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EventMandela meet De Klerk in Pretoria
… President F.W. de Klerk held discussions in Pretoria on the progress which has been made in the implementation of the Groote Schuur Minutes and on the need…
ArchiveStudent international
… Paper presented at the 46th Annual Congress of the National Union of South African Students, 16 July 1970. Paper discusses the history of student…
ArchiveNatives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act, Act No 67 of 1952
… The Act was to repeal the laws relating to carrying passes by natives; to provide for the issue of reference books to natives; to amend the Native …
ArchiveNative Laws Amendment Act, Act No 54 of 1952
… The Act was to amend the Native Labour Regulation Act, 1911, the Natives Land Act, 1013, the Native Administration Act, …
ArchiveBoycott - FOSATU and other unions put their muscle behind a country-wide consumer boycott
… FOSATU together with the Food and Canning Workers Union, the Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union, the General Workers Union, the Cape Town Municipal…
EventUnFreedom Day
… On the 27th of April 2006 Abahlali BaseMjondolo (AbM) decided to … Day” to highlight how there is “no democracy for the poor”[1] and to replace the usual …
EventDr. Silas Modiri Molema dies in Mafikeng
… doctor, politician and historian, died in Mafeking at the age of 74. He was the eldest son of Silas Thelesho Molema, maternal uncle of Chief Montshioa of the…
EventPresentation of South African National budget of 1991
… large tax incentive to business, with emphasis directed to the Growth Domestic Products (GDP), which had fallen by 1 per … fall expected in 1991. Du Plesis…
EventEduardo Mondlane, president of FRELIMO, dies
… to study at Lisbon University in Portugal and later in the United States, earning an MA and a PHD. In 1957 Mondlane was a research officer in the Trustee…
EventNelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu on Robben Island 5 August 1982
… The twentieth anniversary of the arrest of Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) … by a call for his release by China. This was publicized in the…
EventPieter-Dirk Uys, SA activist, satirist, playwright and novelist, is born in Cape Town
… drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the Space Theatre in Cape…
PlaceWarriors Gate: MOTH Museum of Militaria
… Warrior's Gate is situated at the Corner of Old Fort Road and Masabalala Yengwa Avenue, in … displaying many hundreds of Artifacts from around the World, and…
ArchiveCosatu Demands
… graphic of people marching; text: COSATU demands: 1. the right to work 2. the right to organize 3 the right of students to: form democratic Student …
PlaceAdmiralty House, Simonstown
… The Building dates from the mid-18th Century and its ownership was transferred to the Admiralty in 1814. Rear-Admiral Jahleel Brenton was the first of the…
EventEleven protesters are killed in Sebokeng
… The police opened fire on a crowd of Sebokeng township residents who sought to march on the local offices of the ruling National Party (NP). The incident…
EventA memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia
… A memorandum of understanding between RSA and Malaysia The Defence ministers of South Africa and Malaysia, Joe … understanding on military co-operation in…
EventFirst democratic election results for SA
… Nearly 20 million people participated in the 1994 election in which the African National Congress (ANC) gained an overwhelming victory during the first ever…
ArchiveNUSAS - its background and history
… history. Informal talk delivered at National Seminar of the National Union of South African Students, April 1973. Pages7 to 10 of Appendix to the Report of…
ArticleHow to undertake research?
… educators, researchers, and independent web users with the tools they need to investigate the past and shape the future. This guide introduces a structured…
Seedtimes Retrospective Omar Badsha
… Badsha’s drawings, woodcuts and photographic essays from the mid-1960s to 2000s. His drawings are being shown for the first time alongside his documentary…
TRAC (Transvaal Rural Action Committee) Newsletter, 1983 - 1990
… TRAC, the Rural Action Committee, established in 1983 as a project of the Black Sash, published this Newsletter with the intention of giving communities…
PlaceHouse Preller, Hartebeesport
… was a well-known journalist and historian who championed the cause of the Afrikaans language. He occupied this house from 1935 … Monument under old NMC…
PlaceKlapperkop Fort, Pretoria
… jogging, cycling and mountain biking destination, but with the introduction of game, you’re able to do a quick game drive for free, right here in the heart…
EventANC members, Walter Sisulu and Duma Nokwe go overseas under false names
… went overseas under false names and without passports. The two arrived in London, England and from there they went to Bucharest, Romania, where they attended…
Document 9 - Letter from W. H. Andrews to Tom Mann,” 26 December 1922
… WE, THE 4 600 delegates to this historic Conference for a Democratic Future of the broad anti-apartheid liberation forces: 1. Salute the fighting forces of…
EventC.J. Langenhoven dies in Oudtshoorn
… Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven, SA author and writer of the words of Die Stem van Suid-Afrika (The Call of South Africa), died at his home 'Arbeidsgenot' in…
EventANC leader, James Arthur Calata, dies
… Arthur Calata, dies in Cradock, Eastern Cape. He joined the ANC in 1930 and rose to become its secretary-general. In this capacity, Calata was signatory of…
EventPaul Biya becomes president of Cameroon
… as president of Cameroon, he was replaced by Paul Biya, the current Prime Minister. Ahidjo handpicked Biya to replace him after he had handed his resignation…
EventSA cross-border raid in Maputo kills several
… people were killed in Operation Beanbag, an attack by the South African army on the planning and control headquarters of the African National Congress (ANC)…
EventNyanga school Principal’s office burnt
… On 24 June 1976 the Principal's office in Hlengisi Primary, Nyanga, outside Cape Town is burnt down. The broader context of this is that on 16 June 1976…