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My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 3 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… are police everywhere just doing how they like. It lasted about five months, and they arrested thousands of people and … put them in jail. And they ask you…
The tragedy of history: When caricature displaces the truth by Thabo Mbeki, 11 January 2016
… to the important point that what humanity comes to know about the past relying on written history will be influenced … struggle for liberation have not taken…
ArchiveChapter 17 Affairs of the heart and Community H.E.A.R.T.
… involved in sorting and packing the books for shipment – about 50000 filled a shipping container – if Nat Perez and … a visit to London asked me what I was…
Archive'Winnie hired me to kill Dr Asvat' (Mail & Guardian), 05 September 1997
… on September 25 and 26, where she will be questioned about the murder of Stompie and other activities related to … was being probed. In answer to questions…
IX - The Doctors
… Biko on 7 September in the offices of the Security Police about 12 noon. He had signed the following statement: This is … some later stage, Biko might appear…
PlaceBattle of Muizenburg Monument, Muizenburg
… or less opposite where Bailey’s cottage stands to-day. At about 2pm they released a bombardment of cannon balls at the … Dutch Fort. It is believed that the…
PlaceClarkebury, Eastern Cape
… report : "The station of Clarkebury was commenced about 1831. It consists of a decent, brick Mission-house with … two or three rude cottages, and numerous …
A Biography of Ernest Cole by Anna Hutchinson
… Kole on 21 March 1940 in the Black freehold of Eersterust, about 16 kilometres east of Pretoria, Transvaal (now … very end of the interview he paused for a…
Extract from a speech made at Koffiefontein on 11 August 1967
… opportunity to state my standpoint on all the questions about South Africa and its problems; and just before … the UNO. This afternoon I do not intend saying…
Press Conference by O. R. Tambo, Introducing Alexandre Moumbaris, Stephen Lee and Timothy Jenkin who Escaped from Prison in South Africa, Lusaka, 2 January 1980
… 1973 to 12 years' imprisonment. His wife was in prison for about 4 months and then freed on the grounds that she was … of the continuation of our struggle if…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper, about 25 000 copies of SASPU National were distributed mostly … In 1933 Afrikaans students broke away…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… lasting two years, was launched. The Ghetto Act brought about a turning point in South Africa's international … Click here for more on Anti-Indian…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… Std 5 (now Grade 7) or reached the age of sixteen years. About 45 000 children were affected at 201 schools in 38 … education for Blacks and Whites. Click…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… of the ANC and the SA government. These territories had about 10 million inhabitants. It was agreed in the … territory soon afterwards. Click here for more…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… Seven people were killed and about sixty-seven injured when about 800 striking South African Transport Services (SATS) …
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… days however, the outside world simply knew very little about the interior of the African continent and the people … He was also a noted abolitionist, and as…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… Sarhili finally renounced all belief in the prophecy after about fifteen months. By then, the AmaXhosa had been nearly decimated. Tens of thousands died,…
ANC NGC – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly by Marius Strydom (News24 Voices), 12 October 2015
… ABOUT two years ago, Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba … much (on nationalisation) during the negotiations to bring about democracy". On the back foot, he…
PlaceNamaqualand
… by Pieter van Meerhoff in 1661 at Meerhof Kasteel, about 10 km West of Nuwerus . The Hamlet of Nuwerus, lies at … was founded at the Cape, the officials…
Americans for South African Resistance, 25 June 1982
… lives of some of us in the United States. I first heard about plans for the Defiance Campaign when a long-time friend … Up to this time I had very…
American Supporters of the Defiance Campaign by George M. Houser
… lives of some of us in the United States. I first heard about plans for the Defiance Campaign when a long-time friend … Up to this time I had very…
ArchiveChapter 9 Emotional desert: Prison, 1963 to 1985 by Denis Goldberg
… It is not easy to write about prison. When I was freed after 22 years I had spent 45 … is only one third of my life and I do not think every day about it…
Justice Arthur Chaskalson: President of Constitutional Court interviewed by Rupert Taylor, 2 February 2000, The Braamfontein, Johannesburg
… to begin - if you don’t mind - would be to talk a bit about the setting-up of the LRC in 1978-79, and your … for doing that. And then maybe move on to talk a…
ArticleNelson Mandela: Father of the Nation
… in the Eastern Cape. Image source Growing up he learnt about African history and the unfair discrimination faced by …
CAPS Grade 5: Intermediate Phase History - Term 2
… the first farmers of southern Africa and how we find out about them. Content and concepts …
ArticleThe Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) 1995
… of accountability, and most importantly to uncover truth about gross human rights violations and assist families of …
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… was followed by the usual succession disputes until in about 1826 Mzilikazi's Ndebele overthrew the Pedi regime and …
ArticleSouth African Association of Art Historians (founded 1984)
… Who is SAAAH? About SAAAH The South African Association of Art Historians …
The Cape Northern Frontier
… their cattle, but another drought in 1828 and 1829 brought about the process of permanent settlement north of the Orange …
ArticleThe Battle - Andries Pretorius and his men advance
… lull in the fighting. When the Zulu's, who had withdrawn about 50 yards from the laager, failed to launch a third …