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EventAbdul Samad Minty, anti apartheid activist, is born
… a position he held till 2004. He also oversaw South Africa's new membership of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the … Minty to Chair the General Conference…
EventReported arrest of London bomb mastermind, Rashid Aswat
… national of Pakistani or Indian descent, made about 20 calls from a South African cellphone number to two of the … four suicide bombers. Intelligence sources…
EventGeneral C.R. de Wet was found guilty of treason for leading the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914
… the outbreak of World War I, when de Wet opposed Botha's decision to conquer German South West Africa (now Namibia). De Wet's efforts to organize a rebellion…
PlaceCradock Division
… to the new district of Somerset. This was reversed on 20 May 1831, and in June 1836 a Resident Magistrate and Civil …
65. Letter from the Natal Indian Congress to Smuts, 1945
… 1945 and presented the following memorandum. Source: N.I.C. Agenda Book, 1947. CONGRESS TODAY 1. The Natal Indian Congress with a membership of 20,000 is the…
EventSoweto students march against government’s language policy
… Hector Peterson. The Soweto uprising began when more than 20 000 learners marched against the use of Afrikaans as a … military training. It was those that…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1950 - 1959 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… Salot, Maulana Mohammed Yusuf, etc. Among the Jami'at's publications are: 1.The Philosophy of Fasting in Ramadaan, … constituted with Dr Daud Saleh Mall as…
Koleka Putuma: part of the Ibuyambo Book Festival 2026
… Join us as we build differently. Langa Civic Hall 20–21 February 2026 Free Entry …
Chapter II - Partners in protest
… on women voters to join them at the foot of General Botha's statue in the grounds of the Union Buildings for a … the women home. They gathered in crowds at…
PlaceImbali Township, Pietermaritzburg
… be known as Imbali Bantu Township. It is Pietermaritzburg’s biggest and one of the oldest Townships and is located 15km … high Schools and one tertiary…
PlaceSandton, Johannesburg
… from home and will never want to leave. Greater Sandton's first residents were middle stone-age hunters who arrived … Metropolitan Municipality. Colloquially…
January 8th Statements -Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 99th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 2011
… that whilst others may change their allegiances and their mission with the shifting sands of illusion, the ANC remains … consistent. We adapt to and move…
The Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners/Fellowship of True Afrikaners
… immensely successful. By the early 1880s the newspaper’s circulation reached 3700. Published as a monthly from … partly to offset distortions in the English…
Article2014 South African platinum strike: longest wage strike in South Africa
… mining companies. The South African mining industry shed 20,000 jobs in the 12 months leading to June 2013, and that … for their children. It was reported…
ArticleIndian South Africans
… were to work for the Natal colonial government on Natal's sugar plantations. The 'free' Indians came to South Africa … in South Africa is concentrated in Kwa…
PlaceDundee
… Zulu impis (warriors) then killed more than 500 of Retief’s party at what was later called Weenen (Place of Weeping), … 1838, when a massive Zulu force of…
ArticleA History of South African Literature, timeline 1824-2005
… in the early 1880s. His most famous book is King Solomon's Mines (1886), a bestseller in its day (and filmed several … of literature by black South Africans,…
ArticleWomen’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… became secretary of the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) in Tanzania in 1962. Similarly, Hilda … escaped to London and became a member of…
ArchiveReminiscences of the Arrest of Fikile Bam & Marcus Solomon in 1963 by Roseinnes Phahle, August 2019
… arrested it was through Winnie. I got arrested in Winnie’s car, and when I got to the island I talked to him about … convey to them that I had not been off…
EventSouth African football legend Steve Mokone died
… Steve ‘The Black Meteor’ Mokone died in Washington D.C on 20 March 2015. He would go to be one of the most recognized …
ArticleHistory of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
… escaped to London and became a member of the External Mission and the ANCWL. But those who remained in South Africa … 27 April 1994 South Africans formed…
ArchiveHow the apartheid regime burnt books – in their tens of thousands, 24 October 2018
… transported thousands of books and magazines from Pretoria’s Central Police Station to a dark hall at the Iscor state … large mechanical shovel scooped up…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… nomination, even though it was legal in terms of the ANC’s constitution, would result in a split. What puzzled me was … of jobless people from well over 40%…
EventZimbabwe's interior minister Joshua Nkomo is dismissed
… triggered bitter fighting between Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) supporters in the Ndebele-speaking region of … crushed armed resistance in…
Document 91. ‘April 6: People’s Protest Day’. Flyer issued by the ANC (Transvaal) and the Transvaal Indian Congress
… April 6: People's Protest Day The African National Congress has served notice … lives, has greatly shocked the South African people. The A.N.C., whilst…
PlaceBisho, Capital of the Eastern Cape
… in this Town. The Town is 3 kilometers from King William's Town and 70 kilometers from East London . It is part of … Williams Town and East London. The…
PlaceKokstad
… amidst much fanfare, when her charitable foundation, Oprah’s Angel Network , designed a school for Kokstad's Shayamoya Township. Kokstad lies surrounded by…
PlaceMacfarlan, Village in the Eastern Cape
… the houses and on common land. Small church preaching stations, mostly built of wattle and daub, stand among the …
PlaceAalwynkop Peak, Mpumalanga
… Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km South-East of Heidelberg, in the Gauteng Province of … Aalwynkop is a Hill 5 km West of Balfour and 20 km…
PlaceBo-Kaap Museum
… and formerly known as the Malay Quarter , the Bo-Kaap’s origins date back to the 1760s when numerous “huurhuisjes” … Malay family. "Starting at the Bo-Kaap…