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EventWaaihoek women embark on anti-pass passive resistance campaign
… In 1913, Black women in Bloemfontein were experiencing the culmination of heavy … to control the mobility of the Black population in White areas – a…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. … secondary school. It was at this…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He was also actively involved in trade union movements and eventually became an active … which was linked with the SACTU. He…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which 69 people were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in Langa,…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the magistrate…
EventWorld Aids Day
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would … the worldwide challenges and consequences of…
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous … professions, this despite the enormous amounts invested in it and the resulting…
Address as Chairperson of the Non-Aligned Movement at the Opening of the South Summit, Havana 12 April 2000
… of the Summit We join those who have spoken before us in expressing our thanks to the Cuban Government and people … this important South Summit. At its XII…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers - The Disfranchisement of the Cape Native
… was first granted to the Native of Cape Colony in 1854, without, distinction as to white and black. Before … open for all to qualify for true citizenship and…
Burkina Faso: Echoes of a Revolution Past by Ernest Harsch, December 22nd, 2014
… when people are more aware of history than when they are in the midst of making it. In Burkina Faso, President Blaise Compaoré had scarcely fled … of the…
Address to the 21st Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the OAU by O.R. Tambo, Addis Ababa, 19 July 1985
… Allow me, Mr. Chairman, to greet this assembly also in the name of Nelson Mandela and other national leaders and political activists held in the prisons of…
Address to CODESA by comrade Nelson R. Mandela, President of the ANC 20 December 1991
… People of South Africa: Today will be indelibly imprinted in the history of our country. If we, who are gathered here … eighty years, the ANC has led the…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
… On 28 February 1980, Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in…
ArchiveChapter 8 The Rivonia Trial by Denis Goldberg
… The judge Is dressed in red and white the assessors in black and white the prosecutor in a hostage smile and I in the borrowed robes of my …
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… viaduct bridge (the first of its kind to be built in South Africa ) The bridge is simultaneously curved and … follows the track of the road, so ignore the…
Closing Remarks to the 53rd National Conference of the ANC by President Jacob Zuma, December 2012, Mangaung
… Cosatu plus SANCO, Representatives of fraternal parties in SADC and internationally, Comrades Delegates, Our honoured … humbled by the confidence shown by…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress On The Occasion Of the 105th Anniversary of the African National Congress Presented By President Jacob Zuma
… dedication, sacrifice and hard work of millions of people, in South Africa and across the world, who acted in unity to ensure that we can live in a free…
Eye of the Needle - Chapter 6 - Education for Freedom
… structure, content, and socialization that we have seen in discussing participation. Just as the organizational … structure of the factory socializes the…
PlaceThe Dakawa Arts and Crafts Centre
… Arts and Crafts Centre, a skills training project based in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape is involved in community outreach and youth development. Initially known…
EventProVerb, the South Africa hip hop artist, television and radio presenter is born
… Tebogo Sidney Thapelo Thekisho, stagename ProVerb was born in Kimberley, [i] Northern Cape on 12 April 1981.[ii] He is a … and a rap artist. ProVerb started…
EventJack Parow, the Afrikaans rap artist is born
… Zander Tyler, stage name Jack Parow was born in Parow, Cape Town on 22 February 1982.[i] He is one of the most popular Afrikaans hip hop artists in South…
PlaceUganda
… Uganda is a landlocked Country in East Africa , whose diverse landscape encompasses the … mountain gorilla sanctuary. Murchison Falls National Park in the…
EventSt James Church massacre
… Congress) operatives attack St. James Church in the Cape Town suburb of Kenilworth during the Sunday … later that year by an attack on the Heidelberg Tavern…
EventSouth Africa, Cuba and Angola Sign formal peace agreement, allowing Namibian independence from South Africa
… We need each other." The treaty, which was formally signed in New York City, provided for the phased withdrawal of an … for Namibian independence and for…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… one of their greatest heroes. He won renown as commander in chief of the Orange Free State forces in the South African War (1899-1902) and was a leader in…
PlaceRaadsaal, 95 St George’s Street, Bloemfontein
… is probably the most important Historical Building in the Free State, dating back to 1849, it is the oldest building left standing in Bloemfontein . It is an…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… against the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in Black secondary schools. The uprising then escalated into … revolt, revitalising the struggle for…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Unveiling of the Tombstone of Oliver Tambo, 19 April 1998, Wattville, Benoni
… of the way we have been together through many stages in the struggle for liberation. Today`s ceremony evokes the … rare privilege of education and also…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Oliver Tambo
… of the way we have been together through many stages in the struggle for liberation. Today's ceremony evokes the … rare privilege of education and also…