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PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Situated in front of the Rustenburg Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger … Archard. A figure symbolising the arrival of Christianity in the region, it is…
Document 118 - Johannesburg District Communist Party, Call to a Non-European United Front!
… reasons. The Law invites the Boards to cheat Asiatics in this manner and they do so! In a few years time there will be no Coloured or Asiatic t r … inroads…
Call For Renewed Struggle Against Ghetto Act: Joint Statement By Dr G. M. Naicker And Dr Y. M. Dadoo, December 1947
… the view that a restatement of the position is necessary in the light of recent developments. Since the advent of the Indians in this country the first…
Document 18 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to the South African Federation of NativeTrade Unions, 20 September 1930
… assistance for the sending of delegates to the All-in Trade Union Conference at Cape Town, and one for the use … and the Federation which is the essence of…
Appeal for action against Apartheid - Statement issued jointly by Chief Albert Luthuli and Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr,10 December 1962
… Lutuli and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962 In 1957, an unprecedented Declaration of Conscience was … of the United Nations. The Declaration…
ArchiveSt James Church Massacre
… A terrorist attack on St. James Church in Cape Town, South Africa left 11 people dead and 58 … A black man wearing some kind of overall was standing in the…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin
… Kingdom I first met Abdulla Kajee on the quay at Durban in July 1929, when I stepped off a British India steamer at … and me strange. Yet for those concerned…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… who shot most of his photographs during Apartheid in black and white] employs color and large prints and … at once so as to lead the viewer to search for the…
EventThe Black People’s Convention (BPC) holds its first National Congress
… (BPC) held its first National Congress at Hammanskraal in December 1972, attended by approximately 200 African, … The Congress followed the organisation's…
PlacePlumstead
… village after which it is named - if a village is possible in the heart of London’s Greenwich or Cape Town. Regarded as … them into modern renditions. The…
PlaceGaries
… To describe Garies as in the middle of nowhere does not do any damage to the … those on the road between Cape Town and Namibia. It lies in the heart of the…
EventThe Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg, Bishop Ambrose Reeves, resigns
… resigned after having been deported from South Africa in September 1960 for his strong condemnation of the … subversive influence. Anglican schools included…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… The United Democratic Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent … The non-racial movement was initially established in protest…
PlaceWonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria
… shade for about 1000 people, or 22 ox wagons with 20 oxens in front of each. The tree has subsequently been damaged by fire in 1870 and a parasitic disease,…
PlacePilrig House, 1 Rockridge Road, Parktown, Johannesburg
… at; no.1 Rockridge Road. A classic Baker House built in the arts and crafts style, with a stone and mortar base up … and a balcony facing South, where the…
Cable to the United Nations, by Dr. A. B. Xuma, November 25, 1948
… Press reports Mr. Louw, Union delegate, as saying in Fourth Committee on sixteen November that Mr. Rathebe told … and had done all menial work of the country…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
… In June 1986, there were many necklacing incidents in Soweto, Johannesburg with people being brutally killed. … the demands made by the SCA and asked the…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 9: Law, justice and society
… the Legal Commission of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society. Content includes: Statement by the Members of the Commission; The image of…
PlaceMaitland Road
… where used to measure distance, by the early settlers, in Cape Town. A Post Office known as Eleventh Mile Stone, … probably located at a local Inn, but this…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… as a double-storey home with French Victorian features, in 1881 by Captain John Spence. It was purchased by Sir JB Robinson in 1891 who, following his…
PlaceVictorian dwelling, 7 Union Street, Gardens
… This House was probably erected in 1895 and has a number of prominent Architectural features … surmounting the front Verandah, and marble Fireplaces in its…
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a compromise…
PlaceCora Terrace Houses (1,3,5,7,9,11), Port Elizabeth
… This beautiful Georgian home was built in the 1850’s to house soldiers guarding the port of Port Elizabeth. Situated in picturesque surroundings, you can…
PlaceOld Municipal Offices, Berlandina Street, Roodepoort
… building was designed by Charles Hosking and was completed in 1906 as the first permanent offices for the new Roodepoort-Maraisburg municipality. It was…
EventThe Bantu Homelands Citizenship Bill is passed
… of citizenship of his respective 'homeland'. The homelands in question at that time were Transkei, Ciskei, … Kwazulu, Lebowa, QuaQua, Swazi Homeland and…
EventSisulu is served with two notifications
… Walter Sisulu, was served with two notifications in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act (Act 44 of 1950) . In terms of these notifications Sisulu was…
EventThe South African cricket team beats England for the first time on English soil
… Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first…
EventThozamile Botha breaks banning order
… but after the 1982 South African Defence Force raid in the capital of Lesotho, Maseru, he was advised to flee to Zambia. He stayed in Zambia from 1983 until…
EventTrade unionist, Barend Erasmus dies
… elected to the executive committee of the union. He served in several influential positions in different trade unions. Passionate about sport, Erasmus … of…
EventAcademic and ANC politician Z.K. Matthews dies
… to the UN, Zachariah Keodirelang (ZK) Matthews , died in Washington, USA. He was buried in Gaborone, Botswana. "Bridging the gap between the old … militant…