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EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid policy of separate development. The Transkei was to have its own … foreign affairs and justice would remain in…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… French, Dutch, Polish, Hindi and Zulu. The collected works of Jonker, including several short stories and a play, were … published in 1975 and re-issued in…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 108th Anniversary of the African National Congress by Cyril Ramaphosa, 8 January 2020
… its formation. We mark this occasion in the historic city of Kimberley in the Northern Cape, a place of resistance and … the Eastern Cape, Northern Cape,…
ArticleNelson Mandela Awards 1960s - 2000s
… Awards 1960s 1964 Elected Honorary President of the Students' Union, University College, London. 1965 … the City of Rio de Janeiro and honorary citizenship…
ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
… Labour & Development Research Unit (Saldru) in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town covers what is probably the most crucial quarter ……
EventKhoikhoi warriors defeat Portuguese thieves
… de Almeida served as the viceroy to the Portuguese State of India from 1505 to 1509. Upon his successor taking over he sailed back to his homeland with a…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… is an open, expansive Savannah Landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers. Mapungubwe developed into … to the growth and subsequent decline…
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… The three heads of state met for 13 days of secret meetings at Camp Devid, the Presidential Retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, about 100…
EventFree, compulsory education for Black children
… to White education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The government had a policy of separate…
From Resistance to Creative Mediation: Writing and Literary Intellectuals’ Influence on the Liberation Struggles and Political Impact on Literary Discourse and Developments
… The write associates, in partnership with the University of the Free State, invite the submission of abstracts for individual … Citizenship, globalisation…
85. Charter for Change, 1981
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … of all the people of South Africa in a unitary national state…
ArticleAfrican Heritage Sites
… Floral Region - ( Western Cape ), Vredefort Dome - ( Free State ), Richtersveld Cultural and Botanical Landscape - ( … ), Robben Island - ( Western Cape) ,…
EventPhakisa Freeway opens
… The Phakisa Freeway located in Welkom, Free State, opened on 10 October 1999.[i] The Phakisa Freeway was constructed by means of combining the traditional…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… material. This material is contained in six volumes of Appendices to this dissertation which are held by Rhodes … by South African Troops', 31/10/75. *Howard…
Time for ANC members to speak out when democracy is at stake by Denis Goldberg (Sunday Times), 17 April 2016
… Members of the party can no longer follow party orders to remain … it. In the conflict of interest between himself and the state he consciously chose to…
ArticlePoor Whites and their Political Weapon: Constructing the Kakamas Dam
… 19th century, as the mineral revolution and development of mines forced smaller farmers off their land. [1] This led … destroyed 30 000 farms in the…
EventLadybrand Four story told at the TRC
… Mashiya and Tax Sejaname were abducted by members of the Orange Free State Security Branch in Lesotho . Betty Boom was a Commander … returned the baby to…
“Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa”, Closing speech by Oliver Tambo at the ANC conference, Arusha, 4 December
… Peoples of the world united against apartheid, for a democratic South Africa The time has come for all of us to leave this friendly city which has been our…
EventSA Artist, Father Frans Claerhout, is born
… missionary. He was initially posted to the Orange Free State, where he worked among the black people living in and … and the United Kingdom. His subject…
ArchiveEleanor Kasrils: From Detainment to National Liberation by Nathan Greenhaw
… increasingly authoritarian measures to combat any forms of resistance against the government. Under apartheid … its opposition suppressed, including both…
ArchiveBiography of Dulcie September by Claire Albin
… apartheid. However, despite the international recognition of September’s activist work and influence, her tragic death … the purpose of the group was, in…
EventWinnie Mandela is banished to Brandfort
… Winnie Madikizela-Mandela , wife of imprisoned ANC leader, Nelson Mandela, was banished to the dusty Afrikaner dominated town of Brandfort in the Free State…
Event7 People are killed during a SATS strike
… way to a union meeting, were accosted by several hundreds of non-striking workers at Germiston Station, East Rand. The … but allegedly took no other action…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
… In 1975, Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a … programs, ultimately helping both to delegitimize…
ArticleThe Influenza epidemic
… influenza pandemic broke out, that led to the deaths of 50 million people worldwide. The pandemic spread … America over a twelve-month period between the…
ArticleThe Nelson Mandela Presidency - 1994 to 1999
… In 1991, Nelson Mandela was elected the president of the African National Congress (ANC), and his friend and … first non-racial elections. The first plenary…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled into Cape Town to attended religious services. However because of the distances…
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… Boers leaving the Cape Colony and settling in the interior of South Africa. White settlement led to the establishment of the republics of Natalia, the Orange…
EventP.W. Botha becomes Prime Minister
… Party caucus elected Pieter Willem Botha, the Minister of Defence and leader of the National Party in the Cape Province as new Prime … whatsoever in the…
ArticleBiko’s imprisonment, death and the aftermath
… In the wake of the urban revolt of 1976 and with prospects of a national revolution becoming … settlements outside the cities became overcrowded as the state…