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Thousands of Commonwealth citizens resident in South Africa, mostly Britons, become technically aliens through failing to apply
… Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997 , … Thousands of Commonwealth citizens resident in…
Landdros Anders Stockenström (father of Sir Andries Stockenström), seven or eight burghers and an interpreter are att
… Landdros Anders Stockenström (father of Sir Andries Stockenström), seven or eight burghers and an …
A C-130 Hercules with ten passengers and a crew of four, under which a SA pilot, disappears near Huambo, Angola.
… A C-130 Hercules with ten passengers and a crew of four, under which a SA pilot, disappears near Huambo, …
ArchiveBraklaagte: Resisting Incorporation: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference 1989
… Braklaagte: Resisting Incorporation: Paper Presented at the Black Sash National Conference on 03 March 1989 discussing homelands, Bophuthatswana,…
EventN.P. van Wyk Louw is born
… was born in Sutherland, Karoo. He was second in line of four brothers, the youngest of which was the poet W.E.G. Louw. N.P. van Wyk … art. President Mbeki…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… The International Olympic games, which were held in Athens, … was extinguished and the flag lowered. The overall winner of the 2004 Games was the United…
EventMining agreement on wages and working conditions is signed
… The Chamber of Mines and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) signed an agreement … the likelihood of damaging strikes in the coal and gold mining…
EventBritish pop star, David Essex, claims to have been quoted out-of-context regarding his return to perform in South Africa.
… British pop star, David Essex, claims he is quoted out-of-context about his return to South Africa to perform to a … South Africa to perform to a racially…
PlaceHawthornden-House, Herschell Walk, Wynberg
… The construction of the original structure probably dates to 1683, but it was … 1891 who, following his retirement from the Witwatersrand gold mines, lived…
Letter to the OAU Secretary-General, Mr. William Eteki Mboumoua by O. R. Tambo, 1974
… Your Excellency, The leadership of the African National Congress of South Africa takes this opportunity again to congratulate … Letter to the OAU Secretary…
Statement at the International Labour Conference (extract) by O. R. Tambo, Geneva, 19 June 1986
… Our struggle has entered a phase which marks the final days of the apartheid system of colonial and racist domination. The … Statement at the…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision", The Guardian, 8 January 1948 JOHANNESBURG. - Everything possible will be done by the Communist Party…
28. The Dealer’s Licences Act is an attempt to weed out smaller traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The Dealers' Licenses Act, passed by the Natal…
28. The Dealers’ Licenses Act is an attempt to weed out small traders
… The Dealers' Licenses Act, passed by the Natal Legislature, empowered town councils and town boards to decide licence applications. In terms of the Law,…
Chapter 10. Cleaning Up the Clothing Industry - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Bad as conditions were in factories, the evil of homework was even worse. The worker who is compelled to turn his home into a workshop … Chapter 10. Cleaning…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 1 - The Transition in Context by Christopher Saunders
… From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education The transition from apartheid to democracy, from ……
ArchiveThe West African Kroomen and their link to Simon’s Town by Joline Young
… The first Kroomen to be employed by the British Navy in Simon’s Town arrived on the HMS Melville in 1838. [i] Their date of arrival was telling, having…
Address by Oliver Tambo to the Nation on Radio Freedom, 22 July 1985
… Forty eight hours ago P.W. Botha announced a state of emergency affecting the Eastern Cape, the Witwatersrand and the Vaal Triangle. Already in these ……
Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade - Chapter 1 - The First Farmers by Jeff Guy
… From the book: Book 1: Ancient Civilizations and Global Trade commissioned by The Department of Education For a moment let's consider history as a journey ……
Chapter 17. Afrikaner Nationalism and the Workers - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… South Africans, know anything at all about the Afrikaner people, their history and their national … political conflicts and problems without an understanding…
ArchiveOpening Address at the Omar Badsha Photographic exhibition by Jakes Gerwel, September 2001
… We are a few days away from the celebration of one of our national holidays, Heritage Day. The opening of this exhibition of photographs by Omar Badsha ……
Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment Workers in Action by E. S. Sachs
… Although the union had previously denounced the treachery of Neville Chamberlain, once war was declared … Chapter 21. Civil War in the Factories - Garment…
Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938
… One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 73 - Letter from The Spark to M.S. Njisane, Flagstaff, 15 September 1938 The Spark Organ of the Workers Party of…
Address at the Africa Regional Disability Consultative Conference Johannesburg, 6th May 2003
… you very much for making it possible for me to be part of the closing session of this important conference on disability, the Disability African Regional…
ArchiveFor their Triumph and for their Tears - Conditions and Resistance of Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein
… Remember all our women in the jails Remember all our women in campaigns Remember all … Triumph and for their Tears - Conditions and Resistance of Women in…
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… From the book: Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom commissioned by The Department of Education We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the ……
ANC statement on more lies inside the Cape Town story, 14 May 2011
… South Africans have now become accustomed to the blatant falsehoods, deceits, relentless misinformation and unbridled malicious campaign, which is the basis…
ArchiveEmily Hobhouse - Beloved Traitor by Elsabe Brits(The Heritage Portal), 14 September 2016
… weeks ago I reviewed Rob Eales’ book on Emily Hobhouse and the Boer War published by UCT Press in 2015 (The Compassionate Englishwoman - click here to view)…
EventA conference is held in Geneva, Switzerland (1949) to revise the original Geneva Conventions.
… The Geneva Conventions, are comprised of four treaties and three protocols, which establish the standards of international law for the treatment of … The…
ArchiveThe South African Choir’s pathbreaking tour: 1891 – 1893 by Martin Plaut, 6 January 2017
… The contacts between black South Africans and the African American community in the United States played an important part in the development of the South…