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EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… South America, and from Africa there was Nana Amoah III of the Gold Coast, Thorgie Sie of Liberia, and representatives of Sierra Leone and Nigeria. … the…
EventSekhukhune successfully resists the Boers
… Sekhukhune I, King of the Bapedi, successfully resisted the Boers during a protracted Boer/Bapedi land ownership dispute. On 16 May 1876, the Volksraad of…
EventApartheid becomes official policy
… Havenga. Dr D. F. Malan became prime minister at the age of seventy-four and formed the first government dominated by … regulations were imposed, such as the…
ArchiveNUM le Chamber of Mines li ne li nkile leeto mmoho ho ea ithuta ho hong mane Geremane. presidente oa NUM le oa com ba hlalosa tsa leeto la bona (article written in Sotho language)
… National Union of Mineworkers … NUM le Chamber of Mines li ne li nkile leeto mmoho ho ea ithuta ho hong mane …
PlaceLeinster Hall, 7 Weltevreden Street, Gardens
… Hall was built in the 1850s by Sebastian Hofmeyr on a plot of land that previously formed part of the farm Weltevreden. The outbuildings date from the same …
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… Acknowledgements Title and Dedication - A People's History of South Africa Contents Epigraph - Questions of a Worker Reading History Introduction Part 1 -…
EventAPLA burns down farm house in Fouriesburg
… People's Liberation Army (APLA) burnt down the farm house of Edmund Middleton of Fouriesburg on 10 October 1992. The attack was part of an … known as …
EventVasco da Gama’s expedition reaches St Helena Bay
… set off from the Tagus River on 8 July 1497 with a crew of 148 men in a squadron of three square-riggers, the Sao Gabriel, the Sao Raphael, … months they…
Introduction - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… The story of the Garment Workers' Union of South Africa epitomizes the … South Africans will admit with sorrow that their land is tormented by race hatred…
PlaceTunisia
… kilometres and is home to 10.6 million people. The capital of Tunis is home to nearly 800,000 people, though over 60% of … of Tyre, was the first outsider to…
ArticlePolitical executions in South Africa by the apartheid government 1961 - 1989
… On 9 June 1983, three members of the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), … Ndongeni – were all arrested. Accused under the Terrorism Act of 17…
EventThe ‘Hospital and Lunatic Asylum’, the first civilian hospital in Cape Town, is opened
… funds, so Bailey built the hospital himself, and acquired land in Green Point, which was then in the outskirts of town. On 1 August 1818, the 'Hospital and…
Chapter IV - A meaningful life
… June 1971 had brought me freedom from all the frustrations of house arrest and the other onerous mutilations of my … for generations. They were resettled on…
PlaceThulamela Local Municipality
… and promote social, political and economic empowerment of all our people through delivery of quality services, … provision of the Local Government…
PlaceJacobsbaai, West Coast
… for the name is that the English king entrusted the piece of land to a local known as ‘Jacob.’ During the early 1800's a … could be stopped from entering the…
Freedom for Namibia by Toivo Herman Ja Toivo (1968)
… a two year old guerilla war against South African control of the region. That struggle was directed by the Southwest … capitol to try us. It has shown its…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… equipment was tested in South Africa, with mixed results. Land-based military radio proved problematic, but five … the world, including South Africa, which…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the South African Communist Party Policy Conference, 27 September 2008, Randburg Towers
… Chairperson of the SACP, Comrade Gwede Mantashe, Secretary General of the … We have also stated clearly that we want to accelerate the land reform programme…
PlaceBerg River
… The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners…
PlaceFraserburg
… The division of Fraserburg was originally part of the district of Worcester and was proclaimed a separate … The building known as the Peperbus on certain…
PlaceNamaqua Coastal Route
… Coastal Route region in the Northern Cape is a place of breathtaking divergence and jaw-dropping beauty. Set on … radio telescope was inaugurated in the…
Pravin Gordhan on a leash by Daniel Silke (Politics Web), 16 May 2016
… the status quo. How apt therefore that the current saga of Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan fits so well into this … Where it begins to threaten their…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… Building, "Staatsartillerie" Stables and Western portion of the Main Building. all situated at Defence Headquarters, … in Southern Africa, and having no…
Speech to the ANC Rally at Soccer City by O. R. Tambo, Johannesburg, 16 December 1990
… Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, Comrades and … urge our white compatriots to join hands with us. Let us act now to…
EventFourteen are killed in Phola Park violence
… her husbands death, following a night attack by residents of nearby Zulu hostel. She grieved for 10 minuites then fled … when residents from Thokoza erected…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to Kwazulu-Natal Black Management Forum Gala Dinner in his Honour Inkosi Albert Luthuli, 11 July 2008, International Convention Centre Durban
… Mr Jimmy Manyi, President of the BMF Ms Tembakazi Mnyaka, our host and chair of BMF … to a clearly defined public development mandate, and act in terms of…
70. The Durban riots, 1949
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … sold at 6d. a yard: today it is at 2s. 6d. per yard. Have…
Christmas and New Year Message by O. R. Tambo, Distributed Illegally in South Africa, December 1973
… from the African National Congress on the occasion of Christmas and New Year. Let us make the festive season an … which the Vorsters can never destroy;…
PlaceWhite Horse Stones, Naval Hill, Bloemfontein
… stones were laid during the South African War by members of the Wiltshire Regiment who were then Stationed at Naval Hill. An Area of 28 x 30 metres of land…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first Black Archbishop of the Anglican Church … his…