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ArchiveThe Alexandra bus boycott
… against Bantu education; Bantu authorities; Urban areas and Pass Laws; and the entire Herrenvolkist policies and for full democratic rights for all South…
PlaceDrostdy Museum, Uitenhage
… tenure of office as Landdrost of Uitenhage in 1809 and follows the historical development of Uitenhage and surrounding districts. It houses exhibitions on…
EventNeil Aggett dies in detention
… Neil Aggett , Transvaal organiser for the Food and Canning Workers Union and African Food and Canning Workers Union, allegedly commits suicide while in …
EventTaliep Petersen was born on this day.
… was born on this day in District Six. He produced and directed some of the most well-known musicals in South Africa including District Six, Kat and the Kings…
ArchivePolitical Report
… of a political report by Jacob Zuma on the socio-economic and political situation in South Africa. Covers the crisis of … response, the political crisis of…
The role of business in South Africas future
… of Group B, Commission 5 of a meeting between the ANC and big business on the role of business in South Africa's future. Includes summary of presentations…
ArchiveA Celebration of Queerness: Zanele Muholi receives a French knighthood
… des Arts et de Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) to acclaimed photographer and gender activist Zanele Muholi at a ceremony in Pretoria ……
EventBeeld is published for the first time
… This Afrikaans daily newspaper is printed six days a week and distributed in the five provinces, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal…
EventChris Heunis meets Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane
… Chris Heunis, minister of constitutional development and planning and Chief Minister Enos Mabuza of KaNgwane discussed the … the assurance that the region…
ArchivePaper on National Civic Movement delivered at UDF National General Conference held in 1 to 3 March 1991
… Movement, role of Civic Movement in transition period and in a post-apartheid period, organisational structure and composition of civics, challenges facing…
ArchiveMkhumbane our home African shantytown society in Cato Manor Farm, 1946-1960 by Iain Edwards
… with all the material structures of everyday life and the nature of power in the African shacklands of Cato Manor Farm. Click to read: Contents and…
PlaceApiesrivier, a River Which Flows Through Pretoria
… River which has its source in the Fountains Valley and flows through Pretoria. Said to have been named after the … monkeys that lived in trees on its banks,…
PlaceAmbrosiushoek, Gaansbaai Western Province
… for the Coastal Area on the peninsula between Danger Point and Gansbaai. Dutch for 'Ambrose corner', the name is thought … to refer to St. Ambrose, who was…
ArchiveWits Autumn Festival
… Main poster: black background with white and yellow lettering. Notice of fourth Wits Autumn Festival from 2nd to 6th May 1990 and contact number. Issued by…
ArchiveStatement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition
… containing proposals by the Namibia Patriotic Coalition and presented to the Five Western Powers Contact Group for … of political detainees, the…
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
… Ruth Prowse Art Centre was opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik Laubscher as first head. … from the 17th century…
EventHelen Joseph dies
… South African political and human rights activist, Helen Beatrice May Joseph , died … 87 in Johannesburg , South Africa. She came to SA in 1931 and, with…
EventEuropean Community observers arrive in SA
… (EC) observers, including some police officers, lawyers and economists, arrived in South Africa to assist in preventing violence, defusing tension, and…
EventWorld Conference on Racism starts in Durban
… Delegates from hundred and sixty countries descended on Durban to attend the … conference was unfortunately charecterised by unpleasant and ugly scenes, when…
EventJRR Tolkien born in Bloemfontein
… in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State. His parents, Mabel and Arthur Tolkien, were British but worked in a bank in South Africa. He was a sickly child, so he…
The Freedom Charter
… Charter in red lettering in different languages. Black and white artwork down left hand side. People, banners, doves, wreaths, wheels and hands. words -…
ArchiveMinutes of the Black Peoples Convention held at the Lay Ecumenical Centre, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg from 8th July 1972 to 10th July 1972
… discussed the draft constitution, the report of the urban and rural politics commission, Black business and co-operative schemes, Black education and other…
Isizwe
… United Democratic Front to stimulate discussion, debate and training within their ranks, consisted of articles on … include educational articles on workerism…
PlaceAmajuba, a Mountain in Natal
… Mountain 14 km South-West of Volksrust and 32 km North of Newcastle. The scene of a Historic Battle … in the First Anglo-Boer War. The name is derived from…
SABC CEO quits after about-turn by Shain Germaner (Cape Times), 28 Jun 2016
… its chief operating officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and conditions at the company. But yesterday morning, he made … the sidelines. "What is happening at the…
PlaceFalse Bay
… If you leave the "Mother City" of South Africa and follow the M3 towards Muizenberg , you will have a great … they realized they had not yet circumnavigated…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… more exciting are the frequent sightings of white rhino and other game - 21 species in all. One of the most important … Birds like the: 'Short-Clawed Lark;…
EventThe first detainees are held under the apartheid regime’s 90-day Law
… they suspected of involvement in an act against the State, and to hold them incommunicado for 90 days at a time. This … to give the Special Branch the…
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
… On 5 June 1981, the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (USA) reported that 5 gay men in California … to as the beginning of the HIV/Aids epidemic in…
EventMilitary coup is executed in Lesotho
… Lesotho since 1986, the ousting of the king of Lesotho and widespread corruption within the ranks of the military and the legislature. General Lekhanya, a 45…