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The diary of Maria Tholo - Introducing by Carol Hermer
… the middle of 'coloured' land, and furthest away from the city centre are the three townships for Cape Town's black … did not offer complete security. All…
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 103th Anniversary of the ANC by Jacob Zuma
… people who came as delegates from every village, town and city. Despite the heavy presence of the Apartheid military … consolidated the strategic objectives…
PlaceMitchell's Plain, Cape Flats
… Mitchells Plain lies about 20 kilometres from the City of Cape Town at the end of a brand new railway line, … place …
EventS.P. Botha, Minister of Water Affairs, proposes new schemes to ease the Western Cape's water supply problem
… reservoir, Gamka Dam remained dry. The incident led the City of Cape Town into partnering with Henred - SA …
Interview with Lulu Dube by Sbongiseni Dladla, Ohlange, JL Dube House, 21 March 2011
… for the country. There were so many events which took place in this street. I remember in the late 1980’s to early … which means beat a person to death. And…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
… has been opened. Mavivane Execution Cliff- This means the 'Place of Shivering'. According to legend Shaka used it as an … end of the road. High Rock-…
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
… women and children. Special measures have been put in place for the criminal justice system to deal sensitively … for African women. For women to take their…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the interfaith commissioning service for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Cape Town, 13 February 1996
… constitution. The first democratic elections took place on the appointed day, April 27, despite formidable … months later the local government elections put…
!U’S STORY - Photographs 16 - 19
… his family is settled in will be his n!ore, that is the place in which he lives or comes from, the place to which he belongs. We have no chiefs or political …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Chapter 1 - People, Politics and Ideology by Malegapuru William Makgoba
… of the crisis were: Very little or no economic growth took place towards the end of the decade. The administration and … Durban at the beginning of 1973 and…
PlaceHeidelberg, Gauteng
… in 1866. One of the early travellers writing about the place was EF Sandeman: "Looking down on the village from a … showed it to be a decidedly dirty and…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… at the nearest police station on 21 March. Protests took place in Sharpeville and in the Western Cape in townships … was declared on 30 March after other…
ArchiveClass Consciousness and Migrant Workers by David Hemson (University of Warwick)
… of removing all rights from African workers to life in the city, the prospect of a totalitarian state maintaining white … majority. My focus on class…
ArticleBloemfontein Timeline 1824-2010
… hospital is opened. 1900 An electricity system is put into place. 1912 8 January, The South African Native National …
ArticleIndustrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU)
… though the ICU disintegrated, it occupies an important place in the history of Black labour. Not only was it the …
ArticleFreedom Day: 27 April
… and a new constitution for the country. The elections took place in a peaceful and festive atmosphere, though there were …
ArticleThe Wragg Commission (1885-1887)
… identity documents and that their freedom of movement and place of residence or business should be restricted. Another …
ArticleThe formation of SASO and the Black People’s Convention
… of separate development, continuous agitation had to take place to shake them up. At the 1972 SASO conference, …
Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson
… now, must be heard, and old fighters given their rightful place in the annals of struggle in this country. As one of …
EventWillie Smith, South Africa’s bantamweight champion boxer is born
… Johannesburg on 4 July 1904.[i] Smith’s boxing debut took place on 20 June 1925.[ii] Willie Smith was South Africa’s …
Statement "Algeria honours Chief Luthuli" by Oliver Tambo, 30 November 1964
… the University of Algiers to name Chief A.J. Luthuli for a place of honour in the annals of the University and in the …
SABC’s Matthews was Motsoeneng’s willing enforcer-in-chief: FJT (TMG Digital), 28 June 2016
… for allowing himself to have been part of in the first place‚ at the behest of current COO Hlaudi Motsoeneng”. …
PlaceGuinea-Bissau
… held on June 29, 2020 a new majority seems to be in place after the approval of the de facto Government’s program. … https://www.britannica.com/place/Guinea…
PlaceNqweba was called Kirkwood, Eastern Cape
… some 30 000 attendees. The festival’s main objective: to place Kirkwood on the map and to create awareness of the … place …
PlaceOriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
… prices, and the centre has gained a reputation as a place where shoppers and shopkeepers bargain hard to get the … place …
PlacePhiladelphia
… and serves wonderful lunches, breakfasts and teas. The place really hums over weekends. Expect to see pretty … place …
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
… Church and the first service of the new congregation took place on 20 September 1829, on the farm of EA Buyskes, now … place …
PlacePiquetberg
… a kerkplaats (church farm). The first sale of plots took place in 1841, and on 9 March 1848 it was proclaimed the … place …
EventGreat Trek Centenary Celebrations commence
… The Great Trek was a migration that took place between 1838 and the 1840s, and involved the Boers …
EventAs part of a defiance campaign against the apartheid Government, SA is hit by a nationwide wave of protests
… all-white election in South Africa. This election took place under a State of Emergency which had been in force for …