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EventEarthquake shakes up Tulbagh
… and Ceres experienced the most destructive earthquake in South African history.[i] The epicentre of the earthquake was situated in Saron, a region near…
PlaceClanwilliam, Stellenbosch District
… Mountains. This District celebrated its 150th Anniversary in September 1964. The District originally formed part of the … (1811-14). He renamed the sub…
EventThe apartheid government reportedly pays compensation for death of Steve Biko
… Steve Biko was born in King Williams Town and began his political career as the … Student's Organization (SASO). It was from his involvement in this…
PlaceFlagstaff
… In 1877 Zachariah Bowles and his partner, a Mr Owen, … outset, the Postal Business of Flagstaff was carried on in a temporary Hut, a square plan building…
Document 25 - Letter from E. R. Roux to John Gomas, 23 July 1956
… peculiar if I had the same point of view to-day as I had in Moscow in 1928. I was a loyal Party member then - I left the Party in 1936. Surely I must have…
PlaceAmathole Mountain Region, Eastern Cape
… The Amatola Region is one of the most beautiful and diverse in the Eastern Cape. The Amathole's stretch into the … and West of Stutterheim, the slopes are…
PlaceOudtshoorn, Western Cape
… District of George, and was proclaimed a separate division in about 1858. The local economy was based primarily upon … farming, although fruit and grain were…
Address at Conference on Southern Africa of the Socialist International and the Socialist Group of the European Parliament with the Frontline States, ANC and SWAPO by O. R. Tambo, Arusha, 4 September 1984
… omit to make reference to those of them who are held in apartheid prisons today - leaders like Nelson Mandela … an indication of a process of positive change…
A Tale of Political Conspiracy and Incomprehensible Judicial Imaginings by Thabo Mbeki, 15 February 2016
… On 12 September 2008, Justice Chris Nicholson, Judge in the then Natal Provincial Division of the High Court of … Blade Nzimande, General Secretary of the…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on receiving a Honorary LLD degree at the University of the Witwatersrand 6 September 1991
… dedicated to the creation of peace and freedom in South Africa. No institution, especially not an educational institution, can function in an environment…
Chapter 18. Disrupting the Trade Unions
… In Mein Kampf, Hitler propounded at length the need for capturing or disrupting all mass organisations in the interest of National Socialism. The leaders of…
Chapter 14. Rebuilding the Union-Constitution
… When I returned to South Africa in March 1933, I found the stillness of the grave in the union office. The mass of workers in the factory section had lost…
PlaceCurries Fountain Sports Development Centre
… “Curries” a name associated to the vibrant stadium in the struggle days, particularly in the 1960’s and 1970’s, influenced the interaction of Black … people…
Message to the Special Committee against Apartheid on its 20th anniversary from O.R. Tambo, President of the ANC, 06 April 1983
… belongs to the most ardent campaigners internationally in educating world public opinion on the evils of apartheid. The Special Committee has been in the…
Message from Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against apartheid on its 20th anniversary, 02 April 1983
… belongs to the most ardent campaigners internationally in educating world public opinion on the evils of apartheid. The Special Committee has been in the…
Author uncovers Gandhi’s links with early ANC leaders by Anelisa Kubheka (Daily News), 02 March 2012, Durban
… According to Nauriya, Gandhi often used to tell audiences in India that he was an advisor to several black South African leaders. Nauriya, who wrote a book…
PlaceKamastone and Bulhoek
… The Cape government established the settlement of Kamastone in the Queenstown area, in 1854. In 1874 the government received complaints from Black … The Cape…
EventKaunda calls for Thatcher’s exclusion from talks on South African sanctions
… In protest of the system of apartheid, economic sanctions … advocated from the 1960s onwards. However, it was only in the 1980s that the implementation of…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… devotion to the poor, was buried on 13 September 1997 in Culcutta, India. The 87-year-old nun died on 5 September. … to 1948 Mother Teresa taught at St. Mary…
PlaceWanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg
… Wanderers has a rich History. It was the third Test ground in Johannesburg following the Old Wanderers Stadium and Ellis … squash and bowls, which can also…
EventSnaar Viljoen, the great all-rounder is born
… Johannes Hendrickus ‘Snaar’ Viljoen was born in Hanover, Northern Cape on 11 January 1904.[i] Snaar was … Africa’s greatest all-rounders.[ii] AnchorHe…
PlaceParsonage House Museum, Port Elizabeth
… This is probably the oldest surviving house in Port Elizabeth and was built by Rev Francis McClelland of the Church of England, who arrived in 1820 with the…
EventUN report accuses Katangan President and Congo President of conspiracy to murder Patrice Lumumba
… accused of conspiracy to murder ex-premier Patrice Lumumba in a UN report. Lumumba died on 13 February 1961. It has always been assumed in liberation…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… Morocco had been ruled by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631. In 1859, a war was waged against Spain in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war,…
EventThe Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian Representation Act is introduced
… As the so-called 'Pegging Act' was due to expire in March, 1946, Prime Minister J.C. Smuts realised that … 28 of 1946) was introduced on 15 March 1946 and…
EventMK hero cadre Solomon Kalushi (Khala) Mahlangu is executed
… literature into the country. Mahlangu had joined the ANC in September 1976, and left the country to be trained as an … and others returned to South Africa,…
EventBotswana President, Seretse Khama dies
… President, Seretse Khama died on 13 July 1980 he died in Gabarone, Botswana. He was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, … Bechuanaland had been put under British…
Address of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, at the Inaugural session of the Twelth Conference of Heads of State or Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries Durban, 2 September 1998
… welcome you all to our newly democratic country, still in the infancy of its freedom. We are especially proud to do … of the critical role of the Movement…
EventANC flag raised at the funeral of John ‘Hennie’ Ferus
… Ferus was a strong campaigner against racial oppression in South Africa, who died in a car crash the on Monday 20 April 1981. His funeral, in Worcester, was…
Statement of alliance secretariat following meeting held 5th Feb, 6 February 2015
… SANCO met yesterday, 5 February 2015, at Luthuli house in its regular meeting to discuss issues common interests, as well as to reflect on developments in…