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Dolf van Niekerk, Springbok water skier, is born in Somerset West.
ArchiveDomestic Workers Say No To Slavery by SPEAK, 1989 – 1992, Johannesburg
Nigeria’s new military ruler, General Sani Abacha, dissolves all democratic institutions.
Ian Meckiff is no balled for throwing against the South Africans.
ArchiveMeeting held at Jan Smuts Airport on Friday 25 May 1984
Minutes of a meeting between Pik Botha and Chester Crocker to discuss political strategies for southern Africa
ArchiveSarmcol negotiate with our union or get out say striking workers
ArchiveAanvaarding van geweld as oplossing wek kommer (Article written in Afrikaans)
ArchiveLong road to media freedom - but radio can make a difference now
Leuens staan in weg van wit bevryding (Article written in Afrikaans)
Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith rejects British proposals for a Rhodesian settlement.
BiographyChauke Family
The Chaukes live in Blinkwater, near Msengi in the Limpopo Province, but very little is known about this family of carvers. They have neither been prolific nor…
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission in the then…
BiographySara “Saartjie” Baartman
Sara ‘Saartjie’ Baartman was born in 1789* at the Gamtoos river in what is now known as the Eastern Cape. She belonged to the cattle-herding Gonaquasub group…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… Portuguese sailors would use the Bay, where the Khoi-San offered them food, as a Halfway Station to the Far East. …
”Racial problems in South Africa”, Speech by Oliver Tambo at the second Pan-African Youth Seminar Dar Es Salaam, 5 August 1961
Pamphlet published by World Assembly of Youth Racial problems in South Africa There is unquestionably much which could be said on the subject of racial…
BiographyRajes Pillay
Rajaluxmi Pillay (also known as Rajes) was born on 4 August 1944 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN). Her parents were from Kimberley in the…
Gerard Sekoto (80), SA artist who left SA for Paris in 1947, dies.
BiographySibusiso Robert Duma
Sibusiso Duma is a young artist who is presently making his mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor Makhoba …
EventUnited Nations Charter is adopted
… The United Nations Charter was adopted in San Francisco by the United Nations Conference on …
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid government banned all the organisations under the Black Consciousness…
ArchiveResettlement in Natal - an overview
ArchiveAn experiment in Christian living
ArchiveEditorial notes: An insulting statement
ArchiveBlack opposition: an historical perspective
ArchiveThe current situation inside SA
Report from Natal on the current political situation in South Africa. Examines results of regime's repression. Demonstrates refusal of the people to submit to…
Archive'The Barracks' - An Urban Slum
ArchiveThe Story of an Afrikaner
ArchiveA quest for an African Christology
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