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EventSouth Africa Freedom Day - 26 June 1950
… the Unlawful Organisations Act and the Suppression of Communism Act. In March 1950, the African National Congress (Transvaal), the Communist Party of South…
EventThe first ‘Bantustans’ or ‘homelands’ comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… On 11 December 1963 the first of the 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' came into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel,…
EventThe ship São Bento (St Benedict) is wrecked on the Transkei coast
… the reason for the wreck is said to be due to the greed of Portuguese traders. Unlike the English, Dutch and French … C. Auret and .T.Maggs in 1982, the…
EventLinguist and educationist Sedumedi Moloto is born
… linguist, educationist and teacher who served as chairman of both the Tswana Language Committee of South Africa and the Botswana National Language Committee …
Introduction
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Orange Free State and Cape, to restrict the further entry of…
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… Johannesburg, which was run by the Community of the Resurrection, a monastic order then headed in South … while a high school student. Under the leadership…
Document 47 - “Answer to Government’s Apartheid Unions”, The Citizen. 1 3, 30 April 1956
… "THE LABOUR MOVEMENT MUST FIGHT ALL ATTEMPTS ON THE PART OF THE GOVERNMENT TO CONTROL THE FREE ASSOCIATION OF WORKERS INTRADE UNION ORGANISATIONS. IT IS THE…
The Gandhi You May not Know by Rajmohan Gandhi
… Ba. But by far the most vivid recollections I have are of his two final years, which were often spent in Delhi, … and later in Birla House. I was then…
ArchiveMarikana: The blame game - A special report by Niren Tolsi and Paul Botes
… in Marikana. Nearly three years later, on the afternoon of June 25 2015, with no warning to the families of those killed, President Jacob Zuma announced that…
EventFifth Constitution Amendment Bill is introduced
… The Republic of South Africa Constitution Fifth Amendment Bill, … in Parliament. The Bill was based closely on the majority of recommendations of the…
PlaceAG Bain Monument, Grahamstown
… This is a bronze plaque on a cairn at the top of the Ecca Pass, 12 km South of Grahamstown. It was erected in 1964 by the Historical Monuments Commission in…
Cape Flats Details - Life and Popular Art in Cape Town’s Townships
… Author : Chris Ledochowski This book is the culmination of 10 years of documenting life in the Cape Flats African and Coloured townships of Cape Town by one…
EventWiehahn Commission Report tabled in parliament
… On 1 May 1979, the first interim report of the Wiehahn Commission is tabled in Parliament. The … was set up by the government after the Durban strikes of…
EventPAC’s leader, Potlako Leballo confirms that Poqo is the organisation’s military wing
… Potlako Leballo, the leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), confirmed in Maseru, … revolutionary council was planning the timing and manner of an…
ANC Gauteng Province pays tribute to Comrade Lawrance Phokanoka,15 July 2005
… dips its banner in tribute and honour to a stalwart of our national democratic revolution, Comrade Lawrance … in the Limpopo Province, passed away on the…
PlaceNewlands
… garden and an oak plantation. It remained the property of the VOC, and over the years became a gracious residence … 'New land'. In 1791 the property was sold…
PlaceCiskei
… for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial segregation . The area was relatively small for the number of people it was…
EventMore than a dozen people are killed, including seven children, in Kwamakhutha Massacre
… in KwaZulu Natal led to 11 700 deaths and the displacement of up to 500 000 people. The organization and savagery of the conflict led to terror in the…
PlaceRooigrond
… Rooigrond was a Rural Community 16km of Mafikeng and 25km South-West of Ottoshoop, in the former fomeland of Bophuthatswana, (now the North West Province)…
Bishop Tutu’s 1999 interview on NewsHour
… against apartheid in South Africa, including a reprise of several of his appearances on this program. CHAIRMAN : I call upon … his campaign against apartheid…
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bridging two worlds by Emilia Potenza
… Potenza An industrial revolution was affecting the lives of everybody living in Southern Africa. By the 1920s, one or more members of nearly every family…
O. R. Tambo Interviewed by Anthony Heard, October 1985
… views, how would you answer this, particularly the charge of being a communist-controlled organisation? TAMBO: It is … to observe that this has been a…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - New Factories, New Workers
… controlled by Britain? This section examines The growth of manufacturing which today employs such a large work force … to finance the factories How the…
ArchiveBanned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to…
Banned
… Statement calling on the public to support a petition of the Students Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, asking the United Party to…
PlacePretoria Art Museum
… The Pretoria City Council started a permanent collection of paintings from artists such as the German Baroque painter … van Goyen (1596 – 1656) for its…
PlaceStanger, now officially known as KwaDukuza
… in 1872 and was named after the first Surveyor-General of the then Colony of Natal, William Stanger. KwaDukuza which incorporates the Town of Stanger and…
PlaceMostert’s Mill, Rhodes Drive, Mowbray
… In 1657 the VOC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma. The farm Welgelegen was…
EventJosiah Gumede is succeeded by Pixley ka Isaka Seme as ANC president
… Richard Msimang and George Montsio called for a convention of Africans to form the South African Native National … where Seme was the keynote speaker, and…
EventThe Erasmus Commission’s report implicates Rhoodie, Mulder and van den Bergh in SA’s infamous ‘Information Scandal’
… widely regarded as the single event that heralded the end of B. J. Voster 's term as State President of South Africa. In an attempt to deflect attention from…