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Document 114 - (National Liberation League?), How To Work Among Urban Africans
… Drew In this statement an attempt is made to indicate the lines on which our work among Africans in urban areas should take. The statement is confined to…
PlaceFunda Community College
… College was founded in 1984 in Soweto, Gauteng with the support of private sector funding and built on land which was donated by the Urban Foundation and IBM…
“Message to Those Staying At Home”: Joint Statement by Dr G. M. Naicker and Chief Albert J. Luthuli, April 1958
… 63 Those who will be staying at home in accordance with the decision of the National Workers` Conference are called upon to observe the following…
Statement on naming of OR Tambo International Airport, 31 October 2006
… The African National Congress commends the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Arts and Culture, Department of Transport …
Placem'Bashe Lighthouse
… The m'Bashe lighthouse lies on the Wild Coast , part way between East London and Port St Johns. It was back in 1890's that the Cape Colonial Lighthouse…
SASPU National, 1980 - 1987
… SASPU National was one of two publications produced by the South African Students Press Union (SASPU), the other being SASPU Focus. A non-profit newspaper,…
PlaceMoletzie Bird Sanctuary
… of safety' and is quite appropriate as it protects the Cape Vulture! Endemic to Southern Africa, but a few … Cape. There are small remnant breeding…
EventMoroccan Army of Liberation attacks Spanish enclave of Ifni
… Morocco had been ruled by the Alaouite Dynasty since 1631. In 1859, a war was waged … in an attempt to remain independent. Following this war, the French…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… Peter Matseke was born in 1878 in Pretoria. When the Anglo-Boer War broke out, he was drafted as driver for … work as a court interpreter. Matseke became…
EventEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and President Carter begin a Middle East peace conference at Camp David, Maryland
… The three heads of state met for 13 days of secret meetings at Camp Devid, the Presidential Retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland, about 100…
EventEnforcement of military conscription for all white males in SA
… The Union Defence Force was created in 1912 and served as the South African Army. It was renamed as the South African Defence Force (SADF) by the passing of…
EventSACP is legally re-launched
… On 29 July 1990 the South African Communist Party(SACP), which had been … which was attended by approximately 45 000 people. At the time the SACP faced…
EventGeneral Louis Botha wins elections
… Louis Botha and Hertzog's South African Party (SAP) won the majority number of seats in the House Assembly forming the first government of the Union of South…
EventC James reports that South Africa is a poor market for produce
… In 1900, C James, an official of the British colonial administration, went on a voyage to South Africa to evaluate the market for produce. He undertook this…
PlaceKwaMuhle Museum, 130 Ordnance Road, Durban
… context. This museum shows a history experienced by the residents, a reality portrayed without criticism or bias, and reflects the history and experiences…
EventPretoria receives city status
… On 14 October 1931, Pretoria achieved official city status. The city was established in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers who named…
Event46664 concert is held in Fancourt
… The South African 46664 concert, 46664 being the prison number of South African president Nelson Mandela during the apartheid era, was staged at the…
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… The Township of Imizamo Yethu is situated in the picturesque seaside Suburb of Hout Bay in Cape Town . … , with a wealthy, mainly White Community, living…
PlaceBophuthatswana, was Previously a Homeland
… The Bophuthatswana Territorial Authority was created in 1961, … December 1977 this 'homeland' was granted independence by the South African government…
Appeal For Funds For New Age, January 1956
… As the Union Parliament prepares to assemble for its new session, the people of South Africa face the grim prospect of more fascist attacks from the Strijdom…
EventThelma Gutsche, a South African scholar, historian and film critic, dies
… a South African scholar, historian and film critic dies in the Cape. Thelma Gutsche was born to Dr and Mrs J Gutsche in Somerset West in the Cape Province in…
PlaceHillbrow Tower
… The Hillbrow Tower (JG Strijdom tower) is a tall tower located in the suburb of Hillbrow in Johannesburg, South Africa. At 269 m, it has been the tallest…
EventIFP declares attacks on UDF as self-defence
… Mr Velaphi Ndlovu, an IFP parliamentarian in the Kwazulu homeland claims that attacks by Inkatha Freedom … family members were self-defence. This was despite…
PlaceVrede
… Vrede, 'the town of peace', lies between the North-Eastern Free State and the Mpumalanga border of Volksrust . It was named in 1863 … Vrede, 'the town of…
PlaceWynberg Park, Southern Suburbs
… In the heart of Cape Town lies the beautiful Wynberg Park! This spans over an area of 22 square kilometres and showcases some of the Western Cape Vegetation,…
EventSA and Mozambique revive Nkomati Accord
… During the 1980's P. W. Botha, the President of South Africa and leader of the National Party, launched his "Total Strategy" in response …
PlaceCamdeboo was called Aberdeen, Eastern Cape
… hours drive from Port Elizabeth. Aberdeen was founded when the Nederduits-Gerefomeerde Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) of Graaff-Reinet gave permission for the…
Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… exists which, if there is a demonstrable readiness on the part of the Pretoria regime to engage in negotiations genuinely and seriously, could create the…
ArchiveBibliography by Howard Barrell
… all books, articles and primary material referred to in the text and footnotes, as well as a few additional works … this dissertation.It is divided into two…
Salim Essop takes centre stage during first day of Ahmed Timol inquest by Amanda Khoza (News24.com), 27 June 2017
… The man who was arrested alongside late anti-apartheid … activist Ahmed Timol in 1971, took centre stage at the High Court in Johannesburg on Monday during…