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EventLocal government elections thrown in disarray
… The Constitutional Court's ruling against the use of decree powers by President Nelson Mandela, threw … The National Party's (NP) provincial government of…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … land rights. Passive Resistance Councils were set up in Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma to Kwazulu-Natal Black Management Forum Gala Dinner in his Honour Inkosi Albert Luthuli, 11 July 2008, International Convention Centre Durban
… Mr Jimmy Manyi, President of the BMF Ms Tembakazi Mnyaka, our host and chair of BMF KZN, … never honoured in his hometown; you are therefore defying the odds…
A tribute to international solidarity support for Southern Africa
… greetings from His Excellency Dr Sam Nujoma, President of the Republic of Namibia and the Honourable Theo-Ben Gurirab, Minister of Foreign Affairs, … thanks…
Address by President Nelson Mandela at Waseda University Tokyo, 4 July 1995
… of Ceremonies; Honourable Dr Takayasu Okushima; Members of the Boards and staff of Waseda University; Dear Students; Ladies and Gentlemen. Few moments…
PlaceMaloti-Drakensburg Park
… The Maloti-Drakensberg Park is a transboundary site composed of the uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park in South Africa and … plants. The Site harbors…
PlaceJonkershoek
… This Nature Reserve is home to the majestic Jonkershoek Mountains and parts of the Jonkershoek valley, it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site! … the lookout for…
EventJournalists’ first visit to Robben Island
… The South African government for the first time allowed 20 local journalists, five … legislation, were held. On the island, 12km north east of Cape Town,…
EventAdriaan Vlok is born
… and order, Adriaan Johannes Vlok, was born in Sutherland, Cape Province. He started his career in the department of justice at the magistrate's offices in…
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… On 6 January 1978, Donald James Woods, editor of the banned Daily Dispatch a newspaper based in East London … and Botswana. Woods was prosecuted seven times…
EventANC stalwart, Albertina Sisulu dies in Johannesburg
… Walter Sisulu died at her Linden home, Johannesburg at the age of 92. Often referred to as the ‘Mother of the Nation’, she was a nurse and one of the ……
PlaceAlexander Bay, Namaqualand
… Alexander Bay is way up the West Coast of the Northern Cape in South Africa . … the international border between Namibia and the Northern Cape . Alexander…
PlaceNelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, Port Elizabeth
… The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum, formerly the King George VI Art Gallery. It was opened on 22 June 1956 … of South African art (particularly that…
PlaceFort Cunynghame
… with Komgha and a number of other establishments in the Transkeian Territories, was manned by the Frontier and Mounted (FAM) Police. It was named after ……
Building A National Democratic Society by ANC, 20 December 2007, 52nd National Conference, Polokwane
… South Africa has entered its Second Decade of Freedom with the strengthening of democracy and acceleration of the … of this resistance took the form of slave…
EventPolitical Activist and Advocate, Dumisa Ntsebeza, is born
… Born in the Eastern Cape, Dumisa Ntsebeza, like many young South Africans in the 70’s was involved in the struggle. He was arrested in the …
EventChief Malaboch is taken prisoner
… In April 1894, Chief Malaboch (Mmaleboho, Mmaleboxo) of the Bahananwa (Xananwa) people refused to leave his traditional mountain kingdom of Blouberg as…
PlaceBacksberg Wine Estate & Cellars
… Our family history in South Africa starts back at the beginning of the last century when my grandfather arrived at the shores of Cape Town as a penniless…
PlaceStatue of President Paul Kruger, Pretoria
… Situated in front of the Rustenburg Town Hall, the work depicts Kruger during the last days of his exile. It … In 2015, following the Rhodes Must Fall…
PlaceRhodes Cottage, Main Road, Muizenberg
… The cottage formerly used by Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the main road to Simonstown, between Muizenberg and St James. … who, in 1937, transferred it to the…
PlaceSada
… or resettlement camp for Farm Workers who were driven off the farms. The Land was bought by the South African Bantu … we talk about what happened to the…
ArchiveChapter 19 Last thoughts – for now by Denis Goldberg
… been made since Nelson Mandela became President in 1994. The first is that the old guard racists have in general come … who never went to school is not…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… Fassie was born in 1964 in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda…
Archive25 Years of Democracy and Now!
… opportunity to congratulate you on your recent election as the President of the Republic of South Africa. Ever since the … gangsterism. We have noticed a…
ArchiveJock Strachan: Artist, guerilla, fighter pilot, bomb maker, fisherman, humourist, writer, hero
… white apartheid police pointing Sten guns, only days after the massacre at Sharpeville 60 years ago. The police had already shot dead a “guileless, slightly…
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… Abstract This article traces the major segregation laws in South Africa that acted as precedent for the 1954 Native Resettlement Act. This apartheid law ……
EventHistory of December 16
… December 16 looms large in the history of South Africa; it is celebrated as the Day of … South African War and the subsequent unification of the Cape Colony,…
EventFormer SA Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, dies
… On 1 June 2002 the former South African Cricket Captain, Hansie Cronje, died … in a Hawker Siddeley 748 - 372 aircraft which crashed into the Outeniqua…
PlaceTunisia
… Tunisia is bounded by Algeria to the west and southwest, by Libya to the southeast, and by the Mediterranean Sea to the east and … of Tunisian Arabic. Modern…
Document 10 - Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union of Africa, Flyer announcing Third Annual Conference, 17 January 1923
… Africa. I. C. U. ”” OUR”” Third Annual Conference OPENS IN THE MINOR HALL, CITY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, January 17, 1923, at … ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION MASS…