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EventZANU-PF under Robert Mugabe wins the first free elections in Zimbabwe and Robert Mugabe becomes president
… of the 1980 Election in Midlands Province, Zimbabwe. Africa, 50(2). Cambridge University Press | Preston, M. …
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
1974 February Botswana Abraham Onkgopotse Tiro SASO Parcel bomb. - Zambia John Dube ANC Parcel bomb. 1978 8 January Durban Dr. Rick Turner Banned…
ArticleJune 16 Youth Uprising casualties
… John Hanover Park 13 2.9.76 Shot through left side of head Africa, Pieter Montagu 24 11.9.76 White Supply. Details of …
PlaceOld Post Office, Rissik Street, Johannesburg
Johannesburg has many historic landmarks and the Rissik Street Post Office is one of them. Built in 1897, it’s among the city’s oldest surviving buildings and…
PlaceNewlands
In 1700, Governor Willem van der Stel was granted land some 9km outside Cape Town, which he named 'De Nieuwe Land' or 'Nieuwland' and developed as a country…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
From 1976 to 1996, political violence in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the…
EventPeter Scott is born
Peter Scott was born on 27 November 1990 in Cape Town.[i] Peter is a South African alpine skier.[ii] His family immigrated to France when Peter was nine years…
![Letter from Steve Biko to Colin [Collins] re follow-up discussion on financial assistance to SASO from UCM, Aug 15, 1969.](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/archive-files2/let19690815.032.009.743.thumb.gif?itok=6M3u975_)
ArchiveLetter from Steve Biko to Colin [Collins] re follow-up discussion on financial assistance to SASO from UCM, Aug 15, 1969.
A request for financial assistance from the University Christian Movement by the President of the the South African Students Organisation Steve Biko
Chapter 24. Sack All Non-Europeans
In May 1948, when the Nationalist Government came to power, the union was engaged in a struggle with the clothing manufacturers. The agreement for the industry…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… Communist Party, and despite the conflicts in South Africa between the Communist Party and the Trotskyites, …
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
Under Investigation is an ambitious community development project being run in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape. The project has several elements but centres…
EventCiskei is granted 'independence'
Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted 'independence' by the South African Government. Chief Lennox Sebe is elected President by the National…
EventSA Government spoil Chief Albert Luthuli's chance of Rectorship
It is announced that efforts by Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mr. Butler and Glasgow University to obtain permission from the South African Government for…
EventJazz Musician, Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee, dies
Basil 'Manenberg' Coetzee (54), South African jazz musician who played with Abdullah Ibrahim (also known as Dollar Brand) died during the night of 11 March…
EventFormer Bafana Bafana Legend John Moeti dies
The Former Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates legend who was known as "Dungi" was part of the Pirates team in 1995 that won the CAF Champions league title and…
Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… be accepted as the only guiding principle throughout South Africa. But unfortunately a wide departure from British …
Say It out Loud - Equal Rights: The treatment of Coloured People in the North, 1901
… be accepted as the only guiding principle throughout South Africa. But unfortunately a wide departure from British …
ArticleThe Destruction of Sophiatown
… Lodge, T (1983) Black Politics in South Africa since 1945 (Johannesburg) pp 95-108 |Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B. (2007) New History of South Africa Cape…
The Boerenvereenigingen: precursor to the Afrikaner Bond
In the 1870s a series of farming associations emerged in the Cape, both in the west and in the east. While both English and Afrikaner associations emerged, the…
ArchiveKora: A Lost Khoisan Language of the early Cape and the Gariep by Menán du Plessis
This project has been beset throughout by many difficulties, so that it has taken far longer to bring it to fruition than initially expected. This makes me all…
SAHO Commemorates 40 Years Since Soweto Uprising: Intergenerational Dialogue by Sindile Moya
Sindile Moya was head prefect in Zimasa Higher Primary School in Langa during 1976. He was involved in protests on the ground, as well as helping to organise…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.11 No.1, No.2, No.3 and No.4 1993
Contents and Contributions Contents: Comment: AW Oliphant, Stories: Going to See Mr. BV, Shimmer Chinodya; Nhamiwa's Magic Stick, Maria Munsaka; The Jungle…
PlaceCrossroads Township
Crossroads Township is situated in Cape Town in the Wynberg district, some 12 km east of Athlone in the Western Cape Province. Crossroads emerged as a…
PlaceDurbanville
The site currently known as Durbanville was originally called: 'Pampoen Kraal'. On 2 September 1836 it was renamed; "D'Urban" in honour of Sir Benjamin D'Urban…
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black…
EventPolitical activist Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack is assassinated.
The African National Congress (ANC) activist, Mziwonke 'Pro' Jack was gunned down next to his home in Cape Town. Jack was a taxi conflict mediator in Cape Town…
ArchiveCelebrating 25 years of Democracy and Freedom
Hey Listen South Africans I’m talking about TaTa Nelson Mandela The real hero who fought for our freedom I can hear the echo of his voice from that cold…
Sue Williamson Book Launch
Join us for the launch of the catalogue accompanying Sue Williamson’s retrospective exhibition, ‘There’s something I must tell you’.The exhibition is on view…
PlaceEldorado Park, a Township of Johannesburg/Soweto
… https://www.tripmondo.com/south-africa/gauteng/eldoradopark/ …
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'
Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the 'homelands' to speed up economic development. This…