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PlaceMamelodi
"Mamelodi" was the name given to President Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning Mother of Melodies…
PlaceKwazulu Natal Province
The homeland of KwaZulu (or place of the Zulu) was granted self-government under apartheid on 1 December 1977. According to the apartheid social planner’s…
PlaceOutcrop of Main Reef Group of Conglomerates, Johannesburg
Click on image to enlarge It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 22 February 1944. 12TH FEBRUARY 2016 BY: JADE DAVENPORT …
Document 20 - Advance to national democracy: guidelines on strategy and tactics of the ANC
Declaration The conference took place against the background of the Government's adoption of GEAR, its impact on social spending and failure to create jobs,…
ArticleThe Cattle Killing Movement
1. Introduction ↵The value of history is derived from its obligation to view all factors and clues of the past that lead up to one particular moment, event or…
EventFormer diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs Jackie Selebi is set to lead SAPS
The South African government announced that former diplomat and Director of Foreign Affairs, Jacob Sello Selebi, would take over from the outgoing South…
ArticleCOVID-19 Timeline 2019-2020
DECEMBER 2019 31 December – Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, informs its regional World Health Organization (WHO) office of a pneumonia outbreak, the…
ArchiveNUSAS July Festival
Blue, black and white poster. Black lettering. Notice of Festival at Wits University. 2nd to 7th July. Artwork of outline of South Africa with jail bars over…
We are here because you were there ... without us there is no Britain
Orange, black and white poster. Photographs of people of different countries which were taken over by Britain. Photographs of people from these countries…
Johannesburg Timeline 1800-1991
1806 Sir John Barrow indicates on a map that gold is to be found in the approximate vicinity of either the Witwatersrand or the Magaliesberge. 1852 Gold…
Conference: One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today
One Hundred Years of the ANC: Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today 20-23 September 2011 The 100th anniversary of the African National…
PlaceSahlumbe
Sahlumbe, a Settlement along the Tugela River, about 23km from Weenen and on the edge of Msinga which was a District, established in the former Homeland of;…
PlaceRegina Mundi, Catholic Church, Soweto
Regina Mundi Catholic Church is located in the Township of Soweto, in the Suburb of Moroka. The Church forms part of the rich History of Soweto and is the…
ArchiveSixteen blocks of brick walls with cell windows
Black and white poster. Comprises sixteen identical blocks of artwork of brick walls with cell windows with a man's head peering over the window ledge. The…
ArchiveOp die hoek: sharing
Artwork of a cartoon in red and white which is about two children who stumble on a coin while walking to school. The children then get into a fight about…
PlaceGraaff-Reinet
Set in a twist of the Sundays River, the Great Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet is one of the oldest towns in South Africa, dating back to the Great Trek, between…
ArchiveOutward bounty and inward baaskap: Opening Address by Jean Sinclair presented at the Black Sash National Conference in Cape Town
Outward Bounty and Inward Baaskap Opening Address by Jean Sinclair presented at the Black Sash at National Conference in Cape Town on 15 February 1971…
ArchiveImperialist conspiracy in Africa
This book contains a collection of selected articles by I B Tabata, the president of the Unity Movement of South Africa. The articles range over a number of…
EventLord Kitchener And Louis Botha engage in doomed peace talks during the Second Anglo-Boer War
On February 28 British commander Lord Kitchener met Boer commander Louis Botha at Middelburg. The talks ultimately came to nothing, resulting in Kitchener…
ArchiveEducate for socialism
White background, with artwork and text in red and black. Artwork of man holding the Azanian Peoples Organisation flag, over the map of South Africa. Image of…
General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885
… proportion to the service rendered. 3. Charges raised to cover technical and administrative expenses incurred in the …
Lecture by the President of the ANC, President Jacob Zuma, on the occasion of celebrating the life and times of the tenth President of the ANC President Nelson Mandela, 10 July 2012, Limpopo
Mrs Graca Machel and members of the Mandela family; Provincial Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade Cassel Mathale; National Chairperson of the ANC, Comrade…
PlaceClaremont Main Road Mosque
Introduction The Islamic community of South Africa has grown significantly since the arrival of the first Muslims to the Cape Colony in 1658. The first…
PlaceConstantia
The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile, in Constantia. (Link in Further Reading.)The Former estate in the magisterial…
ArticlePort Elizabeth Timeline 1799-1986
1799 2 March, British government lands troops in Algoa Bay. Construction begins on the building of Fort Frederick. 1803 Founding of Bethelsdorp. 1804 …
ArticleCape Town the Segregated city
Contents Early settlement patterns of exclusion Towards racial segregation Segregated city Conclusion Once the fort and the early settlement were…
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1940s
1940 Dr. A.B. Xuma is elected President-General of the African National Congress (ANC). Walter Sisulu joins the African National Congress. The population…
The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946
< Menu page < 3. Formation of the NIA | 5. Convulsions in Natal > CHAPTER IV The Struggle for Power: The Triumph of the Radicals, 1939-1946 4. War…
ArchiveStatement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion of the 70th Anniversary of the formation of the African National Congress
Statement of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the occasion ofthe 70th Anniversary of the formation of the African National…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 8: APDUSA salutes the people
With the elections of the tricameral parliament now over, APDUSA expresses its satisfaction with the results. These results reflect an overwhelming rejection…