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ArticleWorld War I Timeline 1915
1 January Battle of Artois and Champagne in France begins. 31 January 1915 The German Army makes use of poison gas for the first time in an attack on the…
Learning about history through writing
We are going to investigate an event using written SOURCES. Can you try to guess which event we are going to look at? Here are the clues:1. It was a sport…
ArchiveThe Story of Jean Middleton by Grant Rohrmann
Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban, South Africa on August 30, 1928. She first attended the Durban Girls’ College. She then went on to receive a Master…
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… with extreme rigour to other sectors of the population, places of reform, and administrations of control. The prison, … of intelligibility, or the idea of…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years there was tension inside the African National Congress (ANC) between those with more moderate…
Dr. Nelson Mandela’s acceptance address at the Clark University Investiture Atlanta, Georgia, 10 July 1993
Mr. President, Distinguished members of the faculty, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a singular honour for me to stand before you today to receive this …
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
As a direct result of the abortive Jameson Raid of 1896, the Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek realised that they would have to make far better…
ArchiveBiography of Ruth First by Cole Deal Ruth Demissie
… that they were African men and she was a white woman so it places them at different ends of the spectrum, but it shows …
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 95th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2007
… to a higher level during the course of the year. This places a responsibility, first and foremost, on the cadres of … leadership in the struggle for peace,…
EventDonald James Wood journalist and Anti apartheid activists is born
Donald James Woods was born in Elliotdale, Transkei on 15 December 1933. He was educated at Christian Brothers College in Kimberley. After completing his…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Strategy and Tactics, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
Introduction 1. All the 12 Commissions had comprehensive and quite lively debate on the major conceptual issues that were identified for discussion. These are…
ArchiveInterview with SASO leaders
Oral interview took place in the SASO office when Gerhart visited to make an appointment for a formal interview with Steve Biko, which took place the following…
PlaceMzilikazi Memorial, situated at Phokeng, near Rustenburg
Mzilikazi Memorial. Mzilikazi died on 5th September 1868 following a long period of ill health, but his death was kept a secret by his chief councillors and…
EventFirst Fietas Festival to celebrate the legacy of the community
The ex-residents and those who remember aim to reclaim their heritage, to restore themselves and the vital legacy of a community, through a festival that…
ArticleThe African Union and Regional Economic Integration
Following the wave of independence which swept the African continent in the 1960s, integration schemes became an increasingly important tool for facilitating…
PlaceAugrabies Fall National Park, Northern Cape
Augrabies is a small Town in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa, situated on the South bank of the Orange River about 100 kilometres downstream from…
PlacePietermaritzburg Botanical Gardens
On 3 March 1874, the Pietermaritzburg Botanical Garden was founded. It was run by the newly formed Pietermaritzburg Botanical Society until 1969, when it was…
PlaceBonteheuwel
Bonteheuwel is a coloured Township situated North of Cape Town. It was created in the 1960's as a "Dumping Site" for coloured people, who had been forced to…
PlaceThe Company Gardens, Cape Town.
… Town city centre. Home to historic buildings, museums, places of worship and an art gallery, it is also simply known …
PlaceSeweweeks Poort, Swartberg
… 'Seweweeksvaring', which grows all over the Poort in moist places and crevices. This is the officially accepted version. …
PlaceOld Biscuit Mill, Woodstock- Cape Town
The Old Biscuit Mill is a vibrant hub of art, design, and food, right in the heart of Woodstock. It’s the capital of cool here in Cape Town, and it’s one of…
PlaceCango Caves, Oudtshoorn
… https://www.places.co.za/html/cango . https://www.cango-caves.co.za/ …
PlaceBethal
… owners. "Bethel" in South Africa can refer to several places! This town of Bethal in Mpumalanga , known for its … https://amahlathi.gov.za/tourism/places…
PlaceFordsburg and the Oriental Plaza, Johannesburg
Named after Lewis Peter Ford of the Jeppe and Ford Estate Company, Fordsburg was built on the outskirts of the Johannesburg gold reef to house miners. The…
Chapter eight - Conclusion
From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson Gomas died on the morning of Wednesday 25 April 1979 two weeks…
Banishment
From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner Just before my five years was finished in 1969, they took me to Pretoria jail…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
His Majesty the King, Isilo Samabandla, Premier of KwaZulu-Natal, Dr Zweli Mkhize, Minister Transport S`bu Ndebele, Minister of Justice and Constitutional…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at a breakfast meeting of the Foreign Correspondents Association 24 April 1995
Chairperson of the Foreign Correspondents Association; Members of the Association; Distinguished guests. I should start off by apologising for the late…
Memorandum of the National Committee for Liberation. London, mid-1963
The NCL still remains a small elite group, distinguished by its technical competence and secure organisation, rather than by its size or effectiveness. In the…
81. The People’s Candidates Party and the Lenasia Management Committee
From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The People's Candidates Party participated in…