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PlaceGroot Drakenstein Prison
… The village of Groot Drakenstein was probably established in the late 1850s. Following the acquisition of a number of fruit farms in the valley by Cecil John…
EventUniversity of Pretoria is established
… The Transvaal University College, with branches in Johannesburg and Pretoria , took the examinations of the … of the Transvaal University College, which…
EventBanned PAC leader Sobukwe is admitted as attorney
… a banning order, was admitted to practice as an attorney in Kimberley. In 1969, Sobukwe finally left Robben Island, only to be … where he was banned from…
EventNP Natal Congress agrees to multiracial membership
… With the wind of change powerfully blowing in South Africa, the National Party under the leadership of … called for the opening of its membership to all…
EventSouth Africa concludes an agreement with the Marconi Company for a high
… During the South African War in 1899, Marconi wireless equipment was tested in South Africa, with mixed results. Land-based military … but five Marconi…
EventEx-mutineers consider resigning from the ANC
… On 31 December 1989, ex-mutineers in exile considered resigning from the African National … of nine members of the ANC at Dakawa and Mazimbu in Tanzania on…
EventPaul Adams, former South African cricket player, is born
… Paul Regan "Rhorho" Adams was born in Grassy Park, Cape Town. He began playing cricket at a very … bowling style that made it hard for him to breakthrough in…
ArchiveSPRO-CAS Occasional Publication Number 6: Towards social change
… the Social Commission of The Study Project on Christianity in Apartheid Society focusing on social change and ethnic politics in apartheid South Africa…
ArchiveGroup conflicts and race prejudice
… This lecture is the third in the series Hoernle Memorial Lecture in which there is discussion on the topic of race prejudices in South Africa and the impact…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed away at his Orlando East home in Soweto. He was given a rousing…
PlaceCentlivres, a Railway Siding-16 Km from Uitenhage
… The Railway Siding of Centlivres was probably named in honour of John Centlivres Chase, a British settler who emigrated to South Africa in 1820, and served…
Gandhiji’s vision of a free South Africa: A collection of articles by E.S. Reddy
… that perhaps the world has not yet seen?" - M.K. Gandhi, in a speech in Johannesburg in 1908 [NOTE: The following is a revision of a book …
PlaceDwarsvlei, near Pretoria
… took place here, on 11 July 1900, was a fierce Battle in which three Victoria Crosses were earned in circumstances initially remarkably similar to the Battle…
Document 7 - Draft declaration of unity provisionally adopted at Unity Conference, Bloemfontein, 17 December 1943
… 1943 These organisations of the Non-European, which in themselves are not political parties dies embracing … of opinion from every walk of life, have met…
’I am not prepared to sell the birthright of the people to be free’
… the State President of South Africa, PW Botha, speaking in parliament, offered Mandela his freedom on condition that … Previous offers were conditional on…
PlaceMamelodi
… Melodies. Mamelodi has a Population of 334 577, this was in the 2011 Census. Lucky Montana once a Resident of … origins of the many families that were the…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
… sociopolitical trajectory of the country, are quite vague. In fact, the ‘when, how and by whom’ of the discovery is one … the gold-bearing conglomerate reef…
Chief Albert Luthuli and the ‘gospel of service’ by Raymond Suttner (Daily Maverick), 12 March 2014, South Africa
… Luthuli told the Natal ANC in 1949: We cannot say that Africans are accepting fast … They have not accepted fully the basic truth enshrined in the saying, no…
Address during the 90th Birthday Celebration of Mr Walter Sisulu 18 May 2002 Mr President, Ladies and Gentleman, Comrades and Friends
… of our movement. Our movement has made its name in the history of liberation movements, not only of Africa … courage and commitment - have played their roles…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 2 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… fruit-canning factory. There were three canning factories in Port Elizabeth: H. Jones, Langeberg, which made Koo fruit, … orange juice and so forth. There…
The Treason Trial: Foreword by Chief Albert Luthuli to a book by Helen Joseph, 1963
… contribution to the literature of the liberatory movement in South Africa. The treason trial must occupy a special place in South African history. That grim…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… face the challenge of coming to terms with the past in ways which will enable us to face the future as a united … task of dealing with gross violations of…
Address by President Mandela at the Seoul University Seoul, 6 July 1995
… and Gentlemen. It is barely three hours since we landed in the Republic of Korea, and already, we can feel the ground … as our delegation may be from home,…
Document 37 - “Communist Election Policy Defined: National Conference Decision”, The Guardian, 8 January 1948
… the extreme reactionary and Pro-Fascist forces represented in the Nationalist Party. This decision on general election … at by the National Conference…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… is between fifteen and forty people, usually live together in what we call a band. Everybody belongs somewhere and no … mother's people: whatever territory…
Open Call to Artists
… Title) Organised by ALMA MARTHA and Heinrich Groenewald In Collaboration with Erf 81, Tamboerskloof, Cape Town A … your land, this land is my land. Yes, we…
Address at the High-Level Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Nepad, New York, September 16, 2002
… for Africa's Development, President Olusegun Obasanjo, in commending the New Partnership, NEPAD, to this General … Nations will support the peoples of Africa…
Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… source They were unearthed from the shores of Lake Turkana in Kenya, and date to 3.3 million years ago. They are 700,000 … tools found before, even pre…
An Appeal to the people of South West Africa by Nelson Mandela
… by Nelson Mandela Dear Friends, I am writing to you in the name of the African people of the Union of South … authority of the National Action Council set up…
Manifesto of the emigrant farmers By Piet Retief, 1837
… the colony, evidently with the intention of exciting in the minds of our countrymen a feeling of prejudice against … and severe losses; and as we desire to…