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EventElize Botha dies
… died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the age of 75 in the Wilderness, Western Cape. About three hundred people, … Chairman Archbishop Desmond Tutu,…
EventANC makes first submission to TRC
… to achieve its objectives. A list of ANC members who died in exile, including the names of 34 members executed by order of a military tribunal, was also…
EventCyril Ramaphosa resigns as ANC Secretary-General
… of a belief that he has been overlooked by Nelson Mandela in naming him the second most powerful person in the country instead of Thabo Mbeki. Ramaphosa was…
EventF. W. de Klerk is implicated
… National Congress (ANC) between 1990 and the 1994 election in a bid to destabilise the organisation. Van der Merwe … to carry out these brutalities against…
EventWinnie Mandela is dismissed from government
… weeks of speculations on the fate of Winnie Mandela in the government, president Nelson Mandela eventually … should review her position and seek to improve…
EventOfficial inauguration of the Constitutional Court
… of office wearing their specially designed green robes in the presence of the president and the minister of justice, … of the death penalty. The court spent…
EventGovernment withdraws ten police officers from service
… Commission, which probed allegations of a Third Force in political violence, President F.W. De Klerk announced that a further ten unnamed officers implicated…
EventO. R. Tambo leaves South Africa for exile
… international world strongly sympathised with South Africa in the aftermath of the massacre. Tambo left the country … a job as a nurse. The family returned…
Claremont Histories
… an information and small photographic exhibition stand in conjunction with South African History Online at the 2015 … Visitors to the stand can pay homage to…
EventBritish Prime Minister Wilson announces arms embargo on South Africa
… British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, announced in the House of Commons that the British government has … against its policy of segregation. The country was…
ArchiveEllen Kuzwayo
… A-F contain observations relevant to issues raised in your memorandum and elaboration on issues dealt with in this letter. There are however a number of…
PlaceBloemfontein Technical College, Douglas Street, Bloemfontein
… was designed by Architect WH Stucke and was erected in 1894-95 by building contractor D Godley. Its foundation … Reitz and the Eastern and Western wings were…
Document 25 - Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum
… on the Basic Conditions of Employment as reflected in the statement dated 14 July 1997. COSATU is disappointed … if Labour and Business do not reach an…
PlaceSoweto Theatre
… The Soweto community was in need for a proper formal theatre space. Prior to 2012, … companies were mobile and performances would be held in community halls…
Letter from Oliver Tambo to the Prime Minister of Lesotho, Dr. Leabua Jonathan, 13 January 1982
… our complete and unequivocal support for your initiative in requesting an urgent meeting of the United Nations … to support the Kingdom of Lesotho with all…
EventRiaad Moosa, the South African comedian is born
… Riaad Moosa was born in Cape Town on 18 June 1977. He has won numerous awards as a … Monate Show. Riaad portrayed the role of Ahmed Kathrada in the Golden…
PlaceLittle Lions Head, Mt. Above Llandudno
… Little Lions head is nestled in between Llandudno, Sandy Bay and Hout Bay and is basically … which is private property, hence the security wave in. Head up…
PlaceCape Flats Nature Reserve, University of the Western Cape, Bellville
… on the campus of UWC, is one of the most important sites in the Cape Lowlands with extremely small areas formally … Flats Dune Strandveld which is endangered…
PlaceRosebank, Johannesburg
… Situated in Johannesburg, South Africa, Rosebank is a vibrant … node and tourist attraction. Rosebank is one of a kind in that it has effectively combined a…
PlaceGod’s Window
… Blyde River Canyon, situated on the Drakensberg escarpment in Mpumalanga is God’s Window, with magnificent views, … observe the hills and forests as far as…
Document 21 - Letter from S. P. Bunting to E. R. Roux, 27 October 1930
… who gave short addresses of greeting to the Conference". In your letter of the 17th instant you wrote about Solly's … to you for the article so that we could…
EventGerman torpedoes sink the SS Mendoza close to Durban
… a British armed merchant cruiser. After its construction in 1920, the ship was registered to the Societe Generale … and the South and South East of South…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The British evacuate Rustenburg to occupy Commando Nek and Silkaatsnek
… a favourable command of several strategic points in the Transvaal area. Western Transvaal burghers, or … of the pass. He decided to attack, and the battle…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… readiness on the part of the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the … creed. 16.3 All its people have the right…
Looking After Freedom - ending 16 June
… 2017 at the Michaelis Galleries, aims to address a vacuum in art criticism, curatorial practice, and art theory, and … After Freedom offers a sampling of…
ANC NDC moves hearing venue to another location, 6 September 2011
… ANC Youth League (ANCYL) leaders to another location. In coming up with the decision, the NDC has also considered … Luthuli House despite adverse…
Theft at Luthuli House, 12 October 2003
… In response to a number of media enquiries, the ANC wishes to … persons gained access to the ANC`s national headquarters in Johannesburg during the night of…
Message by Albert Luthuli to Asian-African Conference, 7 April 1955, Bandung
… freedom and democracy for all peoples. We are living in a much troubled world which someone has aptly called a … and wish is that this conference might help…
Searchlight South Africa: a Marxist journal of South African Studies
… from 1988-1993, and to a large extent written by him in collaboration with other exiles and comrades from the … by the ANC; and articles on the history of…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.4 No.4 Jul-Sept 1960
… IN EXILE Contents: Sunshine and Sharpeville. Cartoon, David … Michael Picardie. Cartoon, Gask. African and Indian in Durban, Fatima Meer. The Prisons of…