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Students and action in society
… Approach to student power; Economics and race; The power of contemporary radical thought; African socialism; Black …
Students and action in society
… Approach to student power; Economics and race; The power of contemporary radical thought; African socialism; Black …
ArchiveTowards a mixed economy in South African agriculture
… and national liberation in South Africa, the perspective of the ANC, the de Janvrian Model, the agrarian question in …
PlaceLongkloof, Main Road, Hout Bay
… was subdivided in 1946 the building was used for a number of years as a farm stall. It was declared a National Monument …
PlaceGoudini Health Spa
… medicinal springs, fruit and grapes. The name is probably of Hottentot origin and means 'bitter honey valley'. Governor …
PlaceThe Pretoria Synagogue
… protected under the National Heritage Resources Act (25 of 1999). The infamous Treason Trial took place at this …
PlaceOld Crown Mines Headquarters, 5 Press Lane, Selby, Johannesburg
… was designed by Herbert Baker after the amalgamation of eight mining companies in April 1909, when Crown Mines Ltd …
EventHelen Joseph is put under house arrest
… Sabotage Act, introduced by the newly appointed Minister of Justice, B.J Voster. The conditions attached to her arrest … Joseph, H. (1986). Side by Side:…
EventThere is an assassination attempt on Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in Johannesburg
… The first assassination attempt was made on the life of Prime Minister H.F. Verwoerd at the Rand Easter Show in … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred…
EventThe United Party is formed
… a merger between the National Party, under the leadership of General J.B.M. Hertzog, and the South African Party under … Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five…
EventDieter and Ruth Gerhard are detained
… They were jailed in December 1983 after being convicted of spying for the Soviet Union. … (1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key…
EventUS ambassador Andrew Young visits SA
… paid a two day visit to South Africa at the invitation of mining magnate Harry Oppenheimer. On his visit, Young met … Southern African Political History: a…
EventWhite entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the ‘homelands’
… cancelled, by actively encouraging economic exploitation of them, based on their race and their need for work while …
EventHelen Joseph dies
… activist, Helen Beatrice May Joseph , died at the age of 87 in Johannesburg , South Africa. She came to SA in 1931 … Sonderling, N.E. (ed.) New Dictionary of…
EventBeverly Mashinini wins a bronze medal
… won a bronze medal in Athens, Greece. She was a member of the South African Paralympic team Amakrokokroko, which …
EventClarence Makwetu Expelled from PAC
… The Chairman of the Pan-Africanist Congress and disciplinary committee …
EventChurch leaders initiate peace summit in Durban
… an end to the violence between local warring factions of the African National Congress (ANC) and the Inkatha … Southern African Political History: a…
EventNelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first black president
… democratic elections held in April 1994, the president of the African National Congress (ANC), Nelson Mandela, was …
ArchiveStudents and action in society
… Approach to student power; Economics and race; The power of contemporary radical thought; African socialism; Black …
PlaceStump Memorial, near Doornkop
… stump). The stump memorial is really just a burnt piece of wood with a plaque next to it. The three memorials … stump). The stump memorial is really just a…
ArchiveNon-Central Government structures in South Africa today
… Freedom Charter perspective, and practical implications of the changes envisaged in the Freedom Charter. …
ArchiveSpeak
… by Speak Collective, is a publication focussing on issues of interest mainly to women. Violence against women, …
PlaceDie Stem Parsonage, Simonstown, Cape Town
… and its verandah was added in 1820. The music for part of South Africa's national anthem, Die Stem van Suid Afrika, … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of…
EventAmanda Coetzer, SA’s highest ranked tennis star, is born in Hoopstad, OFS
… on 22 October 1971 and began playing tennis at the age of six. Coetzer began her professional tennis career in 1988. …
Rally to commemorate Joseph Sithole’s funeral
… 23 September 1984 the apartheid regime banned the funeral of the late Joseph Sithole. Nonetheless, activists in the …
EventSmuts refuses call to postpone Anti
… Congress (SAIC) Conference held in Cape Town, a deputation of sixty Indians called on the prime minister, Field Marshal …
EventWole Soyinka is born
… read the presentation speech by Professor Lars Gyllensten, of the Swedish Academy Click here to read our feature about …
EventBritish troopship wrecked – 372 drown
… Bay, about twenty-five kilometres from Cape Agulhas. Of the 378 people on board, only six survived. The wreck was … Siyabona Africa, To the Foot of Africa -…
9 Ships run ashore in Table Bay
… proving again that the Cape was quite aptly called 'Cape of Storms' (Cabo das Tormentas) by Bartholomeu Dias , the …
EventDon Mattera withdraws from public performances
… Mattera is now deeply involved in improving the community of Eldorado Park, in which he lives. Source: This Day, August …