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PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
Known popularly as the 'White Building'. The old Harbour Board Building was used for 70 years for harbor administration by the South African Railways and…
EventThabo Mbeki, former President of SA, is born in Idutywa, Transkei
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born in Idutywa in Transkei on June 18 1942. Both his parents were activists. His father, Govan Mbeki, was a prominent member of the…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), translated as "Spear of the Nation", was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in co-operation…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs Henry…
PlaceTable View
Further North of Cape Town’s City Centre, across the Rietvlei Lagoon which is popular for its abundant birdlife, is Table View. Table View is popular with…
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
Old Khoi name for 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: Track or set of tracks…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 February 1983, Volume 32
Transcript. Address by Advocate K P C P von Lieres, to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 1 September 1982, Volume 26
Transcript. Evidence from Edward Phillip Cain to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 29 October 1982, Volume 20
Transcript. Evidence from Edward Phillip Cain to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 8 September 1982. Volume 11
Transcript. Continuing evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 7 September 1982, Volume 9 and Volume 10
Transcript. Continuing evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches held at Pretoria on 6 September 1982, Volume 7 and Volume 8
Continued evidence from Eugene Lesley Roelofse to the Commission of Inquiry into the South African Council of Churches (SACC), chaired by the Honourable Mr…
ArchiveWhose Reality Mr. Botha?
A2 red and black on white, litho; maps of SA with bars; text: Whose reality Mr Botha? thousands of innocent people detained; hundreds of innocent people…
June 12 Movement
June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured…
June 12 Movement
June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured Affairs…
ArchiveJune 12 Movement
June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured Affairs…
Liberation
Liberation was founded in Johannesburg as a magazine of quality, focusing on issues of concern to Blacks and non-establishment Whites in South Africa. It was…
Freedom and state security in the South African plural society
This paper tries to iron out the concerns of the government and its citizens regarding security and freedom with respect to individual freedom, been expressed…
ArchivePrejudice in modern perspective
The twelfth in the Hoernle Memorial Lecture delivered by Professor Dordon W Allport and centres around the subject of prejudices be it a "love prejudice" or …
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in Lithuania…
EventSouth African pop queen, Brenda Fassie, is born
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie, South African Pop Queen, was born in 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda…
EventNIC calls for Passive Resistance against Ghetto Act
Natal Indian Congress (NIC) led by Dr. G. M. Naicker, met in an emergency session in Durban and decided on a hartal on 13 June, which was designated …
EventSelassie becomes emperor
Ras (Duke) Tafari was crowned as Emperor Haile Selassie in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, after the death of Empress Zaudito. After 45 years of rule, Selassie was…
EventDraft laws are gazetted
The draft laws were gazetted, providing some benefits for Black people. These include greatly increased mobility and security of tenure for Blacks qualified to…
EventFinal Commission report on University Christian Movement
The final report of the Le Grange Commission, dealing with the University Christian Movement (UCM), defunct since 1972, was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventYitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat, shake hands after concluding the Declaration of Principles for Peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israelis
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, shook hands on the White House lawn after concluding the Declaration of…
EventTwelve people are killed in Daveyton
Twelve people, including a police officer and two children, were killed in the eastern Rand township of Daveyton, near Benoni. The incident, which was followed…
EventANC and IFP joint peace rally is called off
The African National Congress (ANC) called off a peace rally to be held with Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) scheduled for 2 April in KwaZulu-Natal. The local ANC…
EventCosatu celebrates its 18 th anniversary
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) celebrated its 18th anniversary by becoming the first trade union in the world to sponsor a CD. The…
EventPrincess Margaret dies
Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, died peacefully in her sleep at the age of 71 at King Edward VII Hospital. She suffered…