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David Goldblatt: “Particulars” (1975) by The ASX Team, 16 May 2013
… made by the flattened flesh of my inner thighs as I sat in shorts on a bench at kindergarten. From where I sat my … of the body of which I was especially…
Lekota and George resign ahead of disciplinary hearings, 3 November 2008
… House. Lekota faced eight charges, including behaving in such a way as to provoke serious divisions within the ANC, … for the structures of the organisation,…
Congo gains its independence from Belgium
… [ii] However, the atrocities committed to the people in the Congo were so immense and severe that the … recruit labour and collect taxes. [iv] The people…
EventCassper Nyovest, the South African Hip Hop artist is born
… Refiloe Maele Phoolo, stage name “Cassper Nyovest” was born in Mafikeng, North West Province on 16 December 1990.[1] … Cassper Nyovest is one of the most…
PlaceMagwa Waterfall, Lusikisiki-Port St. Johns
… The Magwa Waterfall lies in the middle of the 1 800 hectare Magwa tea plantation , … Magwa falls have been said to resemble the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… This area began to be settled by free burghers in 1657, and for more than a century most of them travelled … 1829 it was resolved to establish a separate…
PlaceGreen Point Common
… In the 18th century, this area was known by the Dutch as 'De … vested land, which was granted to the City of Cape Town in 1923 for public recreation and…
EventThe Defiance Campaign against apartheid laws begins
… Following the adoption of a Programme of Action in the 1949 annual congress, the ANC began the 1950s with … the most dramatic non-violent act of resistance…
The Indians of Natal: Resistance to Apartheid, 1971-1985 by Davinder S. Dhillon
… minority during the period of 1971 to 1985, are captured in this study. It begins by briefly tracing the … political and socio-cultural resistance of…
The United Nations adopts resolution 1375 (XIV) on Apartheid
… On this day in 1959, the United Nations General Assembly adopted … Africa's Apartheid policies at its 838th plenary meeting in New York. The resolution…
EventRobert Kennedy, American politician, speaks at the University of Cape Town about the racial inequality of apartheid
… movement National Union of South African Students(NUSAS). In his speech he referred to a 'Day of Affirmation' or a … of liberty', and compared racial…
EventThe Angolan government announces a unilateral ceasefire
… resolution of the Lusaka Protocol, which had disintegrated in 1998. The signing of the memorandum of understanding … the Angolan ceasefire between the FAA…
EventInterim report into the allegations of a “Third Force” by the Goldstone Commission is published
… three were linked with various atrocities that took place in KwaZulu-Natal, such as vigilantism, political murders, and … and supply of weapons to Inkatha…
PlaceRed Location Museum
… red colour. These were part of a Boer concentration camp in Uitenhage and moved in 1900's, to Red Location, where the first urban Black … Political and…
The ‘special branch’
… following. They used to come to my house sometimes in the middle of the night and they knock on the door, … me up like this?' 'No, I just wanted to make sure…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, Volume 16
… evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the…
ArchiveThe State versus Nelson Mandela and others: extract of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, Volume 15
… of evidence from Bruno Mtolo, charged with sabotage, in the Supreme Court of South Africa, before the Honourable Judge President Mr Justice De Wet, in the…
ArchiveNatal and the 1960 Republican Referendum
… of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the Department of History, University of Natal, 1990. The author focusses his research with an…
Archive9. Know your rights
… lettering. Advertisement for ECC booklet "Know Your Rights in the SADF". Cartoon of a girl saying goodbye to a conscript at train station giving him this…
ArchiveHandwritten transcript of interview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
… interview with Mrs J Dube at the Ohlanga Institute,Inanda in Durban, South Africa, which was established in 1901 by her late husband, Dr John Langalibalele…
ArchiveTyped transcript of interview with Mrs J Dube, wife of the late Dr John Dube
… interview with Mrs J Dube at the Ohlanga Institute,Inanda in Durban, South Africa, which was established in 1901 by her late husband, Dr John Langalibalele…
EventGandhi supports APO’s Day of Mourning
… (APO) to declare the day of arrival of the Prince of Wales in Cape Town as a day of mourning, in protest against the South Africa Act's disenfranchisement of…
ANC mourns the passing on of Mama Regina Nzo, 27 September 2011
… was an ANC activist and went into exile with her husband in 1964 for 26 years. She returned to South African in 1990 and worked for ANC Womens League. Her…
PlaceMaclear/Nqanqarhu
… The Sivewright Bridge, in Station Street. Is a National Monumen t With its … A portrayal of this procession was painted by the San in a cave on the Farm of'…
Madiba The African Opera
… Madiba the African Opera is the biographical opera in the life of Nelson Mandela whose libretto was written by … with family tales and anecdotes about Nelson…
EventNelson Mandela is sentenced to five years for “incitement and leaving South Africa illegally”
… for an armed struggle against the apartheid government. In 1962 He was smuggled out of South Africa to speak at an African freedom conference in Addis Ababa…
PlaceMac-mac falls
… The Mac-mac falls is the second highest falls in the Mpumalanga tour route, its shimmering waters plunge to … platform above the falls. The 65 m high Mac mac…
PlaceBourke's Luck Potholes
… named after Tom Bourke, a gold-digger who staked a claim in the Area. The two Rivers that come together to create … leader Hendrik Potgieter. The Sabie River…
PlaceKliptown Museum
… oral testimonies and songs sung during the 1955 gathering in Kliptown, play in the background. Housed in an old hardware store on the edge of the Walter…
EventNational Heritage Day celebrates South African cultural diversity
… day was previously known as Shaka Day, and was celebrated in kwazulu/Natal. It was changed to National Heritage Day in 2004 when a compromise was reached…