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PlaceEmpangeni
… km from Durban on the R34 just off the N2, is positioned in the hilly countryside of the Uthungulu district. The area … but a magistracy, called 'Empangeni',…
PlaceMkhambathi Nature Reserve
… of the Msikaba and Mtentu rivers . (This name can differ in spelling slightly, accordingy to local dialect.) With … Visitors have a range of activities to…
EventMbongeni Ngema was born on this day
… On this day Mbongeni Ngema was born in Kwazulu Natal. He has distinguished himself as a renowned … Woza Albert, Township Fever and Mama. He was inducted in…
On Post Colonial African Liberation Movements
… to speak into the conversation of liberation movements in Africa post supposed Independence, how they are complicit in the continuation of the neo-colonial…
EventMiriam Makeba returns to South Africa
… This Day in History: 10 June 1990 Miriam Makeba returned to South Africa on 10 June 1990 after 31 years in exile. Known as Mama Africa , she had left in 1959…
Message by Albert Luthuli to people of Western Areas, 7 February 1955, Johannesburg
… [Protest meetings were held in South Africa in February 1955 denouncing the government`s use of force to … unity, and as long as the people are courageous…
ArchiveMandla Mandela wants inquest into deaths of Stompie Seipie, Dr Asvat, 19 January 2018, South Africa
… activists Stompie Seipei and Abu-Baker Asvat in 1989. He made the call in a statement welcoming a Supreme Court of Appeal judgment … who was 14 when he was…
ArchiveThe agrarian problem
… and intellectuals. The agrarian problem is discused in length in connection with the distribution of the population and the type of work that people are…
PlaceElsie’s River
… also known as Elsie's Kraal River, was probably named in honour of one Elsje van Suurwaarde, a widow who outlived two husbands and farmed in the area in 1698…
EventThe British High Commissioner for Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland issues the Prevention of Violence Abroad Proclamation
… persons to conspire against, incite, or instigate violence in South Africa or other neighbouring countries. The history … for the administration of the…
EventSoweto High School under siege
… South African Defence Force soldiers, travelling in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and…
EventAllan Boesak guilty on charges of fraud
… Justice, was found guilty of fraud by Judge John Foxcroft in the Cape Supreme Court. He was accused of embezzling … projects of the Foundation for Peace and…
EventAdriaan Vlok applies for amnesty
… Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for amnesty for his role in the bombing of a trade union headquarters in Johannesburg in 1987. He became the first apartheid…
EventFormer Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd is born
… prime minister and chief architect of apartheid was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, to Willem Johannes Verwoerd … Anje Strik. Driven by a strong sympathy…
EventFrederik Willem de Klerk is elected President of South Africa
… liberation movements was received with mixed feelings in-and outside Parliament. On 17 March, 1992, De Klerk succeeded in gaining the support of the White…
EventThe Young Communist League (YCLSA) is officially formed
… formation of the Young Communist League (YCL) were laid in 1921 when the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) was established. Youth groups were formed in…
PlaceElizabeth le Roux Hostel, Bloemfontein
… old lamps, and border trellis work. The building is built in a victor The foundation-stone of the Elizabeth le Roux Hostel was laid in 1899. During the Anglo…
EventThe Johannesburg Meteorological Observatory opens
… the first director of the centre. It was officially opened in 1905 and the first telescope was installed in 1906. The Observatory sits on a hill in the…
EventUDF is launched
… Front (UDF) was launched at Rocklands Community Centre in Mitchell's Plain in Cape Town on 20 August 1983. Its inception was inspired by the union of anti…
ArchiveInterview with John Daniel
… Oral interview, conducted in Mbabane, with John Daniel, a student leader at the … African Students (1966 and 1968). He then spent 23 years in exile,…
EventJan Smuts is born
… Smuts, who became South Africa's second Prime Minister in 1919, was born on the farm Bovenplaats near Riebeeck West in the Cape. Smuts had a distinguished…
EventANC leader, Oliver Tambo, dies after a long illness
… the African National Congress (ANC),Oliver “OR” Tambo died in Johannesburg after a long battle with illness. Tambo was born in the village of Bizana in…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Nelson Mandela an International Tribute for a Free South Africa, 16 April 1990, Wembley Stadium, London
… unique event. Artists from across the world are gathering in Wembley Stadium to greet Nelson Mandela and to celebrate … it possible for Nelson Mandela to…
Letter to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by O. R. Tambo, 21 July 1986
… I have noted with great interest the observations you make in the rest of your letter, to which I shall be replying more … are convinced that the idea of the…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to Sir Geoffrey Howe, United Kingdom Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 21 July 1986
… I have noted with great interest the observations you make in the rest of your letter, to which I shall be replying more … are convinced that the idea of the…
Statement by the ANC on the Invasion of Angola by South African Troops by O. R. Tambo, 31 October 1975
… faced by Africa since the United States intervention in the Congo (Leopoldville) (2) and later the invasion of … designs to obstruct the struggle for…
PlaceGannahoek Farm
… Gannahoek Farm is situated in the Colenso district in KwaZulu-Natal Province. In 1894, the McFie family took possession of the farm until …
PlaceJohannesburg Botanical Garden
… The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg . The gardens were established in 1964 as a large rose garden and…
Media briefing statement by ANC National Chairperson, Comrade Baleka Mbete, following the occasion of the Republic of South Sudans 9th July Independence Day Celebrations
… as well as a reminder of that significant day in the evolution of the peace process in Sudan when the late fallen hero and champion of the … Sudanese people…
Appendix 1: Freedom Fighters On The March: A Message From Dr. Y. M. Dadoo To The Indian People
… the oppressors with greatdaring, skill and determination in Rhodesia. Contrary to local pressreports, they are dealing … the African NationalCongress which…