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The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter XI - Completion of military conquest
From the book: The Role of the Missionaries in conquest by Nosipho Majeke IN THE LATE SIXTIES the old Missionary Road that had led Dr. Philip, the Rev. Shaw,…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
Warren Buffet once said, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that then you’ll do things differently”. …
From Protest to Challenge: Documents of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964 Volume 1
The Seventh Annual Conference of the Communist Party of South Africa, which lasted from Saturday evening, December 29th to Wednesday night, January 2nd, was…
Baleka Mbete: In The Centre Of The Maelstrom by Greg Nicolson (Daily Maverick), 17 February 2015, South Africa
South Africa's issues of governance, a rise in opposition rhetoric, and a president and ANC under fire have all coalesced in the National Assembly. Speaker…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
Have you ever expressed any views yourself in regard to the advantages or disadvantages of a non-violent struggle? Well, I have spoken about it... Would you…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki at the Celebration the 50th Anniversary of the Freedom Charter, Kliptown, Johannesburg, 26 June 2005
Director of Ceremonies, Veteran volunteer organisers of the Congress of the People, Deputy President of the Republic, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Our dear…
EventProtest against gender- based violence throughout South Africa
On 4 September 2019, people gathered outside parliament in Cape Town to address gender- based violence in South Africa. They carried posters on which was…
Address by his excellency, President Jacob Zuma at the 50th Anniversary of the Mpondo Revolt of 1960, 07 June 2010, Ingquza Hill, Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape
Hon Minister Sicelo Shiceka; Hon Premier Kiviet; Members of the Provincial Executive present; Mayors of OR Tambo and Ingquza Hill Municipalities; Hon…
PlaceAnnis River, near Kuboes in the Northern Cape
Stream rising between Ploegberg and the Oemsberg about 14 km South-East of Kuboes. The name is said to mean, 'the one which is well known, primarily referring…
EventQueen Elizabeth ascends to the throne
On 17 November 1558 the British Queen, Queen Elizabeth I ascended to the throne following the death of her half-sister, Mary. The Queen of England, who was…
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
On 25 February 1964, Cassius Marcellus Clay also known as Muhammad Ali, fought Charles "Sonny" Liston for the heavyweight title in Miami, Florida. Liston tried…
EventRylands Civic Association collectively rejects the proposed move to remove non
On 9 February 1970, the Rylands Civic Association collectively rejected the planned move in the Cape Province to remove non-White voters from the common…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
After emerging as an independent country following French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe leads the Congelese Province of Katanga into secession
Following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium, MoÁ¯se Kapenda Tshombe led the Congo province of Katanga into secession on 23 December 1961…
18. Narayanan searches for his wife and child
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Narayanan, who worked for a Port Shepstone sugar…
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…
Minutes of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, February 1-2, 1947
SATURDAY - 1st FEB. 1947, 8 P.M. PRESENT: Dr. A.B. Xuma (in the chair) Messrs. J.B. Marks, C.S. Ramohanoe, R.G. Baloyi, J.E. Malepe, L.K. Ntlabati, A.M…
ArticleDurban Timeline 1497-1990
1497 - 1699 1497 24 December, A flotilla of three Portuguese ships under the command of Capt Vasco da Gama sailed up the eastern seaboard of southern…
Article16 June 1976 - Soweto Uprising
… under the Department of Indian Affairs. In 1976, the SAIC took over certain educational functions. Indian …
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four or five months in detention, there was a widespread feeling that we were…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
1. Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. V. Selope Thema, called upon Rev. J. A…
ArchiveAfrican languages should be at the center of educational and cultural achievement by Abdi Latif Dahir (Quartz Africa)
At his farewell speech as the chairman of the African Union in 2004, Mozambique’s then-president Joaquim Chissano surprised African leaders by delivering his…
David Goldblatt’s Portraits of Ex-Convicts at the Scenes of their Crimes by Max Campbell, 6 October 2016
In one image from “Ex-Offenders at the Scene of the Crime,” a series by the South African photographer David Goldblatt, we see an older woman named Ellen…
PlaceDriekopseiland: Rock engravings
A site of knowledge: Driekopseiland South Africa has a large number of historical rock-engraving sites, where South Africa’s original inhabitants carved human…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Statement by the head of the ANC NEC policy sub-committee on the release of Policy Discussion documents, 05 March 2012
We welcome senior political editors and editors of the South African media and the international media. The ANC is launching its discussion documents, which…
Address of the President of the South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the 38th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Africa Region Conference (CPA), Cape Town 27 July 2007
Programme Director Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Presiding Officers of the South African Parliament Commonwealth parliamentarians…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of President Nujoma of Namibia Cape Town, 13 May 1996.
On a winter's day in 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from the African township complex of Soweto began a protest march against a Bantu Education Department…
Chapter 6 - ‘Direct Action’ on the Shop-Floor: The Denver Engineering Strike, 1919 - 1920
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION On the second day of January 1920, seventy…
Polokwane the Segregated city
Contents The Segregated City, 1910-1948 The Apartheid City A decade of Turbulence, 1976-86 Ructions within Afrikaner Politics Forced removals in the…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
This section looks at the rise of the Basotho kingdom in the 19th Century. The people involved in this were the Basotho, the Boers and the British. Of these,…