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EventThe Eureka Diamond is sold in London for 5 700 Pounds
… known as the Eureka Diamond was discovered by a young boy and his little sister as they played in their family farm … play with. A man named Schalk van…
EventAn inquest into the death in detention of the white trade union leader, Dr. Neil Aggett opens
… the Security Police, was greeted with astonishment and anger. On 05 February 1982, Aggett, Transvaal organiser of the Food and Canning Workers Union and…
EventAnna Tempo is born
… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique. She was born in the late 1870s…
Voters may act if ANC fails to uproot patronage by Steven Friedman (BDlive), 10 August 2016
… Local elections 2016 electionsLocal elections news, views and analysis The ANC still won double the vote of the next biggest party, the DA, and it is sure to…
ArchiveRelations with Other Groups Committee report
… with Black student organisations, community, labour and women's organisations, academics, religious … organisations, conscientious objectors support groups…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the … the members are that they will lose their homes, pension, and…
PlaceRust-en-Vrede, Wellington Road, Durbanville
… of this complex dates from the mid 19th Century and reflects a blending of Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian Architectural Features. During its time it has …
EventSA artist Sfiso Mkame is born
… walls. He received formal art training at the Open School and the Little E. Theatre in Durban. In 1986 he was a student … at the Community Arts Workshop…
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Corporation Ltd (ARDC), was born in ……
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
… Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and charged with public violence. The arrest took place…
EventInternational Candlelight Memorial Day
… Memorial Day. It was started by people living with HIV and Aids to break down the barriers of stigma and discrimination. The community mobilisation campaign…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
… series of articles has dissected the concept Majority Rule and analyses it with regard to its meaning in the South … situation. This concept was born out of…
David Goldblatt: Structures of Dominion & Democracy (Artthrob), 31 March 2015, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
… narrative: monuments, as well as private, religious and secular sites that declare or are expressive of the … photograph, then, is a study of dominance…
Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… comrades expressed great satisfaction at the friendly tone and the evident agreement on the desirability of unity as … steps be taken to bring this proposal…
'We Go To Action': Statement on the Launching In Natal of the Defiance Campaign, August 30, 1952
… of non-violent passive resistance against discriminatory and unjust laws in the Union of South Africa with the object and hope of getting white South Africa…
EventMercenaries from South Africa led by Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare, attempt an unsuccessful coup in Seychelles
… "Wild Geese" is loosely inspired by Hoare's adventures, and he is the author of several books that recount his … out at the airport, in which one mercenary…
EventSupreme Court changes ruling on forced removals, traditionally
… of people in modern history. There were several political and economic reasons for these removals. First, during the 1950s and 1960s, large-scale removals of…
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai Aboobaker Amod and three others submitted the following petition to the … the…
Umsebenzi
… point of view. Other ideologies such as Marxism and Socialism are also discussed. Profiles of prominent South … included as are articles on Party history,…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 3: Dont help sellouts to get R40 000 a year
… This pamphlet analysis and illustrates the results of the elections held in 1981, in … The liberatory movement introduced the Dont Vote Campaign and about 90…
EventFirst Multiracial Election is held in Zimbabwe
… fought between members of various liberation organisations and the illegal Rhodesian government, with the liberation … by groups such as the African National…
EventSA to host future Pan African Parliament
… facilities would be constructed at South Africa's expense and would provide the official residence for the president of the PAP and extend diplomatic…
EventRamzi Yousef, alleged mastermind of World Trade centre bombing goes on trial
… Yousef, who is known by many aliases, was born in Kuwait and is of Pakistani descent. Yousef was later suspected to be … later arrested by Pakistani Inter…
EventMalawi switches over to a new decimal currency, the Kwacha
… had circulated the Pound sterling, the Rhodesian Dollar and the South African Rand at different stages. The Kwacha is … Tambala. The word kwacha means “dawn”…
EventJohn Davidson Rockerfeller, US philanthropist, donates $10 million towards the building of a museum in Cairo, Egypt
… John Davidson Rockerfeller was an industrialist and a philanthropist who founded the Standard American Oil … family is one of the richest families in the…
Document 6 - Africans’ claims in South Africa
… 13 June 1986, while I was working in the office they came and detained me. I was detained for almost three months with Chantel Fortuin, Lucy Ninzi and…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… violently suppressed, with 176 striking students killed and more than 1,000 injured. Reforms followed, but riots flared up again in 1985 and continued until…
The Choice of Termination Act is Enacted by the Parliament of South Africa
… with the access available under the Apartheid-era Abortion and Sterilisation Act of 1975 under which abortion access was limited to certain circumstances and…
PlaceAlgiers, Capital of Algeria
… Africa. It is located 70 kilometres North-West of Vryburg and about 170 kilometres South-West of the provincial … Kagisano-Molopo Local Municipality, a…
PlaceMadikwa Game Reserve, North West
… day had mostly been shot out by the late 20th Century and it was nigh impossible to imagine a leopard joining your … the slopes of Abjaterskop Mountain. But…