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PlaceCato Manor Heritage Centre, Durban
… against the Durban System, which led to evictions, riots and dissent in the Cato Manor area for decades. The Museum is a collection of photographs, artworks…
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,…
ArchiveInternational Childrens Day June 1
… June 1; All children have the right to a name, enough food and a decent place to live; All children should be looked after when they are sick and have a…
ArchiveMonth of Compassion 1986
… A3 full colour poster; litho; drawing man and woman holding cross, soldiers shooting people; text: … Month of Compassion 1986; ...This is true: the hour…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… He studied Fine Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the subject at Techinkon Natal. He specialises in sculpture and has held…
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)…
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…