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PlaceGroote Schuur Estate
… lions and a leopard, for which he built an extension onto the menagerie to house the creatures. On the slopes just above the land presently occupied by the …
PlaceWorkers’ Museum, Johannesburg
… The excellent Portrayal of Life as a Migrant Worker, found at the Worker’s Museum in Newtown, Johannesburg , was … sensationalising any aspect of this tragic…
EventPresident P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela conditional release from prison
… President P. W. Botha offers Nelson Mandela , leader of the banned African National Congress (ANC), conditional release from the prison sentence he had been…
EventPresident Paul Kruger (78), dies of heart failure in Clarens, Switzerland
… (Stephanus Johannes Paulus) was born on 10 October 1825 in the Steynsburg district. When the Great Trek started in 1836, he joined the trek party of Hendrik…
SASO Newsletter, 1970 - 1976
… By the late 1960s many black students increasingly began to feel the frustration and disillusionment similar to that which had led to the Fort Hare SRC to…
PlaceGroot Constantia, Constantia Valley
… The heritage of Groot Constantia is embodied in it's wine … of slaves and their traditions ! "All of these added to the successful wine making methods over…
EventFormer Kenyan President, Jomo Kenyatta, dies
… Kenya. Kenyatta ran away from home to become a pupil at the Church of Scotland Mission, where he studied English, Mathematics, the Bible and carpentry. In…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: his ‘obstinacy and stubbornness’ (Part 2) by Raymond Suttner, 11 June 2018
… set of personality traits combined to make Nelson Mandela the leader that he became. One of these was notorious … that are generally used to connote negative…
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War, the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower …
EventWomen lead Food Raid
… In the 1940s, as a result of the Second World War , the economy was in a dire state with the working and lower …
Event13 year-old South African Native mineworker is published in a newspaper
… a 13 year-old Native boy in a torn vest was published in the front page of the London Labour paper, the Daily Herald, with the headline "The miner, aged 13."…
ArchivePreface by Denis Goldberg
… to write about myself despite being asked to write down the stories I tell when I am given the least excuse to do so. I have always wanted to speak about the…
Open Call to Artists
… and international artists to live on site and work with the community who live there. Dates: Information Evening and … 6 - 9pm. Come for an informal…
PlaceMotswedi Alexandra Art Centre, Wynberg Sandton
… Bill Ainslie’s School extended beyond the Art Foundation. The Alexandra Arts Centre was established in 1986 in … of Black Artists), FUNDA (means ‘Learn’ in…
PlaceClermont, a Township of Durban
… Clermont under the Apartheid days was a black middle income Township, in … surrounded by Westville, Kloof, New Germany and Inanda in the distant. Its main…
PlacePretoria Correctional Service Museum
… The first prison building in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, has an … purposes, and was sentenced to…
PlacePhillipton
… to 1910) Philipton was established in 1829 as a station of the London Missionary Society, and was named in honour of Dr John Philip, who was Superintendent…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Early Writings
… From the book: Freedom In Our Life Time by Anton Muziwakhe Lembede 1. A. M. LEMBEDE, "The Importance of Agriculture," Iso Lomuzi,Vol. IV, no. 1 … An…
EventChad gains its independence
… The French received considerable resistance in the 1920s to their plan to make Chad a French protectorate – under the command of conqueror Rabih al-Zubayr,…
EventForced Removals commence from District Six
… The memory of District Six , also known as Kanaladorp (kanala … is a Malay word meaning ‘help one another’), is marked by the event of 11 February 1966. On…
EventMourners are shot at Ntuli’s funeral in Thokoza
… At least eighteen people were killed on the day of the funeral of Sam Ntuli, an African National Congress (ANC) member murdered on 29 September. During the…
EventAngola, Cuba and South Africa allegedly signed a cease fire treaty
… Cuba and South Africa agreed to a formal ceasefire. Under the terms of the ceasefire and later treaty, Cuba was to withdraw its … its forces and elections…
EventEllis Park soccer stampede kills 43
… full to over capacity. Twenty-nine people died inside the stadium and a further fourteen died outside. Several … Nation and thirteen year old Sphiwe Mpungose…
Chronology
… 1935 May , Joint Select Committee of Parliament tables the Representation of Natives Bill and the Native Trust and Land Bill October , Italy attacks … D. T…
PlaceAlbertynhof, Kimberley
… Suburb of Kimberley to the South of the Big Hole and North-West of New Park. It was established when the Newton Township, was cleared of slums, and named…
EventSA pledges support for a negotiated settlement in Rhodesia
… The South African government under leadership of Prime Minister John Vorster pledged support for the United States of America's (USA) efforts to bring about…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… There were lengthy deliberations around the restoration of citizenship to the residents of Transkei, Bophutatswana, Venda and Ciskei. A … (TEC) was set up…
EventTurkish newspapers criticise of ANC leader Nelson Mandela for refusing to accept Turkey’s peace award
… On 14 May 1992, Nelson Mandela, leader of the African National Congress, was subjected to harsh criticism and utterances verging on libel, due to the…
PlaceCity Hall, Cape Town
… This is a large Edwardian building in the centre of Cape Town city. It was built in 1905, on the Grand parade, West of the Castle of Good Hope. Messrs Henry…
DOCUMENT 37. “Black Power--Students Forced to Leave Meeting.” Article in Dome (University of Natal), March 27, 1969
… ADOPTED AT THE FOUNDATION CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONGRESS OF TRADE UNIONS, ON 5 MARCH 1955, … generally protect themselves and their families…