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ArchiveJune 12 Movement
… June 12th marked a historic moment in the history of Black students. The University of the Western Cape acting together with the Department of Coloured…
EventBusiness leader Matome Maponya is born
… Matome Maponya, chair/owner of several food companies in his name and deputy chair of the Agricultural and Rural Development Corporation Ltd … the Eastern…
Burundi: A year later, still in crisis by Simon Allison (Daily Maverick), 05 May 2016, South Africa
… today is not safe tomorrow. Civilian life today is a life of fear, a life of uncertainty, and not knowing exactly what is happening … it, but what is…
For Richard Turner by Peter Sacks
… You wrote on the back page of my last essay ("Political Education in The Republic") "Good ideas, but style too literary. Use of images evades the final point…
PlaceJosephine Mill, Boundary Road, Newlands
… was achieved by 1988. Josephine Mill's is a little slice of history in the heart of the green, leafy suburb of Newlands. It is situated on the banks of the…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… been commissioned by the Cape Government, powers of construction were transferred to the British South Africa … Salisbury in Rhodesia. On 16 October 1899 a…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an appealing … for all intents and purposes, and was…
EventIt is announced that a child prostitution and trafficking task team rescues 14 underage prostitutes in downtown Johannesburg
… and prostitution has become rife in the syndicates of Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban. Children who are … The most vulnerable children are girls between…
EventUnesco lists Robben Island as a World Heritage Site
… on Robben Island as they protested to Dutch rule of their countries. When the British took control of South Africa, a leper colony was started on the island…
PlaceOld Morley
… by Shaka and his Zulu armies in the Mfecane wars. Most of them fled westwards and settled amongst the Xhosa . After some years of oppression by the Gcaleka…
PlaceOld Drostdy Museum, Rawson Street, Pearston
… artifacts. Particularly noteworthy is a collection of late 18th and early 19th century Cape furniture. The … Johannes Theophilus Rhenius and he was assisted…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
… Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the…
Cosatu special congress, Day Two: Numsa, Vavi walloped by Ranjeni Munusamy (Daily Maverick), 15 July 2015, South Africa
… if their votes were secret. But the vote was taken by show of hands on Monday night, revealing that they were greatly … dominance. While that does not mean…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… Tony Awards and later also for the Grammy Awards. Some of his most successful plays include Woza Albert, Township … Fever and Mama. He was inducted in the…
After Apartheid - Social Identities in the New South Africa Vol. 1
… increasingly finding its way forward through the precepts of global capitalism. The majority of South Africans are contributing more than ever before to ……
Foreword, By Nelson Mandela
… This compilation of speeches of Dr Monty Naicker is an invaluable chapter in the history of our struggle for liberation. Monty, as we all referred to …
EventThe SACBC urges that lawful means be used to resist Apartheid
… that lawful means must be used to fight against injustices of apartheid rules. The Bishops wrote; "As Christian people we dare not remain silent and passive…
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to end the escalating violence in Natal and in the townships…
EventThe government launches ‘Operation Iron Fist’ in townships
… At the height of township violence in Transvaal, President F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela held a series of meetings to discuss means of quelling the unrest…
EventNamibia’s constitution is ratified
… The acceptance of the Namibian constitution on 9 February 1990 established the Republic of Namibia. The independence of Namibia can be directly traced to an…
EventSA military integration is disputed
… between British military advisers and the commanders of the SANDF over the integration process. The British advisers accused the SANDF of delaying the…
PlaceGwali Mission
… in 1820 by Reverend John Brownlee, as a station of for the Glasgow Missionary Society. The village which grew … Emgwali, takes its name from the Gwali River…
EventNatal Football Union founded
… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South African Republics brought a new influx of Whites to South Africa, many of whom were soccer…
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… The nearly month-long siege of Makapane's Cave took place after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makapane) massacred … Piet Potgieter and M.W…
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
… The plans for the formation of the Young Communist League (YCL) were laid in 1921 when the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was established. Youth…
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… to be honoured to have my name used for the name of the street. SD: Gogo this has taken two years to be done? … because this is such a big street here at…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… big is a family and who belongs to it? A family consists of a mother, father and children. A man can have more than … live. The territory to which a person…
ANC statement on The Farming Sector Initiative, 1 November 2014
… Cape. This initiate seeks to address persisting problems of farm evictions, working conditions and the previous … the Western Cape, underscores the…
PlaceAloes Railway Station, Port Elizabeth
… Railway Station between Swartkops and Coega, 16 km North of Port Elizabeth on route to Alicedale. Takes its name from the genus of plants with succulent…
PlaceAgtersuurberg, Eastern Cape
… attained Municipal status in 1895. Named after the owner of the land on which it was established, Johannes J.T. Venter. It is one of the smaller towns that…