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PlacePiketberg
… The small, farming Town of Piketberg also sometimes spelt Piquetberg in the past. Is located at the foot of the Piketberg Mountain Range. It is surrounded by…
ArchiveCHAPTER 4 - A turn to masses by Howard Barrell
… - The Quest for a Political Base, October 1978 - August 1979 … [I]f our own independent efforts had taught us anything in the recent period, it was that our…
PlaceRwanda
… Rwanda is a land-locked Country located in the Eastern part of Africa . People began settling in the area as early as 10.000BCE [i] . After several…
PlaceDoornkop/Doornsluiten
… in Utrecht , a town in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). To the west lay Annandale farm which was acquired by the South African Development Trust (SADT) in 1954…
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… The University of Cape Town is South Africa's oldest … with a number of Campuses. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, a High School for…
History of Muslims in South Africa: 1700 - 1799 by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida
… From the book: History of Muslims in South Africa by Ebrahim Mahomed Mahida 1700 Number and origin of slaves at the Cape The Dutch East India Company…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… 30 October 2002 eight bomb blasts rocked Soweto. Seven of the blasts occurred on main commuter railway lines running through the township. The damage to the…
PlaceMali
… Mali, landlocked country of western Africa, mostly in the Saharan and Sahelian regions. Mali is bounded on the north by Algeria, on the east by Niger and…
PlaceSharpeville, Gauteng
… Sharpeville Township holds many sad memories and is Home to the Memorial at the 'Human Rights Precinct'. Sharpeville is situated +/-14 km … In 1960, during…
PlaceRissik Street Post Office, Johannesburg
… The correct name of Johannesburg's Old Post Office clock is the "Coronation Clock'. This might be a good point for city councillors to stress when they next…
Document 92 “Communist Party of South Africa Plenum Held from 5th to 8th April 1936”, Umsebenzi, and 16 May 1936
… that immediate steps be taken to give every assistance in the formation of an Anti-Imperialist and national Liberation movement on the lines of the Programme…
PlaceSprings
… The Town of Springs, East of Johannesburg, is on the East Rand, or what is now known as the Metropolitan area of Ekurhuleni , in the Gauteng …
PlaceEgypt
… Egypt lies North East in the Africa n continent, its history goes back to Biblical times; with Pharaohs fighting for land in the fertile Nile River! There…
PlaceGriqualand West
… The Khoikhoi was a nation of widely scattered migrant … pastoralist clans, whose economy was not conducive to the creation of permanent Settlements. As a…
Briefing to organisation of African Unity Kampala, September 8, 1990
… (In a speech to the fifth session of the OAU Ad Hoc Committee on Southern Africa, Nelson Mandela dealt with the wave of violence in South Africa, and said…
PlaceWindybrow, Pietersen Street, Parktown, Johannesburg
… Blue Plaque was unveiled at Windybrow. 2017, saw the reopening of Windybrow as an Arts Centre under the auspices of the Market Theatre Foundation. In the…
PlaceSt George’s Grammar School, 1 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town
… The double-storey building which, together with the adjacent St George's Cathedral, was designed by Herbert Baker, replaced the original school which was…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… [Message to a meeting of the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, written and signed hours … to attend this most important meeting. It…
Press Conference in Addis Ababal: Oliver Tambo, 02 July 1987
… The first question the President of the ANC was asked is whether he was satisfied, or the ANC satisfied about the level of support that is …
BUT NOT FOR BREAD ALONE
… The consequences of capitalism on the lives of working class people extend beyond the workplace per se. Although workers sell their labour …
PlaceNamaqualand
… With a Magisterial District of 47 962 sq km, in the North-Western Cape . This region is sometimes referred to … from Great Namaqualand in South-West Africa. …
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… known as West London, but renamed in honour of a member of the British Royal family. It was during the 1930s that the Earl of Athlone , arrived here to serve…
66. G.M. Naicker: We will not colloborate
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1946 the Government passed the Asiatic Land…
PlaceKenya
… in East Africa with a population of 44 million people and the largest economy of the region. The early inhabitants were mostly migrants from other regions ……
25. ‘Free State’ implies equality, declare traders
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … Bridglal Pachai Aboobaker Amod and three others submitted the following petition to the O.F…
Freedom In Our Life Time - African National Congress Activities
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 11. A. M. LEMBEDE, "Congress on the March," Bantu World, 9 September 1944. The African…
86. Non-racial sport
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai The South African Cricket Board (SACB), which is…
OR Tambo Memorial Lecture delivered by President Jacob Zuma, 25 October 2015, Port Elizabeth
… ANC provincial chairperson, Members of the ANC NEC, Provincial Leadership of the ANC, Leadership of the Alliance partners, Comrades and friends, We greet you…
Women under indentured labour in colonial Natal, 1860-1911 by Jo Beall
… From the book: Women and Gender in Southern Africa to 1945 edited … up today as we cannot afford to let them off two days, the cane is so dry. N. Sykes and…
EventANC rejects National Party proposal for a new constitution
… In a strongly worded statement, the African National Congress rejected the constitutional proposals by the National Party calling it a 'recipe for disaster'…