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EventMarc Lottering was born on this day
… one of the most prominent comedians and entertainers in South African history, was born in Cape Town. [i] Endnotes [i] Getting to know Marc …
ArchiveStatess policy of deception
… Rejecting any participation in the negotiations meetings of 29 November and of 20-21 December 1991, the New Unity Movement says in its latest statement that…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 1: Anatomy of apartheid
… Report of the Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society analysing the political situation in South Africa under apartheid. Contents include: What is…
ArchiveMusic Concert
… Top of poster white with title in dark blue and dark blue image of a saxophone player with … music interwoven and musical notes. Bottom half of poster in…
ArchiveSouth Africa : The Cordoned Heart Poster
… Black and white poster. Second half of title in red letters. Photo of men carrying coffins with flowers in top. Exhibition on 4th March at Gertrude Posel…
ArchiveANC
… Black poster with yellow triangle in centre with ANC acronym and arrows pointing to text: … Lodge. Issued by Projects. Meeting on Thursday 3rd October in…
PlaceHopkins Street 64-66, Parow
… These two double-storey dwellings were erected in 1910 by George Thomas Hopkins. They have a number of fine … which were presumably added on by Petrus…
YWCA Building, 178 Long Street, Cape Town
… The building was restructured in 1903 by J Parker, of the architectural firm Forsythe & … of Minnie and Maria Bam, the daughters of JA Bam, who died in…
PlaceGlen Grey
… The village of Glen Grey was named in honour of Sir George Grey, Governor of the Cape 1854-61. On 17 July 1902 a fire broke out in the Glen Grey police…
EventFive developed countries recall their Ambassadors from South Africa
… which was introduced by the National Party government in 1948. The policy instituted racial segregation in the country. …
ArchiveUrban Bantu Councils Act, Act No 79 of 1961
… on certain Bantu of civil and criminal jurisdiction in urban areas, the establishment of community guards in certain areas, and matters incidental thereto,…
ArchiveThe South African Reality
… speech covers subjects such as foreign investments, change in South Africa, patriotism, education and the role of students in creating a just society. …
Education Charter Campaign
… Green poster with title in black lettering. Issued by EdCC Com. Logo included. Three … blocks on right hand side repeating the information in other official…
ArchiveJune 16: 10 fighting years
… (TRASCO) logo on left and image of Hector Pieterson in the arms of a fellow student on the right. Features list of demands. "Unban COSAS - Ban apartheid…
PlaceGA Riches Printer Building, 423 Smith Street, Durban
… The building, designed in a classical-revivalist style, is an important component of … Street, one of the most historically significant roads in the Durban…
A faction of the Bophuthatswana Defence Force, led by Rocky Malebana Metsing, attempts to overthrow the government of Chief Lucas Manyane Mangope.
… Mangope, who is held hostage for at least fifteen hours in Kemonosi Stadium. Five people die in the coup and counter-coup and one is injured. …
PlaceAllemanskraal or Aldam, Free State Province
… Village in the Willem Pretorius Game Reserve near the Sand River, 30 … the North-West. The Sand River Convention was signed there in 1852, which gave…
Apartheid and the Medical School
… and further condemns the whole system of oppression in dividing the people by colour and now in education as well. …
ArchiveDecide our response
… Light grey poster with dark green strip at top with title in grey lettering. Announcement of Student Body Meeting at the SU at 1pm on Tuesday. All other…
ArchiveThe sixteenth annual Richard Feetham Memorial Lecture by Helen Joseph
… on Thursday 12 August 1982 at 20h00. Small map of Africa in top right hand corner. Wits logo in top left hand corner. …
EventMosibudi Mangena is born
… party Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO) was born in Tzaneen, Limpopo Province. Before he was appointed as Minister of Science and Technology in 2004…
EventAfrikaans linguist H J Terblanche is born
… of several dictionaries and grammar books, is born in Aberdeen in the Eastern Cape. Dr Terblanche was a pioneer of Afrikaans … fratse oor 1000 jaar, Kaapstad…
EventOscar Pistorius South African sprint runner is born
… known as the “Blade Runner”) was born on 22 November 1986 in Sandton, Johannesburg. He was born with fibular hemimelia, which is a congenital absence of the…
ArchiveNow Cape Town...Now Langa too is burning
… of Cape Town students of a mass meeting to be held in response to the political turmoil that had begun to affect Cape Town. The government asks for law and…
ArchiveEducate for socialism
… White background, with artwork and text in red and black. Artwork of man holding the Azanian Peoples … flag, over the map of South Africa. Image of the a…
The conduct of EFF at the National Assembly Today, 17 September 2014
… concern about the conduct of EFF Members of Parliament in the National Assembly today. Their refusal to abide by … constituencies bigger than their mere…
ANC hard at work despite power failure and strike threat, 27 July 2009
… Department under the Secretary General’s Office, are also in full operation, using laptops and cellphones. We note that … businesses and caused…
EventMacassar Gas Disaster (AECI stockpile catches fire)
… gas into the air. The South Eastern wind blew the gas in the direction of Macassar. [i] News reports confirmed that … and Evaluation of Exposures from a…
PlaceOur Lady of Montserrat Catholic Church, Betty's Bay
… Our Lady Of Montserrat in Betty's Bay, Western Cape is a Christian Congregation … Church has been burnt to the Ground because of the Fire in the Overstrand…
Grassroots
… Grassroots was started in 1980 as the first of a series of community newspapers … of the first (March 1980) edition were printed although in subsequent years…