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EventTseko Simon Nkoli dies
… On this day in history, prominent activist Tseko Simon Nkoli died of an … as gay and HIV-positive. He was diagnosed with HIV whilst in prison and went public…
PlaceJan De Waal House, 93 Bree Street, Cape Town
… Jan de Waal, born in Amsterdam, arrived at the Cape in 1715 as an employee of the Dutch East India Company The … which this double storey house stands was…
A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief by Alfred Temba Qabula
… Alfred Temba Qabula was born on December 12, 1942 in Flagstaff, Transkei. His father. a migrant worker, … his drink was poisoned, Qabula’s mother wilted away…
EventBritain and Egypt sign the Suez Canal agreement.
… The Suez Canal was opened in 1869. As the easiest link to both the Mediterranean and … the canal was of great strategic importance. Situated in Egypt and…
EventHundreds of thousands of people killed as tsunamis devastate large swathes of South and Southeast Asia, coming as far as South Africa
… a tsunami wave. The tsunami caused tremendous devastation in several countries and killed hundreds of thousands of … casualties as a direct result of the…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… Union of South African Students (NUSAS) was founded in 1924 at Grey College, Bloemfontein. It began as an … between students, and cooperation with student…
EventPolitical activist, Professor ZK Matthews is born
… Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews , was born in Kimberley in 1901, the son of Peter Motsielwa and Martha Mooketsi … to education. He enroll at Fort Hare…
EventHaile Selassie, deposed Ethiopian emperor, dies
… Haile Selassie was born Lij Tafari Makonnen, in the village of Ejersa Gor, in the Harar Province of Ethiopia. Heir to a 13th century dynasty, he ascended to…
EventThe Native Land Act is passed
… into legislation for the first time since Union in 1910. The law created reserves for Blacks and prohibited the sale of territory in white areas to Blacks…
![”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]](/sites/default/files/styles/saho_medium/public/field/archiveimages/social_conditions_among_bantu_women_and_girls.jpg?itok=-8M0Ng6G)
Archive”Social Conditions Among Bantu Women and Girls”. Address by Charlotte Maxeke at the Conference of European and Bantu Christian Student Associations at Fort Hare, June 27-July 3, 1930 [Extract]
… In speaking of Bantu women in urban areas, the first thing to be considered is the Home, around which and in which the whole activity of family life…
EventSasol I, NATREF and Sasol II are under attack
… on the night of 31 May/1 June at Sasol I and NATREF in Sasolburg and Sasol II in Secunda to coincide with Republic Day. Reconnaissance for the attacks was…
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… Eduardo Chivambo Mondlane was born in Manjacaze, Gaza Province, in Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique). He was born into … completed his secondary school…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1948 - Press Reports on the Campaign
… will cross over the Transvaal border without permits in defiance of the immigration laws which restrict the free … between the Provinces. The Prime Minister,…
Statement at the 2735th meeting of the Security Council by Mfanafuthi Johnstone (Johnny) Makatini, 19 February 1987
… extended to it by the Council. We take comfort, Sir, in seeing the Council presided over by you, our dedicated … offered itself as a haven to all genuine…
Chris Hani Memorial Lecture by Pallo Jordan, 15th April 2003, South Africa
… to all by his MK nom de guerre, “Chris,” was murdered in broad daylight in an act of violence that is one link in a long chain of repression that commenced…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… PART I) PLANNING APARTHEID Dutch Reformed roots in South Africa How are colonial histories of planning … PART III) ENFORCING APARTHEID The necessity of the…
PlaceSabie Sands Game Reserve
… is a 65,000 Hectare Reserve, pioneered by local Landowners in the 1950s , and shares a border with the' World-Renowned': … successful conservation of the…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… Back in 2000, musicians interviewed for my book on music and politics in South Africa, Soweto Blues, regularly asserted: I’m not a … I couldn’t compare…
PlaceShree Ambalavaanar Alayam Temple Complex, Cato Manor, Durban
… to have been erected on the African continent. Built in 1875, . It was declared a National Monument under old NMC … was constructed of reeds and grass. It…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… In 2001, the ANC National Working Committee (NWC), of which I … his capacity to serve the people; he should strive to be in touch with the people all the…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - The Early Years at the Rand
… TO WAGE LABOUR has described some of the different ways in which people lost the use of the land and entered wage … such as drought, disease and locusts…
Support our People until Power is Restored to Them - Statement at the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly by O. R. Tambo, New York, 26 October 1976
… For the first time in the history of the United Nations, a representative of the … thank you, Mr. President, (2) and this august body, in the name of the…
Chapter 3
… The Formation of the All-African Convention: The Background In 1935 the Union Government confronted the country with what … of the fertile brain of some…
Address to the Annual Conference of the Natal, 23 November 1951
… Luthuli was elected President of the ANC (Natal branch) in 1951 and this speech was delivered at the Bantu Social Centre in Durban in November of that year…
PlaceMarket Theatre
… The Market Theatre was founded in 1976 in Johannesburg by Mannie Manim and Barney Simon. Now based in the center of the Newtwon Cultural Precinct, The Market…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… The French Huguenots were refugees in the Netherlands fleeing religious persecution brought about by the ascendancy of Catholicism in France. The Edict of…
PlaceTable Mountain Water Supply
… and remains one of the most popular recreational areas in Cape Town for residents and visitors alike. It was … a winter rainfall area, and the normal flow of…
PlaceSt Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Odendal Street, Germiston
… The St Andrew's congregation was established in 1890 and the cornerstone of the present church building, designed in a neo-Gothic style, was laid by Lord…
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
… of operations and to raise the scale of these attacks. In time, assaults and operations by Umkhonto we Sizwe must … than that. I am struck by the coincidence…
Message by Oliver Tambo of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 71st anniversary of ANC, 08 January 1983
… set ourselves now tasks which we should strive to achieve in the coming year. We are marking this important occasion in the history of our protracted…