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Oldest stone tools pre-date earliest humans by Rebecca Morelle (Science Correspondent, BBC News), 20 May 2015
… ago. They are 700,000 years older than any tools found before, even pre-dating the earliest humans in the Homo … methods and use changed over time, growing…
Freedom In Our Life Time - Foreword by Walter Sisulu
… Lembede I knew Anton Muziwakhe Lembede for only four years before his tragic and untimely death. But those four years … political philosophy for an as-yet un…
EventWalter Sisulu tries to recruit 5 000 volunteers during ANC meeting to protest forced removal of “Black Spots”
… out that "we need 5 000 volunteers but we must get them before the removal of the ‘black spots’ begins, they must …
EventFormer Colonial Prime Minister John Merriman dies
… statesman and the last prime minister of the Cape Colony before the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910, …
EventMoses Kotane receives Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe
… Three years before his death Moses Kotane, member of the South African …
Address on disturbances in Bloemfontein location, by I. J. Nthatisi, March 4, 1919
… humbly request that an opportunity be granted to lay before you all matters which disturb the peace of the … wish to avail ourselves of the opportunity we…
Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents compiled by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - 1947-Press Reports on the Campaign
… Resisters Jailed Eight male Passive Resisters appeared in court on Wednesday morning for trespassing on Corporation … Congress, said that it was embarrassing…
ArchiveDeborah Matshoba’s fight against Apartheid by Alec Russo
… real change within the anti-apartheid movement, all before she even left university. The literacy … the government repression that their parents…
The Role of Women in the Struggle against Apartheid, 15 July 1980
… we shall have it at any cost. We are aware that the road before us is uphill, but we shall fight to the bitter end for …
EventJoaquim Chissano meets with RENAMO leader
… agreed constitutional guarantees would be adopted as law before a final peace agreement is signed . The final …
EventRDP White Paper is tabled in Parliament
… and Development Programme (RDP) White Paper, which was put before the parliament, called for an expeditious programme to …
Don’t be misled by the PROPAGANDA OF THE KAJEE-PATHER GROUP
… elsewhere. The working group will aim to complete its work before 21st May 1990. It is understood that the South African … immunity from prosecution of…
PlaceSun Valley Estates, Ladysmith
… of land was sold. The people, who occupied the farm long before the Berlin Mission acquired the land, were tenant … with two policemen who arrested them…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on death sentences passed on three members of ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, 20 August 1981
… racist Republic of South Africa; while a racist Supreme Court judge was presiding over the persecution of Anthony …
The kanga, womanhood and how Zuma's 2006 rape trial changed the meaning of the fabric by Ra'eesa Pather (Mail and Guardian), 10 Aug 2016
… of the judgment anti-rape activists protested outside the court and built a wall of shame made from posters and a …
ArchiveOpening Address of Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Commemoration Project, by Nelson Mandela, 21 September 2004, Johannesburg
… Sometimes they used these documents as evidence in court cases. Sometimes they used them in various forms of …
ArchiveAPDUSA Bulletin 1: Dont vote!
… involved in the liberatory movement to consider carefully before taking the decision to vote or to boycott for their …
EventThe last general election of the Union of South Africa takes place
… The last general election of the Union of South Africa before it became a Republic on 31 May 1961, was held with the …
EventMohammed Valli Moosa is born in Johannesburg
… apartheid laws for participating in political activities. Before he became Environmental and Tourism Affairs Minister …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1910s
… is closed. 14 March, In a judgement of the Cape Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Searle declares that marriages not … invalid. In addition, the Municipal Council…
ArticleEastern Cape Wars of Dispossession 1779-1878
… Early History of the Eastern Cape During the early years before Dutch occupation of the region, the Xhosa, Khoikhoi … [Accessed: 25 January 2012] Until 1750 …
ArticleGrade 8 - Term 1: The Industrial Revolution in Britain and Southern Africa from 1860
… rural societies in Britain became industrial and urban. Before the Industrial Revolution took place, manufacturing … was annexed by Cape Colony in 1880, it…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… had finished recording her parts of Come Back Africa before she began King Kong, but the director continued to … her mother to take Bongi; she made the…
ArchiveInterview with Potlako Kitchener Leballo
… he was responsible for much of the PAC's success before Sharpeville, as well as for most of its failings in …
PlaceGold Reef City
… many fascinating insights into life in Johannesburg long before the technological age. In the centre of Gold Reef City …
EventAndrew Vusi Fasedemi is born
… Drinks, Health and Hygienic products at Cadbury, Nigeria, before he came to South Africa in 1994. …
EventJoyce Kgoali dies
… She was MEC for Public Works and Transport in Gauteng before being appointed as substitute to Naledi Pandor as the …
EventP.W. Botha is born
… on the farm Telegraaf in Paul Roux district, Free State. Before he became state president he served as Prime Minister …
EventAn assassination attempt is made on first Ghanaian President, Kwame Nkrumah
… four people, scores of whom were left injured. Four years before this incident, Nkrumah passed the Preventative …
ArticleGeneral South African History Timeline: 1800s
… relationship. In the so-called public "Black Circuit" court hearings and sittings, numerous white employees are … of Ordinance 50, which aims at ensuring…