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ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 6: Towards social change
Report of the Social Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society focusing on social change and ethnic politics in apartheid South…
ArchiveNational Indian Council another trap
At the outset, APDUSA mentions how it warned its people of the dangers of accepting the formation of police reserves and that this warning was warmly received…
ArchiveInterview with Alexander Hepple
Oral interview, conducted in Johannesburg, with Alexander Hepple (1904-1983), politician and author, a member of the South African parliament for the white…
Inner-Party Bulletin
Bulletin produced by the Central Committee of the SACP for internal distribution only. Issue covers the replacement of the late Moses Mabhida as General…
ArchiveThe international situation
This address was delivered at the 9th National Conference of the Non-European Movement in Pietermaritzburg, on the 3rd-5th of January, 1962. This paper…
ArchiveUrban Africans and the Bantustans
This is the twenty-fourth in Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Philip Mayer in which he discusses the social structures under which South Africans live in…
Namibia resource package
Namibia resource package, produced by the SACBC peace and war committee, Cape democrats Namibia information group and Namibia solidarity committee Western cape…
ArchiveNamibia resource package
Namibia resource package, produced by the SACBC peace and war committee, Cape democrats Namibia information group and Namibia solidarity committee Western cape…
PlaceMagistrates Court, Main Road, Simonstown
The building was erected in 1776 with Christoffel Brand as its first occupant. Admiral Lord Nelson is presumed to be one of his first visitors after his…
Yarra Yarra, St Georges Street, Simonstown
The grounds of this property originally formed part of the Studlands estate which had been granted to JP Eksteen on 5 May 1779 for the erection of a wijnhuis…
PlaceAbraham Fischer Men’s Residence, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein
The building was designed by Frank Taylor and was officially opened on 16 October 1909 by the then Prime Minister of the Orange River Colony, Abraham Fischer…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
The dwelling was designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its General Manager, WE Park. The Building is a…
EventA Dakota air-liner, Paardeberg, crashes into Ingeli Mountain
One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current Africa National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist murdered on 19 November, was buried at his home village of Rayi, near King William's Town…
EventFormer Springbok rugby captain, Franscois Pienaar, is born
On 02 January 1969, Jacobus Francois Pienaar was born in Vereeniging,Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). Born into a working class Afrikaner family, he…
EventAWB leader, Eugene Terreblanche is arrested
The leader of the right-wing political organisation, Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging (AWB), Eugene Terre'Blanche, and nine of his followers were arrested and…
EventChris Hani succeeds Joe Slovo as Chief of MK
Chris Hani, freedom fighter, political activist and at the time Deputy Commander of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in Zambia, was appointed as new chief-of-staff of MK…
EventTshwane Metro’s 5th anniversary celebrations held at Church Square
On 21 January 2006, approximately ten thousand residents of Pretoria attended Tshwane Metro's 5th anniversary celebrations. Held in Church Square in Pretoria's…
EventSchabir Shaik is convicted on two corruption charges
A close friend of former deputy president Jacob "JZ" Zuma and successful businessman Schabir Shaik was found guilty on two counts of corruption and one count…
EventDefence Minister disputes HIV statistics in SANDF
The South African Minister of Defence Mosioua Lekota dismissed as 'fallacy' claims that 89% of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) had tested…
EventFormer SADF Chief Tienie Groenewald is acquitted
Former South African Defence Force (SADF) Chief Tienie Groenewald was acquitted by the Durban Supreme Court on all charges related to the 1987 KwaMakhutha…
EventPresident Mandela reshuffles Cabinet Ministers
As result of the National Party's withdrawal, President Nelson Mandela carried out a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing all the NP ministers with African National…
EventAllison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion is born
Trade union leader, politician and businessman, Allison Wessels George (Mhlongo) Champion, was born at Sans Souci Mission Station at Nonyeke, near Groutville,…
PlaceCentlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
The Railway Siding of Centlivres was probably named in honour of John Centlivres Chase, a British settler who emigrated to South Africa in 1820, and served as…
EventMafeking is established
The Barolong settlement Mahikeng was renamed Mafeking by Sir Charles Warren , leader of a military expedition, after the annexation of Bechuanaland by the…
EventSir James Liege Hulett dies in Durban, South Africa
Sir James Liege Hulett was born on 17 May 1838 in South Yorkshire, England. In 1857, at the age of 19, he came to South Africa. Sir Hulett founded Tongaat…
EventPretoria’s first Black mayor
Johannes Lebone Slo Ramokhoase was born in 1951 in Eesterus before the residents were moved to Mamelodi. He was the headmaster of Mamelodi High School and…
EventScientists identify Green Monkey disease as responsible for more than 300 deaths in Northern Zaire and the Sudan
Marburg Disease, also known as green Monkey disease is a variant of HemorrhagicFever that was first identified in green monkeys. It gets its namefrom the city…
ArchiveMajority rule: some notes
This forms part of a collection of articles which formed part of a series in The Educational Journal. The series of articles has dissected the concept Majority…