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EventCelebrated nurse, Constance Nothard, is born
… award of the International Red Cross Society, was born in the Eastern Cape. Nothard rendered outstanding service in the South African Military Service in…
EventSol Kerzner admits to the Harms Commission, that he has paid R2m for the personal benefit of Chief George Matanzima
… Kerznerfound himself under investigation for corruption in a case that began in 1987. Kerzner, who owns Sun International which runs The Sun City Resort in…
A call to the people of South Africa: Oliver Tambo, 02 May 1987
… The Botha regime has been compelled, for the third time in three years, to impose a state of emergency, indicating … sought once again to demonstrate that…
Speech on the Sixtieth Anniversary of the ANC, Lusaka by O. R. Tambo, 8 January 1972
… and multiplied and can, today, count a series of victories in the struggle of Man for freedom and dignity. This struggle … is a bitter struggle and is being…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the inauguration of the National Council of Traditional Leaders Cape Town, 18 April 1997
… army commander reported to his superior: 'The camp is in the hands of the enemy, sir!'. The Battle of Isandlwana … Almost one-hundred-and-twenty years later,…
Nelson Mandela Letter to Mrs. Manorama Bhalla, secretary of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, 3 August 1980
… men and women who have been similarly honoured in the past. I recall these names because to my mind they … not only the scope and nature of the award, but…
Eye of the Needle - Notes by Richard Turner
… Turner discusses further on. "Black" is also widely used in South Africa to refer to the African group alone. … that government leaders have begun to concede…
71.The Group Areas Act
… and Bridglal Pachai When the Group Areas Act was passed in 1950, all Indian political organisations strongly opposed … individual should take. The Indian…
Statement at the Swedish People's Parliament Against Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, Stockholm, 21 February 1986
… words to describe our feelings as stand here today. Never in the history of our struggle have we witnessed such an … Parliament. We have here today an entire…
Keynote address on the launch of Mafika Gwala’s Collected Poems Howard College, UKZN, 6 October 2016 by Mandla Langa
… of combat. I make this bold claim because today we’re in a state of flux, of confusion. Those who can foretell the … that the old is dying and the new cannot…
PlaceAkasia- a Complex of Suburbs, of Pretoria
… Town in the Wonderboom district, 3 km from North of Pretoria … are indigenous to the Area. The first Suburb to be built in Akasia, was The Orchards. The…
PlaceTimour Hall Primary School, Plumstead
… In the early 1900’s land was set aside by the owners at … By February 1918 the enrolment had increased from 295 in 1916 to 386. The staff then consisted of…
Helen Zille and the myth of the White Saviour by Panashe Chigumadzi, (Sunday Times), 19 March 2017
… Smith, that great chronicler of the White Man's Burden in Africa, was arguably at his finest in his 1972 novel, The Sunbird. In it, he narrates the allegory…
South Africa’s armed struggle: where the ANC’s ineptitude was a virtue by Howard Barrell (The Conversation), 10 July 2016, University of Pretoria
… capable, millions of South Africans might now be living in hell-holes of war such as those we see in Syria. Instead, the ANC had the political imagination to…
Hugh Masekela: the horn player with a shrewd ear for the music of today, not yesterday, 29 October 2017
… through Kirk Douglas’s acting and Harry James’s trumpet, in the 1950 movie “Young Man With A Horn”. Masekela saw the film as a schoolboy at the Harlem…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… They declared that women would insist on their role in making history. Then, they vowed to a stubborn oppressor … failure. Yet we can acknowledge on this…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1946-Press Reports on the Campaign
… of the proposed legislation to "control" Indians in Natal and the Transvaal. The pavilion was packed and a … hoped that the time would soon come when Indian…
ArchiveChapter 11 The escape by Denis Goldberg
… In June 1978 two new prisoners joined us in the Pretoria Security Prison. They had not long before … his friend. They had both joined the illegal ANC while…
"If I were Prime Minister": Article by Albert Luthuli, 2 December 1961
… Many problems face the emergent Black States in this continent. Among these problems are: the avoidance of … so that the people will be able to take an…
Address at The Official Opening of The Cape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, 28 June 2003
… entered into a social contract for a better tomorrow. In 1822, when Cape Town was already a bustling cosmopolitan port, Percy Bysshe Shelley said in his poem…
88. Gandhi’s legacy
… of the N.I.C., argues that there is a lesson for us in Gandhi's idea of 'constructive satyagraha '. He gave the … the source of Natal Indian Congress…
ArchiveInterview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi
… Interview with Ntsizi Elijah Moremi who was a refugee in Kenya in the late 1970s. An adherent of the black consciousness movement, he became involved in…
ArchiveIndia’s African Sufis - Demystified! by Blanche Michael
… Brothers, the world of Sufism (Islamic mysticism) is rich in poetry, music and dance where many experience spiritual … as soldiers, palace guards and body…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to ANC National General Council fundraising dinner at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, 19 September 2010, Durban
… National Congress. It is an important gathering given that in 2012 the organization will turn one hundred years old. We … people of this country and to…
PlaceDelmas
… Delmas became famous in the latter part of 2010 for its proximity to the missing … forest plantations on its perimeters. Children play in the suburban…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… like stepping straight into the Victorian era. Established in the late 1800s, this tiny railway town boasts beautifully … by local stories and music…
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… and the first mention of his career as ship captain is in an account of an expedition sent by Portuguese King JoÁƒÂƒo (John) II to Guinea in December 1481…
Document 70 - Letter from the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to the Cape Town branch, 26 August 1937
… 15/-. being the September affiliation fee to the I.S. In my last letter to Comrade Goodlatte, I stated that I would in due course send a more lengthy report…
Book 4: Industrialisation, Rural Change and Nationalism - Bibliography
… Women: Gender, Class and the Ideology of the Volksmoeder. In C. Walker (ed.), Women and Gender in South Africa . London, Zed, 1991. Bundy, Colin. Remaking ……
PlaceWoodstock
… Century. His Home, known as; 'La Belle Alliance' , in deference to the French presence at the Cape in 1781-84 , was registered in 1788 as security for a debt…