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Burundi: The ambiguous coup by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 14 May 2015
… storm, his former intelligence chief was busy taking over the country. Many welcomed the coup, celebrating in the streets of Bujumbura, but it’s far from…
ArchiveThe Fragility of Existence by David Goldblatt (www.aperture.org), 6 February 2018
… Gottlieb plays traditional Damara music at the funeral of Ouma Juliana ǂÛ-khui ǁAreses on the family farm beneath the Dâures. Uis District, Erongo Region, 6…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… ABSTRACT OF THESES This thesis highlights the ebbs and flows of the Indian minority's struggles against the systematic and unjust segregation of mankind…
EventFormer Vaal policeman Gerhardus Peens admits his role in the Boipatong Massacre
… Sergeant Gerhardus "Pedro" Peens admitted that he was in the Vaal Triangle (now Gauteng) township of Boipatong on 17 … were killed and others injured in what…
ArchiveThe Pan African Congress venture in retrospect: a Non-European Unity Movement pamphlet
… This pamphlets tries to highlight a series of events that the Pan African Congress (PAC)has been involved with in relation to the freedom struggle of the…
Document 85 - E. R. Roux, “The Native Exploiters: A reply to ‘A. Z.”’, Umsebenzi,20 April 1935
… 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 85 - E. R. Roux, "The Native Exploiters: A reply to 'A. Z."', Umsebenzi,20 … published, as it gives one an opportunity…
Interview: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanethem (Navi) Pillay
… or this week Vodrights, a series of podcasts from the Australian Human Rights Commission. I'm Graeme Innes, the Disability and Race Discrimination…
Former South African President P W De Klerk’s Manifesto for the New South Africa
… from all walks of life, associating ourselves with the goodwill and the shared desire for justice, peace and freedom among the majority of our fellow South…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… president Thabo Mbeki admitted to having co-authored the HIV-Aids denialist Castro Hlongwane booklet in his … – letters to South Africa which apparently seek…
EventThe South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) introduces its first national news service
… The history of broadcasting in South Africa can be traced back to 1923, when the first wireless broadcast was made in Johannesburg. By … was broadcast…
ANC mourns the death of Cde Basil "Jomo" Mavuso, 12 July 2012
… The African National Congress (ANC) is saddened to learn of the passing-on of Cde Basil Jomo Mavuso, a former MK … camp, south of Angola and an MK Veteran…
EventArmscor’s Chairman announces the production of a record breaking South African artillery system
… On 28 March 1982, the Chairman of Armscor announced that South Africa had … it's counterparts of a similar calibre by at least 50%. The development of the…
Address to a Joint Session of the Parliament of Pakistan Islamabad, 4 May 1999
… Mr Prime Minister; Honourable Members of the Senate and the National Assembly of Pakistan Ladies and Gentlemen, It is … and public leaders. It is a privilege…
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… The increasing politicization of the oppressed and exploited masses of South Africa/Azania demands the constant re-writing and re-assessment of the past. New…
EventMalawi voters take part in the first multiparty election in three decades
… Present day Malawi became the British colony of Nyasaland in 1890, after aggressive … conflict with Germany. In 1964, Britain released the colony and it…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the football banquet Pretoria, 1 March 1996
… and gentlemen. South Africa had dared to expect much of the African Cup of Nations. We felt we would acquit ourselves … administrators would do a good job…
EventP.W. Botha launches CONSAS at the Carlton Conference to eliminate “Marxist threat”
… gathered business leaders together in a conference at the Carlton Hotel in Johannesburg. Here he announced his plan to launch the Constellation of Southern…
Pridekit - Enoch Sontonga
… The origins of Enoch Sontonga and the song he wrote, Nkosi … Mpinga clan, of the Xhosa nation, was born in the Eastern Cape in about 1873. It is believed…
ArchiveThe Black Sash: a case study of liberalism in South Africa 1955-1990
… Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Social Studies, Sub-Faculty of Politics, University of Oxford, for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Abstract: The…
EventMore than 2,250 people are arrested in the township of Sebokeng
… Police arrested 2,300 people in the township of Sebokeng in the Vaal in what was believed to be the biggest raid against black people living in the townships…
EventRichard J. Goldstone, former Justice of the Constitutional Court of SA, is born
… 26 October 1938, Richard Goldstone,a well-known figure in the legal fraternity, was born in Boksburg, Gauteng Province. In 1962, Goldstone graduated from the…
EventThe Organisation of African Unity is formed and Africa Day is declared
… On 25 May, 1963, the first African organisation after independence, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The…
EventTwo psychiatrists give evidence on the proceedings of David Beresford Pratt’s case
… On 13 September 1960, during the trial of David Beresford Pratt, two psychiatrists gave evidence about his mental condition. The case was heard at the…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… Horrified by apparent infiltration of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) by non-whites, right-wingers … Dutch Reformed Church members which took place towards…
EventDr. E. Rhoodie is arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins
… Dr. E. Rhoodie was arrested at the French Riviera resort Juan les Pins. He would appear in … for extradition proceedings on 31 July 1979. This followed the…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… Winston Churchill joined the British army in 1893 and developed a keen interest in war … This led Churchill to work as a war correspondent for The Morning…
EventPresident F.W. de Klerk announces the Group Areas Act will be repealed.
… Frederick Willem de Klerk announced in Parliament that the Group Areas Act of 1950 will be replaced by new … measures acceptable to all Houses of Parliament…
EventSandra Smith is the last woman to be executed in South Africa
… executed by hanging at Pretoria Central Prison. She was the last woman to be executed in South Africa. Smith had been convicted alongside her boyfriend…
Mafika Gwala speaks to Andrea Meeson about not living in the shadows
… A press release from the Poetry Africa festival, which ended in Durban last night, touted the presence of Mafika Gwala as the “exciting re-emergence of the…
EventFirst recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa
… 13 October 1867 marks the first recorded discovery of diamonds in the colonial period of South Africa, with the very first becoming known as the Eureka…