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Event90-Days Act comences
… The General Laws Amendment Act of 1964 (passed in 1963) or the 90-Day Act, commences on this day. It is dubbed the 90-Day Act as it provides for any person…
EventMother Teresa is buried
… Mother Teresa, the nun who captured the world's attention and accolades with her selfless devotion to the poor, was buried on 13 September 1997 in Culcutta,…
PlaceTown Hall, 25 Market Street, Uitenhage
… Since the 1820’s there was a strong move locally for the Capital of the Colony to be situated in Uitenhage. When the Town Hall …
EventMigrant workers ransack Phola Park
… In the middle of the night, a group of migrant workers aligned with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) ransacked the Phola Park squatter camp of East Rand…
EventBattle of Delville Wood starts
… South Africa entered WWI on 8 September 1914, on the side of the Allied Forces. On 15 July 1916, the S.A. Infantry Brigade under Major-General H.T. Lukin was…
EventSix Treason Trialists miss resumption of trial
… On 6 September 1960, six of the Treason Trial accused were missing when the trial resumed in Pretoria. The defence team lawyer, Bram Fischer told the court…
ArchiveSouth African trade unionism in an era of racial exclusion
… Thesis submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy in the subject sociology at the University of…
Event80 Women arrested for anti-pass protest
… Passes and measures to control the mobility of the Black population particularly centring on White urban … were being implemented all over South Africa…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems by Jan H. Hofmeyr
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, … who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
ArchiveChristian principles and race problems
… This was the first lecture in a series of the Hoernle Memorial Lectures delivered by Jan H. Hofmeyr, … who was subsequently a student of Professor Hoernle at…
PlaceValkenburg Hospital, Observatory
… The Building, originally designed in a Cape Dutch style and is one of the oldest Farmhouses surviving along the Liesbeek River . Its original construction…
Gold and Workers 1886 - 1924 by Luli Callinicos
… of a Worker Reading History Introduction Part 1 - The Coming of Gold Chapter 1 - South Africa before Industrial Times Chapter 2 - The Gold Rush Chapter 3 -…
PlaceKliptown Museum
… The story the Kliptown Open Air Museum tells of the thousands of people who contributed to the drafting of the Freedom Charter through photographs, news …
EventCiskeian police disrupt residents’ meeting
… The Ciskeian police disrupted a residents' meeting, which was … of Peelton unable to attend a previous meeting, of the incorporation of the whole of Peelton…
PlaceRosmead
… and was formally established on about 2 April 1883, when the Railway Line from Cradock was inaugurated. Due to its location at the junction of the Western,…
EventFormer MK members are dismissed from SANDF
… The government discharged 2,221 trainees who had gone absent without leave in October from the newly instituted South African National Defence Force … for…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections
… of tense negotiations and years of liberation struggle, the first democratic election was held in South Africa on the 27th April, 1994. This election changed…
My Spirit Is Not Banned - PART 1 by Frances Baard and Barbie Schreiner
… From the book: My Spirit Is Not Banned by Frances Baard and … Ramotswa in Bechuanaland2, to Kimberley to find work on the mines. It was there that he met my…
Cyril Ramaphosa: Can ‘Mr Nice’ Be A Decisive President? Some say he lacks decisiveness, also in pursuit of his own interests by Liesl Pretorius (Huff Post), 21 August 2017
… Motlatsi was wary of Cyril Ramaphosa. He wasn't sure if the young lawyer, who grew up in Soweto, was genuine when he wanted to organise the mining sector in…
PlaceRoyal baFokeng Stadium
… Formally known as the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace, this Stadium is situated in Rustenburg, which is a charming Town at the foot of the Magaliesberg Mountain…
PlacePolokwane Game Reserve
… Bordering the City of Polokwane in Limpopo, the Polokwane Game Reserve is possibly one of the finest on which to cut your teeth if you’re new to the …
Document 44 - Letter from Leon Trotsky to T. W. Thibedi, 4 September 1932
… very great step forward if we could establish an organ in the negro language. I suppose that the material hindrances would be great in this time of deep ……
EventUnited Nations lifts arms embargo on South Africa
… Following the election of Nelson Mandela as president of the government of National Unity, the United Nations (UN) Security Council finally lifted the …
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 … You have made a request, Mrs Sobukwe,…
Document 17 - Letter from E. R. Roux to W.G. Ballinger, 19 March 1929
… 1929 Dear Ballinger, Thanks very much for your letter and the report on Kadalie' resignation. I do not think you have seriously altered the main conclusions…
ArchiveBlack Sash / Sash
… published as Black Sash, is a detailed record of the activities of the Black Sash organisation: the petitions, protests, marches, vigils, press releases and …
PlaceBreakwater Prison, near Alfred Docks, Cape Town
… Monument under old NMC legislation on 18 December 1970. The Breakwater Prison was constructed in 1860 to house British convicts working on the breakwater,…
Fatima Meer: Portfolio
… WE, THE PARTIES, organisations and administrations assembled in … Multi-party Planning Conference: BEING FULLY CONSCIOUS of the responsibility we…
EventUN Security Council urges SA government to end Rivonia Trial
… On June 9, 1964, just two days before the final verdict was reached, the UN Security Council passed a resolution urging the South African government to end…
EventSANDF soldiers strike
… Problems with the integration of " uMkhonto we Sizwe" (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Azanian People's …