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Prime Minister J.C. Smuts announces the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, du
… J.C. Smuts announces the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, du …
Henry Smith, an Umlaas Road farmer and popular master, accompanies his workers to Camperdown to pay their taxes. That evening,
… Road farmer and popular master, accompanies his workers to Camperdown to pay their taxes. That evening, …
Samuel Maharero orders all Ovaherero chiefs to take up arms against the Germans. He orders them to "refrain from touching
… Samuel Maharero orders all Ovaherero chiefs to take up arms against the Germans. He orders them to "refrain from touching …
Paramount chief in KwaNdebele, Chief David Mabhoko, is restricted to his kraal shortly before he was due to address thousands o
… chief in KwaNdebele, Chief David Mabhoko, is restricted to his kraal shortly before he was due to address thousands o …
The prime minister of Lesotho, Chief Jonathan, is reported to be prepared to co-operate with the South African government.
… The prime minister of Lesotho, Chief Jonathan, is reported to be prepared to co-operate with the South African government. …
UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to South Africa, asks President Nelson Mandela to intervene in the Lockerbie case.
… UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, on a visit to South Africa, asks President Nelson Mandela to intervene in the Lockerbie case. …
PlaceDutch and British Coastal Fortifications at the Cape of Good Hope (1665 to 1829)
… and False Bay on the Indian Ocean. Table Bay was used as a major anchoring place by European seafarers since well … it was found that heavy winter storms…
How the “Long walk to Freedom” began by E.S. Reddy
… In March 1939, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a series of eight articles which were reprinted in a pamphlet and later included in his book The Unity of India …
EventDr. Hendrik Verwoerd announces his plan to grant Transkei independence
… On 23 January 1962, Dr Hendrik Verwoerd announced his plan to grant independence to the Transkei , a homeland proposed for Xhosa people under the apartheid ……
EventMore than 100 miners are crushed to death near Orkney
… and the resulting wealth derived from it. South Africa is a world leader in deep mining, with its gold mines being the deepest man-made excavations to date…
ArchiveTo the people of Natal: race riots and the nation
… and how the Unity Movement sees the solution to the national oppression; the destruction of human dignity; … the unity of all the Non-Europeans'. Suggestions…
ArchiveLetter addressed to Mr Moorcroft from the Glenmore Residents Committee
… Letter addressed to Mr Moocroft from the Glenmore Residents Committee requesting support regarding their opposition to the Government's proposed plan of…
EventDr. Federik Van Zyl Slabbert leads delegation to meet ANC
… On 6 July 1987, Dr. Federik van Zyl Slabbert led a group of fifty-two mainly Afrikaans-speaking intellectuals, to meet with the then-banned African National…
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W…
EventPresident Nelson Mandela announces his intentions to promote national unity
… elected president, Nelson Mandela announced that in order to promote national unity he was willing to bring into government political parties that were not…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… A second report by the Commission of Inquiry, under … of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa's White ……
EventHeavy rains continue to ravage SA, Botswana, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
… Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Mozambique was continuing to ravage the areas with heavy rains. The heavy rains, which … once again ravaged by heavy floods…
EventDinuzulu refuses British instructions to take up arms against Boers
… which is now part of the Kwazulu-Natal province, refused to follow British instructions to take up arms against the … the English and Afrikaners only. It was…
EventJomo Kenyatta, believed to be Mau Mau leader, is convicted
… the supposed Mau Mau leader, was convicted and sentenced to seven years (through the use of false testimony) in Kenya. Kenyatta and five others were detained…
EventThe SA Cricket team is re-admitted to international cricket
… known as the Proteas, played their debut on their return to international cricket against India at Calcutta, India. … the International Cricket Council (ICC)…
EventThe historic Tana Baru Muslim cemetery is forced to close
… No. 4 of 1883. Following the granting of religious freedom to Muslims in 1804, the Batavian government granted the first piece of land for a Muslim cemetery …
BiographyMary Thipe
… Mary Thipe was born in 1917* in Ramhlakoane, a village in the Matatiele district, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) near the Eastern Cape border. Later, as a young…
ArchiveLetter from Saths Cooper to My dear brothers and sisters
… letter of support and motivation from Saths Cooper to members of the Black People's Convention (BPC) prior to a court proceeding. … Letter from Saths Cooper…
ArchiveLetter from Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to Oliver Tambo
… Cable from the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to Oliver Tambo detailing financial support being given to the African National Congress for the oppressed…
Document 57 - Lionel Forman, “Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to Discussion”, Liberation, 37, July 1959
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison … "Self-Determination in South Africa: A Contribution to…
ArchiveLetter from Hutton and Cook Attorneys addressed to A.W. Goodyear
… Sidney Knott owner of Lyndhurst farm addressed to A.W. Goodyear protesting against the squatter camp on Mr Goodyear's farm which was adjacent to Knott's farm…
ArchiveLetter from Moses Mabhida, General Secretary (SACP) to Jack Simons
… Letter from Moses Mabhida to Jack Simons asking him to study the South African Communist Party Programme and … Letter from Moses Mabhida, General Secretary …
ArchiveThe politics of nonracialism: White opposition to apartheid, 1945-1960
… Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Modern History, University of Oxford, for … 1945-1960. It focusses in particular on the emergence of a white opposition to…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
… Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
EventCiskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence
… Ciskei becomes the fourth Black homeland to be granted independence. The National Assembly, consisting … day. The date of Sebe's election as president seems…