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ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 10 February 1977
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Geluza Selby Thombeni, Training Officer with the Urban Training Project, Reatile Kingdom Lolwane, a student at…
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 4 - Some Reflections on Early African and South African History by Sekibakiba Peter Lekgoathi
… From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade … Does it really matter what sort of history is taught in schools? This chapter examines some…
Political executions
… Death of informer school teacher in Sterkstroom, Eastern Cape (October 1985). Bongo, Wellington Mpumelo 1964/05 … Moses 1987/09/01 Killing of councillor,…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… from Sophiatown to Meadowlands in Soweto, Transvaal, at the hands of the apartheid government’s 1954 Natives Resettlement Act … which now include Mpumalanga,…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 24 June 1977
… Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from James Mhlunguza and others, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South…
Black Peoples Convention - National Leadership
… A. NATIONAL LEADERSHP OF THE BLACK PEOPLES CONVENTION First National Executive … - Assistant General Secretary Berry Motlhabane - Eastern Cape Regional…
ArticleHistory of elections in South Africa
… Introduction The South Africa Act passed by the British Parliament in 1909 … combined the self-governing British colonies of the Natal, Cape, Transvaal and…
ArticleUnited Women’s Congress (UWCO)
… As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began…
PlaceMasjiengebou (Machine Building), Defense Headquarters, Pretoria
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 1 April 1977. The Historic Machine Building, "Staatsartillerie" Stables and … of War. This Commando System was based…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… From the book: Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid commissioned … 2, gives particular insights into what led to the major revolt in Soweto in 1976 ”” an…
EventNuclear Test Ban Treaty signed
… Representatives of the United States, the Soviet Union, and Great Britain sign a Nuclear Test Ban … Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. France and China were asked to…
ArchiveNow that you have touched the women, you have struck a rock you have dislodged a boulder you will be crushed
… Artwork of African women behind barbed wire. Commemorating the 9th August 1956 when 20,000 women marched to Pretoria to protest against the pass laws. … Now…
159 passengers and crew die when the Helderberg, en route from Taipei to Johannesburg, crashes at approximately seven minutes p
… 159 passengers and crew die when the Helderberg, en route from Taipei to Johannesburg, crashes at approximately seven minutes past midnight into the Indian…
10 YEARS PROJECT
… claims in South Africa 16 December 1943 (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within … of political discrimination based on race,…
EventGen. J.B.M. Hertzog is forced to resign as premier after his motion of neutrality in World War II is defeated in parliament
… The choice to join the Allied Forces in World War Two was a contentious one on behalf of the South African government. This is because within the … Barber, J…
Chapter One - From Abbotsdale to Kimberley
… From the book: Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A … coastal region stretching from the Keiskamma River to the Cape Point, northward along the…
ArticleTimeline of Land Dispossession and Segregation in South Africa 1900-1947
… By the 1900s African people had been dispossessed of their land … The Native Location Commission submits its report. The Cape Colony appoints a Departmental…
PlacePinetown and its Museum
… after Sir Benjamin Pine , Governor of Natal (1873-75). At the heart of the town and just off the main road lies the Pinetown Library … members. (Students and…
EventC. Lindenberg Letty, botanical artist, is born
… Cynthia Lindenberg Letty was born in Standerton, in the old Transvaal Province in 1895. She was the eldest of five children. At the outbreak of the South ……
PlaceAlbert Jackson School, Port Elizabeth
… 4 January 1963. Greenwood Primary School had its origin in the Albert Jackson Primary School which first opened its doors on 26 January 1942 on the corner of…
ArticleColonial History of Port Elizabeth
… Colonial settlement Land wars The 'Frontier Wars' in the Eastern Cape Europeans who came to stay in South Africa first settled in and around Cape Town. As…
University of Fort Hare, DR.Mvuyo Tom and CEO of the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Trust, Mr. Dini Sobukwe, cordially invite you to the 8th Robert Sobukwe Memorial Lecture to be delivered by Professor Pumla Gqola.
… University of Fort Hare, DR.Mvuyo Tom and CEO of the Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Trust, Mr. Dini Sobukwe, cordially invite you to the 8th Robert Sobukwe…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela on Women’s Day, Pretoria, 9 August 1996
… Ministers; Guests; Friends and compatriots. When the women of South Africa converged on these Union Buildings … the weight of the pledge for women of South…
Speech by Deputy Minister Gwendoline Mahlangu-Nkabinde, South African Deputy Minister of Economic Development at a Business Conference held in conjunction with the Wuhan Government, Wuhan, China 11 August 2010
… The Executive Governor of the Province of Hubei, Mr Li Xiansheng, our distinguished … distinct honour for me to have been invited to comment on the events of…
PlaceSt. Andrews College, Grahamstown now Makhanda
… is a School, situated in Makhanda (Grahamstown), in the heart of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. This independent Anglican boarding … independent School…
Excerpts from Priscilla Jana’s book 'Fighting for Mandela' that relate to Solomon Mahlangu
… pp. 41 – 49. If the breadwinner was imprisoned I would organise help as much … Only Clifford Mailer, a junior counsel, had the courage to join me in court…
Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings - Peer pressure - Everyone can become a better person no matter the past! by Frida Bapela
… From the book: Finding Courage: Young Women's Writings edited by … pressure - Everyone can become a better person no matter the past! by Frida Bapela …
Winnie Mandela, Given Sentence Of 6 Years In Kidnapping Case by Christopher S. Wren (The New York Times), 15 May 1991
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) … Of 6 Years In Kidnapping Case by Christopher S. Wren (The New York Times…
Anti-Apartheid Groups Cast Out Winnie Mandela, Citing Terror by Christopher S. Wren (The New York Times), 17 February 1989
… From: Nelson Mandela: South Africa's Liberator (from The New York Times Archives) … Out Winnie Mandela, Citing Terror by Christopher S. Wren (The New York…
ArchiveBlack Peoples Convention: Terrorism Trial - a rededication and committment in the struggle, by way of financial support for bail money
… An appeal for donations towards the costs of a court appeal and bail for Nkotsoeu P. Motsau … Terrorism Trial - a rededication and committment in the…