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ADDRESS AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, 13 June 2001
… and missionaries played a seminal role in the establishment of Fort Hare College, which was to become the … that we are at the start of a different stage in…
PlaceNdabeni
… of indigenous rights in the Cape, and who championed the establishment of a universal franchise at the National … unemployed men were able to live in town,…
PlaceGenadendal Historic Village & Museum
… Her Bible takes pride of place in the Village’s Cultural History Museum.) Once again there were all sorts of … congregation. The Khoisan laws of 1808…
ArchiveAppendix 2 The Political Landscape of Cape Town, by Dr Z. Pallo Jordan
… The first conflicts between the European settlers and the colonial authorities in their mother countries broke out at … rather sleepy port city. In certain…
EventViolent clashes about the Transkei territorial authorities continues
… violence that culminated into an open revolt against the establishment of the Transkei Territorial Authority. … and the Pondoland Revolt 1946 - 1962 ' from…
EventThabo Mbeki announces judicial inquiry
… first Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki announced the establishment of an independent judicial inquiry to … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
80. Local affairs committees: a means to an end
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Demand for change can no longer be subdued. The establishment…
PlaceCalvinia
Calvinia was founded on the Farm-'Hoogekraal', in 1845. This property was purchased by the Dutch Reformed Church in order to establish a parish for the Town-…
PlaceMount Currie Nature Reserve, KZN-Kokstad
… was formed in 1947 and whose antecedents go back into colonial times; and the former KwaZulu Directorate of Nature …
ArchiveOmar Badsha: Recording the roles of the ordinary by Niren Tolsi (Mail and Guardian), 17 September 2020
… by the Covid-19 pandemic, with its accompanying sense of history being lost and collective memory fading, comes into … and cultural elder. A colossus. He…
PlaceFish River Canyon
… Creating fascinating insights into the geology and History of Namibia and much more! The Fish River Canyon forms … from local rock , in to a house for …
Interview with Oliver Tambo by Mayibuye,1 September 1981
… Voortrekkerhoogte, may prove to be as significant for the history of South Africa as Sinoia and Wankie were for the … tactics of "divide and rule" which take…
Address at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs Abuja, 3 October 2000
… to address the topic we have been given. When students of history look back to the past few years, I am sure that they … while at the same time creating the…
Articlehoz tab example
… “Towards a People’s History…” South African History Online (SAHO) is a non-partisan people's history … Rassool works with old museums that are changing their…
PlaceTranskei
… An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included … River and on 10 May Governor D'Urban extended the colonial boundaries to the Great…
ArchiveExtension of University Education Act, Act No 45 of 1959
… The Act was to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of …
ArticleLouis van Mauritius and the Slave Revolt of 1808
… was on many occasions short-lived and quickly quashed by colonial authorities who were more often than not greater in … of the slave trade had also crossed…
ArticleAfrican Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA)
… on the conditions of native Angolans under Portuguese colonial rule, warning that the apartheid state was equally … on black people’s rights in the same way…
ArticleWomen’s Rights and Representation
… having attempted to rape another woman. Despite the man's history of sexual violence, the police and the prosecutor had … listed in the Bill of Rights. The…
ArticleWomens Rights
… having attempted to rape another woman. Despite the man's history of sexual violence, the police and the prosecutor had … in the Bill of Rights. The Act also…
ArticlePan Africanist Congress (PAC)
… is represented in parliament. This feature focuses on the history of the PAC’s contribution to the struggle against … " outlines the chronological events in…
EventField Marshal Lord Roberts is appointed British supreme commander in South Africa
… Lord Robert's only son was killed in action. The Colonial Office sent massive troop reinforcements under the … did not expect. The failure of these campaigns…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 2
… one of those troughs in Indian affairs which mark their history in this country. For redress of their grievances they … political body which called itself…
ADDRESS AT A DINNER HOSTED BY THE FEDERATION OF INDIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE (FICCI), CONFEDERATION OF INDIAN INDUSTRIES (CII), AND JOINT BUSINESS COUNCILS (JBC) Delhi, 26 January 1995
… what many thought impossible for our nation with its long history of division and conflict. Our unity as a nation is … face in common with most countries…
Speech on the Occasion of Installation as the Chancellor of the University of Fort Hare and on being Awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws by O. R. Tambo, 19 October 1991
… that abounds with a troubled but immensely rich history. The wheel of history has turned full cycle in the life of this university, … on the entire history…
PlacePrince Alfred House, Waterloo Road, Wynberg
… This Colonial House has subsequently been sold and now used as a …
EventThe Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser, a bilingual newspaper and the first to publish news and advertisements, is published for the first time.
The Cape Town Gazette and African Advertiser was the first newspaper to be published in Africa. It was started by two slave dealers, Alexander Walker and John…
ArchiveStatement presented to the five Western Powers Talks in New York by the delegation of the Namibia Patriotic Coalition
… of elections, release of political detainees, the establishment of a Military and Security Affairs Commission …
EventSADC treaty is signed in Namibia
… A treaty, which effected the establishment of the Southern African Development Community …
The President’s Council, mandated to consider South Africa’s constitutional future, releases its final report.
… its final report. Central items of its plan include establishment of a strong executive President chosen by a … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…