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ArticleGreat Trek 1835-1846
… The Great Trek was a movement of Dutch-speaking colonists up into the interior of southern Africa in search of land where they could … folk memory of…
EventCOSATU delegates are left at Beitbridge
… In spite of being refused to visit, the thirteen delegates of the Congress of South African Trade Union (COSATU), left for Zimbabwe with …
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… a decision by the ANC. It is dictated by the expectations of the people. Q : Do you believe violence is the only … alternative left to achieve a solution to…
The White man’s task by Jan Smuts, 22 May 1917
… Africa was fighting in the Great War. After the conquest of both German South West and East Africa, General Smuts … in magnitude after this war. Now the Ten…
Briefing on Lekgotla outcomes, 27 January 2015
… The African National Congress invites members of the media to a briefing on the outcomes of the NEC Lekgotla being held at the St. George`s Hotel, Irene in…
Sechaba
… The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in 1967. It documents the struggle, from the … for freedom in South Africa and for the freedom of…
ArticleMahatma Karamchand Gandhi Timeline 1900-1909
… permission. 1901 January 23, Conveys condolences on behalf of Indians on Queen's death. February 2, Lays wreath at … Wires High Commissioner objecting to…
ArticleStaffrider magazine (1978-1993)
… either sitting on the roof or hanging onto the outside of overcrowded, racially segregated commuter trains. [i] It … possible. [ii] According to the founding…
EventThe seven day war in Kwazulu-Natal starts
… The first of more than 100 people were killed near Pietermaritzburg. … Political conflict in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa caused the death of…
ArticleDefining culture, heritage and identity
… What is heritage and identity? Questions of heritage and identity are not as straightforward as they … there is not one heritage, or an easily delineated set…
EventLesotho celebrates independence from Britain
… Lesotho is one of the smallest countries in the world, with just over 30 000 km2 of land. It has a population of approximately two million. … lies above…
ArticleHealth and welfare
… South Africa is a country of relative prosperity, with vast resources and a modern … and widespread poverty and deep inequalities - the legacy of apartheid…
Nqutu, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… The name being of Zulu origin derived from 'insquthu'- meaning a flat-topped vessel, descriptive of a nearby hill from which the village takes its name. It…
EventThe Democratic Party is founded
… search archive The Democratic Party officially came into being at a one day conference held in Johannesburg. The … provinces, unanimously elected Theo…
ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… 90th anniversary. Initially known as the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the party changed its name to the … 1953, after it had been forced…
EventTwelve Africans are acquitted at the Supreme Court
… on trial at the Supreme Court in Grahamstown, accused of having conspired to take over a town and kill Whites, were … ranging from seven to one year's…
EventDe Klerk calls for stringent safety measures
… President F.W. de Klerk announces the calling up of military reservists to curb political violence will top the agenda of the forthcoming multiparty…
EventSA Artist, Andries Johannes Botha, is born in Durban
… 1952 in Durban. He studied Fine Arts at the University Of KwaZulu-Natal and later went on to teach the subject at … years. Botha’s first job as a lecturer…
EventCedric Mayson is charged with treason
… Pretoria Supreme Court on charges including treason and being a member or an active supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). He was released on ……
ArchiveChapter 2 Respect for all, Childhood in Cape Town, 1933 – 1949 by Denis Goldberg
… that when she was a young woman, just after the end of the First World War, she and her friends would walk hand … was never much to go around, though I do…
FW de Klerk’s speech to Parliament, 2 February 1990
… Mr Speaker, Members of Parliament. THE GENERAL ELECTIONS on September the 6th, 1989, placed our country irrevocably on the road of drastic change. Underlying…
PlaceRuimzicht House, 10 Milner Road, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
… dwelling was built in the late 1890s and boasts of a number of fine Victorian architectural features, including ornate … property with with the so-called…
PlaceDefence Force HQ, Pretoria- Artillery Barracks
… The first annexation of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek by Sir Theophilus Shepstone in 1877 led to the establishment of a military camp on the present…
EventUnited Democratic Front call to Police
… executive after the incident, which resulted in a coffin being dropped. The police denied that they were responsible for actions of brutality, ironically…
EventS.A. beats New Zealand by 3
… sent South Africa to a 3-2 win over New Zealand, with SA being unbeaten in six series matches, with Kallis and … 100 runs respectively. This gave South…
EventDr. Chris Barnard, medical practitioner who performed the first heart transplant, is born
… Cape. Dr. Barnard studied medicine at the University of Cape Town. His first practice was at Ceres, also in the … performed the first heart transplant on a…
ArticleThe Western Front
… At the outbreak of the First World War, Germany put into operation the … Plan . This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking out,…
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
… project for two-and-a-half years and its involved a number of people at Wits and it’s also an international project, … about the transition. Tucker: And is a…
ArticleGrade 12 - The Cold War
… it called the ‘Cold War’ ? The reason lay in the threat of new and even deadlier weapons of nuclear technology that prevented outright open warfare. … The…
EventTwo men are sentenced to death for petrol executions
… Maowasha and Alex Mashaba Matsepane were found guilty of burning Solomon Maake and his son in September 1985, after they were accused of being police…