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52. Gandhi: my experiences, 1914
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … and appeared in Gujarati in the Golden Number of Indian Opinion…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress … from inside and outside the ANC to resign over millions of rand of improper state…
PlaceDarlington Dam- Lake Mentz
… P.W.F. Weyers, a former 'Hawker' (an informal seller of goods). He had lost Cattle in an attack by the Boers … and later still, they all disappeared under…
PlaceBerg River
… The Great Berg river used to be navigable for a distance of about 45 km from its mouth and, during the 1880's, it was accessible to a variety of Schooners…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… back to the year 1986. In this year the Organisation of African Unity, which had accepted that one of its responsibilities, was decolonisation, the end of…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… 1976, and it was organised and conceptualised by a group of White students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in a bid to create ……
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… About 20 km South of Durban City Central, lies Isipingo, an Area blessed with a fascinating mix of Cultures and a unique History. This vibrant Town is ……
PlaceCathcart District, Eastern Cape
… The District of Cathcart was created in January 1877, and it was raised to … base was largely agrarian, but despite the fertile nature of its soil, the…
Speech by President Mandela at the Chief Albert Luthuli Centenary Celebration, 25 April 1998, KwaDukuza
… inhloko yadi' amadoda! His Majesty the King, The Mayor of KwaDukuza, Mr Siyanda Mhlongo, My brother, uMntwana … peace and unity with you, as you pay tribute…
Chapter III - My very ordinary life
… me so long to find the road to what must surely be one of the highest peaks of my whole life. On that day I walked with seven other women at the head of a…
EventEdenburg is founded
… to build a church. The initial application for recognition of Edenburg as a town was rejected by the Volksraad, but … Municipal status was only attained in…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… For South Africa this date signaled the end of decades of international isolation . The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) recalled resolution 48…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed by gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid policy of separate development. The Transkei was to have its own … foreign affairs and justice would remain in…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… French, Dutch, Polish, Hindi and Zulu. The collected works of Jonker, including several short stories and a play, were … published in 1975 and re-issued in…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of independence, he had formed the first…
EventBambatha Rebellion
… took place near Greytown in KwaZulu-Natal. The first signs of discontent started at the end of 1905, when government introduced a new £1 poll tax on top of…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an … consul at Quelimane (now in Mozambique)…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… to forming a broad united front so as to rouse the whole of South Africa against "the fascist measure." Response "I am … Dennis Hurley, Dr. Alan Paton, Mr. P…
PlaceMorocco
… Mountainous country of western North Africa, Morocco borders Algeria to the east … to extensive migration and has long been the location, of urban…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… 1849 it was purchased by John Goodrick who, with the help of his son, built a two-roomed wattle and daub cottage upon … it to George Robinson in 1858…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… He was born under the cruel injustices and violence of the Apartheid system. His parents, Albert and Priscilla, … Hwiti High School in Mankweng, he became a…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 … that, unlike other pandemics such as malaria, the spread of…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday life, such as politics, banking, family, … Since 1999, 12 states…
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… had links throughout Southern Africa and an understanding of the social linkages between struggles particularly in … after the Second World War. He had the…
V - The Funeral
… on 25 September. Police actions prevented thousands of mourners from reaching the funeral from Johannesburg, … while roadblocks nearer King William's Town…
PlaceKwaDukuza timeline
… Bantu civilisation in the period from 400 A.D. The site of a later iron-age village of the Lala people can be visited in the Shaka Valley, near … 1500. Ice…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… United States played an important part in the development of the South African intelligentia. They found in America currents of thought that they could learn…
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from … Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation … next apply to the prevailing authority for the demolition of the Old Post…