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The Dageraad, with salvaged treasure from the Gouden Buis, which had run ashore at St Helena Bay, is wrecked on the reefs off R
… The Dageraad, with salvaged treasure from the Gouden Buis, which had run ashore at St Helena Bay, is wrecked on the reefs off R …
ArchiveMeeting between the Minister and Ambassador Nickel on 7 June 1985 at the Guest House, Pretoria, at 17h00
… Minutes of a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pik Botha, and the United States Ambassador, Herman Nickel, to discuss what … Meeting between…
PlaceMapungubwe Cultural Landscape, Joining South Africa with Zimbabwe and Botswana
… Landscape is an open, expansive Savannah Landscape at the confluence of the Limpopo and Shashe Rivers. Mapungubwe developed into … by way of the rich fossil…
ArchiveA call to all: now is the time to take an active role in the struggle for human dignity
… The call is made by students of the Cape Peninsular to join the fight for human dignity against the unjust apartheid … A call to all: now is the time to take…
Say It out Loud - The 1912 Presidential Address, Johannesburg, Transvaal, 1st January, 1912
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The 1912 … 1st January, 1912 1 Since our last Congress the march of events has, from our point of view,…
EventFormer diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs Jackie Selebi is set to lead SAPS
… The South African government announced that former diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs, Jacob Sello Selebi, would take over from the outgoing South…
EventDavid Malebane, a student at the Tompi Seleka Agricultural College in the Limpopo, shoots three lecturers before shooting himself
… again he was enraged. On 15 January 1999, he stormed into the school with a gun and accused lectures of deliberately failing him. It is reported that he…
EventAhmed Ben Bella, former president of Algeria, is released after fourteen years in prison
… Former president of Algeria, Ahmed Ben Bella, was instrumental in Algeria’s fight for independence from France. He became the country’s premier in 1962 and…
Address at the Third African Renaissance Festival, Durban, 31 March 2001
… Chairperson Premier of the Province Our friends from the USA Distinguished … of agricultural and mineral raw materials as well as gold and diamonds. Like the…
ArchiveFive Freedoms Forum - African National Conference, July 1989: Report of Commission on Sanctions (A3)
… Report of the African National Congress - Five Freedoms Forum, … Forum - African National Conference, July 1989: Report of Commission on Sanctions (A3) …
ArticleThe history of Migrant Labour in South Africa
… Introduction The migrant labour system marks a period in which African men … in the mines. The migrant labour system is the evidence of how legislation was…
Statement by Olive Tambo at the freedom rally organised by the Irish Anti-Apartheid Movement, 26 January 1979, Dublin
… Dear Friends and Comrades, We bring you greetings on behalf of the African National Congress, the cadres of Umkhonto we Sizwe (Spear of the Nation), inside ……
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… by Allison Drew Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights", Workers' … emphasis on the…
EventThe Ruth Prowse Art Centre is opened
… The Ruth Prowse Art Centre was opened in The Retreat as an art and cultural centre with artist Erik Laubscher as first head. The house was formerly an…
EventThe first Gay Marriage in South Africa
… South African history, Vernon Gibbs and Tony Halls became the first same sex couple to legally wed in the country, one day after President Thabo Mbeki’s…
ArchivePart 2: the Apartheid Counter Revolution: a permanent Emergency?
… Article by the United Democratic Front in which it looks at the violence on the South African youths by the government in its counter … Part 2: the Apartheid…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… 1500-1800 This period is marked by the advent and growth of the Atlantic Slave Trade affecting West Africa, Central … or acting as transport operators. 1886…
ArchiveThe apartheid city and its labouring class: African workers and the independent trade union movement in Durban, 1959-1985
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject history … The apartheid city and…
Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final constitution
… THE GENERAL ELECTION ON 27 APRIL 1994 was the product of negotiated agreements to bring an end to … Chapter 10 - A framework for negotiating the final…
Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from the negotiating table
… The new constitution is a celebration of the creativity of the South African people, for few, if any, other countries … Chapter 14 - Epilogue: lessons from…
Chapter Six - The Fighter in Turmoil: 1946 - 1960
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson The years between 1930 and the 1940s were ones of profound…
35. Colour legislation in the Orange River Colony
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The draft Ordinance of October 1903 imposed…
Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 7 - 1957-58: The Movement in a Crucial Phase By 1957 any relative lull in … Chapter 7 -…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - Native Unrest
… From the book: The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu Introductory. The aboriginal black people of South Africa have not remained…
The 1994 South African Election by Phyllis Jordan
… old and over, men and women, black and white, will go to the polls to elect a new government to replace the white minority regime that has ruled that country…
ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… Gentlemen: I am greatly honoured that you have given us the opportunity to address the Scottish Parliament. I thank you most sincerely for this … our peoples…
Say It out Loud - The Education Bill, 1906
… From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari The Education Bill, 1906 The School Board Act, No. 35 of 1905 1 Throughout his public career, Dr…
ArchiveLetter from Steve Biko to the executive
… This is the letter from Steve Biko to the executive about the trips to some black campuses namely: Federal Theological … The Fighting Talk Committee … Letter…
ArchiveUnban the African National Congress mass meeting
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) successfully applied for a … court order last night to go ahead with meetings to launch the "Unban the African National…
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… Hole in the Wall is one of the most impressive landmarks along the entire South African … Table Mountain , most likely, though only a small fraction of the…