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EventSA artist Ernest Methuen Mancoba is born
… he was greatly inspired by two fellow artists namely Lippy and Irma Stern. He read as much literature as possible on European Art and also about African Art…
EventKitchener succeeds Roberts as Commander-in-Chief
… time. Kitchener was frustrated with the state of affairs and was extreme in his views of what it would take to end the … Boer Republics were systematically…
EventKing Moshoeshoe II is reinstated as King of Lesotho
… first in the 1970s when he was exiled from Lesotho and in 1990 when he was stripped of constitutional powers and removed from the throne. The latter…
PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… of the National Museum. The modest building of dung floors and a thatched roof was erected by Major Warden in 1849 as a … of the Orange River. It served as a…
EventSteven Biko is arrested.
… organization that was focused on the resistance against and liberation from apartheid. In 1973 he was banned by … ban, he was restricted to his hometown King…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs Henry Austin Reid and Frederick George designed this building and is home to the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra , which …
ArchivePhotography pundit David Goldblatt takes ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Matsepo, 2 June 2017
… photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex-Offenders, show men and women at the scene…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… at raising awareness about the conditions in the camps and at the same time to rally the support of the British … families from their homes including 3000…
Document 40 - Anti-CAD, Why You Should Not Vote [1958]
… was formed in 1943 to fight the Coloured Advisory Council and the beginnings of a Coloured Affairs Department. The … the reasons why you should BOYCOTT this…
PlaceScottish War Memorial, Johannesburg
… The Sculpture shows a soldier in kilt and Scottish regalia. It fits in most dramatically with its … a rising site on the triangular ground where St Andrew’s…
PlaceCape Province- 'Province of Good Hope' or previously the- Cape Colony
… ships on their way to India could stop to rest, do repairs and restock on supplies. This trading post was started by Jan … most of the Europeans worked for…
Document 64 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa to the International Secretariat of the International Communist League (B-L), 1 July 1936
… Workers Party consists of two small branches at Cape Town and at Johannesburg. As a distance of one thousand miles … separates us each branch is practically…
PlaceKwaZulu-Natal Literary Trails (under Heritage Routes)
… heritage, from the legacy of prominent Indian writers and political figures in Grey Street in Durban, to the … history, the Rider Haggard trail includes key…
PlaceWalter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Krugersdorp/Roodepoort
… covers almost 300 Hectares of ground with both landscaped and natural veld areas. Witpoortjie Falls is situated in the middle of the gardens and has been a…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… living alongside the Black Community in Imizamo Yethu and another Coloured Community in the Township of Hangklip , … the Harbour, between the prestigious…
PlaceNdabeni
… in about May 1901 near Maitland,North of Pinelands and some 8 kilometres East of the city centre. . It owes its … 1901 when the civil authorities located a…
PlaceMilnerton
… in 1902 on the site of the old farm: 'Janbiesjeskraal', and was named in honour of Sir Alfred Milner , Cape Governor … its stunning properties, shimmering…
PlaceCape Floral Areas, Western Province
… Parks, Nature Reserves, Wilderness Areas, State Forests and Mountain Catchment Areas. These elements add a … Shrubland adapted to both a Mediterranean…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… Peter Mokaba, a notable freedom fighter and patriot, was born on 7 January 1959. Mokoba played a … in the struggle for freedom especially amongst the youth,…
EventSADF officers dismissed
… South African Defence Force (SADF), including two generals and four brigadiers, were being forcibly retired or … presented his preliminary findings to…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
… other centres, Johannesburg. They were coming by trains and thing like that Springs, East Rand and things like that”¦ In fact old people; older people were…
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
… with Alexander Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white socialist Labour Party from 1953 to 1958,…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… to the freedom struggle of the oppressed in South Africa and the formation and functions of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM). … incident on 21 March…
EventThe Transvaal Indian Congress takes a stand on Fietas removals
… Johannesburg area "Fietas", (the name by which Pageview and Vrededorp was known).They objected to a Johannesburg City … the conversion of Newclare, the…
EventA strike by White mineworkers turns into open rebellion
… White workers, on strike since 28 December 1921, stormed and occupied police stations, railway installations and mines on the Witwatersrand. They also…
History lesson: When Vorster stuck the knife in Ian Smith's back by Jamie Miller (Rand Daily Mail), 17 September 2016
… encouraging an end to white rule in both Rhodesia-Zimbabwe and South-West Africa-Namibia. But he needed the help of … had laid the groundwork for his…
Excerpts from Chief Luthuli’s evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle
… in fights. If you can do it, it's preferable at all times, and if one has regard to a nation, a group of people, it … there would be fewer sores, if one may…
Statement of ANC National Working Committee, 5 September 2011
… NWC came to a conclusion that the protest was uncalled for and that it was calculated to undermine the internal … that the protest was used for ill…
EventChad gains its independence
… al-Zubayr, the Kimgdoms of the Kanem-Bournu, Baguirmi and Ouaddai fought consistently for the region. When the two … (Kousseri) along the Logone River, the…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… Sustainability and Art in Africa Art that reflects sustainability includes … to create fashionable garments, innovative sculptures and decorative arts, but…