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ArchiveWhile the rich get richer
… White poster with black lettering. Artwork of barbed wire border. Two photographs, one with large house with large car, the other with a man setting up a…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… A message from Dr. Y. M. Dadoo to the Indian people Brothers and Sisters The struggle against apartheid and for Freedom has entered a … they are dealing…
ArchiveTake care of our kids give them something good to eat
… Multicoloured poster. Black and white photograph of a man and a woman feeding a child in the kitchen. Aboriginal Medical Service of Western Australia. … Take…
Prince James Mahlangu is elected as new chief minister of KwaNdebele
… Prince James Mahlangu is elected as new chief minister of KwaNdebele after a motion of no confidence in Mr Mabena was passed in the legislative assembly. ……
ArchiveUrban crisis and the apartheid state response: South African housing policy in the 1980s
… A dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the MSc in Urban Planning (Housing in Development), submitted to the University College, London …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… his first padrÁƒo, or stone cross, at Kwaaihoek near the mouth of the Bushman's River on the Eastern Cape coast. It is South … South Africa: Portuguese…
ArchiveThousands of women and children are involved in this struggle
… black and white poster. Photographs and short histories of women who are in prison or have disappeared. Artwork of map of South and Central America. Poem by…
EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… The Mountain Zebra is an endangered species native to South … no two individuals look alike. There are two subspecies of Mountain Zebra, namely, the Cape…
EventThe Dutch East India Company decides to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape
… On 3 October 1685 the Dutch East India Company in Amsterdam decided to send French Huguenot refugees to the Cape for settlement. The Huguenots were French…
EventThe Cato Manor riots begin due to the ‘beer issue’ and looming forced removals
… In terms of the notorious Group Areas Act (1950), the following proclamation was made in June 1958: 'In Cato … Africans would be shifted. Indians will lose 2…
EventThe UN orders Libya to hand over two suspects linked to the Lockerbie bombing
… On 21 December 1988, the Pan Am Flight 103 was flying its transatlantic route from … and crew on board were killed, as were eleven people in the town of…
ArchiveBlack and white artwork of people bound with barbed wire
… Black and white artwork of a group of African people bound with barbed wire. … Black and white artwork of people bound with barbed wire …
ArchiveTowards a united front of anti-apartheid forces for democratic transformation
… Memorandum aiming to open up debate on problems of a broad united front of anti-apartheid forces. … Towards a united front of anti-apartheid forces for…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… On 6 March 1957, the first South African Non-White sporting team participated at the World Table Tennis Board Championship in Stockholm, … Groenewald and…
ArchiveShell out of Namibia and South Africa: no fuel for apartheid
… White, black, yellow and red poster. Artwork of the Shell logo. Anti-Apartheid Movement, London poster. … Shell out of Namibia and South Africa: no fuel for…
EventNigerian author Ben Okri wins the Booker Prize for his novel The Famished Road
… Minna, Western Nigeria. He received critical acclaim after the publishing of his first novel Flowers and Shadows. His novels are … materialism, and…
EventWiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News hands himself over to the police
… Wiseman Khuzwayo, reporter for the Durban Daily News surrendered to police after he heard … for him. Khuzwayo brought with him a lawyer who asked the police…
Event3 students from Johannesburg are the first to climb ‘Devil’s Tooth’ in the Drakensberg Range
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The Drakensberg is the highest mountain range in South Africa, with Thabana … in the country at 3,482 mt…
President Julius Malema`s address to the KZN Provincial Congress, 22 May 2010
… We send you greetings on behalf of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Youth League, … Africa, we have the world`s biggest reserves of platinum, gold…
EventThe Rivonia Trialists are charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the state
… On this day in 1963, the Rivonia trialists were charged with sabotage and attempting to violently overthrow the South African government. This after a raid…
ArchiveUnderstanding Moratorium, South African Council of Churches Task Force, March 1976
… An interim report by the South African Council of Churches Task Force, in regarding to MORATORIUM … Understanding Moratorium, South African Council of…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front challenges PW Botha on opening of parliament
… United Democratic Front challenges PW Botha on opening of parliament … United Democratic Front challenges PW Botha on opening of parliament …
EventSamuel Tshabalala becomes the first black athlete to win the Pietermaritzburg-Durban Comrades Marathon
… Arguably the grandest marathon in the world, athletes flock to South Africa from all over the … in the race. They run the 90 kilometers between the cities of…
ArchiveFirst of May is workers Day : 100 years May day
… White poster with black lettering. Artwork of five postcards, depicting workers protesting, celebrating … First of May is workers Day : 100 years May day …
ArchiveExtract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 4 June 1979
… Incomplete Minutes of a State Security Council Meeting. Dicussions included ANC … Extract from Minutes of State Security Council Meeting, 4 June 1979 …
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. … 164 and Jock Cameron's quickfire…
EventThe Town Victoria West is founded under the name Victoria, named after Queen Victoria
… Victoria West is a small town in the Western Cape. In 1844 the Dutch Reformed Church bought a farm in the area and named … Victoria West in 1855, to…
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… In the early 1800s, there was only one hospital for army men in the Cape, as well as a naval hospital in Simonstown. So, in … land in Green Point, which was…
EventFuneral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place in Eastern Cape
… King William's Town. He was awarded this honour because of his extra-ordinary credentials and contribution to … Funeral service of Wilton Mkwayi takes place…
Known as Black Tuesday’, the New York Stock exchange collapsed sending economic shockwaves throughout the world and throwing the global economy into depression
… Tuesday, 29th October 1929, saw the world's economy go into recession as the New York Stock Exchange collapsed and saw shocked … all their money and scores…