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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…
Document 12 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi19 to E. R. Roux 20, 27 January 1927
… students thought that the Capitalists steamer you took and the education they are giving you has changed you from … know you to be. Comrade I am writing this…
Document 23 - Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk
… 19 December MEMORANDUM As South African workers we reject and protest against: 1. The way in which the government has … unilateral announcement on…
PlaceBeestekraal, North West
… Settlement with a Railway Station and Post Office, North of Brits. It was given the name in … have made quite an 'Geo-Historical Venture', with a Kiosk and…
ArchiveAddress to NUSAS Congress 1968
… John Sprack, the death of Albert Luthuli, the banning and exile of Dr Bill Hoffenberg and pressures on NUSAS from right-wing students and the government. …
Negotiations: a strategic perspective
… revolution, goals of the National Liberation Struggle and immediate objectives, engaging the National Party, the … of National Unity, minimising the threat…
South African Labour Bulletin
… of Labour Bulletin, May 1990. Volume 14, Number 8. Black and white photo of public sector workers on the march outside OK in Johannesburg. Black and white…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
… Examines local government for Africans, Indian, Coloured and White local government, regional services councils, Bantustans and local government, the Freedom…
ArchiveSpeak
… to women. Violence against women, including wife battery and rape, health issues such as pregnancy, contraception and sexually transmitted diseases, better…
PlaceSpringbok Park, Hatfield, Pretoria
… The Park was formerly known as Grosvenor Square and was conceived in 1905 when the Suburb of Hatfield was laid out. Development only commenced in the 1930s…
EventThe Group Areas Act comes into effect
… Act divided South African residential areas along racial and ethnic lines designating residential areas for Blacks, Whites, Indians, and Coloureds. This…
EventSADF seals off Vaal townships
… seven thousand South African Defence Force (SADF) troops and the South African Police (SAP) sealed off the Vaal Triangle townships of Sebokeng, Sharpeville…
EventThe House of Assembly votes for inquiry into NUSAS & SAIRR
… forty-three to appoint a Select Committee to inquire into and report upon the objects, organisations, activities, financing and related matters of the…
EventFormer IFP chairman Jiyane register Nadeco with IEC
… based on three pillars: the restoration of family values and the fear of God, the deepening of democracy, and a market based developmental state to attack…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… for a second term as president of the United States, and called for greater world peace. "The government and people of South Africa, in wishing him well,…
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put … service is more representative in terms of ethnic group and gender. It also…
ArchiveUnlawful Organizations Act, Act No 34 of 1960
… in the Gazette to declare the Pan Africanist Congress and the African National Congress and certain other organizations to be unlawful organizations, to…
PlaceDorkay House (1952)
… musicians. Dorkay House became a musical hub of the 1950s and many artists such as Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba would practice their skills there…