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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 a colloquium on South Africa’s ‘long … 1970s’,…
EventPercy Qoboza, editor of the Post, states that it is difficult to see how a credible newspaper for Blacks can be created in South Africa
… Percy Qoboza was a journalist and outspoken critic of the apartheid regime. He initially studied in the field of theology, but became involved in journalism…
Document 95 - “Welcome The All-African National Convention! African National Convention Must Mark Beginning of National Liberation Movement”, South African Worker, 27 June 1936
… National Convention must receive the whole hearted welcome of all people both Native and European. Herein lies the beginnings of National Liberation. It is…
ArchiveDiscussions between the Honourable Prime Minister and the Secretary General of the United Nations during a working lunch at the Castle on 23 August 1983
… Report of discussions between the South African Prime Minister and … United Nations Secretary General about the independence of Namibia and the role of the…
ArchivePACT Dance Company: 2nd Season 1994
… Artwork of the back of a naked black man with his hands behind his head, and four white hands around his body. Notice of a dance programme at State Theatre,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 23 September 1976, Volume 12 and Volume 13
… Excerpts from the transcript of continuing evidence of Vusamuzulu Pumelelo Credo Mtetwa and evidence from Langa … both reporters from The Star newspaper, to…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg from 8th July 1972 to 10th July 1972
… Minutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical … convention discussed the draft constitution, the report of the urban and rural politics…
Chapter 26. Further Attacks-Passport Case - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… for the clothing industry, which contained the award of the arbitrators, on the grounds that it had a "closed … retention. They preferred to deal with a well…
Minutes of Plenary Meetings held in Geneva between 2 and 5 August 1988 between a South African delegation and an Angolan delegation and facilitated by a US delegation
… Minutes of a meeting between South African and Angolan delegates, facilitated by the United States of America, to discuss a negotiated settlement for…
ArchiveNotes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa: Fact Paper presented by Western Cape Region at the Black Sash National Conference 1975
… Notes on the History of Parliamentary Franchise in Southern Africa- Fact Paper … vote, Franchise qualifications for Blacks, High Court of Parliament Act,…
Mission Stations - G-H
… station was reportedly burned down during Sekhukhuni's war of resistance against the British, in 1880. It was located on … protection of those who have had…
Attacks on Sasol 1 and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide
… Sasolburg and Sasol 2 in Secunda take place in the night of 31 May/1 June in order to coincide with Republic Day. … Matthews Thobela were later granted…
EventVasco da Gama dies
… a sea route from Europe to Asia around the southern point of Africa, died on his final voyage to India as Portuguese viceroy. He fell ill, probably of…
EventGhana’s Black Stars, the only African team standing in the Quarter Finals of the FIFA 2010 World Cup in SA, are defeated by Uruguay
… the first African nation to progress to the semi-finals of the world cup. Of the 32 countries that participated in the 2010 FIFA World … the only African…
ArticleAlbertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
… was born in the village Camama in the Tsomo district of the Transkei to a very large family. Circa 1926 Albertina … had been renewed for another five years…
EventAndries Pretorius, Pretoria founder reburied
… was named, died in 1853 at his Magaliesburg home. His body was later exhumed and reburied at Heroes' Acre in … Pretoria after General P.J. Joubert's…
Chapter 6 - Defining the agenda
… It had taken nearly two years of talks almost exclusively between the ANC and the NP to … general constitutional principles, the constitution-making body, an…
Black ViewPoint - The New Day by C.M.C. Ndamse
… educationist and former lecturer at the University of Fort Hare. PRINCE BISMARCK once said that one-third of … ruled Germany, I do not know which third of…
113 people are killed when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in
… when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips a building on the end of the runway at Cotonou, Benin and ends up in the Atlantic … when a Beirut-bound Boeing 727 clips…
62. Congress defends its stand on the colonisation scheme
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … in the countries explored, and not on the score of Indians…
Preface
… This study of "protest art" in South Africa for the period 1968 to 1976 … the moment while giving us some sense of how works were being received by…
PlaceKroonstad
… It's name being symbolic of royalty (“Kroon” is Dutch for crown), … (the NEC generally refers to the highest decision-making body within a political party or…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress … Brian Dube denied that security institutions were being misused. "These allegations are…
Document 50 - Lenin Club, Draft Thesis: The Trade Union Question (No division On this question) (1934)
… (No division On this question) (1934) [....] The position of the Trade Unions in South Africa reflects the backwardness … the Native problem in general, that…
ArticleUnited Nations and Apartheid Timeline 1946-1994
… 1946 22 June, The Government of India requested that the question of the treatment of … 1 April. June - July, Boycotts of South African goods were being…
African Statistics Day
… Statistics Day (ASD) is celebrated every year on the 18th of November. This event was initiated in 1990 by the Subsidiary Body of the United Nations Economic…
PlaceAbaxab, a Railway Siding in the Northern Cape
… Old Khoi name for 'Rooilyf', a railway siding 17 km North of Groblershoop, on the way to Sishen. The name means 'red body'. Definition: Track or set of…
ArticleConvention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)
… over the negotiation process. During the two days of discussion the mechanism and technicalities of transition … of the SABC. The ANC felt that a neutral…
Eulogy by President Jacob Zuma, at the Funeral Service of Advocate Mvuseni Edward Ngubane, at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 18 May 2012
… Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, Mr. Jeff Radebe; … Chief Justice and JSC Chairperson, Mogoeng Mogoeng; Heads of various courts in…
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… rape trial in which President Jacob Zuma was acquitted of rape, there wasn’t much in common in Zuma or Khwezi’s … Saturday evening, when four young women…