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Document 57 - Letter from the Communist League of South Africa to the Workers’ Party of South Africa, 13 January 1936
… agreement on the desirability of unity as expressed in your letter. We agree to your suggestion that a special bulletin be attached to our respective organs,…
EventSlave rebellion at the Cape led by Louis of Mauritius. Over 300 slaves and Khoi Khoi servants from outlying farms marched on Cape Town demanding their freedom
… Cape uprising was surely influenced by stories arriving in the Cape about uprisings in America, Ireland and the Caribbean, as well as the recent … persuading…
PlaceCape Town Civic Centre and the CBD of Cape Town
… The Cape Town Civic centre is a Building in the centre of Cape Town , which is just under Signal Hill … Municipality of the City of Cape Town . It was…
PlaceAbiquasput, Northern Cape
… 26 km North of Noenieput. The name in Afrikaans meaning, water-well. Alternativly the name could … digging sticks. Abiquasput is a Farmstead and is located…
Sechaba
… The African National Congress began publication of Sechaba in 1967. It documents the struggle, from the organisation's perspective, for freedom in South…
PlaceGroote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
… tertiary Academic Hospitals and was officially opened in 1938. The hospital is internationally renowned as the … Cape and beyond. The hospital will promote…
EventPresident Zuma visits Russia
… Zuma arrived in Russia on the 8th, on the 9th he joined a number of world … Putin and Jacob Zuma had successful bilateral discussions in Moscow. The two…
Phakamani
… was published by the ANC Department of Religious Affairs in Zambia. Phakamani acknowledged the role of religion in the oppression of many South Africans and…
PlaceBoekenhoutfontein, District of Rustenburg
… was a 'Hartbeeshuisie', belonging to farmer: 'Bronkhorst'. In 1862 the property was purchased by President Kruger and remained in his family until; 1903…
PlaceErica Girl’s School Building, Richmond Hill, Port Elizabeth
… The Erica School for Girls in Port Elizabeth was begun in 1884 by Miss Mary Anne van Wyk, who initially gave lessons in the old Erica Hall. After the South…
EventAssassination attempt on Kwame Nkrumah
… into a crowd greeting him at Kulungugu, Northern Region in Ghana. His rule in Ghana was becoming progressively oppressive. Four years … social opponents…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister Strijdom dies
… Advocate J. G. Strijdom dies. It was during his tenure in 1955 in Kliptown near Johannesburg, that the Freedom Charter, … thousand women on August 9th, 1956…
EventSADF raid Southern Angola
… with upwards of another hundred injured at a forward base in the Cambeno Valley. A significant amount of equipment and … the UN High Commission for Refugees…
EventNew Prime Minister P.W. Botha appoints cabinet ministers
… resignation of B.J. Vorster, P.W. Botha made some changes in the allocation of portfolios in his cabinet. He retained the post of minister of defence. … West…
EventVan Wyk de Vries Commission submits its report to Parliament
… under chairmanship of Justice Van Wyk de Vries, appointed in 1968 to investigate the activities of South Africa's White … was submitted to Parliament. The…
EventButhelezi and Mandela meet and call for cease-fire
… On 29 January 1991 a summit meeting was held in Durban between the African National Congress (ANC) and the … Deputy President Nelson Mandela, this was the…
EventSchalk Burger wins two International Awards
… from the International Rugby Union at a ceremony held in London. Burger became the first player to win both major categories in the International Rugby…
PlaceJames Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
… the largest and most comprehensive land-transport Museum in South Africa , was established by the late Jammie Hall and the City of Johannesburg in February…
SASPU Focus
… to cover educational issues and to encourage debate, in the hope of providing students with a deeper understanding … of their immediate environment - the…
ArchiveCultural considerations for a democratic South African Constitution
… produced by the ANC Department of Arts and Culture from an in-house seminar on Constitutional guidelines for a democratic South Africa, held in Lusaka,…
PlaceNorth Lodge, Parktown, Johannesburg
… building, designed by Herbert J Aldwyncle, was completed in 1906 for for the “Oats King” Henry Wilson. This quaint … of a French castle from the late Gothic…
EventDeath of Anton Muziwakhe Lembede
… lawyer, politician, and principal architect of Africanism in South Africa, died unexpectedly in Johannesburg at the age of 33. In 1944 Lembede became the…
EventThe New Republic Party is formed
… Federal Party (PFP) or the ruling National Party (NP). In the elections which were held in the second half of 1977, the New Republic Party secured only 10…
Educationist Martha Helena Cillié dies
… training over a period of more than thirty years, died in Somerset West. While she was headmistress the training of … Girls' High School and La Rochelle…
EventWaddington report on Boipatong is released
… Boipatong massacre on 17 June 1992, presented his report in which he stated that while there was no evidence of police collusion in the killings, the South…
EventMother of an ANC Youth League official, is killed by a hand grenade
… Sebokeng, Gauteng, was killed when a hand grenade exploded in her house. Mrs Smith was the mother of an African National … Nanki as well as her granddaughter…
EventWinnie and Nelson Mandela divorce
… as the reason for the parting. The Mandelas were married in 1958 and only spent a couple of years together before Nelson Mandela was sentenced to life in…
EventKing Dinuzulu dies
… he received a farm to live on, died on his farm Uitkyk in Middelburg district, Transvaal. At his own request he was buried with his ancestors on the Mpembeni…
EventPretoria Boys High School opens
… The Staatsmodelskool (State Model School), started in 1893 by President Paul Kruger in central Pretoria, was refurbished by Lord Alfred Milner … Pretoria…
EventThe ANC sends a report on police violence to President F. W. de Klerk
… an end to "the shocking inhumanity" of police action in rural areas. The report was based on about 50 statements to lawyers by victims of police action in…