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PlaceFirst Raadsaal
… building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Museum. The modest building of dung floors and a thatched roof was erected by Major ……
Chapter VIII - The Mandela’s – family extraordinary
… 360 miles from Johannesburg; a few shops, a bank, a couple of filling stations and a hotel line the street. There are … impression of enormous strength of…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Glossary
… Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education acolyte – an assistant or follower ad hoc – … Afrikaner Broederbond - a secretive, all…
EventMandela signs a law into bill creating the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)
… an integral and restorative component in the advent of democracy in South Africa. Its role was primarily to … the Apartheid era, through public hearings. The…
EventMinister announces compulsory education for Black children
… The minister of (Black) education and training, Dr Ferdinand Hartzenberg, … near Pretoria. Implementation would start at the beginning of 1981 for children…
PlaceLanga Township, Cape Town
… Development of Langa location In the course of the Inter War Years the regulations of the 1902 Location … of municipal beer halls. They refused to be…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… her boyfriend Yassiem Harris for the robbery and murder of Jermaine Abrahams. The two broke into Abrahams’ house with the intention of robbing her, having…
PlaceHarbour Board Building, Port Elizabeth
… at the Cape from 1820 to 1821 during the absence of Lord Charles Somerset . In honour of his late wife, Donkin declared he the Settlement name; … Building…
EventArthur Elias Letele, medical doctor and prominent ANC leader who went into exile in Basutoland, dies
… Campaign started in 1952, Letele persuaded a number of volunteers to defy apartheid laws, and this led to his … elected to the ANC Executive Committee and…
EventNongqawuse’s unfulfilled prophecy
… A period of hardship set in for the AmaXhosa after their defeat in the Eighth Frontier War (also called Eighth War of Dispossession). Their political…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… began implementing apartheid by passing a series of racist laws, notably the Population Registration Act, the Groups Areas Act, the Reservation of Separate…
ArchiveOttilie Abrahams: An Honest and Upright Person by Harry Boesak (Pambazuka News), 14 July 2018
… Ottilie Abrahams was undoubtedly one of the most remarkable personalities of contemporary Namibia. She led through example as a … student organization called…
Black ViewPoint - Black Development by Njabulo Ndebele
… Ndebele is a final year B.A. student at the University of Lesotho, Botswana and Swaziland. He is also the SRC President of UBLS I. THE PROBLEM There are…
EventNelson Mandela is born
… Mandela was born on 18 July 1918 in the small village of Mvezo , in the district of Qunu near Umtata , Transkei (now known as Eastern Cape ). Mandela became…
Document 39 - Statement by S. P. Bunting, October 1931
… , October 1931 Private, for circulation among members of the Communist Party only. … October, 1931. DEAR COMRADES OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY , No doubt you have…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Albert John Luthuli
… the Nobel Peace Prize to Albert Luthuli in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the non-violent resistance … time that the prize was awarded purely…
PlaceClifton and Camps Bay Beaches, Cape Town
… Hidden from the visibility of the Coastal Road and vicinity of the wind, Clifton is a secluded collection of four Beaches … one of Cape Town’s most breath…
ArticleChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli timeline 1800 - 1967
… Internet searches, where the more widespread spelling of 'Chief Luthuli' is more likely to be used by visitors. … rain. 1820s Shaka , the Zulu king, allows a…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… (Khala) Mahlangu was executed by the Apartheid regime for being part of an abortive attempt by African National Congress (ANC) … and in the ensuing gun…
ArticleNdebele
… and Venda. The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa’s Black population and can be divided into … from Swaziland and adjacent areas and the…
Insurrections: The Storming
… in 2011, to open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea … our globally dark present, and to…
ArticleThe Storming: Insurrections Ensemble
… in 2011, to open a conversation between the imaginations of Indian and South African writers and musicians. The idea … our globally dark present, and to…
BiographyLouis Botha
… was born near Greytown in Natal in 1862. He was the son of Voortrekker parents and was brought up on a farm in the … school. A Boer general and statesman, he…
ArticleAnglo-Zulu Wars 1879-1896
… The destruction of the Zulu kingdom 1879 -1896 In the 1870s settler and … labour. These societies attempted to resist the extension of colonial control over…
ArticleBoeremag Treason Trial Timeline
… high security at the Pretoria High Court, with a group of alleged white supremacists accused of trying to overthrow the African National Congress (ANC) ……
EventMuhammad Ali defeats Charles Liston in the World heavyweight title fight
… eye. Liston refused to continue the fight, leading to Ali being crowed the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. When Ali was 12 years old, he and a…
ArticleRace and ethnicity in South Africa
… Race and ethnicity have been and still is at the heart of South African history, politics, society and economy since … European colonisation. South Africa…
PlaceOld Fort, Hospital Hill, Johannesburg
… Following the invasion of the ZAR in January 1896 by a troop of cavalry led by Dr Leander Jameson, the Executive Committee … 1899 at a relatively high cost…
EventMass Democratic Movement (MDM) begins their Defiance Campaign
… formed in protest to the Tricameral Parliament. It was one of the most significant anti-apartheid movements, and comprised of 400 church, civic and student…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet Division
… The district of Graaff-Reinet was constituted on 26 August 1785 and its … the 1880's they bore no relationship to the original lines of delimitation. When…