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Interview with Omar Badsha by Marian Nur Goni
… with Omar Badsha in 2009 conducted by Marian Nur Goni for a masters theses. Afrapix: Some Questions Email interview … with Omar Badsha in 2009 conducted by…
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
… Click on image to enlarge The Old Synagogue Building in Pretoria. It is now no longer used as a Synagogue but is now a Grade II Provincial Heritage Resource…
EventColdest day in Pretoria
… history was on 12 June 1963. The temperatures plummeted to a minimum of -3, 6 and a maximum of 7, 5 degrees Centigrade. It had been a 110 years …
EventEngenas Barnabas Lekganyane is buried in Morija
… founder of the Zion Christian Church (ZCC), was laid to rest in Moria, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) district. This …
EventThe United Party is formed
… known as the United Party, was officially formed after a merger between the National Party, under the leadership of … 1933 the two parties put aside their…
EventSir Julius Jeppe, founder of the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation, dies in London
… away in London on 2 September 1929 at age 70. He was a mining and property magnate who was knighted for his … Germany in July 1859. Jeppe and his family…
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… highest honour of Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe. The ceremony to honour him with this award coincided with his 70th …
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
… dating from the 17th century. Instructions were given to adults and children in painting, the graphic arts, …
EventEuropean Community observers arrive in SA
… officers, lawyers and economists, arrived in South Africa to assist in preventing violence, defusing tension, and …
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but worked in a bank in South Africa. He was a sickly child, so he and his mother and brother (Hilary, born 1894) went…
EventSA architect Gerard Moerdijk is born
… and pioneered new designs for churches, adapting them to South African requirements and using local materials. He … Southern Africa, Cape Town: NASOU, v. 7,…
EventMadikizela Mandela is accused of misuse of funds
… (Winnie), was accused of misusing R500 000 presented to her by Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto in 1994. …
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… parliament. He replaced the outgoing National Party leader F.W. de Klerk. Click here to read Mandela inaugural speech. …
Lost in Transformation? Reviewing 20 Years of Transformation in South Africa
… As South Africa prepares to celebrate 20 years of democracy, the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation will be hosting a conference titled Lost in Transformation?…
EventKenya becomes a one party state
… Almost a year after Kenya gained independencethe Kenya African … under Jomo Kenyatta and its main opposition party united to form a party with near-complete…
ArchiveProfile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Profile of a Death Row Prisoner: Paper Presented at the Black Sash … education of death row prisoners, statistics of access to legal representation and…
ArchiveStudents and action in society
… in 1971. The 8 papers presented were as follows: Approach to student power; Economics and race; The power of …
ArchiveEducation, development and change in Africa
… of Africa as part of the liberals function in ensuring a positive socio-political change of thought. Bearing in mind that education is a Human Right and…
The Freedom Charter
… doves, wreaths, wheels and hands. words - Presented to Isitwalandwe Huddleston by the ANCYL, CODY, TIYC and …
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Rev. Ambrose Reeves is secretly deported
… did not take any of the formal procedures. According to The Star newspaper, 23 passengers were listed on DC7B flight for London with a seat in the tourist…
EventThe national Chairman of SABRA warns of sour relations in the Union
… of precious time. This country now has less than 10 years to adjust its race relations.”This was a warning by national Chairman of South African Bureau of…
ArchiveMinutes of the National Conference of the Black Sash held in Port Elizabeth
… of the Black Sash held in Port Elizabeth from 14 to 17 March 1985, discussing: Minutes of previous conference, … of Rand Daily Mail, prisons, pensions,…
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… of Volksrust and 32 km North of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is … Zulu and means 'hill of many doves'. It…
EventDF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time
… in Parliament by Dr Malan. For Dr Malan, Apartheid was a practice and an ideology to ensure the safety of the White race and of Christian … of principles of…
ArchiveWorking in the apartheid city: worker struggles in Durban, 1959-1979
… of History, University of Natal, Durban, 1994. According to the author, his study explores the relationship between …
ArchiveConformity and conflict: Afrikaner nationalist politics in South Africa
… Thesis sumitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, for the degree of Doctor of …
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… objectives, engaging the National Party, the need for a Government of National Unity, minimising the threat to stability and democracy, and reaching a…
ArchiveStatement made by Senator O P F Horwood in Senate on June 4, 1971
… suggesting that university authorities should act strongly to stop the activities of the National Union of South African … Statement made by Senator O P F…
ArchiveWestern Cape Region - Regional Conference: Problems and challenges of the Western Cape
… the problems and challenges of the Western Cape, presented to the African National Congress Western Cape Region … the ANC in the Western Cape Region. Talks…
The Majefe Affair
… Appendix A to the President's Report at the 45th Annual Congress of the …