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EventThe Directors of the Dutch East India Company propose Hout Bay to Jan van Riebeeck as a possible area to settle some Dutch families
… wasn't long before the company looked into the feasibility of settling other areas along the peninsula. Van Riebeeck had … arriving, he named it 'T…
EventDr Hendrik Johannes van der Bijl, SA industrialist who laid the foundation for the establishment of Escom and Iscor, is born in Pretoria
… studied physics in Germany where he obtained a Masters of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degree at the University of Leipzig. Van der Bijl returned to South…
ArchiveDraft Code of Conduct for SACP members in an election list and serving Parliament and government structures at national, regional and local levels
… Internal discussion document proposing a code of conduct in the light of impending elections for a Constituent Assembly. … Draft Code of Conduct for SACP…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 9 February 1977, Volume 102 and Volume 103
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mafiison Morobe; Seth Sendile Mazibuko; … David Kutumela, all school students, to the Commission of Inquiry…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 13 and 14 October 1976, Volume 27
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Ezra Mandikole Mantini, Mangaliso Alf Kumalo … from the Sunday Times newspaper, to the Commission of Inquiry…
EventThe first airmail in SA, consisting of 730 post cards, is flown eight kilometres by Evelyn Driver in his Bleriot plane from Ken
… to Muizenburg. The mail bag was fastened to the back of his seat as he flew the Bleriot monoplane. The plane … the South African post office commemorated a…
ArchiveLetter addressed to the Churchwardens and councillors, Christ Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate
… Letter relating to the eviction of farm workers from Wolseley Estate and the church's … Church Kei Road describing events leading to the eviction of farm…
ArchiveConsultative Conference on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated political settlement
… on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on the role of the bantustan in the current debate for a negotiated … on bantustans: An address by Govan Mbeki on…
Document 34 - Memorandum of agreement for reconciliation and peace between the IFP/KwaZulu government and the ANC and the South African government/NP
… (ANC) President Oliver Reginald Tambo during the unveiling of two memorials to him in the borough on Wednesday 17 … Document 34 - Memorandum of agreement for…
PlaceWest Coast National Park and Postberg Reserve
… As the season changes, nature begins to bloom and flowers of all colours spring up along the Landscape accompanied by fauna, enjoying the sunshine. The ……
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… as Hotels and self-catering Chalets. Home to the Valley of Waves and sprawled along the border of the Pilanesberg National Park. Sun City Resort enjoys the …
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… anvils Image source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3 million years ago. … previously," said Dr Nick Taylor, from…
PlaceKgodumodumo Dinosaur Interpretation Centre
… celebrate- Africa’s Ancient History , highlighting one of the World’s oldest known dinosaur embryos ever discovered. … have inhabited and explored this…
EventSA painter Frederick Timpson I'Ons (85) dies
… Frederick Timpson l'Ons (85), SA painter of the early life in the Eastern Cape, died in Grahamstown. … to the Cape Colony in 1834. They settled in the…
Document 38 - “How to Build o Revolutionary Mass Party in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, “Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930
… in South Africa: A letter from the Executive Committee of the Communist International, "Umsebenzi, 12 December 1930 To the Communist Party of South Africa …
Reclaim the humanism of Socialism, The 2017 Strini Moodley Memorial Lecture, UKZN, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, by Mphutlane Wa Bofelo, Pambazuka News, 19 July 2017
… today has its roots in: (1) the barbarism and injustices of market supremacism, racial supremacism and patriarchy; (2) the inadequacy of liberal democracy; …
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the 40th anniversary of Inkosi Albert Luthuli`s passing away, 4 November 2007, Thembeni, Ilembe District Municipality, Kwazulu-Natal
… Programme Director, The Family of Nkosi Albert Luthuli, Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Sbu Ndebele, The Mayor of…
Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference "Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa", 04 December 1987, Arusha
… The time has come for all of us to leave this friendly city which has been our home for a few days, and return to our respective theatres of struggle. The…
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… sensitivities. The recent agitation at the University of Legon in Ghana for the removal of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was provoked by a few statements made…
Zonal Centenary Memorial Lecture on the Life and Times of David Bopape, presented by David Makhura, ANC Gauteng Provincial Secretary, 21 June 2012, Tsakane
… Programme Director; Members of the families of Bopape, Dlephu and Motloung; Members of the PEC and REC; The Executive Mayor and Councillors; The … Zonal…
Nelson Mandela by O. R. Tambo - Extract from "No Easy Walk to Freedom: Articles, Speeches and Trial Addresses of Nelson Mandela edited by Ruth First", 1965.
… Magistrates' Court. Chancellor House in Fox Street was one of the few buildings in which African tenants could hire … offices: it was owned by Indians. This…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… His Majesty the King, Isilo Samabandla, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister Transport S`bu Ndebele, Minister of Justice and Constitutional…
63. Colonisation scheme: the colonial-born Indians respond - From the book "A Documentary History of Indian South Africans" edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … lines which did not make for the advantage and improvement of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the State dinner hosted by the Governor-general of New Zealand, Dame Catherine Tizard Wellington, 15 November 1995
… Your Excellency as well as the Government and the people of New Zealand for the hospitality accorded me and my delegation during this visit. I had the…
Exploration of Africa: The Emerging Nations - Angola 1880 to the present: slavery, exploitation, and revolt by Bruce Fish and Becky Durost Fish
… Present : Slavery, Exploitation, and Revolt (Exploration of Africa) … Exploration of Africa: The Emerging Nations - Angola 1880 to the present: …
Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 2, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960
… Submissions Presented to the Commission on Behalf of the Bishop of Johannesburg … Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other …
Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other places) on the 21st March, 1960, Volume 1, Johannesburg, 15 June 1960
… Submissions Presented to the Commission on Behalf of the Bishop of Johannesburg … Commission of Enquiry into the Occurrences at Sharpeville (and other …
ArchiveIn 1986 there were 153,000 empty white school places: In 1986 there was a shortage of 193,000 places in black schools.
… empty white school places: In 1986 there was a shortage of 193,000 places in black schools. …
ArchiveOur call is theological: Address to the National Summit of the Historic Black Churches, Howard Inn, Washington DC on 10 January 1989
… Our call is theological: Address to the National Summit of the Historic Black Churches, Howard Inn, Washington DC on …
President Thabo Mbeki unveils the Women’s Monument at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. Its aim is to commemorate the role of wo
… Buildings in Pretoria. Its aim is to commemorate the role of wo …