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ArticleAlbertina Sisulu and the organisations she was connected to
… of South African Women (FEDSAW) . FEDSAW was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg. It was the brainchild of Ray … www.sahistory.org.za/article/rivonia…
PlaceSenekal
… was Rowe Marshall and Hill. The church was initiated on 17 December 1896. The church is situated in Van Riebeeck … 250 million years old. The longest trunk…
PlaceDe Doorns, Cape Winelands
… from December through until April. The Area exports nearly 17 Million Cartons, of grapes Annually! …
EventRhodes statue removed at UCT
… statue was removed a month later on the 9 April 2015 at 17:37. The removal was voted upon by the UCT Council on the 8 …
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… as Roman Catholic, Masses: Saturday 18.00 & Thursday 17.00. The Church has been burnt to the Ground because of …
Cable to the United Nations Opposing Incorporation of South-West Africa, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, January 1946
… Land reserved for 2,000,000 Europeans only less than 17'/2 per cent for 8,000,000 Africans. Only 40 per cent …
EventThe United Arab Republic is proclaimed by Egypt, Iraq, and Syria
… Arab Republic (UAR) and the flag until 1 January 1972. On 17 April 1963, ambitions to constitute a new Union were …
EventJacob Zuma, Former President of South Africa and of the ANC, is born.
… April 1942, at Inkandla, in KwaZulu Natal. At the age of 17, he joined the African National Congress (ANC), becoming …
EventUniversity of Pretoria's 100th anniversary
… on 10 October 1930, having been a university college since 17 May 1910. Afrikaans became the official language of …
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… the police were waiting for them outside the factory, 17 their determination and continuous propaganda amongst … OCCUPATION PERCENTAGE General Dealers and…
University of York Student Submissions 2015
Joshua Richman Joshua Richman is a final year English and Politics student at the University of York. From October 2015, he will read Law at Hughes Hall,…
ArticleFederation of South African Women (FEDSAW)
… of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in Johannesburg as the first attempt to …
ArticleLand: dispossession, resistance and restitution
… “By the time of the advent of the new South Africa, about 17 000 statutory measures had been issued to segregate and …
PlaceKronendal, Main Road, Hout Bay.
The estate of Kronendal was part of land granted to Willem Basson in 1713, although it was only developed as a farm towards the end of the century. Its…
PlaceSt Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town
… to build a theatre upon the site. This was opened on 17 November 1800 and by all accounts was considered by …
Commemorating the 55th death anniversary of Suliman Saloojee
… Jassat and Farid Adam. Saloojee died on September 9, 1964 after falling from a seventh-floor window in Gray’s …
The Story of PR Pather, the grand old man of Indian politics in South Africa: Chapter Three - By Riashnee Pather
… DF Malan who was to become the new leader of South Africa. 17 The new government proved to be more authoritarian and … was then released on appeal. He was…
A brief history on South African prisons and prisoners
… who joined the ANC in 1951. They were charged with 17 counts of sabotage, death of a former police informer as … Mkaba and Wilson Khayingo were executed on 6…
Chapter 2 - THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD
… into exile, especially during the period between 1962 and 1964. Yusuf Dadoo, one of the prominent leaders of the SACP … such as Ruth First and "Rusty"…
ArticleJune 16 Soweto Youth Uprising timeline: 1976-1986
… and Emthonjeni Khulo Ngolawazi Higher Primary School. 17 May, Pupils at Orlando West Junior School strike in … areas and to detain persons and witnesses in…
Afrikaner
From European to "Africaander” The modern Afrikaner is descended mainly from Western Europeans who settled on the southern tip of Africa during the middle…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923 Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial … Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10…
EventWalter Sisulu's appeal is dismissed
… was arrested at Liliesleaf farm, Rivonia, under Section 17 Act 37/1963 and charged with sabotage and attempt to …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… from E. Dennis to Comintern, 22 October 1932 Document 17 Letter from S.P. Bunting to ECCI, 26 October 1932 Document … Document 46 Telegram from Five CPSA…
PlaceGallery 101
… featured prominently in group exhibitions. In May 1964 the gallery curated a show Mozambique: Some of its …
EventWalter Sisulu, co-founder of the ANCYL and Umkhonto we Sizwe, is born
… again in the Rivonia Trial in October 1963. On 12 June 1964 he was sentenced to life imprisonment for planning acts … Congress , [online] Available at www…
EventRenowned Nigerian writer, Chinua Achebe, is born in Ogidi, Nigeria
… later novels No Longer at Ease (1960), Arrow of God (1964), A Man of the People (1966), and Anthills of the …
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… in Johannesburg . The gardens were established in 1964 as a large rose garden and subsequently expanded to … in Johannesburg. The gardens were established in…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay. Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Antonio da Saldanha who was wounded there…
PlaceMLR-cannon, Middle North Battery, Simonstown
… declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 17 March 1989. …