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ArchiveReport on Black Workers Project
… The Black Workers Project emanated out of a resolution taken at the 3rd General Students Council. The purpose of the project was to serve and protect the …
PlaceUWC - Robben Island Mayibuye Archives
… The Robben Island World Heritage Site has rich archival resources mostly based at the Mayibuye Archive, situated in the Main Library at the University of the…
Nelson Mandela Correspondence around financial problems
… Introduction The people sent a hero to prison, but generally ignored the fact that he had responsibilities and dependants. Nelson, in the loneliness of his…
EventSoweto Town council asks SADF troops to stay
… in Soweto, Johannesburg with people being brutally killed. The Soweto Civic Association demanded that the South African Defence Force troops be withdrawn…
ArchiveAfrica South Vol.5 No.2 Jan-Mar 1961
… Contents: The Single Standard. Cartoon, Papas. The Referendum and After. Cartoon, Gask. The Same Boat, an anon. correspondent. Diary of a Detainee, …
PlaceHouse of Parliament, Cape Town
… The houses of South African Houses of Parliament are situated in Cape Town even though the seat of government is in Pretoria . This was part of a compromise…
PlaceMakhonjwa Mountains, Barbeton
… Situated in North-Eastern South Africa, the site comprises 40% of the Barberton Greenstone Belt, one of the World’s oldest Geological structures. The…
EventRivonia trial sentence is delivered
… At the conclusion of the Rivonia trial eight of the accused were sentenced to life imprisonment in the Pretoria Supreme Court. The eight were Nelson Mandela …
EventSeparate Representation of Coloured Voters Act is passed
… in courts and abortive parliamentary attempts to pass the Separate Representation of Coloured Voters Bill, the act was passed after enlarging the Senate and…
EventParliament addresses Soweto Protests
… Following the onset of the Soweto Uprising the previous day, Parliament met in an Extraordinary Session at the request of the leader of opposition, Colin…
EventDisaster strikes as Portuguese ship São João sinks
… The Portuguese ship São João went down near the mouth of the Mzimvubu River (at the present Port St. Johns) with 600 … P. (undated). South African…
EventOlympic games end in Athens
… The International Olympic games, which were held in Athens, … came to an end with a spectacular closing ceremony. The evening was started off with Greek…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki is inaugurated at Union Buildings
… After the African National Congress (ANC) registered a landslide victory in the 1999 general elections, Thabo Mbeki, who had replaced Nelson Mandela as the…
EventTwo ANC members gunned down in Swaziland.
… in Swaziland. They had both formerly been students at the Swaziland University and were Mbabane hospital employees. … that a well informed policeman from…
PlaceVictoria Tower, Uitenhage
… from a settlement with a typical Dutch Layout popular in the Cape Colony at the time of the founding of Uitenhage - of broad streets, water culverts …
PlaceRiebeeck Square, Cape Town.
… Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and marks the point where incoming farmers …
EventSAIC Executive meets in Cape Town
… Executive met in Cape Town and pledged full support to the Passive Resistance launched by the Passive Resistance Councils (PRC) of Natal and the Transvaal…
EventReverend David Russell sentenced for defying his banning order
… Religious leaders were among the foremost and vocal opponents of the Apartheid regime. Acting out of conscience and under the banner of religion, however,…
EventLucas Mangope leaves Mmabatho due to uprising
… President Lucas Mangope, the leader of the apartheid homeland Bophuthatswana, retreated from the capital, Mmabatho, in the face of a popular uprising …
EventANC and IFP to meet over violence
… The African National Congress (ANC) and Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) announced that they would hold a meeting of the two parties in Durban, in an attempt to…
EventMozambique and Soviet Union reject Margo Commission’s finding
… Mozambique and the Soviet Union rejected the findings of the Margo Commission, led by Justice Cecil Margo. The …
EventANC, COSATU and SACTU issues a joint statement in Lusaka
… The South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the African National Congress (ANC) issued a…
EventSoweto High School under siege
… in a convoy of more than ten armoured vehicles, surrounded the Thaba-Juluba high school in Soweto and arrested 200 students during a clampdown on school…
EventIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union is founded under Clements Kadalie
… The Industrial and Commercial Union later renamed the Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) was founded … no Black South African language but used…
EventNatal Football Union founded
… The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the subsequent war with the South African Republics brought a new influx of Whites to …
EventMakapane’s Cave is under siege
… The nearly month-long siege of Makapane's Cave took place after warriors of the Ndebele chief Makapan (Makapane) massacred … at Moorddrift in northern…
EventA plan limiting admission of black students in white universities is withdrawn
… The government withdrew its plan to place a limit on the number of black students admitted to white universities, … that retain their community-directed…
Event270 workers charged with Marikana Massacre
… 2012, two hundred and seventy workers were charged with the murder of their collegues. The charges were connected with the fateful event that took place on…
Photography David Goldblatt by Sean Jacobs, 1 September 2009
… communications at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and a new media consultant to news and photo organizations) reviews the exhibition …
PlaceBoys High School, Pretoria
… in Brooklyn, Pretoria, South Africa, founded in 1901 by The Rt Hon. Lord Milner. Its academic performance places it among the best secondary schools in…