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Document 9 - First letter from Nelson Mandela to Hendrik Verwoerd
… enjoy universally recognised human rights, freedoms and civil liberties, protected under an entrenched Bill of …
Document 13 - Declaration of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) ad hoc committee on southern Africa on the question of South Africa; Harare, Zimbabwe (The Harare Declaration) Sections 14-24
… enjoy universally recognised human rights, freedoms and civil liberties, protected under an entrenched Bill of …
EventF.W. de Klerk announces the release of Nelson Mandela and unbans political parties
… Some scholars have argued that de Klerk narrowly avoided a civil war that would have been disasterous to the country and …
Archive2016 - President Zuma: State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2016
… which was one of the most remarkable episodes in the history of our country. It is also the 50th anniversary of … business. We will fast-track the…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.8 No.2 1989
… Shadow of Socrates, Kaizer M. Nyatsumba; A Condition of Service, Michael Shackleton. ESSAY: 'Even Under the Rine of …
PlaceBrackenfell, Cape Town
… 15 March 1904 a railway siding was built at Brackenfell to service the Company's transport needs. The Suburb of … 15 March 1904 a railway siding was built at…
PlaceAgate Terrace, Port St. Johns
… see, and the view of the ocean is breathtaking. The ferry service runs from dawn to dusk at a nominal charge (the path …
ArticleRivonia Trial 1963 - 1964
… from the book, From Protest to Challenge, A Documentary History of South African Politics. The Launch of MK and the … Morogoro Conference (1969) ushered in a…
PlaceADAMS CALENDAR also known as: 'Blaauwboschkraal Stone Ruins'
Interwoven in the Hills near Machadodorp in South Africa’s: 'Mpumalanga Province'. It is a labyrinth of circular stone walls and linear pathways. Known as the…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… which we were elected. Let us, therefore, give meaning to "Service to the People" and serve them with humility and … safety forums, school governing bodies…
ArticleGrade 11 - What were the consequences when pseudo-scientific ideas of Race became integral to government policies and legislation in the 19th and 20th centuries?
… African Americans’ facilities were often poor in service and in quality compared to the whites’ facilities. … June 1933 Jews were fired and prohibited from…
ArticleThe spread of these ideas to Europe and Australia
… and died in very large numbers. The interpretation of this history in Australia is disputed and debated in what they call the 'History Wars', with…
ArticleAfrica Timeline
… the eleventh dynasty and was marked by power divisions and civil wars. Two power bases, Heracleopolis (Lower Egypt) and … 1115 CE One of the longest-running…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1960 - 1969
… the 21st March. March 21, The bloodiest massacre in the history of South Africa takes place at Sharpeville, Transvaal … article in the New Age in London. …
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… The Pair - The Grahamstown Gaol by Bernadine Gindra Brief history of Grahamstown: While we know Grahamstown today as … districts of England after a temporary…
Message by Oliver Tambo to the Soweto rally to welcome released leaders, 29 October 1989
… they, too, are part of our heritage. They are part of that history and continuing reality of our country which has meant … long night of apartheid tyranny…
'Opening Address' at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress by Dr. S. M. Molema, 25 January 1952
… remember the salient, the dominant fact of South African history, namely that all the monuments, all the celebrations … in earnest determination to reverse…
ArchiveAppendix 8 Sam will never see his favoured son free of the traitor’s brand by Denis Goldberg
… had absorbed Sam Goldberg all his life. His knowledge of history was immense. He read and read. All the librarians in … over’. He asked that his father have…
”Opening Address” at Annual Conference of the South African Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… remember the salient, the dominant fact of South African history, namely that all the monuments, all the celebrations … in earnest determination to reverse…
"Opening Address" at Annual Conference of the South Afri­can Indian Congress, by Dr. S. M. Molema, January 25, 1952
… remember the salient, the dominant fact of South African history, namely that all the monuments, all the celebrations … in earnest determination to reverse…
PlaceNew Somerset Hospital, Beach Road, Green Point
… organisation. They provide a comprehensive health care service which includes HIV, AIDS and TB-related treatment, …
PlaceKitson the Steam Train, Krugersdorp
… and was exported to South Africa soon thereafter for service on the Natal Government Railway. It is the oldest …
EventThe SABS is established
… system certification schemes and a consignment inspection service. It administers compulsory specifications on behalf …
EventAbolition of Internal Security Act
… (SAP) was to be replaced by the South African Police Service (SAPS), whereas the National Defence Force, that …
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… it would be added to all foods. The South African Police Service (SAPS), which was responsible for combating an …
EventRailway line between Cape Town and Beira in Mozambique is completed
… 1899-1902). On 16 February 1898, the first regular freight service began. After its completion to Umtali, the Beira …
EventSir Ronald Ross, discoverer of the malaria mosquito is born
… Medical College. In 1881 he joined the Indian medical service and visited Madras, Burma and Andaman Islands …
PlaceGrassy Park, Cape Town
… concentrations of violence' – to break this vicious cycle. History of Grassy Park Parish The history of Grassy Park Parish goes back to August 1925 when …
ArticleThe effects of WW2 in Africa
… were chosen according to the requirements of colonial civil administration. Experts were called in to help in the …
Address to the Nation by President Thabo Mbeki, 21 September 2008
… the Deputy President and President of South Africa. This service has at all times been based on the vision, the … in the longest sustained period of economic…