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South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
… still has a few – it was never any good at armed struggle. And no more comprehensive support for that judgment has been … people involved themselves,…
EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… 1969, the Boland farming towns of Tulbagh, Wolseley and Ceres experienced the most destructive earthquake in … about earthquakes at the time, precautionary…
PlaceNoupoort
… in Noupoort nearly all the personnel were English speaking and thus the first churches were WESLYAN, PRESBYTERIAN and ANGLICAN. The St Agnes Anglican church…
Call for Papers ‘Rethinking “Apartheid’s Golden Age”: South Africa, c1966-1979’, Colloquium to be held at the University of Pretoria, 20 June 2016
… On 20 June 2016, the Department of Historical and Heritage Studies at the University of Pretoria will host … death of Hendrik Verwoerd (1966) to the Soweto…
Extracts from the book ‘A long walk to Freedom’. Nelson Mandela’s autobiography
… fundamental socio-economic transformation, peace and stability for all our people. The basic principle … enjoyed many advantages over the regime, both…
PlaceFort Klapperkop
… This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of the pentagonal … in the event of the…
PlaceBethelsdorp, Algoa Bay -Eastern Cape
… labour but often lacked qualities like compassion, charity and a willingness to pay a fair wage. The Khoikhoi took to … a fervour that must have at times…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
… former Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of … National Congress (ANC), the Transvaal…
EventMiriam Makeba, South African singer, dies
… Song', Makeba's music transcended South African borders and entered the global stage. Makeba built her reputation in … music industry in the 1950s singing…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: ANC Statement on Policy Conference state of readiness, 25 June 2012
… General Comrade Matthew Phosa, it started at 11h00 today and will be followed by the Presidential Banquet, to be … our branches, regions, provinces, alliance…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 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…
Press Statement by O. R. Tambo, December 1964
… have said that there are talks being held between the ANC and PAC, with Mr. Diallo Telli participating. [1] He further … end of November there was a meeting…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… Fred Ritchin (associate professor of photography and communications at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a new media consultant to news and…
PlaceCape Agulhas, Western Cape
… South of Bredarsdorp. The name is Portuguese for 'needle' and is said to have been given because the compass needle was seen to point due north and that is…
PlaceGaries
… has some serious pulling power: It is right on the N7 and thus easily serves as a journey breather or … mark for those on the road between Cape Town and…
EventCôte d’Ivoire gains independence from France
… Gyaaman. The capital, Bondoukou, became a centre for trade and Islamic scholarship. By the 18th century, a centralized political and administrative system…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of over 400 workers', church,…
EventJean van der Poel dies in Cape Town.
… Jean Van der Poel was a historian and teacher who played an important role in the South African Teachers' Association and undertook several major historical…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… Bambada, Bhambada), flatly refused to collect the poll tax and threatened white authorities with death if they attempted … in his district. Attempts to…
ArchiveThe Final Prize by Norman Levy
… newspaper file I needed. He was looking at my greying hair and the creases under my eyes, and said quietly, “It’s been a long journey!” He was right! The…
EventThe ANC celebrates its centenary anniversary in Bloemfontein
… programme that involved all the country’s nine provinces and paid homage to each of the twelve presidents of the ANC. … Albert Luthuli, Oliver Tambo, Nelson…
Banned SACTU leaders
… SACTU, Assistant Secretary President Baard, Frances - Food and Canning Workers Union (FCWU) Balfour, Mabel - African Food and Canning Workers Union (AFCWU)…
ArchiveWe are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
… Green, black, white, yellow and blue poster. Series of folders numbers 3521 - 3529 and folder 3532, also folders 3538 and possibly 3531. Photographs and…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… for the leadership, the NEC itself, the working committee, and the top six to allow our party to slide into disrepute. … the failure of all our elected…
Document 42 - Leon Trotsky, “Closer to the Proletarians of the Colored’ Races!”, The Militant, 2 July 1932
… The Left Opposition (Bolshevik-Leninists) can and should become the banner for the most oppressed sections … Left Opposition represents at present the most…
PlaceKhayelitsha Township
… Khayelitsha Township lies some 19km east of Wynberg and 25 km of south-east of Cape Town in the Western Cape . The name is of Xhosa origin and means ‘new…
PlaceCiskei
… being only 9 182 square kilometres. The terrain was hilly and mountainous rendering large sections unusable for … 'independent state' would encourage…
PlaceJeffrey's Bay
… Cape Province to the North West, Free State Province and Lesotho to the North. KwaZulu-Natal Province to the North East, and the Indian Ocean to the South…
PlaceTanzania
… Kilimanjaro in the 1840s. British explorers Richard Burton and John Speke crossed the interior to Lake Tanganyika in … although the country has had some…
EventIconic musician, John Lennon, was shot dead outside his New York apartment
… West Side. The Lennon's left their limousine on the street and walked up the driveway when the gunman opened fire. He … Beatle for his autograph only hours…