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EventSt. John Broderick claims concentration camps are improving
… Secretary for War, St. John Broderick, told the House of Commons that every effort was made to improve conditions … camps in South Africa. The camps were set…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa by G. R. Bozzoli
… paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating…
ArchiveEducation is the key to change in South Africa
… paper, at the the very outset, Bozolli, has expectations of change in the educational pattern as well as change in attitudes. The effects of segregating…
EventNigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is inaugurated
… President Musa Yar’Adua was inaugurated as President of Nigeria, after the April 2007 elections. President Thabo Mbeki visited Nigeria for the inauguration…
ArchiveNkosi Sikelele I-Afrika
… a hybrid song combining new English lyrics with extracts of the hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" and the former anthem "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika/The Call of…
ArchiveMy Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… must nurture and cherish their leaders. For the strength of the leaders lies in the strength of the people.' J.B. Marks addressing the African National…
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 4: Dont vote! its not a crime
… This pamphlet wishes to clear some fears and anxieties of those members with regards to the consequences of them not casting a vote or registration to vote…
ArchiveNational Indian Council another trap
… At the outset, APDUSA mentions how it warned its people of the dangers of accepting the formation of police reserves and that this warning was warmly…
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…