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Letter from Jack Simons to Oliver Tambo
… Letter from Jack Simons of the Constitutional Committee and Zola Skweyiya of the Department of Legal and Constitutional Affairs to Oliver Tambo regarding …
ArchiveMemorandum on political prisoners
… political prisoners submitted by Alfred Ngokong on behalf of the ANC to the Ad Hoc Working Group of Experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights…
PlaceAmbleside, a Railway Siding in Mpumalanga
… Railway Siding 11 km North-East of Carolina on the route Machadodorp to Breyton. It was named in 1868 by Archibald Sinclair, recalling the Wreck of the…
PlaceMelville Koppies Nature Reserve, Judith Road, Johannesburg
… We have no recorded evidence of how the Iron Age community on Melville Koppies was … to be discovered, not in quartz at all, but in the band of conglomerate…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… anvils Image source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3 million years ago. … previously," said Dr Nick Taylor, from…
PlaceVictorian terrace House complex, Grove Road and Albert Road, Mowbray
… These 9 dwellings form part of a unique Street Block that dates from the 1880s, and consisted of two terraced rows, of identical late-Victorian Double-storey…
PlaceBlue Lodge Hotel, 206-208 Long Street, Cape Town
… This impressive building was erected at the turn of the 19th century and forms an important part of the architectural character of Long Street, one of the…
Graveside tribute to Robert Shell by Joline Young, 3 February 2015
… had that I so admired. Robert saw beyond the surface of things and valued what society discarded. In 1970, at the age of 22, Robert started researching the…
ArchiveThe student movement in the struggle for democracy
… Speech by the guest speaker, Joe Phaahla, President of the Azanian Students' Organisation (AZASO), at the 59th Annual Congress of the National Union of South…
ArchivePresident's opening address to the 56th NUSAS Congress
… Opening address at the 56th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, Durban, November 1978. Refers to banning of Laura Levetan,…
ArchiveTried for treason
… Black, white and red poster. Notice of an exhibition on the Treason Trial of 1956-1961 opening on 27th February 1996 at the Museum Africa, Johannesburg…
PlaceBertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town
… under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1962. A part of the Cape Town Campus of UCT- Hiddingh Hall. This was the original "home" of the University of Cape…
PlaceAha Hills, Northern Cape Border With Namibia and Botswana
… Due to the almost total absence of water, there are few animals or birds and only a few insects. The main attraction of these Hills is their solitude and…
ArchiveTribute to Anti-apartheid campaigner, Helen Suzman, by African National Congress, 1 January 2009
… campaigner Helen Suzman who has died at the age of 91. As a Member of Parliament and a vocal critic against apartheid, the ANC remembers and respects the…
EventEdward Roworth, SA landscape painter, dies in Somerset West
… the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war Roworth decided to stay in South Africa. He … would later be the inspiration for his…
EventProtest against pass laws in Langa
… Hundreds of Blacks assembled in the Langa township outside Cape Town … a fiery speech to the crowd Dora Tamana, a member of the ANC Women's League and later…
EventANC co-founder and journalist Pixley Seme dies
… a political activist, journalist, lawyer and a co-founder of the African National Congress (ANC). His funeral service was conducted by the bishop of…
EventDr. Dadoo and Naicker lead Passive Resisters
… Dadoo, Indians observed complete hartal, that is, a day of mourning or protest on which all the shops were shut and … were held in many cities and towns. A…
EventDr Louis Luyt is born
… entrepreneur and self-made millionaire, former president of the SA Rugby Football Union and politician, was born in … He ventured into politics after he was…
EventJournalist and political activist Selby Msimang dies
… Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. Msimang was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC), … differences between the two, Msimang…
EventRand Afrikaans University is established
… with its seat in Johannesburg, was established by an act of parliament as the academic home of Afrikaans-speaking students. Through its academic ……
EventHarold Strachan is served with restriction order
… South African Air Force pilot in World War 2 and member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the…
EventBilateral talks to continue
… was reached following the fall-out between the leaders of the African National Congress (ANC) and government over the continuation of talks toward a…
EventProposal for a new constitution
… Minister of Constitutional Development, Gerrit Viljoen on 27 August … equal status be given to all participants in the process of drawing up the new…
EventIndependent Democrats benefits from floorcrossing rule
… benefited from the floor-crossing rule that allows members of parties at all three levels of government to join a party of their choice without losing their…
EventThe TRC is set up by parliament
… Commission in 1995. The Commission, based on the Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, No 34 of 1995, investigated what happened under…
EventSelf government is granted to the Transvaal
… self-government status by Britain, according to the terms of the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, signed between representatives of the two Boer Republics and…
EventAfrikaner patriot Danie Theron is killed
… Afrikaner patriot believing in the just and divine right of the Boer to stand against British interference, died during the Second Anglo-Boer War in an…
EventTranskei Constitution Act No 48 commences
… Transkei Constitution Act No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the … appointed a committee to investigate the…
Panel Proposal for the 17th Triennial Symposium on African Art
… reflects sustainability includes not only the repurposing of refuse to create fashionable garments, innovative … sculptures and decorative arts, but also the…