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PlaceKliptown Museum
… The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news…
EventUN passes resolutions on South Africa
… The UN General Assembly re-affirmed the legitimacy of the region's struggle against apartheid and the legitimacy of armed resistance. The UN General Assembly…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… As head of intelligence for the outlawed African National Congress … from inside and outside the ANC to resign over millions of rand of improper state…
ANC NEC meets (30th November, - 2 December 2001), 29 November 2001
… from Friday, the 30th November until Sunday, the 2nd of December, 2001. The meeting will be opened by a political … which is expected to address amongst…
EventThe United Democratic Front (UDF) is dissolved
… Front (UDF) was formed in August 1983, and was one of the most prominent anti-apartheid movements, comprising of over 400 workers', church, civic and student…
PlaceRosemount
… time as East London, and was located immediately south of the town. By the early 1900s it had been overtaken by … residential development, and in about 1909…
Declaration on Apartheid and its Destructive Consequences in Southern Africa
… back to the year 1986. In this year the Organisation of African Unity, which had accepted that one of its responsibilities, was decolonisation, the end of…
PlaceJunction Avenue Theatre
… 1976, and it was organised and conceptualised by a group of White students from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits University) in a bid to create ……
PlaceIsipingo, Kwa-Zulu Natal
… About 20 km South of Durban City Central, lies Isipingo, an Area blessed with a fascinating mix of Cultures and a unique History. This vibrant Town is ……
ArchiveGeorge Peake by David Hemson
… had links throughout Southern Africa and an understanding of the social linkages between struggles particularly in … after the Second World War. He had the…
"Form united front now": Interview with Albert Luthuli, 5 May 1962
… to forming a broad united front so as to rouse the whole of South Africa against "the fascist measure." Response "I am … Dennis Hurley, Dr. Alan Paton, Mr. P…
PlaceOld House Museum, 31 Diakonia Street, Durban
… 1849 it was purchased by John Goodrick who, with the help of his son, built a two-roomed wattle and daub cottage upon … it to George Robinson in 1858…
EventPeter Mokaba is born
… He was born under the cruel injustices and violence of the Apartheid system. His parents, Albert and Priscilla, … Hwiti High School in Mankweng, he became a…
EventWorld Aids Day is internationally observed for the first time
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 … that, unlike other pandemics such as malaria, the spread of…
EventHajara Ibrahim appears before a Nigerian Islamic court to launch an appeal against her conviction for adultery
… Sharia law refers to a body of Islamic religious laws and deals with aspects of everyday life, such as politics, banking, family, … Since 1999, 12 states…
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid policy of separate development. The Transkei was to have its own … foreign affairs and justice would remain in…
EventIngrid Jonker, SA poet, commits suicide.
… French, Dutch, Polish, Hindi and Zulu. The collected works of Jonker, including several short stories and a play, were … published in 1975 and re-issued in…
EventIvory Coast’s new prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, takes office
… French colonization, Ivory Coast came under the leadership of Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Known as the father of independence, he had formed the first…
EventDavid Livingstone “discovers” Lake Nyasa
… Livingston was a renowned explorer, doctor and missionary. Of course, he is most remembered for his exploits as an … consul at Quelimane (now in Mozambique)…
V - The Funeral
… on 25 September. Police actions prevented thousands of mourners from reaching the funeral from Johannesburg, … while roadblocks nearer King William's Town…
EventEdenburg is founded
… to build a church. The initial application for recognition of Edenburg as a town was rejected by the Volksraad, but … Municipal status was only attained in…
EventSouth Africa readmitted to United Nations
… For South Africa this date signaled the end of decades of international isolation . The General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) recalled resolution 48…
EventDRC President Laurent Kabila is assassinated
… On 16 January 2001, Laurent Kabila President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was killed by gunshot. According to reports Kabila was shot by one of…
Regarding the white male gaze in South African photography by Daniel Gallan, 14 Jun 2017
… probing me to consider this question in the context of the South African white male and the responsibility he … photographer and activist Omar Badsha accuses…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… United States played an important part in the development of the South African intelligentia. They found in America currents of thought that they could learn…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation … next apply to the prevailing authority for the demolition of the Old Post…
PlaceOld Presidency
… This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was declared a National Monument …
PlaceTable Mountain, Cape Town
… The World famous Table Mountain is part of the scenic Peninsula Mountain chain that stretches from … Valleys, Bays and Beaches bound by the cold waters of…
PlaceGoodman Gallery
… instrumental to the development and professionalisation of how commercial galleries are structured within South … Africa and the continent, as well as the…
EventFirst enslaved people arrive in Cape Town
… had a human cargo: 174 slaves. This was the first shipment of slaves to arrive in South Africa, and marked the beginning of almost 200 years of slave trade…