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BiographyPhyllis Naidoo
… From her early years her experiences did not allow her to simply take things for granted. When she was ten years old, her father took her to an Institute of…
Address to the National Council Of Provinces, 11 November 2003
… Premiers, Leaders of SALGA, Honourable delegates to the National Council of Provinces, Distinguished guests: … is characterised by underdevelopment,…
BiographyMagwaza Alfred Maphalala
… his schooling and matriculated in Bergville. He then moved to Durban to look for work. Maphalala joined the trade union movement … He became an underground…
P. Diddy charters two jets to fly 300 guests from New York to Marrakech (Marrakesh) to celebrate his 33rd birthday party in Mor
… P. Diddy charters two jets to fly 300 guests from New York to Marrakech (Marrakesh) to celebrate his 33rd birthday party in Mor …
To Town!!! To Eloff!!! To That Exclusive White Paradise!!! From Monday!!! Flyer by Soweto Students’ Representative Council announcing demonstration on September 23,1976
… To Town!!! To Eloff!!! To That Exclusive White Paradise!!! From Monday!!! Flyer by …
Ernst Frederik de Swart opens the first coffee house in the Cape when permission is granted to him to serve refreshments to pas
… first coffee house in the Cape when permission is granted to him to serve refreshments to pas …
Iran lines up with Egypt and Syria to try to link the future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to a dismantling of Israel
… Iran lines up with Egypt and Syria to try to link the future of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty to a dismantling of Israel …
Jan van Riebeeck sets foot ashore for the first time to try to find the best spot to erect a fort at the Cape.
… Jan van Riebeeck sets foot ashore for the first time to try to find the best spot to erect a fort at the Cape. …
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… was a shopkeeper and a deeply religious man who decided to move to South Africa in 1903 because of his sympathy towards the … After refusing this because of…
BiographyRoger Meintjes
… in one of the Cape newspapers. In 1985, Meintjes went to study at Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University … the photographic collective, Afrapix ,…
Report of the National Executive Committee of the PAC, Submitted to the Annual Conference, December 19-20, 1959
… at the Communal Hall, Orlando, Johannesburg, from the 4th to the 6th of April, 1959. Ever since then your Congress has … march. But we are on the march, and…
BiographyDr Hoosen Mia Haffejee
… where he matriculated in 1965. In 1966, he relocated to India to undertake his tertiary education. Haffejee enrolled for … that approximately sixty wounds…
EventCetshwayo, travels to London to request that he should be restored as a king of the Zulu Kingdom
… king of Zululand, visited Queen Victoria of Britain. Prior to his visit to Britain, he was exiled to the Cape after losing the crucial Battle of Ulundi,…
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
… Concurrent with that, were regular and random visits to her uncle’s place by the Special Branch questioning … whereabouts and linkage with the ANC. It is…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… later parliament passed a new LRA which is a corner stone to any modern democracy which respects workers rights. Today the process of giving rights to…
EventSeretse Khama is asked to renounce chieftaincy
… elders. His uncle and regent, Tshekedi Khama, wanted Khama to return home to rebuke him and to try to convince him to get a divorce. When Seretse Khama ……
”Malan Cannot Succeed Where Hitler Failed”: Interview To , Cape Town, June 1950
… with complete oneness of purpose in their determination to beat back the fascist attack on the lives and liberties of the … would follow if the Nationalist…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… guests. I was honoured indeed in 1992 by your award to me of an honorary degree. It is an exceptional, and indeed unique, privilege to be invited today as an…
EventChina promises to increase imports from Africa
… Due to the rapid development of the Chinese economy in recent years, China has emerged as a potential successor to the West with regard to being the premier…
61. Segregation reduces our people to helotry
… Asiatic Land Tenure (Amendment) Bill of 1930 threatened to impose segregation upon Indians in the Transvaal. Albert … he declared that discriminatory…
EventJ.J. Hadebe replies to Thabo Mbeki’s plea
… member in charge of youth affairs, J.J. Hadebe replied to Thabo Mbeki’s request to complete his Masters Degree. Mbeki, who would become South … second…
EventThe Roman Catholic Church decides, in principle, to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils
… The Roman Catholic Church decided in principle to open its 192 all-white schools to black pupils. Legal questions relating to this were going to be discussed…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… as I could, and all the time I knew it was the right thing to do, just as using every possible angle of the law to fight … If things became difficult, I…
EventConscientious objector Ivan Toms is sentenced to 21 months imprisonment for refusing to serve in the SADF
… suffered at the hands of the military, he vowed never to serve in the military again. In 1987, when Toms was called to serve, he refused. He was tried, found…
EventBritish mission to subdue Sekhukhune is abandoned
… A British mission to subdue Sekhukhune was abandoned after having failed with heavy loss of life on both sides. The attempt to subdue Sekhukhune came after…
EventThe Bondelswarts surrender to the German forces
… in the region, with the Khoikhoi being among the last to be subdued. In some cases Germany is reputed to have committed what amounts to genocide in exerting…
EventBotha pleads not guilty to contempt charges
… P.W. Botha appeared in court in George, Western Cape, to face contempt of the court charges. Botha had incurred the charges after he had dishonoured the…
A tribute to Indres Naidoo by Glen Moss
… in Johannesburg. For the young white left, mainly linked to the National Union of South African Students (Nusas) and … and discussion. Alan Fine recalls that…
EventIFP agrees to participate in 1994 elections
… The transition in South Africa from Apartheid regime to democratic dispensation was not easily achieved. The … political organisation in the country, was…
BiographySonja Schlesin
… Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South…