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Establishment of Food Committee
… War , the South African economy was very weak.Unemployment and food shortages were rife, exacerbating this economic depression for the working and lower…
Establishment of the Food Committee
… undergoing a downturn in economic fortunes. Unemployment and food shortages were rife, exacerbating this economic depression for the working and lower…
EventAfrican leaders issue a call for African unity
… Paul Mosaka, R. H. Godlo, R. G. Baloyi, R. T. Bokwe, and L.K. Ntlabati. They were protesting against apartheid and its dangers to African education, freedom…
EventThe Prince Imperial of France dies in the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
… who studied in England at the Royal Military Academy and joined the British forces, was killed in the Anglo-Zulu War when he and a British reconnaissance…
EventMagoo’s Bar is bombed
… Three people died and sixty-nine are injured in a bomb explosion in Magoo's Bar … at that time by MK members to attack police stations and places frequented…
EventNelson Mandela delivers a speech marking his first 100 days in office
… days in office. Mandela announced that the Reconstruction and Development Programme was going to be at the centre of … initiatives to alleviate, poverty,…
EventFirst flight in an airplane is undertaken
… On the morning of 17 December 1903, brothers, Wilbur and Orville Wright succeeded in the world's first powered … control of the pilot. The brothers took…
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
… It made provision for the establishment of Regional and Territorial Authorities for each specific ethnic groups in the ‘reserves’. Tribal Authorities were…
EventArchibald Lamont, ex-mayor of Durban, passes away.
… seven children born to Alexander Lamont, a master-mariner and businessman, and Sarah Graham. Born in Scotland, Lamont completed his schooling in Glasgow and…
EventNatasha Kate Sutherland, actress in the SA soap opera Egoli, is born.
… This led to other shows such as the now defunct, The Wild and more recently, Scandal. Off camera, Sutherland has … as editor of Finesse Magazine. She also…
PlaceAgterwitsenbergkom a Mountain Region in the Route 62, Cape Winelands
… 62, consisting of : Ceres; Tulbagh; Wolseley; Op-die-Berg and Prince Alfreds Hamlet. The name means 'basin of water … the Witsenberg'. This is a Mountain…
41. Statement of Indians to the Transvaal Constitution Committee, 1906
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai At the time that preparations were being … H. O. Ally, Ebrahim H. Khota, E. M…
ArchiveSouth Africa wants to make history compulsory at school. But can it? by Linda Chisholm (the Conversation.com), 1 June 2018
… will be needed to train new teachers. Can universities and specifically education faculties deliver? The funding … on the training of history teachers in 20…
PlaceTenterden, 60 Durban Road, Wynberg
… Tenterden often goes unnoticed by those who live in and around it. Tenterden is a place of safety providing a … Home for up to 36 of the Cape’s most…
Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
… Letter from Jack Simons of the Constitutional Committee and Zola Skweyiya of the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs to Oliver Tambo regarding the…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… Africa`s oil-from-coal processing plant at Sasolburg, and there have been attacks on police stations and a bank. Does this mean that South Africa faces an ……
Address by President Nelson Mandela North West stadium Welkom, 27 August 1995
… people in the Free State chose the ANC to lead the country and this province. They did so because the ANC can make a … that all the bold steps that the ANC…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… generally ignored the fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his cell, … of his family. He had left behind a mother,…
ArticleAfrican National Congress (ANC) office bearers
… celebrated its centenary. As part of the uKhongolose: ANC and South Africa’s Struggle for Freedom feature, SAHO started …
EventTennis champion Frew Mcmillan is born in Springs
… 20 May 1942, Frew McMillan, doubles player with Bob Hewitt and Wimbledon tennis champion, was born in Springs. On his own, McMillan also won two pro single…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… wakaPhindangene, Inkosi uMangosuthu Buthelezi, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am truly honoured to celebrate nation-building, freedom, peace and unity with you, as…
ADDRESS BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA TO THE RALLY AT KWA - MTHETHWA KwaMbonambi, 21 May 1995
… the Provincial Legislature Distinguished Guests Comrades and Friends I would like to thank the organisers of this … afternoon. The people of this area are a…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… private meetings are still continuing, expelled Stalinist and those who are still in the Party are forming a common … left oppositions they tell us that…
Article by Oliver Tambo - In the observer, 10 November 1985, London
… in another way, those in the United Kingdom who have given and continue to extend aid and comfort to racism in South Africa are increasingly having ……
Botha's British Allies by O. R. Tambo(Observer), London, 10 November 1985
… in another way, those in the United Kingdom who have given and continue to extend aid and comfort to racism in South Africa are increasingly having ……
ArchiveRecommendations of Consultative Conference
… the party, that there should be internal democracy and accountability, public accountability, that the relationship between the party and fraternal…
ArchiveYouth On The March To Freedom
… A1 Yellow, orange and black on white; litho poster; graphic youths marching and dancing; text: Youth on the March to Freedom; there can … from the sky like…
ArchiveCan Africa come of age?
… by Professor C.W. de Kiewiet in which he discusses Africa and it's political situation as seen from the rest of the world. The economic developments and its…
South African Tragedy: Jail Part Lovers by Joseph Lelyveld (New York Times), 5 January 1983
… She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a … became doctors, then followed separate paths into welfare and trade union activities on…
“What I Owe To Mahatma Gandhi”: An Article, September 16, 1948
… I began to make a deep study of the writings of Gandhiji, and although I became an adherent of his great principles, … he started his epic march with…