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ArticleDistrict Six is Declared a ‘White Area’
… and will continue to clear up.” [i] - P.W Botha The memory of District Six, also known as Kanaladorp [ii] (kanala is a … word meaning ‘help one another’), is…
A Political Reflection By John Fikile Block
… The measurement of any collective is not when the executive tasks in the normal course of organisational work, but when leadership is confronted … We have…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… A study of missionary settlement and the spread of Christianity in southern Africa during the period 1800 - … when the regions social, economic and political…
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1970 - 1979
… (SACP) convenes a special meeting. Apart from members of the Central Committee, leading activists of the Party, including MK cadres who experienced armed ……
ArticleSilverton and Soekmekaar trial
… accused appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court in one of the most highly publicised South African guerrilla trials, … station. The accused were charged…
The International Socialist League (ISL)
… in September 1915. It was created by a progressive faction of the South African Labour Party (SALP) as a reaction to the … S. P. Bunting was also a popular…
PlaceGazebo, Civic Square
… in the Civic Square was built in 1924. It was the home of a coach magnate, Doel Zeederberg, who established the … (in Zimbabwe, then Rhodesia) in 1894. It…
SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC News), 05 April 2006
… an HIV-positive woman, thinking this would reduce his risk of being infected. This emerged as he was cross-questioned … and taken a shower because this …
ArticleuMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in exile
… British victory in the South African War , the Union of South Africa was forged in 1910 under the British … as a conduit for operations in South Africa…
EventSouth African Prime Minister, John Vorster resigns
… by announcing his resignation from office, at the request of his colleagues, on the grounds of ill health. Surprisingly, he was available to fill the … that…
ArticleThe Jameson Raid
… a railway line to Johannesburg and tried to get as much of the Transvaal's railway traffic as it could by reducing … The Transvaal government increased the…
Say It out Loud - The 1909 Presidential Address, Cape Town, 13th April 1909
… and the one whom they called " Schreiner " cheers for being with them that night. He would ask them when he used the term Coloured person " or " person of…
ArticleAfrica’s Millennium Development Goals
… perceived as a life line the United Nations and the rest of the world were throwing to Africa in order to save the … Goals was introduced in September 2000 …
Speech at Meeting to Commemorate South Africa Freedom Day and to Condemn the 600-year Alliance between Britain and Portugal by O. R. Tambo, London, 20 June 1973
… We meet in the wake of great international gatherings concerned with the building … of a residual concept that continues to see the African as being…
The Indian People In South Africa: Facts: About The Ghetto Act
… The great majority of the South African Indians are descendants of the Indian … had to suffer untold hardships. There were cases of babies being drowned…
Chapter VII - Democracy?
… do about it. The 156 persons occupied the greater part of the Drill Hall but there was some space at the back, … activities and made the most of the Congress…
Address by I. B. Tabata, AAC Conference, December 16,1941
… people, who looked spell-bound at Convention, were full of great hopes for the future of this Assembly. In the midst of the onslaught then being made upon…
EventBanyana Banyana player, Eudy Simelane, is found raped and murdered
… Eudy Simelane was found in a ditch in the outskirts of her home township KwaThema, Gauteng. She had been raped, … soccer career and used her celebrity status…
’Under Investigation’ video material going live on facebook
… is an ambitious community development project being run in Steytlerville in the Eastern Cape. The project has several elements but centres on the enquiry of…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration of the African continent in the fifteenth century and the ……
ArticleSouth Africa in the 1970s
… Richard Turner inspired students who used the integration of Christian ethics and Marxist theory to demonstrate how the vision of the historical Jesus…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… congregations ceceded from the DR Church Johannesburg, being the DR Church Jeppestown and the DR Church Johannesburg … as the subsequent owner) regarding the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… but protracted rebellion in the eastern districts of the Cape in what becomes known as the Third War of … the freedom of movement to seek work, with a pass…
ArchiveStatement announcing retirement, Nelson Mandela, 1 June 2004
… my good friends from the media. Thank you very much to all of you for taking time out of your very busy schedules to come and listen to me this … arriving at…
PlaceTable View
… Further North of Cape Town’s City Centre , across the Rietvlei Lagoon which … , is lined with Apartment blocks, Restaurants, plenty of pubs and entertainment…
Articlehoz tab example
… people's history project concerned with the presentation of a critical, open access, and democratic history of South … posters, and much more besides…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
… 1. Introduction ↵ The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors … they were entrusted by the people to maintain their well-being,…
Document 23 - S. P. Bunting, Statement presented at the Sixth Comintern Congress, 23 July 1928
… 120 million inhabitants and I cannot say much about most of it, but I want to speak on the proletarian character of … for that matter, has no chance for the…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended religious services. However because of the distances…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… who gave out warmth and life like the African sun, full of lively energy and songs and cheerfulness of her infinitely … in what was known as the Red Location…