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EventThe University of Port Elizabeth is founded
… The University of Port Elizabeth (UPE), came into being on 31 January 1964 with the adoption by Parliament of Act 1 of 1964. The first academic year…
ArticleThe Women of Marikana
… The town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred … hills), is based in Rustenburg, in the North West province of South Africa. The town…
ArticleThe Order of Mapungubwe
… to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. … Ikhamanga (Strelitzia) plant…
The Origin of People
… are the most complex creatures on earth. Many aspects of human behaviour demonstrates a great difference with other … told weird and wonderful stories about…
ArticleThe Order of Luthuli
… The triangular flint stone represents a basic tool of survival used by prehistoric ancestors to produce … to make clothing, among others. It symbolizes the…
ArticleThe Order of Ikhamanga
… to South African citizens who have excelled in the fields of arts, culture, literature, music, journalism and sport. … Ikhamanga (Strelitzia) plant…
ArticleSixteen Days of Activism
… 16 Days of Activism is an international awareness-raising campaign … from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) to 10…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Protest and Resistence
… Clash between strikers and police, 1913 Newcomers from the land The rapid development of the Rand brought regular waves … removing the independent small…
BiographyMary Moodley
… Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10 children born to Tom Anderson, a miner of Danish … government later implemented the Unlawful…
Writer’s of The Constitution
… President Thabo Mbeki addresses the nation at the opening of Parliament in Cape Town Constitutional Assembly After the … Negotiating Process (MPNP) had…
Archive2012 - President Zuma, State of the Nation, 9 February 2012
… State of the Nation Address By His Excellency Jacob G Zuma, … worth of incentives under Section 12(i) of the Income Tax Act, designed to support new…
Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius
… Speech at the state banquet held in honour of Prime Minister Ramgoolam of the Republic of Mauritius …
Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada
… Address of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, to the Parliament of Canada …
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
… a complaint against a police officer for the battering of an innocent Coloured man. Her family was forced to move … for breaking down the walls of racism, we…
”The Future of the Bill”. Editorial in August 15, 1894
… The next stage that the Native Bill has to pass is the Governor's. On Sir William … and, usually, he exercises that power on the advice of his Ministers. The…
PlaceSchmidtsdrift
… traced back to 1827 when it was declared a Crown Trust Land. Occupied by the Tswana-speaking Batlhaping and Griqua people. It was scheduled as the…
ArticleDr Alfred Bitini Xuma Timeline 1893-1998
… and Black in South Africa. 1931 Xuma testifies before the Native Economic Commission and Liquor Commission. 21 October: … government later passes the…
The Godliness of Apartheid Planning by Elizabeth Corrado, (University of Illinois), 5 October 2013
… of the Dutch Reformed Church. Settlers held the view that native South Africans were meant to be the God’s “hewers of … It was legislation like the…
Durban listing of mayors
… This list is listed in chronological order, listing mayors of Durban, starting from 1854 to date . Dr. John … Durban listing of mayors …
Fenuel Mogatusi
… July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after…
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… Soon after the close of his correspondence with Lt.-Governor Stockenstrom, Piet … of severing that sacred tie which binds a Christian to his native soil,…
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the 26th assembly of OAU Heads of State and government
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the 26th assembly of OAU Heads of State and government …
ArticleCongress of South African Trade Unions 1994 - 2014
… In 1990, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), African National … Alliance). COSATU has been involved in the liberation of the country and has…
BiographyJoseph Chamberlain
… cabinet. A successful businessman, he became the mayor of Birmingham, using his term to implement policies regarded … for agricultural workers. He supported…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… 1899 Herman Tobiansky purchases land from the Johannesburg Municipality to develop as a … the widespread support the ANC had in the township The Native Laws…
Biography of Lionel Ngakane by Rod Reyna
… outside the country, by contributing to the advancement of Black filmmaking, and after apartheid he continued that … During his life Ngakane sought to expose…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, … in Johannesburg under section 29 of the…
BiographyAmy Thornton
… sixteen years old. She worked with the Communist Party of South Africa (now known as the South African Communist … where she actively campaigned against the…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
… member of the party's Johannesburg Committee. The Asiatic Land and Trading (Transvaal) Act is passed. It extends the 1939 law for two years but … meets with…
ArticleHistory of Women in Prisons during Apartheid
… This article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project During the times of apartheid,…