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ArticleLearning about history through people: oral history
… of information. By speaking to people we can learn about the past. Learners are also sources of historical … was beautiful. I remember the people, streets,…
EventMinister introduces free and compulsory education
… The Minister of Bantu Education M.C. Botha announced that the government moved towards the introduction of free and … the introduction of Afrikaans as medium…
ArticleHistory Grade 11 - Topic 4 Essay Questions
… selfless youth in late 1970s South Africa inspired by the black radical consciousness philosophy. Image Source … date from (1899–1903). There were four…
EventMoses Madiba dies in Seshego, Limpopo
… Madiba, author, educationist and first Black chancellor of the University of the North, died in Seshego, Pietersburg (now Polokwane) … was a protagonist of…
ArchiveFast for a just peace
… White background. Blue lettering on white image of dove. Join the national fast. …
Biography of Michael Scott from an email contribution by Lorna Richmond, 25 November 2015
… The Reverend Michael Scott was born on 30 July 1907 at … So, acting on the invitation of the Archdeacon of Cape Town (one of his father's parishioners) he…
ArticleSALDRU Newspaper Clippings Archive 1974 - 2000
… The clippings collection built up by the Southern Africa … (Saldru) in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town covers what is probably the…
EventAnton Fransch, ANC guerrilla, killed by the special forces of the apartheid regime
… Anton Fransch was born and raised in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. He was the second youngest of 7 siblings. He attended Modderdam High … 17th November 1989, he…
EventSA composer Benjamin Tyamzashe is born
… in 1890. B-ka-T gained national popularity through the music that he composed. His music enjoys a wide popularity within the education sector and is…
ArchiveSay yes: stop crime
… Government poster. South African Police Service emblem. Join the fight against crime. …
Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the Monopolisation of Power by Thabo Mbeki, 25 January 2016
… The December 17, 2007 website of the UK newspaper, “The Guardian”, carried an article headed “Mbeki’s shock as … Yet another Myth: Mbeki and the…
Edwin Mofutsanyana the oldest Communist in Africa: Flyer for briefing by Edwin Mofutsanyana. August, 1991
… Introduction 1. The Declaration of intent which we adopted at Codesa 1 committed us to the established of a ‘democratic South Africa’. On the basis of this…
Dare you Ponder the Obvious: Of course Mbeki is Aloof by Thabo Mbeki, 1 February 2016
… In 2001, the ANC National Working Committee (NWC), of which I was a member, issued the seminal document, “Through the eye of a needle? Choosing the best…
Chapter 1. The South African Trade Union Movement- Historical Background - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… and Coloured-are fundamentally warmhearted and friendly. The African in his kraal, even in his squalid "Shanty Town", and in the cities where he is treated…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1500s
… The Portuguese begin mapping and exploring the South African … with eventually only the western and northern areas of the Cape not dominated by them. 1500…
Archive1994 - President De Klerk, State Of the Nation Address, 28 February 1994 (Before National Elections)
… Parliament has convened to adopt important amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 1993. The fact that we have done so in the…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… Thirty years ago in 1977 the beast of Apartheid snuffed out the life of one of the greatest thinkers in the liberation pantheon of South … The Little…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 5th National Congress of COSATU 7 September 1994
… Guests: First, let me express my profound gratitude for the invitation to take part at this, the 5th National Congress of COSATU. Much has already been said…
PlacePhilip Irrigation Tunnel and Missionary Station, Hankey
… Three years after his arrival at the Cape, Superintendent of the London Missionary Society, Dr … to London for his schooling but ran away from College to…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
… day for all of us. It is a day of celebration for all the people of our country. Those who have chosen to turn their backs on our festivity are the small…
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 … to receive this degree, I accept it not as recognition…
EventThree British mercenaries are sentenced to death for their part in the Angolan civil war
… January 1976, a group of 100 mercenaries crossed over from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then Zaire) to Angola in order to support The National Front…
David Goldblatt: In the time of AIDS by Galeria Elba Benitez, 31 March 2009, Madrid
… In David Goldblatt’s second exhibition at the galería elba benítez the artist presents his “In the time of AIDS” suite, which features medium sized colour ……
ANC President Nelson Mandela’s press statement on the Bisho Massacre King William’s Town - 8 September 1992
… The tragic events in Bisho are yet another grim reminder of the profound illness that afflicts our country. South Africa … is a country traumatised by…
Statement by Oliver Tambo to the Diplomatic Correspondent of Morning Star, 23 November 1967, London
… South Africa - The principal target Mr. Tambo explained that the Lusaka communique was issued when the Smith regime was trying to give the impression that…
EventSA signs treaty with Great Britain on the supply of military equipment to South Africa
… Most historians consider the first half of the 1960s as a period in which the Nationalist Party (NP) Government consolidated white rule … and Mbenga, B. (eds…
PlaceLesotho
… Two-thirds of the Country of Lesotho consists of Mountains. The highest … Maloti spurs of the Drakensberg, running North and South, join the main range in…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of conflict between Colonial Administrators and … Boddy-Evans, A, The Bambatha Rebellion - Part…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… “The truth is revealed in people’s eyes. Words have so little … to get under people’s skins. See what is inside.” [1] -The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the…
ANC Statement on the 40th anniversary of Chief Albert Luthuli`s death, 20 July 2007
… To mark the 40th anniversary of the death of former ANC President Chief Albert Luthuli tomorrow, 21 July 2007, the ANC is publishing a special edition of the…