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EventInkatha becomes a political party
… president of the IFP. Sources: http://www.ifp.org.za/History/history.htm …
EventPercy Qoboza, influential anti-Apartheid journalist, dies
… publications." It is notable that this day in history marks both the birth and death of this important figure in South African journalism and its history. …
EventBritish create the settlement of Sierra Leone, for freed slaves
… independence on 27 April 1961. Sources: "August 22nd in History". Website: tnl.net Sierra Leone - History. Website: nationsencyclopedia.com …
Foreword
… the AAM's role and impact, about the significance of its history and about how to ensure that its oral and written … also to all those who helped compile the…
De Klerk pays tribute to Mandela’s ‘unique contribution’
… at heart. He made a unique contribution not only to the establishment of our constitutional democracy but also to the …
PlaceUniversity of Cape Town
… Diamond Jubilee in 1887 . The years 1902 to 1918 saw the establishment of the Medical School, the introduction of … http://www.uct.ac.za/ http://www.uct.ac…
Biography of Can Themba by Aisha Ahmed
… Photograph by Drum Photographer. Permission: Baileys History Archives Golden City Post Can Themba was born a Black … Photograph by Peter Magubane. Permission…
Has Socialism Failed? by Joe Slovo South African Communist Party
… The mounting chronicle of crimes and distortions in the history of existing socialism, its economic failures and the … is still a reluctance to look squarely…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - Preface
… dawn in South Africa and a decisive turning point in her history. Our country is entering a period of struggle for … It was part of India's own struggle for…
South Africa: The Structure of Things Then by David Goldblatt, reviewed by Robyn Sassen (H-SAfrica), February 2000
… the changing and many faces of South African culture and history through its buildings. Many of the photographs that … coffee table book and trophy of South…
ArticleThe Cape Malay
… traditions that have played a major role in shaping the history and diversity of Cape Town. Origins The exploration … of these two continents. One of the…
PlaceAmalienstein, a Mission Station in the Western Cape
… dependent on Tourism for their survival. Their immediate History goes something like this- Zoar was the first of the … funding from a Baroness Amalie von…
EventAndries Dreyer, church archivist and collector of Africana, dies
… and later Cape Town, and because of his interest in church history, he was appointed the first full-time archivist of … and the Great Trek). Dreyer published…
PlaceRobben Island, Cape Town
… sun-kissed beaches; Robben Island’s allure lies rich in History. South Africa’s first democratically elected … and fortifications. While the Island has a…
Black Reaction to Apartheid, 1948-1973 - Address to the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association by O. R. Tambo, Syracuse, New York, United States of America, 1973
… and the Atlantic Charter defined the aim of the war as the establishment of a new world order. Black people had … with successive South African governments…
Document 2 - Against the C.A.D. for Full Democratic Rights [1943]
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume Two 1943 - 1964, by Allison Drew Document 2 - … forward to this experiment as opening…
2012 ANC National Policy Conference: Opening Address by President Jacob Zuma, Midrand, 26 June 2012
… he led. Part of the milestones during that period was the establishment of the ANC Youth League in 1944 and ANC Women`s … at the time of the transition from…
Archive2010 - President Zuma, Response to the State of the Nation Address, 16 February 2010
… corruption in government procurement. This includes the establishment of a tender compliance unit as well as supply … released. It is therefore important…
ArchiveFrom Lithuania to a false start in Johannesburg and settling in Cape Town, Carmel Schrire and Gwynne Schrire (The Heritage Portal), 21 September 2016
… is entirely the wrong conclusion. This volume adds to the history of Jewish settlement in South Africa and throws light on Cape Town social history in the…
PlaceHout Bay Museum
… museum is a hidden treasure with collections of Hout Bay’s history that goes back to 1652. When the Dutch colony … Bay valley and her inhabitants. There is…
PlaceRhodes Memorial, Vredehoek- Table Mountain
… He is among the most prominent figures in South African history. Rhodes rose to prominence as a Financier, … Founder of the De Beers Company of mines. In…
PlaceMcgregor Museum, Kimberley
… knowledge of the Northern Cape. Displays include natural history, the Siege of Kimberley , a Hall of Religions and the … Ancestors Gallery, depicting three…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… 19 May 2011] Boddy-Evans A. (n.d.), ‘This Day in African History: 27 June,’from African History, [online] Available at www.africanhistory.about.com, …
EventPresident Paul Kruger and Sir Alfred Milner meet in Bloemfontein to discuss the franchise question
… and left for Europe. References: Anon, (n.d.), ‘The history of the War,’ from Paperspast, [online] Available at … Johannes Paulus "Paul" Kruger, from South…
The Final Prize: My Life in the anti-apartheid struggle by Norman Levy
… and the most exciting years of this country's recent history, Norman Levy's autobiography combines a narrative of … experience with South African economic…
EventStart of the Muslim community’s Tana Baru Cemetery Uprising
… the most significant political events in the 19th Century history of Cape Muslims. In commemoration of the 124th … Centre to the Tana Baru Cemetery. Related:…
Insurrections I,II and III: Music as Ancient as the Future by Samuel Hove
… and new forms of exploitation, the common references if colonial pasts. These themes being worked through were more …
ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… therefore stands as a denial of white racist and colonial preconceptions which saw Ndebele society as being …
ArchiveAppendix 6 Studies in Asia by Denis Goldberg
… intervention was designed to move the economy rapidly from colonial extractive industries, rubber and tin, to an … authority is necessary to shake the…
Address At The Commerce Faculty Graduation Ceremony(Media friendly) by Saleem Badat, 10 April 2015, Rhodes University
… at South African universities. He warns that colonial and racial discourses (and we can add patriarchy) … traditions, customs, and norms associated with…