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ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 2000 -2010
… Thabo Mbeki gives the keynote address at the National General Council 2000 meeting in Port Elizabeth. The theme of … and Agent for Change’. To read the…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1970-1979
… 29 October, Alfred Nzo sends a letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations with regards to the treatment … illegally in South Africa. 1974 The…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbuli
… poetry by anybody. The themes are also quite broad and general rather than artistic abstractions often composed by …
Vella Pillay
… After a period, I was promoted to the status of assistant general manager. I visited China some eight times, and during …
BiographyAhmed Timol
… Essop was placed on a stretcher and taken to Johannesburg General Hospital. According to the medical staff he was …
ArticleNelson Mandela Timeline 1950-1959
… new position and together with Tambo and Communists Party general secretary Moses Kotane , they joined their friend … FRAC to discuss a joint campaign of…
ArticleBalfour Declaration
… had High Commissioners in the dominions The Governor General would represent the crown in the dominions Hertzog …
ArticleUnion, Segregation, apartheid and Democracy: From Union to non racial democracy
… process. Results of the 1910 elections 15 September 1910 General Louis Botha's South African Party won a majority in the 1910 general election of the Union…
ArticleNontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu’s “Mother of the Nation” Legacy
… struggle. Her profession as a midwife at Johannesburg General Hospital, and her home life presented her with … work towards improving the health, education …
Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1980 - 1989
… March 3, Dr Dadoo travels to the USSR with Moses Mabhida , General Secretary of the South African Communist Party (SACP) … anniversary of the South African…
ArticleSouth African Defence Force (SADF)
… Pretorius was appointed the first official Commandant-General in the Transvaal. The defence force was used in the … The South African Defence Act, signed in…
ArticleBureau of State Security (BOSS)
… intelligence services create posts for a deputy Director General as well as assistant director general. They should also establish chief directorates and ……
ArticleIndian South Africans timeline 1920-1929
… other British colonies. The South African Prime Minister, General J.C. Smuts , opposes Sastri's resolution that calls … Class Areas Bill in interviews with…
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Union Timeline 1919-1989
… Union (ICU). 21 December, Message by the secretary general of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union … change the constitution made is the abolition of…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… the Government is carrying out the policy laid down by General Hertzog in 1938 regarding the Coloured community. … and social segregation and political…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…
PlaceLydenburg, Mpumalanga
… of the best preserved Zuid Afrikaanse and old Transvaal architecture in the Country. Lydenburg, which means "place of … of the best preserved Zuid Afrikaanse…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1970 - 1978 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… 'Palace of Peace' has not only retained its Islamic architecture but has been blended with marble, oak and … on November 29, 1975 when Dr Inamullah Khan ,…
ArticleBambatha Rebellion 1906
… where Bambatha and his followers were finally defeated. In general terms, the Rebellion was a response to the harsh …
ArticleThe Strikes and Popular and Political Support
… demand for a living wage received much support from the general public. The GWIU and the GFWBF was able to garner …
ArticleNational Party (NP)
… and persons of British descent. The founder of the NP, General JBM Hertzog, was a member of the Union Government, … in particular, those of Prime Minister…
ArchivePhotography and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa
… cinema, to the visual configuration of physical reality in architecture and city planning, to the visual arts such as … or actions of the South African…
PlaceDullstroom, Mpumalanga in the Emalaheni Municipality District
… throughout the Village, from the picturesque pointed stone Architecture, Historic Monuments such as the Stone Church in … shops set in the Town’s wonderful…
ArticleBonani Africa Festival of photography
… On 13 November 2001 the Director General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Mr Sipho Pityana …
Article1946 Mine Workers Strike timeline 1867-1987
… appointed a Commission of Enquiry 1946 They called a general strike. Nine men were killed, and seventy men were …
ArticleIndian South Africans Timeline 1910-1919
… . 27 April, Indian passive resistance is suspended when General Jan Christiaan Smuts enters into negotiations with … 14 October, Gopal Krishna Gokhale meets…
Documents, speeches, Awards, and articles relating to Desmond Tutu
… strident voice against apartheid, first Black Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches , first … Awards and Honours 1978 – Honorary…
ArticleTimeline of the 1973 Durban Strikes
… launched in Pietermaritzburg with the assistance of the General Workers Benefit Fund (GFWBF). Alpheus Mthethwa, an … on the union banning and detaining its…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
… conference was opened by Blade Nzamande (SACP Secretary General) who highlighted Dadoo’s contribution to the struggle … conference was opened by Blade…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… of Action. It consists of: Dr James Moroka as President-General G. Radebe (Transvaal Congress) as Secretary C.S.R … known as the Suppression of Communism Act…