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UDF Poster ‘We demand: End to High Prices SUPPORT THE CONSUMER BOYCOTT’ by Community Arts Project (CAP), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa
UDF Poster ‘HOW LONG MUST WE KEEP ON DYING IN THIS WAY ?’ by Screen Training Project (STP), 20/08/1983 - 20/08/1991, South Africa
WWI: At the start of the 1914-Rebellion (or “Armed protest” as it was called), it is decided in Koppies, OFS, that Gen. C.R. de
On the morning of Saturday 10 April 1993 is gunned down as he steps out of his car in the driveway of his Boksburg home.
51. The ‘Satyagraha’ campaign ends
… be left untouched. There was no decision, however, until 1913. In the meantime, there was the visit of Mr. Gokhale. … the satyagrahis ' demands in full…
BiographyPaul Ramadiba Mokgathle
In 1956, Paul Ramadiba Mokgathle, a senior headman at Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [now North West Province]came into conflict with…
BiographyJeremiah Moraka
Jeremiah Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane,…
BiographyGilbert Hani
Gilbert Hani and Jacob Mpemba,prominent ANC [African National Congress] leaders and strong opponents of Kaizer Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were…
PlaceAnton van Wouw House, Museum- Pretoria
… year plans were submitted for alterations to the house. In 1913 further additions were carried out including the …
ArticleNamibian Timeline
Late Pleistocene (Early and Middle Stone Age) 800 000 years Artefacts in a…
BiographyMafika Pascal Gwala
Mafika Pascal Gwala was born on 5 October 1946 in the town of Verulam, a region predominantly inhabited by Zulus and Indians, in what was then Natal province …
EventDaniel Francois Malherbe, SA novelist, poet and dramatist, is born
… is best known for his novels. These include Vergeet Nil (1913; "Don't Forget"), Die Meulenaar (1936; "The Miller"), …
Zulu Community
… outside of prison”like compounds remained rampant. The 1913 Land Act gave legal sanction to the mass enclosures of …
PlaceSteytlerville Municipality, Karoo
… of Uitenhage. The bridge was officially opened in in 1913 and named the Lady de Waal Bridge honouring the wife of …
ArchiveAll That Glitters - Bound to strike back by Emilia Potenza
… formed to protest the proposed passing of the Land Act. 1913: African miners went on strike over wages and conditions … disperse a trsike meeting, Market…
ArchiveSouth Africa and the Communist International : A Documentary History, Volume 2 : Bolshevik Footsoldiers to Victims of Bolshevisation 1931-1939 edited by A. Davidson, I. Filatova, V. Gorodnov and S. Johns
Introduction Documents In Volume 2 Document 1 Letter from Negro Bureau to Eastern Secretariat, 1931 Document 2 Letter from J. Gumede to International…
ArchiveCommission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa held on 22 February 1977, Volume 113
Excerpts from the transcript of evidence from Mr Auerbach and others, to the Commission of Inquiry into the riots at Soweto and other places in South Africa. …
James Thompson Bain, Scottish engineer, labour leader and editor who was one of the most militant labour leaders during the 191
WWII: SA prime minister, General Jan Smuts, asks parliament’s approval to send troops to Europe, contrary to his promise in 193
Police announce the release of the last of the 113 detainees held under Section 10 (preventive detention) of the Internal Secur
In a South Africa vs Queensland cricket match, Don Bradman scores 233 runs in 191 minutes for Queensland. It includes 28 fours
BiographyJulius Nyerere
Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in Tanganyika (name given to the British colony in Tanzania’s…
BiographyJoseph Manana
Manana was born in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal. He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received an…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical doctor. He attended the…
BiographyFranciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt
Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus* (also François Jacobus Louis) De Vriendt was born on 2 September 1886**1874 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a…
BiographyMichael Nkolo Maapola
Michael Nkolo Maapola was born in 1949 in Hammanskraal, a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in art as a child…
BiographyAndries Raditsela
In 1982, Raditsela became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation…
BiographyZimasile Ngqawana
Zimasile Ngqawana affectionately known as ‘Zim’was born in New Brighton a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children,…
BiographyBen Baartman
The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on 1 March 1924. He worked on the mines around…
BiographyPortia Modise
Portia "Bashin" Modise was born on 20 June 1983 in White City Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Modise chose football at a young age over the more…