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EventBartolomeu Dias enters Luderitz Bay
… extended to cover the coast up to Durban. To read more about Da Gama's voyage of 'discovery' around the Cape of Good …
EventWorld Leprosy Day is celebrated in SA
… that this is a realistic goal, provided that people know about the treatment options available and that the stigma …
EventThe Gift Of The Givers Foundation helps tsunami victims
… directly, carrying aid supplies valued at R3-million. About 54 000 people were affected by the disaster on 26 …
EventUDF distances itself from Madikizela
… Democratic Front (UDF), Frank Chikane and Azar Cachalia, about the organisation's suspicion of Winnie …
EventF.W. de Klerk delivers his farewell address to Parliament
… Africans to end sterile debates and divisive reproaches about the past and focus their energies and resources on …
EventLegal action against election results
… This followed African National Congress (ANC) complaints about administrative chaos and intimidation during the second …
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… of Blacks during the 1920s. Though very little is known about her life, she supposedly came from the rural area of …
EventDe La Rey is persuaded not to speak to the Burghers
… Louis Botha in Pretoria. The trio was going to discuss about a planned Burghers rebellion. During this meeting De La …
EventSir John Herschel, British astronomer, arrives in Cape Town
… their stay in the Cape, Herschel and his wife produced about 131 illustrations showing the Cape flora . He conducted …
EventJohannes Kerkorrel, Afrikaans singer and songwriter, is born in Johannesburg
… suicide. His birth name was Ralph John Rabie. A film about his life, titled ‘Who killed Johannes Kerkorrel’ was …
EventA fire in a boarding school in Kenya kills fifty-eight boys and seriously injures twenty-eight others
… the roof of the dormitory caved in and could not escape. About 28 boys were admitted to hospital with minor to severe …
EventPope John Paul II begins his tour of Africa.
… pope. He is also known as the pope who was most vocal about human rights and used his influence to effect change. …
EventWorld TB Day, observed to create public awareness that tuberculosis remains a global epidemic
… in activities that they anticipate will raise awareness about the disease. The 2012 theme is “how Europe and the …
Isisebenzi
… workers in Durban and Pietermaritzburg. It was published about once a month and dealt with all matters of interest to …
The Neglected Tradition
… was indeed necessary or viable. There were some misgivings about separating a particular racial group, however, in …
ArchiveRoseinnes Daniel Phahle by Allison Drew
… and Pretoria so that Ahmed Kathrada could inform them about the Youth Congresses then being held periodically in … Three Square, where the boycott leaders…
When your position can't be sustained, create a scarecrow - The Menace of Post-Apartheid South Africa by Thabo Mbeki, 18 January 2016
… movement. This built on a long-held view within the ANC about how it should conduct its work. In this regard, for … had occasion to engage one of its members…
Address by President Nelson Mandela on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the South African Communist Party Cape Town, 28 July 1996
… to that extent shall we continue to work together to bring about a better life. Chairperson and comrades; For some of us on this day, memories come hushing…
ArticleThe Youth Struggle
… of White people's inaccurate and racist assumptions about what a Black person was accustomed to. These racist … was in 1946. However, the government was not…
ArticleA history of Soweto
… was later given local government powers, was concerned about the diseases that could spread as a result of … the shantytowns they were leaving behind. It was…
ArticleBloemfontein the Segregated city
… the persons involved. In addition, mention had to be made about the number of people, stock and any means of transport … were built up. But soon, the Whites…
The Freedom struggle in Rustenburg
… that the Rustenburg Municipal Area houses a population of about 400 000 people, of which 240 000 live in settlements located in non-tribal land. About 100…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… Hassim discusses the main issues that were talked about involving the structure of the league such as the power … the league itself in South Africa, people…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Commons by O. R. Tambo, London, 29 October 1985
… us. THOMAS: Mr. Tambo, I would like to ask you something about your answer to Mr. Lester's first question. We are … is the ANC's position on the role of…
The diary of Maria Tholo - September 4 - 19 by Carol Hermer
… to know what's new, what's happening. We all enjoy talking about it. And when a different story comes out in the papers … are trying to cover up,' you hear…
PlaceDemocratic Republic of the Congo
… The capital, Kinshasa , is located on the Congo River about 320 miles (515 km) from its mouth. The largest City in … depending largely on distance from the…
PlaceGreen Point
… The area about Green Point was initially used by the Dutch as a cattle … the light but jolting ' Paardewagon ', are seen driving about to enjoy the sport…
ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… On the subject of slavery I remember him collecting facts about the slave trade on tatty cards he kept in a shoe box … became his consuming passion and he…
EventA Dutch ship, the Rosenberg, carrying Huguenots, leaves for the Cape from the Netherlands
… in the Netherlands fleeing religious persecution brought about by the ascendancy of Catholicism in France. The Edict … who petitioned the government in…
Address by the reverend John Langalibalele Dube after his election as president of the South African Native National Congress
… can claim an ancestry more ancient than almost any round about us, yet as citizens of the glorious British Empire, we … Gandhi’s weekly newspaper, publishing…