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ArchiveUrban Africans and the Bantustans
… in the Bantustans or homelands. He describes the feelings of those Black citizens who live in the Bantustans and raises the question of independence and…
Namibia resource package
… overview profile on Namibia, 2 Military rule history of military conflict, 3 Economy and living standard overview of economy, 4 Privatisation NUNW pamphlet,…
ArchiveNamibia resource package
… overview profile on Namibia, 2 Military rule history of military conflict, 3 Economy and living standard overview of economy, 4 Privatisation NUNW pamphlet,…
PlacePoswohl Synagogue, Mooi Street, Johannesburg
… The temple was erected by members of the Jewish community who had originally emigrated to Johannesburg after the turn of the century from Poswohl, in…
PlaceThe Pines, Parktown, Johannesburg
… designed by JC Watson and completed in 1906 for the firm of Fraser & Chalmers as the home for its General Manager, WE Park. The Building is a good example of…
EventThe first slave arrives at the Cape
… Less than a year following the arrival of Jan Van Riebeeck, the first enslaved person arrived at the … to have run away from slaveholder Cornelis Lichthart…
EventNgoako Abel Ramathlodi is born
… Ngoako Ramathlodi, former premier of the Northern Transvaal Province (now Limpopo) and current … to proceed with his law studies at the University of the…
EventDorothy Nyembe is released from jail
… intact. After her release she became an active member of the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW), a community organisation fighting against … rent increases,…
EventSouth African Political activist, James Sofasonke Mpanza dies
… James Mpanza, a political activist and founder of the Sofasonke Party in Orlando Township, Soweto , passed … Sofasonke Party, still exists. In the Soweto UBC…
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
… a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way back from Sharpeville where they had filmed the…
EventThe TRC report points out culprits
… prominent leaders from across the political spectrum of human rights violations, was published. The report singled out former president P. W. Botha, minister…
EventCecil John Rhodes is forced to resign
… Cecil John Rhodes, prime minister of the Cape Colony, was severely censured for his involvement … resign by the British government. The raid failed because…
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…
EventScientists identify Green Monkey disease as responsible for more than 300 deaths in Northern Zaire and the Sudan
… Disease, also known as green Monkey disease is a variant of HemorrhagicFever that was first identified in green monkeys. It gets its namefrom the city of…
EventThe iconic Athlone cooling towers are demolished
… cooling towers also know by locals as “The two ladies of Athlone” were demolished in just eight seconds during a "surprise" implosion on 22 August 2010 by…
PlaceAbangani Art Centre, Durban
… teacher. Abangani was formed as a response to the demand of Black students who wanted an art education in the city centre of Durban. Its premise was very…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.7 No.2 1988
… its Present by Wole Soyinka; Popular Music and the Markets of Apartheid by Chris Chapman; The Return of the Soldiers by Mafika Pascal Gwala; Beyond the Next …
Denis Goldberg: Freedom Fighter and Humanist
… Goldberg and the Modern Youth Society Chapter 3 The Life of a Freedom Fighter Chapter 4 The war of position in small things Chapter 5 Denis - Our Leader ……
PlaceGreenmarket Square, Cape Town.
… example and began to bring their produce here in a variety of wagons and carts turning it into a picturesque vegetable … been replaced by more substantial…
PlacePort Elizabeth and the City Hall
… in 1977 and was rebuilt. Also in the Square, is a replica of the Diaz Cross , donated by the Portuguese Government to commemorate the arrival of Bartholomew…
PlaceGreenhill Road 14, Emmarentia, Johannesburg
… 'Emmarentai', after his wife! This became a neighbourhood of Johannesburg. Later in 1836, the Primary school, in Liden … him- Primary Louw Geldenhys! In 1895…
EventThe ANC threatens to suspend constitutional talks
… ministers Adriaan Vlok and Magnus Malan, punishing members of the security forces implicated in violence, outlawing the public carrying of weapons, and…
EventSouth Africa deports Donald “Dolan” Acheson
… being fingered as the triggerman in the assassination of Namibian lawyer Anton Lubowski. Acheson was an Irish hit man, purportedly part of a covert South…
EventEmily Hobhouse is born
… Fund to collect money for Boer families. As the secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, Hobhouse visited … to look at the situation. Concerned…
EventJaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenyan independence leader dies
… Nyanza Province in Kenya in 1912. Odinga was a member of the second largest ethnic group in Kenya, the Luo. He … in 1947 and soon found himself a staunch…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… police opened fire on a rioting crowd on the outskirts of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now known as Zimbabwe). In … to white rule, Smith opted for a…
EventThe second Ashanti War breaks out in Africa
… was in the interior, but also dominated the coastal tribes of the Gold Coast (now Ghana). The Ashanti Kingdom was very … was also abolished by Europeans…
EventPresident Barack Obama visits South Africa
… first visit to South Africa since he was elected President of the United States of America. He and his family visited Cape Town, where they … Island, as well…
EventAlexandra Action Committee member is shot dead in Johannesburg
… On this day Mr Mahlomela Mabizela, a member of Alexandra Action Committee (AAC) and chairman of the Alexandra Student Congress (ASCO) was shot dead through…
PlaceAlverstone, a Railway Station near Drummond
… in turn takes its name from Lord Alverstone, president of the Royal Commission on Martial Law Sentences, who visited … Commission. (when Richard Webster…