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EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… On 24 September 1996, Heritage Day, the grave of Enoch Sontonga who composed and wrote the first verse and chorus of Nkosi, Sekelel' iAfrika, was … a…
EventProf. Hudson Ntsanwisi, former Chief Minister of Gazankulu, dies in Johannesburg
… Mission Station in Tzaneen on 11 July 1920. He was the eldest of three children of Mlungisi and Evelyn … Trichardt. He later obtained a Master of Arts Degree…
EventSA to be admitted to the African Games provided that competitions in SA are held without racial discrimination.
… The Secretary-General of the Supreme African Sports Council, Jean-Claude Ganga, said he would admit white South Africans to the African Games provided that…
EventScientists identify Green Monkey disease as responsible for more than 300 deaths in Northern Zaire and the Sudan
… first identified in green monkeys. It gets its namefrom the city of Marburg, Germany, where it caused small epidemics. In 1974, the virus killed more than…
ArticleNew Africa Theatre Project
… The New Africa Theatre Association (NATA), founded in 1987 by Mavis Taylor the head of University of Cape Town Drama Department and professional theatre…
EventFormer City Press Editor Mathata Tsedu’s son is found burnt beyond recognition in the boot of his car
… The remains of Avhatakali Netshusaulu, accountant and son of the former City Press editor Mathata Tsedu, were found in the boot of his car after he had been…
Nelson Mandela’s address to rally in Durban 25 February 1990
… Text in italics indicates where the address was delivered in Zulu. Friends, comrades, and the … the women of our land! I call on the people of Inanda. Join…
ArchiveMeeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable R F Botha and a United States delegation led by Dr C Crocker, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs: Santa Maria, Sal Island, 31 October 1984, Af
… delegation and a United States delegation to discuss the situation in Mozambique and Angola … Meeting between a South African delegation led by the Minister…
Colonial conquest and resistance, Pre 1900
… Several factors seemed to pave the way to apartheid, among them a colonial conquest, land … roots of apartheid, from the colonial occupation of the Cape in…
EventA 19 year old Mzwandile Kekana is testifying at the trial of 14 Cookhouse people charged with murdering a teacher.
… Mziwandile Kekana, a 19 year old boy, testified in the Port Elizabeth Supreme Court that the people who accused him of being a police informer were … who…
ArchiveMemorandum presented by National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations - August 1972
… Official memorandum presented by the National Union of South African Students to the Select Committee on Certain Organisations, including NUSAS (the…
Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress (NIC) and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in
… Representatives of the African National Congress (ANC), Natal Indian Congress … and Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) meet in Johannesburg. The Presidents of…
Artist groups and educational facilities (1960-1980)
… Due to the apartheid racial classification systems, many black … was in 1985 in Johannesburg. The workshop then moved to Cape Town where it held it first…
EventWorld Aids Day
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a … 1 December would annually be observed as World Aids Day. The step was motivated by the…
ArchiveVerwoerd lets loose terror on All-African Convention and Unity Movement of South Africa: the struggle goes on
… Circular by the All-African Convention and the Unity Movement on the arrests and bannings of some members of these … All-African Convention and Unity…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… The African National Congress has launched a telephone information line which provides the public with automated access to ANC offices and important ……
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 1 December 1976
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Curry, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa, … Commission…
ArchiveAssessment report of NUSED to the 49th Congress of NUSAS, Rhodes University, November 30 to December 3, 1972
… Report from the National Union of Students Education Department to the 49th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Rhodes ……
Article1970s: Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa
… that there are many links on this site which deal with the depth and breadth of the Black Consciousness Movement in … headlines. b. Philip Kgosana and the…
EventWinnie Mandela released from banning order and house arrest
… Winnie's banning order was not reimposed, bearing in mind the nature of the offence that she was charged with. At the time of her … were impatient and…
EventReggie Hadebe ANC Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, is gunned down
… Regional Executive Committee member and Media officer in the Natal Midlands Region, Mr Reggie Hadebe, was gunned down in an ambush on the Richmond-Ixopo road…
EventPAC leader Robert Sobukwe is released
… Congress leader, Robert Sobukwe, was arrested after the Sharpeville anti-pass campaign of 1960 and harshly sentenced to three years in prison. At the end of…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… Peter Matseke was born in 1878 in Pretoria. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was drafted as driver for … work as a court interpreter. Matseke became…
Document 16 - Letter from Clements Kadalie to E. R. Roux, 10 October 1928
… original letter you wrote to him with regard to myself and the I.C.U. Your letter is libelous as well as deceitful when … plain language. Whether I do get…
Gender, Modernity & Indian Delights - The Women's Cultural Group of Durban, 1954 - 2010 by Goolam Vahed and Thembisa Waetjen
… Prelims Preface Chapter 1: The chow-chow pickle jar. Chapter 2: Stepping out. Chapter 3: … 5: Iqraa. Chapter 6: Bake, Jumble and Trust. Chapter 7: In the…
EventSA Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President’s Council fails
… South African Prime Minister P. W. Botha warns the country that confrontation will be inevitable if his proposed President's Council fails. The Council was…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1990-1999
… During the 1990s, behind-the-scenes negotiations between the … crowd of approximately 50 000 people from the steps of the Cape Town City Hall. 27 February,…
Submissions & winning projects 2009
… Learners First place: Fairouz West (Western Cape), ‘A history of sport’ Second place: Neo Panane (North … of my school’ Third place: Ideline Akimana (Western…
Political assassinations 1974 - 1994
… handed himself over to C-10, Mavuso was captured in the Matola raid, both were shot dead and burnt. October … Petrol bomb attack on home. April Bongweni,…
George Hugo
… this position until December 2007 before relocating to Cape Town. In 2008 George started working as freelance … From August 2009 he has also been lecturing…