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President Jacob Zuma arrived in Tanzania
… in bringing peace and stability to Burundi following the civil war in that country. …
EventA Day of Prayer Called by the NIC
… took a resistance pledge. Messages such as "After all civil resistance had its birth in Asia" and "Jesus was an … SAHO, General History Timeline 1940's ,…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… Dadoo in 2009, SAHO is, as part of its rewriting of the history of the liberation movement, updating its material on … impulses of the time that might have…
The oldest forms of human communication
… the printed word can be misleading. For example, certain history books taught, inaccurately, that Africans arrived in … them as 'primitive', and paid very…
Speech at the Final Conference of International Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa by O . R. Tambo, London, 24 May 1991
… to the task I have. It is for others to write the complete history of IDAF and I cannot begin to thank all those who … have worked for the Fund and who have…
Address at the launch of the Kruger National Park Centenary Celebrations Skukuza, 26 March 1998
… as poorly rewarded labour. We recall these threads in our history not to decry the foresight of those who established … the responsibility for enhancing…
Work and education
… FW de Klerk established the Education Co-ordination Service to manage education during the political transition …
Deployment of Racism in South Africa by Rooha Variava
… racism is interpreted in psychologistic terms, and its history and practice are seen as the product of the … in Capital, State and White Labour . While…
PlaceHillside House, 14 Bird Street, Port Elizabeth
… Port Elizabeth citizens, including its Harbour Master, the Civil Commissioner and James Somers Kirkwood, after whom the …
Local Government
… did not understand the need for such a compulsory service. The condition of the town’s main public … this time. In November 1890, a rudimentary volunteer…
Covert operations
… Committee is staffed by the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the security branch of the South African … of neighbouring states. It is a low intensity…
SAAAH: “Reception / Perception”
… problematises issues surrounding the discipline of art history and art criticism, the latter being a field still … A panel discussion on changes in the…
ArticleCosatu timeline
… Development Program (RDP). 13 December: COSATU and various civil society organisations unite to march against … Allied Workers' Union (NEHAWU) and the Police…
EventGriffiths Mxenge is buried
… Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge, civil rights lawyer and political activist murdered on 19 …
PlaceCentlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
… who emigrated to South Africa in 1820, and served as Civil Commissioner of the Uitenhage District from 1849 until … who emigrated to South Africa in 1820,…
Statement on ANC central number and information line, 10 October 2005
… and elections. Members of the public can also use the service to join the ANC or make donations. The same number … ANC national spokesperson, Smuts Ngonyama,…
Message from President Jacob Zuma
… all forms of social and political ills. Given our common history as a people that were oppressed, we share the belief … point of world interest and concern…
46. The Gandhi-Smuts compromise explained
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … that we are magnanimous. To take an example. If, by way of…
Article‘Liberated’ Slaves? by Joline Young
… Murray a sum of 35 Rixdollars per month for Jean Elle’s service. At the death of Murray, which occurred after Jean … Community of Cape Town. However, the…
The people armed, 1984-1990
… Photograph by Shadrack Nkomo © Bailey's African History Archive. Numerous factors characterised the … to pay fees amounting to R51.20 that included…
EventInhabitants flee UNITA occupation
… to accept electoral defeat plunged Angola back into civil war. …
ArticleConference: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa
… REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE - CLICK HERE The Wits History Workshop, the Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection (MISTRA) and South African History…
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Organisational Renewal, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… who had an outstanding track record and unbroken service, there is a persuasive argument that living veterans … honoured by the movement for their loyalty…
Documentary Photography and Awakening the International Community, 1976-1994
… blend into the mass of Africans surprisingly well, yet the service role of the Africans is apparent in their dress. … to gain than to lose. During the states…
ArticleThe 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
… constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa women – … in Bloemfontein requiring domestic…
PlaceKeur River Bridge
… the pass fell to Mrs Geesje Bergh, wife of the former Civil Commissioner of George. The pass was christened Montagu …
EventSABC is allowed to broadcast Thatcher Case
… proceedings would be captured on camera in a High Court civil matter. Thatcher was to appear in court the following …
Women at the start of the 20th century
… the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, been given some recognition. Previously the history of women…
A message to the African people and their allies in the struggle for freedom in the Union of South Africa, June 1953
… of various movements who at different times in our history have laid down their lives or made other sacrifices … On that day let everyone who can attend the…
EventWW2 veteran Job Masego dies
… at Modderfontein, Springs, before he volunteered for service with the Native Military Corps of the Union Defence … later that afternoon. Masego received five…