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Address by President Nelson Mandela at the ANC’s manifesto launch 24 August 1995
… that I stand before you today. Last year, we, the people of South Africa voted for freedom. We laid a strong … citizens. We turned our backs on the division…
PlaceMtubatuba
… means: ‘He who was pummelled out!' and named after a chief of the Mkwanazi Tribe, originating from the Zulu's. The name is said to mean: "creator of…
PlaceStilfontein
… Stilfontein is a town located in the North West Province of South Africa , with 17,942 inhabitants (2025). It is situated about 120 km northwest of…
PlaceBarberspan Bird Sanctuary
… The Barberspan Bird Sanctuary is a huge 2000 ha body of water located between Delareyville and Sannieshof. The … that it is also a RAMSAR Convention…
PlaceZambezi River, Zambia and Zimbabwe
… The river has supported villagers for thousands of years and 'Mosi-oa-Tunya', or known as the Victoria Falls … power station. In June 1954 the Hydro-Electric…
Article2016 in Review
… In 2016 South Africa History Online celebrates 15 years of being a public open source heritage site. What a journey it has been. At the end of the first week…
Address at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, 11 December 2001
… Vice-Minister of Education, Madame Wei Yu, President of the University, … very circumstance suggests that we have every reason to act together to change our…
Indian South Africans timeline 1970-1979
… in exile. 17 February, African Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA) members, Armstrong Madoda, Gaby … and Sunny Venkarathnam are detained…
EventIraq boycott SA government's apartheid policies
… that his country will not recognise the government of South Africa because of its apartheid policies. The announcement came after the … banned the previous…
ArticleAzanian People’s Organization (AZAPO)
… In aftermath of the June 16 Uprising, the government cracked down on … Parents Association (BPA) and the National Association of Youth Organisations (NAYO)…
ArticleSotho (South Sotho or Basotho)
… people’s history is not directly intertwined with that of Bloemfontein, their history had an important influence on the history and development of the Orange…
Message to the Soweto Rally to Welcome Released Leaders by O. R. Tambo, 29 October 1989
… This is a joyful day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our … than anybody else. Continue to unite in action and to act in unity…
86. Non-racial sport
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … ... restrictions [embodied for example in the Group Areas Act]…
ANC NGC 2015 Resolutions on International Relations
… 1. Introduction The important task of our National Democratic Revolution (NDR) is to grapple … national parliament must begin the process of amending the Act…
ArticleHIV/Aids in South Africa timeline 1940s-2009
… study in May 2003. Some sources say that the jump of the disease from animals to humans was made even earlier … African Law Commission reports that the…
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… workers. No-one was killed. However, without the strength of unions behind them, workers struck for short periods. … it did not have before. Consequently the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 3
… Indian Community by C. H. Calpin Mr. A.B. Moosa, partner of "A.I." in Avalon Associated Cinemas and one of the … sending of these telegrams or gave authority…
ArchiveA Speech to Displease All Parties by Imraan Coovadia, 11 October 2021
… Fred Khumalo reminded us two years ago, on the occasions of the Mafika Gwala lecture, that as a young man he took a … part of Scotland. What is a promontory?…
ArticleGayle: The Language of Apartheid South Africa’s Gay Underground
… The socio-political landscape of Apartheid South Africa was a challenging one for members of the LGBTQI+ community. Under the former National Party … of sex…
ArticleThe Grey Street Mosque, 1880-1930
… These included a general dealers store in Pine Street, the Native Eating House in Queen Street, a Fresh Produce Market … of what came to constitute Durban’s …
Document 24 - “Wreckers at Work”, (Editorial), Liberation. 18, April 1956
… in any organisation when people freely express their point of view." -President A. J. Luthuli It is always necessary … a movement become strong. When,…
PlaceNew Brighton Location
… the British military authorities imported a large number of horses from Argentina. Unfortunately their fodder was … carried Bubonic plague and, between 1901…
ArchiveDavid Goldblatt brings ex-offender portrait series to British jails by Helen Stoilas, 30 May 2017
… photographer David Goldblatt has installed photographs of former criminals in prisons in Birmingham and Manchester. The portraits, part of a series called Ex…
PlaceSoweto, Johannesburg
… urban settlement or 'Township' in South Africa, South West of Johannesburg , with a population of approximately 1.3 Million (2008, Joburg archive). Soweto ……
PlaceRainbow Restaurant and Jazz Club, Durban
… 17 December 1981. It was the first such establishment of its kind in KwaZulu Natal , located in a so called “White” area under the infamous Group Areas Act ,…
PlaceThe Space
… Photographer, was hired to take rehearsal photos of Athol Fugard , Yvonne Bryceland , Val Donal and Wilson … ‘Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 9
… officially by the Union Government and the Government of India. It was important that the position of Congress … which became known to Indians as the…
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
… the time that he located his 4 daughters in the vicinity of Swellendam, his wife had been dead for several Years … Jacobsdal, to Frederik. Because he already…
PlaceSani Pass, KwaZulu Natal
… The tight zig-zagging curves of Sani Pass make it, one of the most magnificent Mountain Passes in South Africa! It … the Sani tour. (They now have however…
PlaceKing Shaka International Airport, La Mercy-Durban
… King Shaka International Airport is named after the founder of the Zulu Kingdom , King Shaka . King Shaka Airport stands on- iLembe District land, which is…