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EventPass laws are suspended in South Africa
… The South African Commissioner of Police announced that the pass laws, applicable to the … The Police Commissioner said that the pass laws were not being…
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… benefited from the floor-crossing rule that allows members of parties at all three levels of government to join a party of their choice without losing ……
ArticleKenyan Timeline
… Kenya around 2000BCE, and again in 1000BCE, to occupy most of the area of the country. Around 400CE Bantu-speaking … Kenya. 1873 David Livingstone dies in…
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Tembisa is a large Township situated to the North of Kempton Park , under the Ekurhuleni Municipality . It was … meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when Black…
EventEmily Hobhouse addresses public meetings in Britain on the concentration camps
… addressed public meetings in Britain about the conditions of the Concentration camps during the South African War. … in the camps and at the same time to…
PlaceWeskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Main building, Ketjen Street, Pretoria
… the Krankzinnige Gesticht, was established in 1892. Later being renamed as the Weskoppies Hospital. Further … in 1907. It is an imposing and well-ordered…
EventThe Bantu Labour Regulations Amendment Bill becomes operative
… this the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act in the wake of wide-spread labour unrest to set up a limited system of collective bargaining rights for Blacks…
ArticleThe Empty Land Myth
… this theory. Despite evidence to the contrary a number of parties in South Africa, particularly right-wing nationalists of European descent, maintain that…
EventRobert McBride is born
… African National Congress (ANC) member and current chief of Ekurhuleni Metro Police, Robert McBride, was born in … for Magoo Bar's Bombing. Read more on…
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… The global pervasiveness of racism and segregation in the 1920s and 1930s During the … there were discriminatory policies in different parts of the world…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… this month aged 94 – prevented a probable second massacre of black demonstrators outside Central Prison in Durban by … dead a “guileless, slightly built…
EventUnrest breaks out at Naledi High School as Security police confront learners
… at Naledi High School and attempted to arrest the leader of the local branch of the South Africa Students Movement (SASM). In retaliation … authorities on 4…
EventVerwoerd’s grandson joins ANC
… In a historic move, Wilhelm Verwoerd, grandson of former South African Prime Minister, Hendrik Verwoerd, main architect of apartheid, joins the African…
ArchiveMark Kaplan sent packing
… Ex-detainee Mark Kaplan was given an hour to pack before being deported to Zimbabwe. …
PlaceIbeka, Simonstown
… This land was one of the original erven granted in Simons Town . Built in 1816 by PJ Truter Jnr, Collector of Customs who owned it until 1842. In 1840 it was…
EventRobben Island is turned into a maximum security prison
… It is believed that thousands of years ago, people lived on Robben Island. After the Dutch … believed it was safer to keep them separated from the rest of…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the banner of religion, however, did … and…
Interview with Archibald Gumede 6 April 1996
… the analysis was because I just see it as an analysis of where one tried to be as objective as possible in regard … did pretty good. You did as good as…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 8
… by C. H. Calpin During the black-out on the night of the 7th December 1942, somewhere about 10 O'clock, there … B. Moosa. It is a modern building situated in…
ArticleTreason Trial 1956 - 1961
… minds as to why the government had allowed the Congress of the People in 1955, to take place. In 1956, their question … trial for high treason. The swoop…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… Potenza An industrial revolution was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of nearly every family…
Mayibuye...mayibuye...mayibuye
… This is a circular about black people being murdered for refusing to carry passes and for fighting …
ArchiveMayibuye...mayibuye...mayibuye
… This is a circular about black people being murdered for refusing to carry passes and for fighting …
Esau Mokhethi reburial speech by AZAPO President Cde. Koti Dikobo
… Prof. Masango, Rev. Raboroko and Rev. Vilakazi The family of Comrade Esau Tshehlo Mokhethi, Bataung, the Moeketsi family and all relatives. The Leadership of…
PlaceAir Force Museum, Port Elizabeth
… This museum depicts the history of the South African Air Force and houses a collection of old aircraft, missiles, uniforms, aeronautical displays … will be…
EventJody Scheckter
… Europe.[iii] Jody Scheckter is also infamously known for being the cause of one of the biggest accidents in the history of Formula One.[iv] … https://www…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… The Deputy Mayor of Sharpeville, Sam Dlamini was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The riots were in … of Dlamini, and…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front statement on management committees
… for the Management Committee elections as people are being flooded with pamphlets regarding the elections. …
South Africa's political landscape, as visual poetry: Haunting images have understated, dry elegance by Mark Feeney, 20 February 2011
… Goldblatt, who turned 80 in November, is among the greatest of living documentary photographers. He won the Hasselblad … that make up “Intersections…
ArchiveAddress at 46664 Concert, by Nelson Mandela, 27 June 2008, London United Kingdom
… and sickness, including AIDS, where human beings are being oppressed, there is more work to be done. Our work is … freedom for all ... We say tonight, after…