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EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Bill, the act … removed Coloured voters from the common…
Namibia resource package
… Namibia resource package, produced by the SACBC peace and war committee, Cape democrats Namibia information group and Namibia solidarity committee Western…
ArchiveNamibia resource package
… Namibia resource package, produced by the SACBC peace and war committee, Cape democrats Namibia information group and Namibia solidarity committee Western…
EventJakes Gerwel is born
… Gerwel, distinguished academic and politician, was born in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Cape. He has occupied various prestigious positions at ……
54. South African Indian Congress: first annual report, 1924
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … conferences. In February 1919, some of the leaders of the Cape Indian community convened a…
PlaceAmathola/Amatole District Municipality
… The Amathola Mountain Range which is a subsidiary of the Winterberg Range, 15 km North-East of Alice, extending … there! Amathole is one of the 7 districts…
Chapter 7 - ‘We Are Also People’
… and he was born on the 6 August 1956 in the Eastern Cape. I was told he was one of five brothers. Another brother … release he was also banished to Illinge…
ArchiveZondeni Veronica Sobukwe interviewed by Ntsikelelo Sandi,King Williams Town,12 May 1997
… Ntsikelelo Sandi will lead you with questions on behalf of the Commission. ADV SANDI: Thank you Mr Chairman. Let me … younger sister together with her…
EventLouis Raymond, an Olympic tennis singles gold medalist is born
… Pretoria on 1 January 1895.[i] Raymond won a gold medal in the men’s singles at the Olympic Games in 1920, hosted in … van Lill, Van Lill’s South African…
ArchiveSouth Africa’s Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew
… Introduction Part One - South African Socialists and the radically-divided working class Document 1 - Keir Hardie, … in South Africa", 1907 Document 2 -…
EventDemocratic Alliance federal conference in Port Elizabeth
… The Democratic Alliance held a federal conference in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Mmusi Maimane, 34, was elected the New Black DA leader … across the…
Some remarkable women who helped Gandhiji in South Africa by E. S. Reddy
… long struggle in South Africa from 1907 to 1914 for the security and dignity of the Indian settlers in that … Gandhiji, through the kind courtesy of the…
EventKoeberg becomes operational
… The nuclear power station at Koeberg, the only commercial … Koeberg is situated at Duynefontein, 27km north of Cape Town on the Atlantic coast. The power…
PlaceChapman's Peak Drive, Hout Bay to Fish Hoek
… Chapman’s Peak is named after John Chapman , the Captain’s mate of an English ship, the 'Consent'. The … Sir Nicolas Fredrick de Waal, first administrator of…
Africans’Claims in South Africa,
… PREFACE In the following pages the reader will find what has been termed … of political discrimination based on race, such as the Cape "Native"franchise and…
PlaceOnze Molen, Durbanville
… The mill was erected in 1840 and continued to function as … At the beginning of the 19th Century, Durbanville in Cape Town was an outpost known as…
Appeal For United Front, July 1948
… Dadoo and Dr. G. M. Naicker, respectively Presidents of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the Natal Indian Congress, at a function in Cape Town in July 1948…
ArchiveSteve Fataar could have had a rock star ego but didn’t by Rafs Mayet, 24 January 2020
… n the sixties, discotheques and disc jockeys were unheard of. … new era of popular culture and optimism, live bands and the music they made were major…
EventTutu leads biggest anti-apartheid protest march in South Africa
… march with thirty thousand estimated participants in Cape Town. This march leads to more peaceful marches in Johannesburg and Durban with Anglican bishops at…
PlaceRailway Station, Main Road, Wynberg
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 2 October 1981. The Wynberg Railway Company was established in 1861 to build … December 1864. In 1876 the company was…
PlaceCuyler Manor, Uitenhage
… On the outskirts of Uitenhage is Cuyler Manor; a Historical … the old road to Port Elizabeth (R367) where a 200-year old Cape Dutch house reflects a bygone…
PlacePiketberg
… The small, farming Town of Piketberg also sometimes spelt … ‘boom town’ in the Swartland , because of its proximity to Cape Town , Piketberg is just over an…
Extract from a speech made at Bethlehem on 2 September
… The Prime Minister described and analysed the political … calling itself the alternative government! 7 But this revolt against Marais Steyn was not, in the…
PlaceMacassar Beach Pavillion
… Water slides are cracked open and filled with sand, and the once-bright paint has faded into pastel hues against the dunes. The Macassar Beach Pavilion in…
ArticleInsurrections I: Tracks and Lyrics
… paar lagi (When we launched this boat of Life Into the river of sorrow We thought we had strong arms That our … har dhaare mein Kuch andekhi majhdharein…
EventSADF’s 31 Battallion is disbanded
… The South African Defence Force's (SADF) 31st Battalion was disbanded at a public ceremony in the Cape Province. This Battalion was composed primarily of the…
EventSA trade unionist Raymond Budd dies
… in Tonbridge, London, England. On 25 May 1933, Budd joined the Cape Town branch of the Almagated Engineering Union (AEU), … subsequently died there in…
EventDesmond Tutu is elected Archbishop
… The Most Rev. Desmond Mpilo Tutu was elected Bishop of Cape … of South Africa. He was installed at St Georges Cathedral, Cape Town in September 1986. This…
PlaceOppermansgronde, Free State Province
… his son were not sold on that day and they stayed behind. The slave owner initially allowed Frederik to visit his … before he finally managed to flee for…
PlaceSea Point
… prior to European settlement, Sea Point formed part of the Gorachoqua and Goringhaiqua grazing paths, which … to avoid a smallpox epidemic , which was…