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EventBenjamin Magson Kies, political activist & lawyer, is born
… from about the middle of the 1930s until his death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the … Movement (NEUM) both of which he had an…
Cataloguing the archive of the Anti-Apartheid Movement
… Anti-Apartheid Movement arrived at Rhodes House Library in Oxford in 1996 and it is planned that the cataloguing process will … to researchers by the spring…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest…
ArchiveAfrican Communist, 1959 - 1994
… after the police massacres of Sharpeville and Langa in 1960. The delay had been due to fears amongst some in the SACP leadership that a premature…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
… Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. … secondary school. It was at this…
EventCurnick Ndlovu, Trade Unionist, is arrested.
… of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He was also actively involved in trade union movements and eventually became an active … which was linked with the SACTU. He…
EventLanga, Uitenhage Massacre: 20 killed by police on Sharpeville Commemoration Day
… years to the day after the infamous Sharpeville Massacre, in which 69 people were killed, the South African Police opened fire on a crowd of people in Langa,…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… minister of law and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the magistrate…
EventWorld Aids Day
… Following the January 1988 meeting of Health Ministers in London, a decision was taken that 1 December would … the worldwide challenges and consequences of…
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… The mining industry in South Africa remains one of the most hazardous … professions, this despite the enormous amounts invested in it and the resulting…
EventInkatha Freedom Party boycotts parliament
… (IFP) announced the suspension of its active participation in both chambers of parliament and in the constitution-making process. IFP leader Chief Gatsha ……
PlaceDu Toit's Kloof Pass and the Huguenot Tunnel
… viaduct bridge (the first of its kind to be built in South Africa ) The bridge is simultaneously curved and … follows the track of the road, so ignore the…
Address to Beijing University Beijing, 6 May 1999
… and students; Distinguished guests. I was honoured indeed in 1992 by your award to me of an honorary degree. It is an … such occasion - and there have been…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at the 5th National Congress of COSATU 7 September 1994
… said about the significance of this Congress for COSATU in particular, and indeed for the entire trade union movement … of the Government of National Unity…
EventMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi, trade unionist and community leader, dies
… On 28 February 1980, Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi died in Orlando West, Soweto. Butshingi was born in the Transkei in 1906, and moved to the Transvaal in…
Remembering the Artistry of Photojournalist Ranjith Kally by Kalim Rajab (Daily Maverick) 21 June 2017
… wealth or celebrity. If one wants to impact people, even in small ways, it’s best done through showing one’s humanity, one’s generosity and one’s friendship…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… better arrangements for the defence of the Transvaal and, in particular, Pretoria . The raiders had penetrated to … . Even though General Piet Cronje had…
Address at the Opening Session of The South Africa-Algeria Bi-National Commission, Algiers, 22 September 2000.
… and people of South Africa, I am indeed happy to be in this historic city to re-affirm and reconfirm a … This colonial rule which used the same logic whether…
Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam Dar Es Salaam, 17 November 1998
… I thank you sincerely for it. Three years ago we joined in celebrating the achievement of freedom in South Africa. It was a victory that was as much yours as…
Document 36 - Letter from E. R. Roux to the Executive Bureau, Communist Party of South Africa, 18 November 1930
… it will mean an extcnsion of Party activity particularly in the country districts. We have reached a stage now where, … thanks to the paper, the Party has…
PlaceAlbaster Klip, Northern Cape
… of Marydale, site of the present Pypklip. Located in the Siyanda Municipality of the Northern Cape. It was … after Trechardt who was the only Voortrekker…
PlacePondoland
… Libode, Ngqeleni, Port St John's, Tabankulu, and Umsikaba. In 1899 provisions of Proclamation 314 allowed for Umsikaba … . Although the amaMpondo were never…
PlaceBarton Keep, Jacob Mare Street, Pretoria
… This imposing Victorian dwelling was erected in 1888 by EF Bourke, who later became the first mayor of … entrance, is a main feature of the design. The ivy…
Document 2 - Letter from E. R. Roux to Douglas Wolton
… Standards Statute. Although this announcement is in line with the department of Labour's five year plan, it … of giving rights to workers has been given a…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the Unveiling of the Tombstone of Oliver Tambo, 19 April 1998, Wattville, Benoni
… of the way we have been together through many stages in the struggle for liberation. Today`s ceremony evokes the … rare privilege of education and also…
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the tombstone of Oliver Tambo
… of the way we have been together through many stages in the struggle for liberation. Today's ceremony evokes the … rare privilege of education and also…
PlaceDiep River
… Johann Georg Rathfelder was born in Stuttgart in 1811 and emigrated to the Cape in 1835. Following his marriage in the colony, he inherited a … https://www…
ArchiveRobert Shell: A tribute By Martin Plaut, 05 February 2015
… writes on the passing of the foremost scholar of slavery in the Cape Robert Shell: my friend Today I learnt the news I … Rob Shell had died. Sandy, his…
Speech, on Behalf of the National Liberation Movements, at the Opening Session of the Sixth Conference of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries by O. R. Tambo, Havana, Cuba, 3 September 1979
… entrusting this task to the people of South Africa - and, in their name, in the name of the peoples of South Africa and Namibia, … people. Today we have…
Propaganda and the Pursuit of Hegemonic Goals – The Myanmar and Zimbabwe Experience by Thabo Mbeki, 29 February 2016
… international community expected the new South Africa born in 1994 to lead the campaign for respect of human rights especially in Africa. The first major…