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Zulu Community
… settlement was founded by merchants from the Cape Colony under the leadership of Henry Francis Fynn. Fynn reached a … colonies, Boer republics and…
ArticleWomen in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
ArticleBritain takes control of the Cape
… after the abolition of slavery in 1838. In South Africa under Dutch settlement, there was a shortage of labour, … of the slaves were harsh, as they worked…
ArticleAfrica South Art Initiative (ASAI)
… digital projects include the production of archives for under-documented artists and community arts organisations; …
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee
… antagonism of their people and undermine their prestige. Under the provisions of the Group Areas Act, the Government … of Native Affairs and to petty…
42. Petition from Indians at the time of Union
… view to placing before you a review of the many grievances under which they, as a community, labour, and to endeavour to … at British Indians has been…
Lionel Davis, SA artist, is born in Cape Town. He was a political prisoner on Robben Island between 1964 and 1971, where he c
… Senior Certificate. After his release he was restricted under a banning order and kept under house arrest until 1976. In 1978 and 1979 he worked at …
EventLibya becomes independent
… independence as a constitutional and hereditary monarchy under King Idris I. It was the first country to achieve … of independence Libya, a former Italian…
EventSpringboks wallop their Australian counterparts
… team, nicknamed Amabokoboko, national team of South Africa under mentorship of Nick Mallett, registered an important … was South Africa's 14th consecutive…
EventChiliboy Ralepelle becomes the first black player to lead the Springboks against a World XV in England
… where he joined the rugby team. He was selected for the under- 15 squad in 2001 and the under-19 squad in 2004. Ralepelle made history in 2006 when …
Descom Bulletin
… the first white political prisoner to die in the detention under the custody of the security police. It was after his … without trial by the government. Due…
EventUnion of South Africa officially ceases to exist
… which was established in 1910 by the British government under the premiership of Louis Botha, ceased to exist at … Commonwealth to become the Republic of…
EventMaggie Laubser, SA painter and winner of several awards, dies
… Laubster studied art in Cape Town for two months under Edward Roworth and later in London at the Slade School. She also trained under Schmidt-Rottluff, a…
ArticleDemocratic Alliance (DA)
… Independent Party and National Democratic Movement merged. Under the combined leadership of Zach de Beer , Denis Worrall … national level. With only 10…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… once this was removed a rapid ripening would result under Communist leadership. War danger Comrade J Gomas (Cape … involving its rejection or modification…
ArticleSouth African Constitution: The Bill of Rights
… rights of South Africans are enshrined in our Constitution under the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights is a … This was in large part because South Africa…
ArticleRight to Organise Timeline 1500-1994
… of the National Party of Hertzog and the Labour Party under Cresswell. Their concern for the protection of white … Union, the Industrial Commercial Workers’…
ArticleSlave Resistance
… increase in the number of slaves. Slaves lived and worked under harsh conditions with long working hours maintained by … hours were set for winter and summer…
ArticleSouth African Indian Congress (SAIC)
… was elected its first President. However, the SAIC was under conservative leadership for many years, the SAIC … for help to the Government of India, which…
ArticleEnd Conscription Campaign (ECC)
… from 1986 to 1987; and again in 1988 before being put under house arrest in 1989. In 1988, the movement went … to be outlawed by the Apartheid regime. The…
Opening Address to the Conference on "Whites in A Changing South Africa", Convened by the Five Freedoms Forum and the ANC by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 1 July 1989
… schools and hospitals; Peace, so that we can produce and construct towards a new day; Peace, so that our children can …
The flight of the Gwala-Gwala bird: Essays by Ari Sitas, review essay by Linda Cooper
… attitudes of racism, homophobia or xenophobia, and construct an alternative hegemony in post-apartheid South …
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the National Council of Provinces, Limpopo, 4 November 2005
… straddles all three spheres of our co-operative governance construct-the national, provincial and local. This places the …
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Helen Joseph Avalon Cemetery, Johannesburg, 30 March 1996
… Tambo and others, a feeling of deprivation comes to mind. Under the leadership of these noble South Africans our nation … how our country would have been…
PlaceStone Chapel, Tokai, near the Porter Reformatory School
… there in 1880. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 27 December 1985. Although … administration. It was declared a National…
PlaceRhodes
… War. On 2 December 1899 they were joined by a second group under General J H Olivier. On 23 June 1901 Boer forces under Commandant Fouche returned to Rhodes…
PlaceFourteen Streams
… in Rhodesia. On 16 October 1899 a local force of 270 men under Police Inspector Snow withdrew from Fourteen Streams to Kimberley, and the following day a…
EventZimbabawean Independence Day
… administered by the British South African Company (BSAC) under the name Rhodesia and the Responsible Government under the name Southern Rhodesia. Both…
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
… the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma, who then established a … of the Currey family, and was…
ArticleSonghai, African Empire, 15-16th Century
… in present day Congo brought together different cultures under a single authority and used the Congo River as a main … joined with each other like the Chokwe…