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ArticleKasturba Gandhi timeline 1869 - 1944
… their fathers. 1882 Kasturba and Mohandas are married at the age of thirteen. Kasturba moves in with the Gandhi family … Satyagraha campaigns. March 13, Mr…
“Let us dream you, forbidden landscape”: the Storming project sings change, 17 July 2017
… “We cannot keep digressing and hiding behind the truth, saying ‘It’ll work someday’. There’s no such … change them radically now.” – Ray Phiri You can’t…
The Hawks letter to Pravin Gordhan by Berning Ntlemeza (Politics Web), 28 February 2016
… Text of the letter from Lt General Berning Ntlemeza, National Head of … of Finance Pravin Gordhan, 19 February 2016 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL HEAD DIRECTORATE…
ArchiveThe end conscription campaign 1983-1988: a study of white extra-parliamentary opposition to apartheid
… Thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Arts in the subject history at the University of South Africa. This … The end…
Letter to U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations by O. R. Tambo, 29 June 1968
… In the course of my address to the session of the Special Committee on Apartheid in Stockholm, I asked the Chairman, Ambassador Marof, to convey to Your…
EventBishop Desmond Tutu leaves for the USA to meet with American President Ronald Reagan
… Archbishop Desmond Tutu is known around the world for his vigorous stand against injustice. More particularly, he is renowned for his involvement in the…
EventTwenty-four Kikuyu tribesmen are sentenced to death for the Lari massacre in Kenya
… Nine months after the Lari Massacre of 26 March 1953, twenty-four Kikuyu … were sentenced to death in Kenya for their part in the event. The unfortunate…
EventA school bus with seventy-six learners plunges into the Westdene dam, killing forty-two
… In the second worst bus accident in South African history, a … seventy-six learners of Hoërskool Vorentoe plunged into the Westdene Dam .The children were on…
EventSouth Africa signs agreement with Switzerland to support the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP)
… The legacy of apartheid is characterized by great political … and socio-economic inequality. In order to address this, the African National Congress (ANC)…
"Should we get rid of the whites?" - Albert Luthuli answer to a question, 5 March 1959
… of African leaders, "Do we really want to get rid of the white man?" The following is the reply of Chief Lutuli.] My reply to the question is … "Should we…
EventEmily Hobhouse receives a reply to her request to be included in the Ladies Commission
… a second letter to St John Rodrick asking for reasons for the War Department's refusal to include her in the Ladies Commission. If she cannot go, "it was due…
EventUmkhonto We Sizwe, military wing of the ANC, claims responsibility for power station blast
… Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), translated as "Spear of the Nation", was the active military wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in … Umkhonto…
EventDeputy Minister of Interior Affairs, P.W. Botha, introduces the Republican Referendum Bill to Parliament
… On 11 March 1960, for the first time in the history of South Africa, the Republican Referendum Bill was introduced to Parliament … (1960), 'One question Only…
EventElsa, the lioness made famous by Joy Adamson’s book Born Free, dies in Kenya
… Elsa the lioness was one of three orphaned lions whose mother was … him. It was only after he had shot her that he realised the lion was protecting her three…
EventA ferry carrying 200 passengers capsizes near the coastal town of Robersport in Northwest Liberia
… capsized in Robersport, Liberia on 14 December 2002. The passengers were returning from the funeral of a well-known local footballer when tragedy struck…
Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America’, 26 April 1932
… by Allison Drew Document 40 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi to the Communist League of America', 26 April 1932 … Street New York Dear Comrade:- In our last…
EventIn Britain, Foreign Office Minister Lynda Chalker, meets Oliver Tambo, president of the ANC.
… Oliver Tambo the then President of the African National Congress (ANC) was responsible for holding together the various anti-apartheid movements and was sent…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: address in mitigation, 12th June 1964
… Hanson argues mitigation for the accused, Nelson Mandela and others, on the last day of the Rivonia Treason Trial, in the Supreme Court of South … The State…
ArchiveEnd conscription
… Red blocks at top and bottom with title in red at top and the words stop destroying our schools at the bottom in white lettering. Red and white artwork of …
EventNelson Mandela appeals for calm after the assassination of Communist Party chief, Chris Hani
… Following the assassination of the former Secretary-General of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and chief commander … ‘Chris Hani's Assassination…
EventThe first Indian people, 197 men, 89 women and 54 children, arrive in Natal
… The first Indian people in South Africa are reported to have arrived on board the Truro from Madras to work in the sugar cane plantation in Port-Natal. The…
EventCosatu calls for three days national protest against the Labour Relations Amendment Bill (LRA)
… At its Special Congress in May, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) called for three days of national protest against the Labour Relations…
EventEllen Phyllis Hellmann, social anthropologist and executive member of the SAIRR, dies in Johannesburg
… from Germany in 1894. She studied Social Anthropology at the University of Witwatersrand. For her Master’s degree Hellman decided to do research into the…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
… Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… Village, which date back to roaming Bantu civilisation in the period from 400 A.D. The site of a later iron-age village … Settlers started to arrive in…
EventEgyptian and US Archaeologists discover a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile
… discovered a 5000 years old fleet of ships near the Nile in Abydos. The boats were believed to be the first royal ships, possibly belonging to the second ……
EventHeadman Tshabalala, founding member of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo, is shot and killed
… in 1945 in Ladysmith, Kwa-Zulu Natal. In 1960, he joined the first incarnation of the band Ladysmith Black Mambazo and sang alongside many of his relatives…
EventBreyten Breytenbach; SA poet, activist and painter, receives the Hertzog Prize for his poetry
… South African poet, painter and activist, received the Hertzog Prize for his two Afrikaans poetry volumes, an … 'Oorblyfsels: 'n roudig' and 'Papierblom' …
ANC Secretary General meeting former political prisoners on the Cuban Five, 21 May 2010
… In a move aimed at strengthening the campaign for the release of five Cubans - who include trade unionists - … political prisoners who have just returned…
EventAfrican-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe. is denied a visa by the South African Government
… The South African government refuses a visa application from the African-American tennis player, Arthur Ashe, to visit South Africa to take part in the…