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EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually … should review her position and seek to improve…
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… of office wearing their specially designed green robes in the presence of the president and the minister of justice, … of the death penalty. The court spent…
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… Commission, which probed allegations of a Third Force in political violence, President F.W. De Klerk announced that a further ten unnamed officers implicated…
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… international world strongly sympathised with South Africa in the aftermath of the massacre. Tambo left the country … a job as a nurse. The family returned…
EventParliament passes legislation separating the people of South Africa into four distinct races
… The National Assembly voted in favour of the separation of the people of South Africa … Population Registration Act was read for the first time in…
Claremont Histories
… an information and small photographic exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 … Visitors to the stand can pay homage to…
EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has … against its policy of segregation. The country was…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… A-F contain observations relevant to issues raised in your memorandum and elaboration on issues dealt with in this letter. There are however a number of…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… was designed by Architect WH Stucke and was erected in 1894-95 by building contractor D Godley. Its foundation … Reitz and the Eastern and Western wings were…
The Segregation Fallacy and Other Papers by D.D.T Jabavu
… for the convenience of reference by those interested in the Native view of what is known as Segregation in South Africa. Contents The Segregation Fallacy…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
… on the Basic Conditions of Employment as reflected in the statement dated 14 July 1997. COSATU is disappointed … if Labour and Business do not reach an…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… The Soweto community was in need for a proper formal theatre space. Prior to 2012, … companies were mobile and performances would be held in community halls…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… our complete and unequivocal support for your initiative in requesting an urgent meeting of the United Nations … to support the Kingdom of Lesotho with all…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… Riaad Moosa was born in Cape Town on 18 June 1977. He has won numerous awards as a … Monate Show. Riaad portrayed the role of Ahmed Kathrada in the Golden…
PlaceLittle Lions Head, Mt. Above Llandudno
… Little Lions head is nestled in between Llandudno, Sandy Bay and Hout Bay and is basically … which is private property, hence the security wave in. Head up…
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
… on the campus of UWC, is one of the most important sites in the Cape Lowlands with extremely small areas formally … Flats Dune Strandveld which is endangered…
PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
… Situated in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rosebank is a vibrant … node and tourist attraction. Rosebank is one of a kind in that it has effectively combined a…
PlaceGod’s Window
… Blyde River Canyon, situated on the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga is God’s Window, with magnificent views, … observe the hills and forests as far as…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… who gave short addresses of greeting to the Conference". In your letter of the 17th instant you wrote about Solly's … to you for the article so that we could…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… a British armed merchant cruiser. After its construction in 1920, the ship was registered to the Societe Generale … and the South and South East of South…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… a favourable command of several strategic points in the Transvaal area. Western Transvaal burghers, or … of the pass. He decided to attack, and the battle…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… readiness on the part of the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the … creed. 16.3 All its people have the right…
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… optimistic that the country was taking a turn for equalty. In Cape Town , Archbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu was at St … almost totally isolated from the…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… 2017 at the Michaelis Galleries, aims to address a vacuum in art criticism, curatorial practice, and art theory, and … After Freedom offers a sampling of…
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
… ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leaders to another location. In coming up with the decision, the NDC has also considered … Luthuli House despite adverse…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to … persons gained access to the ANC`s national headquarters in Johannesburg during the night of…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… freedom and democracy for all peoples. We are living in a much troubled world which someone has aptly called a … and wish is that this conference might help…
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
… from 1988-1993, and to a large extent written by him in collaboration with other exiles and comrades from the … by the ANC; and articles on the history of…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.4 Jul-Sept 1960
… IN EXILE Contents: Sunshine and Sharpeville. Cartoon, David … Michael Picardie. Cartoon, Gask. African and Indian in Durban, Fatima Meer. The Prisons of…
EventMK operatives, Jerry Mosolodi, Terry Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung are executed
… Mogoerane and Thabo Motaung were executed for their part in a hit on Wonderboom police station. The ANC declared the … Defence Force (SADF) Military…