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ArticleSouth African Communist Party (SACP)
… also tried and in 1965 sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1969, immediately after the Morogoro conference the ANC and …
ArticleUniversity Christian Movement (UCM)
… held a consultative meeting at Marianhill, and in July 1969 SASO held its inaugural conference at the University of …
David Goldblatt, once and future freedom hero by Rebecca Davis (Daily Maverick), 28 November 2012, South Africa
… Lennon returned his MBE to Queen Elizaberth II in November 1969 with a letter explaining that his action was “a protest …
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… duplicates were weeded out. So far AGM papers dating from 1969 to 1994 have been found. I believe that in the earlier …
ArticleDebating Stellenbosch University’s Language Policy
… people from different cultural and racial backgrounds. [16] However, Afrikaans became a political tool after the … of South Africa”, South African History…
Cape Town Book Sale 2017
… tell you that you have a right to be excited. From Friday, 16 to Sunday, 18 June 2017 the V&A Waterfront will become the …
Programme for the High-Level delegation hosted by the African National Congress in Tshwane & Johannesburg from 18 - 22 October 2015
… Portfolio Committee on IR Parliament 12:00 Public Rally 16:00 Departure for Joburg 20:00 Departure for Doha Issued by …
Death of ANC Education Secretary, Seretse Choabi, 29 August 1991
… Choabi in London on August 19, 1991. Seretse was born on 16 May 1936 in Bothaville, Kimberley. He attended primary …
EventCourt verdict made on the sinking of the SS Mendi
… of the SS Darro, in not complying with articles 15 and 16 of the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, as to …
PlaceOld Locomotive “Emil Kessler”, Johannesburg
… delivered its first engine in 1847. Emil Kessler died on 16 March 1867 in Esslingen am Neckar from a heart attack. …
Document 11 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Annual Conference Agenda, St Phillips School, Chapel Street. District 6, Cape Town, 18 January 1923
… on Sanitorium for the Natives Workers on the Mine 16. Revision of the Constitution and to decide as to …
EventSouth Africa is told by IAEA to open all nuclear plants to international inspection
… to building the bomb' This day in history Archive: '16 September 1991 - SA signs Safeguards Agreement with the …
EventVlakplaas Commander testifies before Harms Commission about secret police killings in 1981
… Buchner began Vlakplaas, a parliamentary hit squad, with 16 police officers. The existence of the unit was first …
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… In turn, this led to the Nkomati Accord, signed on 16 March 1984. In this agreement both countries resolved not …
EventBomb meant for Kangaroo Court judge, May Ledwaba kills sleeping William Ledwaba
… William Ledwaba (16) was killed during a bomb attack on his home in …
EventEarly jewellery, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old, is discovered in South Africa
… On 16 April 2004, a set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 … [online], Available at www.theguardian.com [Accessed: 16 April 2014]|Giliomee et al. (2007),…
EventThe Rand Revolt strikers’ stronghold at Fordsburg Square falls to the government
… 'Reds' (Communists). Several arrests were made. On March 16 1922, the Union Defense Headquarters issued a press …
PlaceNzhelele Nature Reserve
The superior administrative division is Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo, South Africa. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 813 metres. It…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… without the aid of the South African Labour Party. 16 December, A protest march, organised jointly by the CPSA, …
ArticleThe Sedition Trial 1946 - 1948
… added momentum to the strike. The strike continued until 16 August 1946, resulting in the loss of 183 467 ‘man days’ …
Defining the term 'Bantu'
The following article is based on an essay from Kees van der Waal’s chapter in “Critical Essays on Afrikaans Places of Memory” The term ‘Bantu has gone…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… calculation based strictly on records shows over 16 300 slaves from the Indian subcontinent having been …
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… had called on the MCC to cancel its proposed 1968-1969 tour of South Africa, since South Africa's Interior … adamant and went ahead with their plans for the…
PlaceVersfeld Pass
… who built the original pass in 3 months, with only 16 farm labourers. There are two Versfeld Passes in close … Soon after that John set out to make his Pass…
EventThe Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) is founded after the government banned a host of BCM organisations in October 1977.
… In the aftermath of the 16 June 1976 Uprising, in Soweto, Johannesburg, the apartheid …
PlaceMarikana, Bojanala Platinum District Municipality
… Area, is where the 'Marikana Massacre' occurred on August 16 2012, the South African police shot and killed 34 striking … Africa. This is where the Massacre…
PlaceMarakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
… and unspoiled wilderness. The park is home to as many as 16 Antelope species due to its variety of habitats. Some of … 1st May to 31st August Day Visitors…
PlaceWitbank, Mpumalanga
… on 18 August 1980, Unit 2 on 1 October 1980, Unit 3 on 16 September 1981, Unit 4 on 1 July 1982, Unit 5 on 31 March …
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
… 1932 (extracts) Document 13 Letter from E. Dennis to ECCI, 16 July 1932 (extracts) Document 14 Resolution of CPSA, July … 15 Letter from E. Dennis to ECCI,…
PlaceDelmas
… Southern Ndebele speakers constitute 8.5%, Zulu speakers 16.2% and English 7.2%. Bothibelong is one of the oldest …