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Turning Points Books 1-6
… of Education , produced by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation and STE Publishers , and simultaneously published on the SA History Online …
EventSA artist Tshela Matsoso is born
… Mohapi Matsoso was born in Pimville, Soweto. Between 1962 and 1970, while still at school, Matsoso studied at the … Art Centre under Cecil Skotnes, Sydney…
Chapter 11
… two obstacles to progress because the link between them and the government is clearly perceptible. The chiefs and the members of these dummy councils receive…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, Sons and daughters of Africa: On behalf of the Executive Committee … great pleasure in submitting to you, for your approval and…
VI - The Inquest
… made by both the Attorney-General for the Eastern Cape and the Attorney-General for the Transvaal, that no criminal … was designed without any regard to…
PlaceHamilton Primary School, Visagie Street, Pretoria
… School. This school in the heart of Pretoria has a diverse and proud history which spans a period of more than a hundred and eighteen Years. The learners of…
PlaceDonkin Mount, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth owes its origin and development to the arrival of British settlers in 1820. … Donkin was the Acting Governor of the Cape at the time, and he…
PlaceRustenburg
… has significance for many groups in South Africa, and its History is complex and rich in variety. The known History of Rustenburg spans from the 15th Century…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… F. Malan became prime minister at the age of seventy-four and formed the first government dominated by Afrikaners. … split decision in 1939 to take South…
42nd African National Congress Conference: Resolutions, 20 December, 1953
… urges branches, Regional Committees, Provincial Executives and the National Executive Committee to make plans for and embark upon an immediate campaign of…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… where the focus very much is on political leadership and… international pressure, and what the project is trying to do, what the research … at the role of…
ArchiveThe preliminary nature of the Constitutional document
… Paper covering rights and duties attached to property and rights to education, power-sharing and rights of minorities, reconciling freedom of speech, …
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Roanne Moodley
… I wonder about the differences that may exist between you and I. Me, a middle class student organizing protest at The … of Pretoria against an unequal…
PlaceSun City, Rustenburg
… 1979. It features the Lost City, a huge swimming Pools and man-made Lake, as well as Hotels and self-catering Chalets. Home to the Valley of Waves and…
The Clanwilliam Arts Project / Lantern Festival 2017
… with The UCT Drama Department, The UCT College of Music and The Michaelis School of Fine Arts and Jazzart Dance Theatre, will be working with some 700 ……
ArchiveAddress at 6th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture, by Nelson Mandela, 12 July 2008, Kliptown Soweto
… Johnson-Sirleaf, distinguished guests, friends, ladies and gentlemen, We have for years remarked about people coming … But thank you very much for being here…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and sport fields. Your stadium is home to Green Point Common; … birthday parties, outdoor exercise,…
PlacePort Natal Maritime Museum
… This museum is a tribute to Durban's seafaring history, and a reminder that Durban is still the busiest port in … culture on local life while also reflecting…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… with mass action campaigns marked by boycotts, strikes and civil disobedience. On 26 June 1952 the Defiance … non-violent act of resistance ever seen in…
EventThe Aula, auditorium of the University of Pretoria, is opened by the Governor
… Transvaal University College (TUKS) was founded in 1908, and recently celebrated its centenary year in 2008. The University of Cape Town Act (Act 14 of 1916)…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
… CHAIRMAN: I welcome Mr. Oliver Tambo and his friends, Mr. Thabo Mbeki and Mr. Aziz Pahad, and I am glad that they have been able to come... Perhaps I …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the launch of the Siyakha Project, Groutville, 17 June 1995
… of the Provincial Parliament; Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is always refreshing for me to be in this … became our Mecca because we had to…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… to Cape slave history research by a single historian and that there is not a history book about Cape slavery … that I so admired. Robert saw beyond the…
PlaceBoschhoek Farm, uMzinyathi,-a District in kwaZulu-Natal
… the previous leader, related the history of his people and their struggle to find land security in an interview … established in 1888, located 72 km south…
PlaceArtillery Road Barracks at the H.Q. of South African Defence
… the departure of the British garrison in 1881, the camp and its buildings were taken over by the 'Transvaalsche … a neo-renaissance style. Construction began…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Dealers' Licenses Act, passed by the Natal Legislature, empowered town…
Document 29 - Resolution on the need for the resumption of multi-party negotiations
… the concerns of a broader constituency of working people and the poor who want to ensure that the new Constitution is a document which empowers all South…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1804 - 1899 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… to the Vryezwarten. Thus on July 25, 1804 the patience and perseverance of the Cape Muslims was rewarded when … at the Cape while the British attack was…
PlaceCampanile, Port Elizabeth
… erected to commemorate the landing of the 1820 Settlers and is situated at the entrance to the railway station and docks in Strand Street, the spot where it…
PlaceCoffee Bay, Wild Coast
… Coffee Bay and the Hole in the Wall are virtually synonymous - mention the one and you picture the other - and one cannot describe the full extent of the…