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48. Breach of the compromise
… Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai A mass meeting was held in Johannesburg on 24 June to discuss the 'breach' by the … was held under auspices of the British…
Address of Nelson Mandela, President of the African National Congress on Receiving an Honorary LLD Degree at the University of Fort Hare 9 May 1992
… of transformation, a time of change or prospective change in South Africa as a whole as well as in this university, we all have a responsibility, wherever we…
Reports of the Passive Resistance Councils: Natal and Transvaal 1946 - 1946
… ”” the longest sentence yet served by Passive Resisters in the present struggle. This pamphlet attempts to give you … united support of the entire Indian…
EventMarianne Kriel was born on this day
… Marianne Kriel was born in Bellville on 30 August 1971.[i] She attended Bellville … Kriel earned herself a gold medal at the All Africa Games in the 100…
PlaceRosebank, Cape Town
… Town’ s Students who make use of the many blocks of flats in the village of Rosebank. Homes here are primarily … and the original Farm house of the area: …
Homeless Giving Tourists a Negative Perception - Fietas Museum by Wim Pretorius and Iavan Pijoos, (News24.com), 15 February 2016
… Johannesburg – In the heart of Pageview in Johannesburg lies a small, but almost forgotten museum, … Park, the Fietas Museum was declared a heritage site in…
PlaceSoccer City (FNB Stadium) -Johannesburg
… Stadium built in Johannesburg for the 2010 FIFA World Cup . The design … pot'. This iconic, 87 436-seater is the largest Venue in South Africa, and the…
PlaceKruger House Museum
… an official residence for the President. Declared a museum in 1936, it was restored to its original form. It was one of … electricity and had one of the…
PlaceSouth African National Museum of Military History
… by the former Prime Minister of South Africa, Jan Smuts in 1947 to preserve the History of the Country’s involvement in WWII, the South African National War…
EventThe South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS) is established
… After becoming Prime Minister of South Africa in 1966, John Vorster met with Hendrik van den Bergh, the … This Act did not give a full brief for the agency,…
EventUDF activist Toto Dweba’s mutilated body is found
… According to Coleman (ed.) in A Crime Against Humanity, the mutilated body of Toto Roy … on 19 August 1985. He was fatally stabbed and mutilated in Eshowe on…
EventAllan Boesak’s plea for the acquittal on fraud charges is rejected and the case is postponed to the following year
… the Belville Theological Seminary and worked as a pastor in Paarl between 1967 and 1970. After received his PhD from a university in New York, he led a…
EventJack Penn, sculptor and one of the world’s best plastic surgeon is born
… and reconstructive surgeon, was born on 14 August 1909 in Cape Town. Penn later moved with his family to … of the Witwatersrand (WITS). After marrying Diana…
EventMembers of Bambathas homestead are pursued by policemen for refusing to pay the ‘hut tax’
… Natal in the early years of the 20th century became the site of … and autonomous African chiefdoms. The death of Cetshwayo in Eshowe in 1884, the last of the…
ArchiveGoldblatt: I'm after a particular sense of stillness by Ivan Vladislavic, 27 September 2013
… made between the 1960s and the early 1990s, and belong in the series I call The Structure of Things Then. The newer … Although visually the new photographs…
Wosa on the 1997 Conference for Socialism
… Cape Town, when it stood at the bottom of Dock Road in the latter months of 1903. I had arrived from England in August of that year, after taking my…
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
… Pretoria girl, Beverly Mashinini, won a bronze medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko, which…
Address by President Thabo Mbeki, at the University of Havana, Cuba, 27 March 2001
… Ambassadors; Distinguished Guests; Comrades and friends: In 1940, the Office of Public Opinion Research in the USA conducted a nation wide poll and asked…
Address at the University of Havana, Cuba, 28 March 2001
… Ambassadors; Distinguished Guests; Comrades and friends: In 1940, the Office of Public Opinion Research in the USA conducted a nation wide poll and asked…
PlaceEersteling Monument, Polokwane
… the site of the first commercial gold mining activity in South Africa’s modern History, has, in many instances, been relegated to mere footnote status in our…
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… a very great step forward if we could establish an organ in the negro language. I suppose that the material hindrances would be great in this time of deep…
EventChief of the Zondi, Bambata is killed
… In the Mpanza valley in the Umvoti district, a minor chief of the Zondi, Bambatha … white authorities with death if they attempted to do so in his district…
PlaceAliwal South, Alternative Name for Mossel Bay
… The alternative name in 1850, for Mossel Bay . It was the first place that … Population, (according to a population census taken in 2011). The Outeniqua…
PlaceShri Jagannath Puri Temple, Tongaat
… being the remainder of Lot 79, Tongaat Township, situated in the Township of Tongaat, Province of Natal, and measuring … of the Temple. The Temple was built…
Address by Mashatile on the occasion of the 20th commemoration of the Bisho massacre, 7 September, 2012
… Province, Premier Noxolo Kiviet The Chairperson of the ANC in the Eastern Cape, Comrade Phumulo Masualle Comrades Ronnie … September 1992, more than 80 000…
How Zuma, the smiling spy, controls South Africa by Joe Brock and Ed Cropley (World News), 04 May 2016, Johannesburg
… Africa's President, he hasn't lost his touch. Lampooned in the media, jeered in public and now facing calls from inside and outside the … of rand of improper…
Document 34 - Letter from the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, to the Executive Committee, Comintern
… form and circular letter of the League of African Rights. In taking the initiative in the formation of the League, we have been acting on the … (and also the…
Digging deeper into our history by Nicole Mccain (News24), 13 September 2016
… historical artefacts. These priceless objects are housed in the Iziko Social History Centre, where the collections of … brought together under one roof. The…
EventInkatha Freedom Party is concerned about stability
… Freedom Party (IFP) expressed concern about stability in Manzimhlope, the KwaZulu-Natal lower south coast region, … Mr Xolo was the Chairman of the IFP Youth…
EventSmuts becomes Prime Minister
… the Smuts government had to face mounting criticism in the early 1920s. His stern measures to quell revolts in 1921 (Bulhoek massacre), 1922 (Rand Revolt)…