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PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
… were dug and water pumps installed. The building was put on surveillance to ensure there it didn’t lose more of its …
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… steam locomotives. At sunset, visitors can enjoy a ride on an old red London bus while being entertained by local …
PlaceCiskei
… efforts to forcibly remove Xhosa-speakers to Ciskei. On 4 December 1982, Ciskei became an Independent Republic, …
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… From here, trained guides lead guests down to Villages on daytime tours, midday tours with lunch, and the famed …
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… strengthen and develop the people and enable them to drive on the National liberation movement. Connect your movement …
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… is wine growing. The Huguenots initially concentrated on wheat and sheep farming as they promised to generate …
Joint Statement by Chief Albert Lutuli, Dr. G.M. Naicker and Peter Brown appealing to the British People to Boycott South Africa, 5 December 1959
… the response of Non-White South Africans to these attacks on them? They have sent deputations and submitted petitions …
ArchiveThe Mission by Denis Goldberg - Foreword by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… and the effects of political struggle for freedom for all on his family and others, of love and death and compassion. …
PlaceGardens, Cape Town
… established parts of Cape Town. Cape Town is a city built on layers of history and landscape. Beyond its iconic …
PlaceKalk Bay, Southern Suburbs- Cape Town
… wharf and browse the quirky shops, relaxed citizens sip on superb Cape Wines and cold beers while surfers ride the …
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the Luncheon hosted by Prime Minister Narasimha Rao of India New Delhi, 25 January 1995
… business communities. An expansion of economic activity on a spectacular scale is within our reach. If achieved it …
EventThe recommendations of the Riekert Commission (to investigate the employment conditions of Black workers) are tabled
… former economic advisor to ex-Prime Minister John Vorster. On 8 May 1979, the recommendations of the Riekert Commission …
EventDaniel Toroitich arap Moi arap Moi wins the first multi
… Legislative Council in 1955. Moi then won an elected seat on the council in 1957; he and other African council members …
1. The whole Coolies petition the Durban Corporation for better wages
… Coolies in this Barrack' wrote to the town clerk of Durban on 6 December 1872 asking for an increase in their wages. The …
ArticleRobert Mcbride timeline
… between him and his father over the South African Council on Sport policy of "no normal sports in an abnormal society" …
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… has a large Anglican, Catholic and Wesleayan community and on Sundays one can see the women of each denomination wearing …
Letter from Maryland (http://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
… the story of African America survives in this lineage, on faded parchment, and in the broken bits of everyday life. …
Staffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
… Antjie Krog; Life in Limbo, Maritso Makhunga; Lucifer on War Bryan Sanzilla; Four Poems, Luis Carlos Patraquim; …
Freedom Charter and the United Nations by E.S. Reddy
… student claimed the tape-recorder back, it was placed on the table, and the chairman said he would confiscate any …
Document 55 - Letter from the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L) to the Workers’ Party of South Africa and the Communist League of South Africa, 12 October 1935
… benefit of the whole movement. With communist greeting, on behalf of the I. S. DUBOIS …
Affirming the history of all South Africans
… the Department, with the approval of Cabinet, has embarked on what we believe is a very exciting project, the Legacy …
Introduction
… in a historic address to Parliament 1946, he declared on behalf of the S.A.I.C.: ‘ . . . from first to last [the …
Introduction
… anger she is provoking.' The documents in this section on the passive resistance campaign illustrate some of the …
Document 139 - “The coming Anti-African Bill”. Workers’ Voice.6.2. December 1947
… Land and Trust Act of 1913 and the anti-African Acts on 1936 deprived the Africans of their land and property … be organised by Socialists and which must be…
ArchiveGeneral History of Africa Collection
… of the African continent. The collection sheds light on the pre-colonial era and interweaves Africa’s destiny with …
A Brief History of Niger - Part 2 by US Department of State
… Government : Mamadou Tandja was elected president on 22 December 1999, heading a coalition of the Mouvement …
PlaceWooden Bridge over Lagoon, Milnerton, Cape Town
… was declared a National Monument under old NMC Legislation on 17 July 1987. Milnerton 's iconic Woodbridge Island is … was declared a National Monument…
PlaceSudwala Caves, Nelspruit
… used as compost by the surrounding farmers and continued on to establish a lucrative business venture farming off the …
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… those days) took place punctually one second before noon on Saturday December 31 1904 when the Hon. Mrs J Frank Brown, …
Milton Obote by Angela Thompsell updated 28 February 2016
… Arab-Israeli War Obote’s Achilles heel was his reliance on the military and his self-proclaimed socialism. Soon after …