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ArchiveChapter 1 Break down the walls by Denis Goldberg
… Act, not for treason, so he was imposing a sentence of life imprisonment for each of the charges on which we were … in Southern Africa. Candles were lit for…
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The new and competitive presence of Indians in…
EventStompie Seipei’s murderer goes to jail
… Seipei. Stompie Seipei was a child activist and member of the infamous Mandela Football Club established by Winnie Mandela as a front for the political…
PlaceManenberg, Cape Flats
… Manenberg is a Township of Cape Town , South Africa, that was created by the … Cape Flats and District Six, in 1966. This was a result of the forced removal…
Address by President Mandela on Heritage Day Robben Island, 24 September 1997
… Minister of Arts &Culture, Science &Technology; Distinguished Guests; … and gentlemen, Few occasions could awaken such a mixture of emotions as today's, or…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at funeral in Maseru, 05 December 1982
… more than 10,000 people who attended the funeral service of members of the ANC massacred by raiders from the South African … strengthened by this. [Pointing…
EventNomsa Mapongwana is assassinated
… Thirty-four year old Nomsa Mapongwana, wife of chairperson Michael Mapongwana of the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliated Western Cape … Mapongwana and…
EventAlleged Mk members are killed
… received about a planned infiltration, via Botswana, of a group of six heavily armed MK guerrillas. When the minibus carrying … to meet the group at the…
EventThe first rugby match that is played in SA
… On 23 August 1862, the first rugby match heralded the start of what would become a hugely popular sport among White … place in Green Point, Cape Town between…
EventMore than 400 miners killed in what was the worst mining disaster in South Africa
… In the worst mine disaster in South Africa, a large section of the Clydesdale Colliery, at the Coalbrook mine near … miners were in the mine at the time and…
ArchiveThe Tay Bridge Disaster by Peter Ball (The Heritage Portal), 24 September 2016
… pride, as in pride before a fall, has been the ruin of many a man, no more so than Thomas Bouch, a Victorian … engineer, whose life and career were blighted…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… Communist Party. Robben Island prisoner, 1963-1973. Member of Parliament, 1994-1999. Author: Island In Chains By … began playing an influential role in the…
EventPaarl Riots report submitted
… the 1962 Paarl Riots. The report analysed the main causes of the riots, and included information on Poqo, an armed offshoot of the Pan Africanist Congress …
EventThe first Boeing 707 jet aircraft arrives in South Africa
… from America. This aircraft has remained in the service of the South African Air Force (SAAF) up until today. The … apartheid, particularly with regard to…
PlaceBeaufort West, Cape Town
… on the Farm: ''Hooyvlakte'' . It is currently the name of one of the Suburbs in which a section of Beaufort West's … in an effort to prevent the Northbound…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… mid-1870s by entrepreneurs from Gujarat on the west coast of India. Roughly 10,000 to 15,000 of indentured workers were … consequence was that the extensions…
Place'Agoada de Saldanha', Saldanha
… Early Portuguese name in 1503, of Table Bay . Meaning 'watering place of Saldanha', it was given in honour of Admiral Antonio da … were Simons Town, Bay and…
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… On 31 October 1998 the Blue Bulls of Pretoria beat Western Province 24-20 at Loftus Stadium in … in 1892. The trophy had been donated by the owner of Castle…
ArticleAmericas by the 1500s
… European ‘Discovery’ of the Americas Where and what is America? 'America' has more … a single group or culture is like talking about 'Africans' being all the…
ArchiveSoldiers without reward- Africans in South Africa's wars
… To recount the part played by the African peoples of South Africa in the wars that have been fought by South … and brave things. With a number of bullets in…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Segregation Fallacy
… to urge with constant seriousness the segregation of the Bantu in the Union of South Africa as a solution of what is called the Native … allotted. Even the…
ArchiveCHAPTER 6 - Towards a Broad Front and Other Desirable Accidents, January 1981 - January 1983 by Howard Barrell
… central to ANC strategy, armed propaganda and the boycott of state-approved institutions, would serve the ANC well over … quality. It would be a problem to…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… recognized literary figure internationally, with her poems being studied, translated and published in many languages … French, Dutch, Polish, Hindi and Zulu…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an … consul at Quelimane (now in Mozambique)…
National Arts Festival 2017
… cultural calendar, and the biggest annual celebration of the arts on the African continent. Starting at the end of June/beginning of July, it runs for 11…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…
EventSouth Africa relinquishes sovereignty over Walvis Bay
… "Whale Bay", is situated in Namibia, along the west coast of southern Africa, formerly the German colony of South- West Africa. According to archaeological…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled Makoma or Macoma), died on … but he was sent…
PlaceNewington Road Victorian Houses, Port Elizabeth
… This row of late Victorian double-storey, semi-detached dwellings … on 15 July 1983. Newington Road is found in one of the most historic suburbs in central…
EventBritish establish first ‘refugee’ camps during the South African War
… Anglo-Boer War) by a military notice. The initial aim of the establishment of these camps was to provide protection to the families of … cut off the supply…