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… Bill, 169-11; Native Trust and Land Bill becomes law in May June 29””July 2 , AAC reconvenes 1937 Natives (Urban … of the short-lived National Union of…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Celebration of National Day of Reconciliation, Freedom Park, Tshwane, 16 December 2005
… speak here today on the occasion of an important milestone in our democracy - the 10th anniversary of the establishment … newly-appointed members of the TRC…
Address at the UN General Assembly, New York, 12 September 2002
… Ladies and Gentlemen: I would like to add my voice in thanking the outgoing President of the General Assembly, Dr Han Seung-Soo for the diligent manner in…
Roseberry Sonto interviewed by David Bailey, Cape Town, 2007
… Rose Sonto describes student organizing in his high school in Malteno, in the Eastern Cape, in 1969, well before the Soweto Uprising …
PlaceMiddle Campus, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch
… as it stands today was laid out by architect J.M. Soloman in 1918 when the South African College became the University … the early 1800’s restored by famed…
EventNew Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa
… At the height of apartheid in South Africa, New Zealand imposed a blanket ban on … against South Africa dates back to the late 1950s. In 1959, the Anti…
EventMxenge murder accused Dirk Coetzee found guilty
… and UDF activist Griffiths Mxenge. Mxenge was murdered in 1981 and his mutilated body was found near Umlazi Stadium … Durban. His wife, Victoria Mxenge, was…
EventCellist and music teacher Betty Pack is born
… Betty Pack, who started several youth orchestras, was born in Nylstroom, Transvaal. At the age of 16, she gave her first … of the Dvorak cello concert. A…
EventActress and teacher Wilhelmina Freund is born
… (Minna) Freund, actress and teacher of elocution, was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, when her parents, who were … were on a visit to Germany. On…
EventPLAN launches armed struggle against South Africa
… Army of Namibia (PLAN), the armed wing of SWAPO, fought in a battle against South African occupying forces at Omugulugwombashe in northern Namibia. In 1973 a…
EventMoïse Kapenda Tshombe refuses to end the Katanga secession
… Katanga into secession following the independence of Congo in June 1960 from Belgium. In his announcement on Katanga's secession from Congo Tshombe … The…
EventUranium enrichment programme gets a boost from B.J. Vorster
… Prime Minister, Balthazar Johannes Vorster disclosed in July 1970 in the House of Assembly that the government has decided to … the South Africa government…
EventZambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon killing 18 national soccer team players
… Buffalo carrying the Zambian national soccer team crashed in the Atlantic Ocean just 500 meters offshore from Libreville, Gabon in 1993. The Zambian national…
EventKing Mswati III is born
… Makhosetive Dlamini (King Mswati III) was born in Masundini Swaziland to King Sobhuza III and one of his … Tfwala’s only child. When his father,King…
EventNkomo, leader of ZAPU forms a coalition government with Robert Mugabe
… (ZAPU) formed a coalition government with Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Nkomo's party won twenty seats in the new Assembly, all in his tribal homeland of…
EventANC’s Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe rally support against Urban Bantu Councils Act
… Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe went from house to house in Orlando, Soweto near Johannesburg rallying support amongst … Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961 created…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… 22. Recent events, such as the stayaway, were still fresh in Maria's mind but for the rest she preferred to give me a general impression of events, feelings…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… – 1656) for its offices at the beginning of the 1930s. In 1932 after the death of the mining tycoon and supporter of … Wouw. The growing collection of…
EventAKA, the Prince of South African hip hop is born
… Forbes, popularly known by his stage name AKA was born in Cape Town on 28 January 1988.[1] He started out his hip … record is “Touch N Go”, however the group…
PlaceKommetjie, Cape Town
… Kommetjie was established in 1902 when a consortium of Cape Town businessmen purchased … and Government surveyor Henry Teubes. Rubbi, who was born in Padova,…
PlaceFort Wonderboompoort, Wonderboom-Pretoria
… remained and no cannons were left. Today, the fort is in ruins, and is now part of the Wonderboom Nature Reserve. … forces. This area was proclaimed a nature…
PlaceThe Struben Mine Shafts, Kloofendal, Roodepoort
… prospectors to the Witwatersrand, and eventually resulted in the discovery of the Main gold reef in 1886. The first payable gold on the Rand was extracted by…
PlaceCookhouse, Eastern Cape
… of a "cookhouse". Cookhouse is now a small Village located in Eastern Cape Province some 170 km North of Port Elizabeth … Station, once vital and bustling,…
58. Congress has sold our rights
… He supported Aiyar's stand, which was apparently reported in the newspapers before the manifesto had been presented to … and as tillers of the soil and…
Call for Papers: Teaching Palestine: Pedagogical Praxis and the Indivisibility of Justice
… conference and study tour will be convened in South Africa on March 18-19, 2019 (international … contextualise the praxis of Palestine as a justice issue in…
ArchiveFoodworkers demand a healthy and safe workplace
… Poster in two languages side by side. One black and one English. Demands for a reduction in noise levels in the workplace. Cream and black poster. mages of…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, 08 January 1987, Lusaka
… eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South Africa and Namibia, an unrelenting freedom fighter … who has never abandoned the battle…
Statement at the 19th African-American Conference by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 12 January 1989
… for inviting us to participate. As President Kaunda said in his opening address, the two issues we have met to discuss … come to Lusaka to attend this…
Statement by Oliver Tambo at the 19th African-American Conference, 12 January 1989, Lusaka
… for inviting us to participate. As President Kaunda said in his opening address, the two issues we have met to discuss … come to Lusaka to attend this…
Address by Oliver Tambo at the 75th anniversary meeting of the African National Congress, Lusaka, 8 January 1987
… eloquent exponent and defender of the cause of liberation in South Africa and Namibia, an unrelenting freedom fighter … who has never abandoned the battle…