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PlaceMontagu Pass
… in 1972, it is the oldest unaltered Pass in South Africa , and links George with the Village of Herold . Until the … the Outeniqua Pass it was the main route…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - NOSIPHO MAJEKE: A Biographical Note
… until, at the height of the repression in the 1960's, she and her family were forced to flee the country. England … in the background she helped to found the…
PlaceCastle of Good Hope, Castle Street- Cape Town
… of sods on a site in the Table Valley, near the Beach and East of what is today Adderley Street . The structure was … abandoned in 1665 when construction…
64. Congress addresses the Union Parliament, 1946
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai M. D. Barmania, one of the secretaries of … on behalf of the Congress about the…
ArchiveChapter 13 A negotiated release by Denis Goldberg
… idea that there were negotiations going on for my release and I had some sense that somehow my daughter was involved. … up the armed struggle. That was an…
Address by Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the 48th General Assembly of the World Medical Association (WMA) 25 October 1996
… Minister Zuma Dr Moulin, President of the WMA Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to address this important gathering and to welcome all of you…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 8 - The Impracticality of Realism
… Richard Turner The Christian human model is one of freedom and openness. To love means to be free and open to other peep Certain kinds of social institutions…
PlaceSophiatown
… the Area, White people did not want to live there anymore, and they moved. Later, Blacks and Coloureds were given permission to settle there by the owner,…
Address by President Jacob Zuma on the departure of former president Nelson Mandela, 6 December 2013
… would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss. His tireless struggle for freedom earned … the respect of the world. His humility…
PlaceLovedale Missionary School
… school where so many Black intellectuals of the 19th and early 20th century—from Tiyo Soga to Thabo Mbeki to Steve … educated. Lovedale was established in…
EventF.W. de Klerk, former state president of South Africa, is born in Johannesburg.
… Klerk grew up in a political family. He later studied law and practiced as a lawyer in Vereeninging, south of … of President P.W. Botha, including Minister…
PlacePhansi Museum
… telephone wire baskets, clay pots, ceremonial attire and medicinal items dating back to the mid-19th Century. We have a particular love and interest for all…
The values of David Goldblatt by Zachary Rosen,13 June 2017
… ways absorbed as the social information of a photograph, and in others reflected back at the viewer. Goldblatt, whose imagework blurs the lines between…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… passed by the Natal Legislature, empowered town councils and town boards to decide licence applications. In terms of the Law, their decision was final, and…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on Receiving an Honorary LLD Degree at the University of Fort Hare 9 May 1992
… Mr. Chancellor, Comrade OR Tambo, revered and long-standing leader of our people, Mr. Vice-Chancellor and Rector, Professor S.M.E. Bengu, Chairperson of the …
The diary of Maria Tholo - February 16 by Carol Hermer
… change. On Sunday a week ago we heard the happy chant and mock stick fighting of an initiation group. We'd got used … for them after their return. You must…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
… Avalon Theatre was the first cinema established by Kajee and his partner Mr. A. B. Moosa. It is a modern building … situated in the centre of the Indian…
PlaceBotswana
… border with South Africa in the South, Namibia in the West and North, Zimbabwe in the East, and Zambia in the North. Botswana is inhabited by people of ……
Chapter 7 - Defining the process
… chances of a speedy resolution to South Africa's conflict and of substantive negotiation towards democracy. By now, almost all political role-play and…
EventEgypt is placed under martial law in response to widespread riots against the British
… From 1951 to 1952 Egypt was ravaged by violence and anti-British protest. In October 1951 the Egyptian … cancellation of the Anglo-Egyptian Alliance Treaty…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… Africa (ACOA) to support freedom struggles all over Africa and to press the United States Government to support such … direct action in the United States…
ArchiveA Survey of race relations in South Africa: 1973
… A survey of race relations in South Africa in 1973 and includes chapters on: Political and constitutional developments: Whites; Coloured, Indian and African…
ArchiveNatives (Urban Areas) Act, Act No 21 of 1923
… conditions of residence for natives in or near urban areas and the better administration of native affairs; for the registration and better control of…
On the 20th Anniversary of the passing of Comrade Oliver Reginald Tambo, 24 April 2013
… Tambo, a towering giant of our struggle, a unifier and a selfless leader. The African National Congress acknowledges and salutes the role played by Cde OR,…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, an armed offshoot of the … (PAC). Snyman had heard evidence…
EventNelson Mandela is appointed the Secretary of the National Action Council
… rests on force to perpetuate the tyranny of a minority, and to organise and unite in town and country to carry out constant actions to oppose … from 145…
EventSir Christoffel Joseph Brand succeeds his brother, P.A. Brand, as editor of De Zuid
… was the first proper Dutch newspaper in South Africa, and was first published on 9 April 1830. The publication was initially published partly in English and…
Event523 people die in the Black concentration camps of the Second Anglo Boer War
… October 1899 war was officially declared between Britain and the Boers. In March 1901 Lord Kitchener, the commander of … the "scorched earth" policy. About…
PlaceHout Bay, Atlantic Seaboard- Western Cape
… Valley became the main source of timber for the building and repairs of ships and also for buildings such as the Castle of Good Hope . Protective Mountains…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… to the unrest following the Sharpville massacre in 1960. And in an attempt to prevent further outbreaks of unrest, the government had passed a state of…