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EventThe first mountain zebra foal is born in at the National Mountain Zebra Park
… animals remained. This situation was remedied by the establishment of a Mountain Zebra Park near Cradock, Eastern …
EventSA Corps of Military Police is reorganised
… Police was to maintain discipline by measures like the establishment of examining piquet's at vital centres such as … E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern…
EventReport on ANC detention camps is released
… in no way been acceptable. The commissioners recommend the establishment of an independent commission to pursue this …
39. Second report of the Natal Indian Congress, 1899
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … report was published in August of 1895, one year after the…
PlaceKokstad
… Kokstad. Today it’s a bustling little town, its history encased in its Museum, a National Monument on Main … after falling off a cart only a few years after…
Chapter 1 - The Promise of the Impossible Revolution: The Cape Town Industrial Socialist League, 1918 - 1921
… referred to as the ISL -Jhb) was a turning point in the history of the South African radical movement, firstly … of revolutionary and reformist ideologues…
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985 by Sean Field
… or their apathy, by saying, ‘We don’t actually have a history of feeling confident that people stand together in the coloured areas’. Note: All oral history…
Chapter 3 - Politics and Consciousness in Cape Town Communities, 1980-1985
… or their apathy, by saying, ‘We don’t actually have a history of feeling confident that people stand together in the coloured areas’. Note: All oral history…
ArticleCongress of the People and the Freedom Charter
… of the liberation forces in South Africa. Nothing in the history of the liberation movement in South Africa quite … constituted the most representative…
Freedom Charter sold out the dispossessed by Motsoko Pheko (The Sowetan), 2 Feb 2012
… and brothers, adopt the Charter." This was a colossal colonial fraud. Fifty-seven years after this deception, there … the meeting was with the Afrikaner…
PlaceNiger
… the Tamashek language.) One of the central themes of the History of Niger is the interaction between the 'Tuareg' and … fair portion of the sedentary south…
PlaceFort Cox
… Most of the stones from the fort which once housed colonial troops have been removed for other buildings and … Colleges Rugby tournament for the first time…
PlaceSimon's Town Museum
… moved to "The Residency" in 1982. The building has a long history, having been used as a hospital, post office, school, … court. The Museum collects and…
Statement of the African National Congress by Oliver Tambo, 18 March 1980
… lieutenants have at last recognised the iniquity of the colonial and racist apartheid system and acknowledged the … but whose real and sole intention is to…
Forward to a People's Government by O. R. Tambo - Statement of the ANC, 18 March 1980
… lieutenants have at last recognised the iniquity of the colonial and racist apartheid system and acknowledged the … but whose real and sole intention is to…
Hendrik Verwoerd: 10 quotes by Hendrik Verwoerd (Politics Web), 20 September 2016
… possible way of aiding this process could be proposed. The establishment of an industrial bank, similar to the … to enjoy government support, would be…
Article1956 Women Marchers
… Albertina and Walter Sisulu Foundation and South African History Online to gather the names and stories of the 20.000 …
ArticleHuman evolution
… Fossil evidence in East Africa has also cast light on our history as human beings. Before we look at the Hominid …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… reason for this infestation lay in decisions made by the colonial authorities. It was an era before the advent of … are no longer legally bound by racial…
ArticleRuth Robb and her involvement with Black Sash
… correct. The banning of the Defense and Aid led to the establishment of more organizations of the same manner. … 1989. It was because of her firm leadership…
EventQueen Victoria of Britain approves Charter for Rhodes
… On this date the British Colonial Secretary addressed a dispatch that Queen Victoria …
ArchiveWebinar Programme: Strategic Debates, the ANC - SACP alliance and the Soviet Union. Convenor: Tshepo Moloi.
… Arianna Lissoni works as a researcher in the Wits History Workshop. Her research and publications focus on the history and politics of the liberation…
ArticleThe Roots of Apartheid in the Construction of Buchuberg Dam
… Vuren, Lani. “Buchuberg: Built on the Backs of Men”, Water History, (Vol 8), (No. 2), (2009), 27. ↵ [9]Van Vuren, Lani. “Buchuberg: Built on the Backs of Men…
Speech on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Twenty-First Anniversary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa by O. R. Tambo, Lusaka, 21 April 1979
… destitution of our peoples that is the heritage of colonial and imperialist domination and the continuing … the full realisation of the objectives of the ECA…
Speech by Oliver Tambo at the funeral of Joe Gqabi, Harare, 9 August 1981
… They have even known mass graves. In their march from colonial domination to independence they have had to stop by … this graveside here today because the…
ArticleHeritage day, Braai Day or Shaka Day: Whose Heritage is it Anyway?
… our article ‘ Defining culture, heritage and identity .' History of Heritage Day In KwaZulu-Natal, 24 September has … of National Heritage Day (article)…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… a period from the 1870s to the mid-1970s; from early colonial intervention against togt (day) workers to the … for the earlier sections came from archives of…
EventB.J. Vorster, Minister of Justice, announces extensive security measures following the Sharpeville Massacre
… strengthening control of South African borders, the establishment of special mobile units for the security of the …
EventCPSA is founded
… H (Bill) Andrews addressed this meeting and announced the establishment, aims and character of the new Party. The …
PlaceBotswana
… origin (collectively called “Batswana”) whose recorded History can be traced back, to the 14th Century. These … nationalism and the growing demand for…