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Brief Detention Diary by Michael Hathorn (an excerpt)
… detained in Durban Central Prison in 1960, for his role in the struggle. Recorded below is an extract from the prison diary that he kept whilst in detention,…
George Bizos: Interview with Rupert Taylor and Aubrey Lekwane, 16 February 1998, Legal Resources Centre, Johannesburg
… I see you’ve got Steve’s book there (Taylor has a copy of Ellman’s book In a Time of Trouble). Taylor: Yeah, and … carry it… What we are really trying to do…
PlaceDutch Reformed Church, Johannesburg
… 08 July 1897 two daughter congregations ceceded from the DR Church Johannesburg, being the DR Church Jeppestown and the DR Church Johannesburg East … as the…
Inside Robben Island (Part 1) by Thami Mkhwanazi, 14 August 1987
… MY YEARS ON THE ISLAND Part One: The University behind locked doors April 1980. The Susan … Service boat, ploughed the Atlantic in the direction of Robben…
PlaceKirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens, Cape Town
… National Botanical Garden lives up to its reputation as the most beautiful garden in Africa and one of the great botanic gardens of the world. Few gardens…
ArchiveChapter 5 Last resort: armed resistance by Denis Goldberg
… After the State of Emergency in 1960, when so many of us were locked up for four or five months in detention, … moving towards a point where we would have to…
PlaceShangana Cultural Village
… The Shagana Village is home to the Shangana people who speak isiTsonga, one of the official 11 languages in South Africa. The Village, … The Shagana Village…
‘Just say yes, Mr President’: Mbeki and AIDS by Anthony Brink A PROSPECTUS
… ‘”¦ when historians assess the democratic credentials of Thabo Mbeki’s government in future, it is likely that … most critical attentions will focus on its…
Chapter XV - House arrest
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph On 13 October 1962,1 became the first person in South Africa to be put under house … furthering or were…
Message by President Nelson Mandela on National Reconciliation Day, 16 December 1995
… But then there are few nations with our history of enforced division, oppression and sustained conflict. And … a remarkable transition to reclaim their…
EventBoeremag bomb blasts rock Soweto and Bronkhorstspruit
… on 30 October 2002 eight bomb blasts rocked Soweto. Seven of the blasts occurred on main commuter railway lines running through the township. The damage to…
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… and Personal Observations written in December 1991 as part of group reports at the end of our studies at Institut Tadbiram Awam Negara (INTAN), the Malaysian…
PlaceSt Louis Catholic Church, 22 Jacobs Road, Clairwood, Durban
… 1884, Bishop Jolivet purchased a plot in Clairwood for the erection of a mission church for "C reole ". A larger building was … he recommended that a new…
Chapter XI - Witness for freedom
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph When I began to give evidence, my knees were actually trembling for the first time in my life. Somehow I managed…
Address on South African Freedom Day 2001, Pietersburg, 27 April 2001
… Ngubane Mayor Thabo Makunyane Distinguished Guests People of the Northern Province: In the past seven years we have travelled a long way and made …
PlaceCentral African Republic
… Diamond prospectors in the Central African Republic have found polished flint and … set up megaliths weighing several tons each near, Bouar. The cooperation…
ArchiveCHAPTER 3 - Unprepared by Howard Barrell
… groups using modern techniques. - Joe Slovo 1 Introduction The uprisings in Soweto and elsewhere in June 1976 created the opportunity for the ANC to break…
PlaceConstantia
… The other picture of a Mansion, 'owned by Deputy Minister- Paul Mashatile , in Constantia. (Link in Further Reading .) The Former estate in the magisterial…
PlaceBurundi
… a relatively small country located in central Africa, and the name and approximate territory has a continuity with the Kingdom of Burundi which was founded…
PlaceLibya
… with an ancient history, has more recently been known for the 42-year rule of the mercurial Colonel Muammar Gaddafi - and the chaos that … https://www…
32. An unjust and uncalled-for Immigration Bill, 1894
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and Bridglal Pachai In 1894 the Natal Legislative Assembly introduced…
Raymond Tucker: Attorney interview with Rupert Taylor 26 January 2000, 32 St John Road, Houghton, Johannesburg
… Maybe I should begin by telling you a bit more about the project. Tucker: Please. Taylor: I’ve been doing it now … project for two-and-a-half years and its…
Extracts from a press conference, 11 February 1990
… given by Nelson Mandela to foreign and local journalists, the first since his release on Sunday 11 February 13 February … said that after meetings with you…
PlaceMamelodi
… "Mamelodi" was the name given to President Paul Kruger by the Africans because of his ability to whistle and imitate birds, also meaning …
20. Johannesburg Parsees claim special status
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans edited by Surendra Bhana and … Pachai A petition dated 17 September 1906 was sent to the…
Class, Consciousness and Organisation:Indian Political Resistance in Durban, South Africa, 1979 - 1996 by Kumi Naidoo
… Magdalen College, D. Phil., Michaelmas, 1997 Resistance to the apartheid system, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and its allies dominated … deals…
PlaceGroutville
… Groutville is situated approximately ten kilometers south of KwaDukuza and about 69 kilometers north of Durban. The name Groutville was acquired from its…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… who have also played crucial roles in making Cape Town the city it is today are so often overlooked. In the light of Women’s Day, on the 59th anniversary of…
PlacePhilippolis, Free State
… "The first Historical Settlement North of the Orange River, this Southern Free State Town also belongs to the False Karoo, a Geographical Region of dry scrub…
PlaceForts Around Pretoria
… As a direct result of the abortive Jameson Raid of 1896, the Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek realised … There were four forts in Pretoria, all…