against the Senate Act in 1955 had the effect of bringing together groups of women from all parts of South … The Black Sash … The great…
ArchiveThe socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system
… ANC paper on the socio-political and economic crisis in the apartheid system, prepared for the regional and national preparatory committees. Covers the … The…
ArticleHistory Grade 10 - Topic 6 Contextual Overview
… A. The Mineral Revolution ↵ In this section we will briefly discuss the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand and the Gold Rush. We will also … The…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
… The dwelling was designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its General Manager, WE … The Pines, Parktown,…
ArchiveNUSAS in the 1970s
… Position paper by Neville Curtis, President of the National Union of South African Students, prepared for the 46th Annual Congress of the Union, 14th to 25th…
ArchiveThe Independent Electoral Commission
… Black and white poster. Photographs of the sixteen members of the Electoral Commission. Information regarding the mission … The Independent Electoral…
ArchiveAfrica beyond the Union
… This address is the fifth of the Heornle Memorial Lecture series delivered by W.M. … the political, economic and social conditions of countries outside of…
ArchiveStanding For The Truth
… text red fish on white litho poster; text: Standing for the truth: The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He has annointed me to preach … Standing For…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… Britain sends 30 000 additional troops to South Africa in the Anglo-Boer War (now called the South African War). Initially, the British government … was…
ArchiveWhat is the UDF
… 1983 at Khotso House, Johannesburg. Discussing history and the background of the United Democratic Front from the time it was established, … What is the UDF …
ArchiveThe South African Reality
… a speech presented by Desmond Tutu, General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches, to students at the University of Natal. His speech covers…
ArchiveTalking with the ANC
… Book published by the South African Bureau of Information addressing the question of whether negotiations should be conducted with … Bureau of Information,…
ArchiveBoycott the racist referendum!
… African Peoples Democratic Union of South Africa (APDUSA), is pleading to the Coloured and Indian community to bocott the racist referendum demanded by…
EventThe Labour Party (LP) adopts a resolution to represent the Coloured community
… At its annual conference held in Eshowe, Natal, the Labour Party (LP) adopted a resolution stating that it seeks to represent the Coloured community in a…
ArchivePersonal notes of the conversations with his Excellency President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos on 23 September 1988 to be conveyed directly to His Excellency President Pieter W Botha
… A translation of the personal notes of President Dos Santos answering questions presented by President P W Botha regarding the withdrawal of Cuban and South…
The Groote Schuur Minute
… Communique of a meeting between F W de Klerk and the African National … Cape Town, 2-4 May, 1990. Agreeing on commitment towards the resolution of the…
Somalia: A Government at the War with its People - Testimonies about the killings and the Conflict in the North, January 1990
… Somalia: A Government at the War with its People - Testimonies about the killings and the Conflict in the North, January 1990 …
The Springbok rugby team loses the last test match against the Lions in Pretoria 13-17, but wins the series 3-1.
… The Springbok rugby team loses the last test match against the Lions in Pretoria 13-17, but wins the series 3-1. …
The Alabama, American raider, captures the Northern bark, Sea Bride, outside Table Bay. The Alabama was built during the Amer
… Potgieter, D.J. et al. (eds)(1970). Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 1, p. 286 | Wallis, … The Alabama, American raider,…
The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic with Stafford Parker as f
… The diggers on the diamond fields between the Vaal and the Harts Rivers proclaim Klipdrift a republic with Stafford …
The SA government transfers R2bn to the Independent Development Trust to ‘overcome the backlog in the socio-economic developmen
… South African Institute of Race Relations. (1990). Race Relations Survey 1989/90, Johannesburg: South African Institute of Race Relations, p. lxxv … The SA…
The ANC (266 seats) wins the second democratic election. The Democratic Party (38 seats) is the new official opposition, fo
… The ANC (266 seats) wins the second democratic election. The Democratic Party (38 seats) is the new official opposition, fo …
The artillery bombards the strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square during the Rand Revolt and it falls to the government. Befo
… The artillery bombards the strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square during the Rand Revolt and it falls to the government. Befo …