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ArchiveMemorandum aan alle lede van die Staatsveiligheidsraad: Onlussituasie - voorgestelde terminologiese riglyne vir amptelike segsmanne
… an accompanying letter and a press cutting entitled " Black rule or conflict inevitable - Naude", which is referred to in the Memorandum. …
Marikana and the New Politics of Grief, 20 August, 2012 - Jon Soske
… In July 1981, 1,700 workers at the Penge asbestos mine in the … after a bitter, two year struggle for recognition by the Black Allied Mine and Construction…
Archive2009 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 3 June 2009 (After National Elections)
… of the Judiciary; Chairperson of SALGA, mayors and leaders in our system of local government; Chairperson of the … as well as to promote the implementation…
EventSharpeville Deputy Mayor killed
… was hacked to death by a group of youths, and doused in petrol and burned. The riots were in protest against rent increases and poor education … puppets of…
PlaceGroutville
… from its founding father Reverend Aldin Grout who arrived in Natal with his wife Charlotte in 1836. Reverend Aldin … Groutville also saw it fair share of the…
Document 71 - Spartacus Club October Revolution Celebrations Oddfellows Hall, 70 Loop Street, Cape Town, 6 November 1937
… 2.Speech Refreshments 3.Auction "THE SPARK" A Play in 3 Acts ( 12 Scenes) and Songs Songs: "The Spark" "7th … the Son. Songs: "Kudala Sizula" "Isn't it hard…
The significance of the Bulhoek massacre today by Sam Matiase, 11 May 2015, South Africa
… bread and above all, dignity.” And a proper starting point in this exercise is about remembering the Bulhoek Massacre, … of South Africa (British and Dutch)…
EventDr Piet Koornhof, one of the most controversial figures in South African history, dies
… figures from South Africa's apartheid era, died in a Stellenbosch frail care centre at the age of 82, following a stroke. Early in his life, as a Rhodes…
PlaceWallacedene, Cape Town
… Wallacedene is an Informal Housing Settlement in the Eastern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. The … The Predominant Race, making up 76% of the Population…
EventStudents support the appointment of Archie Mafeje
… at the University of Cape Town (UCT) embarked on a "sit in" to protest against government intervention that forced … to rescind on its appointment of Archie…
EventCouncil of Unions of South Africa (CUSA) is formed
… Urban Training Project and the Consultative Committee of Black Trade Unions. Initially it appeared to be more … committees as a stepping stone towards…
Document 47. Minutes of the Annual Conference of the ANC, December 15-19, 1949
… Conference opened at 10:10 a.m. on the 15th December 1949. In the absence of the Senior Chaplain the Speaker, Cr. R. V. … or not all the members then…
EventEdgar D. Ngoyi, South African ANC leader who spent seventeen years on Robben Island, is born.
… Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. Ngoyi became politically active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a member of…
ArchiveRelease Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Trial
… A2 red and black litho on white; photos, news clips from 1964 Treason … text: Release Mandela Campaign Remembers Rivonia Tria; in terms of international…
ArchiveRemember June 16 1976
… A2 yellow, red and black on white; photo Hector Petersen, youths demonstrating … a year of blood and death, but it was also a turning point in our determined…
EventNaledi High School is founded
… the South Africa Students Movement (SASM), Enos Ngutshane. In retaliation students stoned the police and burned their car. The first sign of Black unrest in…
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… that immediate steps be taken to give every assistance in the formation of an Anti-Imperialist and national … of division and lack of unity in the ranks of…
PlaceBill Ainslie Studios, Johannesburg
… The Bill Ainslie Studios was established in 1964 by Bill Ainslie, who was also known as William … , located at 6 Eastwold Way, Saxonwold, Johannesburg in a…
EventAhmed Helmy, Egyptian actor, is born
… Ahmed Helmy was born on 18 November 1969 in Banha, Egypt. His career as an actor began when Sherif Arafa noticed Helmy in a children’s programme and was…
EventState of Emergency enters 100th day
… Location: back to this day in history search archive The state of emergency entered its 100th day after it was announced on July 20. P W Botha in an attempt…
ArchiveThe Freedom run
… Black, red and white poster. Notice of a 10km and 3km fun run … logo on his T-Shirt. Artwork of african people, singing, in the background. Anti-Apartheid…
EventMembers of SASO and BPC held under Terrorism Act
… of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and the Black People's Convention (BPC) are arrested and held under the Terrorism Act, following a pro-…
EventSteytler launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… government on 12 May 1962 defining the crime of sabotage in the widest terms. Steytler believed it was within the … mandate to launch such a protest as they…
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… The National Assembly voted in favour of the separation of the people of South Africa into four distinct races (White, Black, Coloured, and Indian) through…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… for the convenience of reference by those interested in the Native view of what is known as Segregation in South Africa. Contents The Segregation Fallacy…
Interview with Oliver Tambo to Newsweek, 01 August 1980
… because they find it almost impossible to believe that the black man can be efficient, that he can be a good fighter, … we are bobbejaans (baboons). But that…
EventArchbishop Owen Cardinal McCann becomes South Africa’s first cardinal.
… first Cardinal when he was invested by Pope Paul VI in St Peter's Basilica. Early in Cardinal McCann's tenure as Archbishop, the South African … attack came…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… Smuts' United Party (UP) by 5 seats. The HNP came to power in coalition with the Afrikaner Party, led by Nicholaas C. … White farmers in the Northern…
Chapter VI - HEAR US!
… delayed by the police searches. Those of us who lived in Johannesburg had gone back to our jobs. I know that I felt … endorsing signatures to be collected…
Document 38 - Certification of the Constitution; a summary of the judgment of the Constitutional Court
… DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH AFRICA, RECALLED By E.S Reddy The "Campaign of … resistance in South Africa were an inspiration to the black people in the United…